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About Carlos Simon
"Carlos Simon is a young composer on the rise, with an ear for social justice."
Carlos Simon is a GRAMMY-nominated composer, curator and activist. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, his compositions range from concert music for large and small ensembles to film scores with influences of jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism. Simon is the Composer-in-Residence for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Latest Album
Four Symphonic Works
Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, this compilation is the first full-length recording of Carlos Simon’s orchestral works. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Released in August 2024.
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Works
“A modern major composer: an artist whose windows are thrown wide open to the world, and whose musical scope of late lands like a grand panorama of American life.”
Schedule
September 19, 2024
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Season opening gala
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger, pianos
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Keila Wakao, violin
Carlos SIMON New work (world premiere; BSO commission)
RAVEL Tzigane, for violin and orchestra
CANTELOUBE Selection of Songs of the Auvergne
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals, for pianos and orchestra
RAVEL La Valse