The world premiere of Marc Neikrug’s new work Symphony No.4 will take place on May 19, 2022 at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg as part of the Hamburg International Music Festival. Symphony No.4 was written for Alan Gilbert and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and commissioned by Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Gilbert has led the premieres of several works by Neikrug in the past, including Canta-Concerto, Concerto For Orchestra, and Symphony No. 2 “Quintessence”.
Neikrug has enjoyed an international career as a composer spanning more than three decades, writing chamber music, symphonic music, music-theater, and opera. His works have been performed amongst others by New York, Los Angeles and Buffalo Philharmonics, Staatsoper Berlin, Magdeburgische Philharmonie and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival. Recent and upcoming commissioned premieres include Guitar Concerto by soloist Lukasz Kuropaczewski and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Marseille (commissioned by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra), Piano Quintet No. 2 by the Dover Quartet and pianist Haochen Zhang and the theater piece A Song by Mahler, co-commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla Music Society, and Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival.
