{"id":66263,"date":"2020-02-05T13:10:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=66263"},"modified":"2020-02-05T15:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:01:13","slug":"scoop-tso-champions-gustavo-gimenos-inaugural-season-classical-star-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/02\/05\/scoop-tso-champions-gustavo-gimenos-inaugural-season-classical-star-power\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | TSO Champions Gustavo Gimeno\u2019s Inaugural Season With Classical Star Power"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gustavo Gimeno (Photo: Anne Dokter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we enter \u201cseason announcement week\u201d in Toronto, eyes and ears are on the news of the 2020-21 season for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with our very own Gustavo.<\/p>\n

By Gustavo, we mean Gustavo Gimeno, the TSO\u2019s new conductor who will be making Toronto his home turf this September with a season that looks as tailored as his suits.<\/p>\n

Gimeno will be the first conductor since Sir Andrew Davis took over duties as Interim Artistic Director following the departure of Peter Oundjian at Toronto\u2019s symphony in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Gustavo Gimeno (Photo: Anne Dokter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2020-21 season, released today, shows the TSO are ready to say something new with a fresh baton and a spring in its step.<\/p>\n

The one downside is that Gimeno currently holds a post with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra through 2021-2022, leaving him just 13 weeks in Toronto. Gimeno will conduct a total of 20 of the 44 events (not including repeats), with the majority of duties going to various guest conductors, RBC Resident Conductor Simon Rivard, and returning visits from Peter Oundjian and Sir Andrew Davis.<\/p>\n

Despite the limited appearances, the season programming hasn\u2019t looked this strong in years.<\/p>\n

The excitement includes a number of brand name soloists ahead: Yo-Yo Ma, Nicola Benedetti, Yefim Bronfman, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Juan Manuel Ca\u00f1izares, James Ehnes, Karina Gauvin, V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson, Javier Perianes, Daniil Trifonov, and Jan Lisiecki.<\/p>\n

Season programming is equally robust with a semi-staged Verdi\u2019s Rigoletto, by Joel Ivany, Mahler Symphonies No. 1<\/em> and No. 4<\/em>, an all J.S. Bach program led by concertmaster Jonathan Crow, and Brucker\u2019s Symphony No. 4<\/em> \u201cRomantic\u201d, which marks the start of a multi-year Bruckner cycle.<\/p>\n

Repertoire mainstays are Holst\u2019s The Planets<\/em>, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Symphony No. 9<\/em> \u201cFrom the New World\u201d, Mozart\u2019s Symphony No. 41<\/em> \u201cJupiter\u201d, Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No. 6<\/em> \u201cPath\u00e9tique\u201d and No. 4, Prokofiev\u2019s Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, Stravinsky\u2019s The Rite of Spring<\/em>, Brahms\u2019s Symphony No. 1<\/em>, Shostakovich\u2019s Symphonies No. 5<\/em> and No. 9<\/em>, and Elgar\u2019s Variation on an Original Theme <\/em>\u201cEnigma\u201d.<\/p>\n

Beethoven 250th anniversary year will continue next season with the complete incidental music to Goethe\u2019s play Egmont, Symphony No. 2<\/em>, as well as a few curious commissions inspired by Beethoven from composers Unsuk Chin and Barbara Croall.<\/p>\n

With the quiet\u00a0decision to disband\u00a0the TSO\u2019s New Creations Festival in 2018, the TSO has decided to focus on programming living composers across the general season calendar.<\/p>\n

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Steve Reich \u2013 Wynton Marsalis \u2013 Jennifer Higdon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2020-21 season will include four Canadian premi\u00e8res by minimalist superstar Steve Reich, jazz great Wynton Marsalis, Grammy Award winner Jennifer Higdon, and Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen. Co-commissions include works by Barbara Croall (with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra), and Nicole Liz\u00e9e (with the National Arts Centre Orchestra).<\/p>\n

Composer\/Conductor Samy Moussa has been named as TSO\u2019s inaugural Artist in Residence, so we can expect to hear a lot more from him with five of his works planned. Other premieres include commissions by Canadian composers Emilie LeBel, Adam Scime, Bekah Simms, and Roydon Tse.<\/p>\n

Guest conductors include Barbara Hannigan, Kerem Hasan, Dalia Stasevska and Xian Zhang (February).<\/p>\n

Of course, no TSO season would be complete without former Music Directors Sir Andrew Davis and Peter Oundjian; both returning to lead the orchestra in October, January and June.<\/p>\n

RBC Resident Conductor Simon Rivard returns to lead the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra as well as several masterwork concerts.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser \u2013 (courtesy of the artist)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Signalling a commitment to foster closer ties to the community, the TSO has appointed conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poysera as Principal Education Conductor & Community Ambassador.<\/p>\n

\u201cGustavo and I are both thrilled to be working with Daniel to strengthen our shared commitment to this vital priority of the TSO. From engaging children in schools and seniors in long-term care facilities, to partnering in health and wellness initiatives in under-served communities, Daniel will foster broad and meaningful connections to music,\u201d said Matthew Loden, CEO of the TSO, in a press release statement.<\/p>\n

The commitment will also feature the TSO opening up lunchtime open rehearsals at Roy Thomson Hall, and school concerts for high school students in the GTA.<\/p>\n

With the news of the TSO\u2019s operating surplus<\/a><\/span> this year, a smart new CEO<\/a><\/span>, and the beginnings of a new relationship with a brilliant young conductor<\/a><\/span>, we look forward to a new exciting chapter in the life of the TSO.<\/p>\n

The TSO\u2019s 2020-21 season kicks off September 23 with Mahler\u2019s Symphony 1<\/em>, Mozart\u2019s La clemenza di Tito<\/em>\u00a0sung by opera-world favourite mezzo-soprano Emily D\u2019Angelo, and\u00a0Crimson for Large Orchestra<\/em>\u00a0by Montreal-born conductor and composer Samy Moussa.<\/p>\n

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