The music of American composer Missy Mazzoli has been programmed far and wide across Europe this Summer. Throughout August and September Mazzoli has attended many of these events, beginning with the Swedish premiere of the opera Breaking the Waves with librettist Royce Vavrek at the Vadstena Akademie. On August 14, Mazzoli travelled to London for the European premiere of her Violin Concerto, Procession performed by soloist Jennifer Koh, the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali at the BBC Proms.
The next world premiere takes place September 4 with the first performances of the double bass and quintet version of her Dark with Excessive Bright as part of the Beethoven Bonn Festival. Mazzoli will call Oslo her home for August and September along with librettist Vavrek for the rehearsals and world premiere of their opera The Listeners with the Norwegian National Opera running from September 24 – October 9.
Violin Concerto: Procession performed by violinist Jennifer Koh, Cincinnati Symphony and Louis Langrée
Upcoming performances of Missy Mazzoli
22 July - 10 August 2022
Vadstena Castle, Vadstena, Sweden
Breaking the Waves (Scandinavian Premiere)
Ylva Kihlberg, director
Vadstena Akademien
David Björkman, conductor
14 August 2022
BBC Proms 2022 - Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Violin Concerto (Procession) (European Premiere)
Jennifer Koh, violin
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
4 September 2022
Beethovenfest Bonn - Arp Museum, Rolandseck, Germany
Dark with Excessive Bright (Concerto for Double Bass and String Quintet) (World Premiere)
Alexander Hülshoff, cello
Sayaka Shoji, violin
Dark With Excessive Bright for Double Bass and Strings (excerpt) performed by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Principal Bass David Grossman and Jaime Martín.
15th September 2022
Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland
Violin Concerto (Procession) (Country Premiere)
Jennifer Koh, violin
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
14 – 15 September 2022
Kotka Concert Hall, Kotka, Finland
Dark with Excessive Bright (Concerto for Contrabass and String Orchestra)
Kymi Sinfonietta
Kerem Hasan, conductor
24 September - 9 October 2022
ULTIMA - Oslo Contemporary Music Festival - Oslo, Norway
The Listeners (World Premiere)
Norwegian National Opera
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Watch a concert performance of Sinfonia for Orbiting Spheres by Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Daníel Bjarnason on February 24, 2022.
29 September 2022
Concert Hall, Kuopio, Finland
Orpheus Undone (Country Premiere)
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Jessica Cottis, conductor
3 October 2022
Berlin, Germany
River Rouge Transfiguration (Country Premiere)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Keram Hasan, conductor
5 – 6 October 2022
Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Dark with Excessive Bright (Concerto for Contrabass and String Orchestra)
Maria Krykov, double bass
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto
13 October 2022
Karlstad CCC, Karlstad, Sweden
Wermland Opera Orchestra
Christian Øland, conductor
You Are The Dust will be toured across the United States, Canada and Europe this year by Emily D’Angelo. Watch Emily d'Angelo and Sophia Muñoz perform this work for voice and piano, from her larger operatic work Song from the Uproar.
