On Saturday November 14, Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Synthesizer and Orchestra will receive its US premiere in the city of Asheville, North Carolina. It will be performed by the Asheville Symphony, pianist Inna Faliks on the Minimoog, and will be conducted by Darko Butorac.
Fittingly, Asheville also happens to be home of Moog, the company famous for developing the legendary Minimoog. Probably the most influential synthesizer of all time, it was the first portable, performance-ready analog keyboard synthesizer. Its design laid the foundations for all future generations of synthesizers, kick-starting the electronic music revolution when it was first issued in 1970. It has an unrivalled legacy.
Prokofiev’s concerto is the first ever written for a single mono-synth, placed in front of the orchestra in the traditional soloist position, dynamically filtering and modulating the sounds of the instrument in real-time as the concerto evolves.
The work was commissioned by the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, and Asheville Symphony, and it received its world premiere in Porto in November 2025. The US premiere will be presented in collaboration with the Bob Moog Foundation and The Moogseum.
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