June 25-26

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TRIUMPH

Saturday | 6.25.22 | 8:00 PM
Sunday | 6.26.22 | 2:00 PM

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music

450 West 37th Street

Gustav Mahler believed that “a symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.” The composer’s monumental Fifth Symphony traverses the full range of human experience, from the deepest sorrow to unbridled jubilation, in a brilliant conclusion to the season. Each performance begins with a woodwind showcase: Otar Gordeli’s sparkling Flute Concertino (6/25), and Gabriela Lena Frank’s rumination on fairy tales and indigeneity, Will-o’-the-Wisp (6/26).

Conductor:  Matthew Aubin, Mark Seto

Program

Otar Gordeli

Flute Concertino, Op. 8

(Saturday only)

Kim Lewis, Flute
Gabriela Lena Frank

Will-o’-the-Wisp

(Sunday only)

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 5

Featured Artists

Kim Lewis
Flute

Saturday, 6.25

Otar Gordeli: Flute Concertino, Op. 8


Kim Lewis is a New York-based flutist with immense passion as a performer and teacher. Informed by a rounded education in the arts throughout her childhood in Ohio, including study in dance, voice, and piano, she brings a wealth of experiences to her focus on the flute. As a soloist, Kim has received first place in the 2017 New Jersey Flute Society Concerto Competition, as well as the 2014 Central Ohio Flute Association Competition - Collegiate Division. She was also …

Nicole Schroeder Raimato
Piccolo

Sunday, 6.26

Gabriela Lena Frank: Will-o’-the-Wisp


NYC-area flutist Nicole Schroeder Raimato made her Carnegie Hall debut as First Prize Winner of the 2014 International Shining Stars Concerto Competition. According to The Epoch Times, “Schroeder played with a beautiful, well-projected tone undiluted by excess air, as well as subtly understated dynamics and lyrical phrasing.”

An avid musical theatre performer, Nicole has played both concert and world flutes in pit orchestras for the Broadway productions of Wicked and The Lion King; Off-Broadway productions of Fiddler on …

Conductor

A leader in the 21st century orchestral landscape, Dr. Matthew Aubin is constantly reaching new audiences through innovative performance formats and creative initiatives both on and off the podium.

The 2022-23 season kicks off Dr. Aubin’s inaugural year as Music Director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he is Music Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and serves as Artistic Director of The Chelsea Symphony. In his role at TCS, he has led highly visible collaborations with partners such …

Mark Seto leads a wide-ranging musical life as a conductor, scholar, teacher, and violinist. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and Senior Lecturer in Music at Brown University, where he directs the Brown University Orchestra and teaches courses in music history, theory, and conducting. Recent highlights include performances with violinist Itzhak Perlman, violinist Randall Goosby, and clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the inauguration of The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University.

Since …