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RYAN MCADAMS
CONDUCTOR
Upcoming Performances - 2023
Dec. 22nd, 23rd and 27th, 2023
Belgian National Orchestra
BOZAR, Brussels
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Feb. 1st, 2024
Orchestre national d'Île-de-France
La Seine Musicale, Paris, France
Baptiste Trotignon, Piano
Baptiste Trotignon: L'Air de rien
William Grant Still: Symphony no. 3,
The Sunday Symphony
Devonté Hynes: Naked Blue
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
April 19th and 20th, 2024
Teatro Filarmonico Verona
Verona, Italy
Program TBA
Dec. 15th and 16th, 2023
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3
Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 2
Nov. 24th and 25th, 2023
Chris Cerrone: Will There Be Singing
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
August, 2023
Crash Ensemble
National Concert Hall,
Dublin, Ireland
Kilkenny Arts Festival
Andrew Hamilton: Friendly Piece
July 22nd, 2023
Festival Orchestra of the
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from
West Side Story
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Bizet: Selections from Carmen
Piazzolla: Libertango and Oblivion
de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia
July 14th, 15th, 2023
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
Cagliari, Italy
Elgar: Sea Pictures for contralto and orchestra
Ireland: These Things Shall Be
Elgar: Enigma Variations
April 20-24th, 2023
Crash Ensemble
National Concert Hall,
Dublin, Ireland
New Music Dublin Festival
Thursday, April 20th:
Donnacha Dennehy: PADDY
Donnacha Dennehy: Overstrung
Donnacha Dennehy: Limina, Piano Chamber Concerto (world premiere)
Eliza McCarthy, piano
Friday, April 21st:
Laura Hyland: Sleep Piece
Anselm McDonnell: Honnold
Úna Monaghan: Little Auditoriums
Amy Rooney: Disequilibrium
Yue Song: Senses IV
(All Works World Premieres)
Sunday, April 23rd:
Andrew Hamilton: Friendly Piece
(world premiere)
Jan. 8th-15th, 2023
Belgian National Orchestra
Brussels - Jan. 8th
Virton - Jan. 13th
Oostende - Jan. 15th
New Year's Eve Celebration:
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Offenbach: Grande valse (Les fées du Rhin)
Verdi: Ballàbile from Otello
Offenbach: Barcarolle from Les contes d'Hoffmann
Offenbach: Ouverture from Orphée aux enfers
Respighi: Tarantella, La boutique fantasque
Shostakovich: Waltz no. 2
Rota: Suite from "Amacord"
Rota: Suite from "Otto e mezzo"
Ginastera: Danza final from Estancia
Strauss: An der schönen blauen Donau
Recent Performances
Dec. 3rd and 4th, 2022
Crash Ensemble
National Concert Hall,
Dublin, Ireland
Iarla O'Lionaird, Soloist
Crash Ensemble 25th Anniversary Celebration
Dec. 3rd:
Diamanda La Berge Dramm: World Premiere
Donnacha Dennehy: Grá agus Bás
Dec. 4th:
Liza Lim: Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus
Barry O'Halpin: Wingform
Nov. 25th, 2022
Huddersfield Contemporary
Music Festival
Crash Ensemble
Huddersfield, UK
Barry O'Halpin: Wingform
Oct. 29th, Nov 1st, 6th, 13th, 16th, 2022
Opernhaus Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Faust: Saimir Pirgu
Méphistophélès: Roberto Tagliavini
Valentin: Konstantin Shushakov
Marguerite: Anita Hartig
Siébel: Alexandra Kadurina
Marthe: Liliana Nikiteanu
Wagner: Jungrae Noah Kim
Gounod: Faust
Sept. 14th-25th, 2022
Irish National Opera
Tour of Ireland
Sept. 14, Navan
Sept. 17-18, Cork
Sept. 22, Limerick
Sept. 25, Tralee
Donnacha Dennehy: The First Child
August 25-28th, 2022
Hogfish Summer Festival
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Edwin Cahill and Matt Cahill,
Artistic Directors
Gluck: L'Arbre Enchantè
July 18th-24th, 2022
Irish National Opera
Galway International Arts Festival
Enda Walsh, Director
Cast TBA
Donnacha Dennehy: The First Child
June 16th and 17th, 2022
I Pomeriggi Musicali
Milano, Italy
Gardone, Lago di Garda, Italy
Alessandro Taverna, Piano
All-Gershwin Evening:
Rhapsody in Blue
Concerto in F
An American in Paris
April 30th, May 6th and 8th, 2022
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Director: Carol Vaness
Tosca: Marina Costa-Jackson
Cavaradossi: Robert Watson
Scarpia: Alexei Bogdanov
Sacristan: Jake Gardner
Puccini: Tosca
March 15th-19th, 2022
Orchestra della Toscana
Firenze - March 15th
Poggibonsi - March 16th
Empoli - March 18th
Livorno - March 19th
Pietro De Maria, Piano
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2
Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3, "Scottish"
March 1st, 2022
Carnivale Concert (Program TBA)
February 25th, 26th, 2022
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Overture to The Song of Hiawatha
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake (arr. McAdams)
February 17th, 2022
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Istanbul, Turkey
Kian Soltani, Cello
Ravel: Suite from Ma Mere l'Oye
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1
Stravinsky: The Firebird (full ballet)
November 27th - December 5th, 2021
Orchestra National d'Ile-de-France
Paris, France
Villeparisis (Nov. 27th)
Saint-Geneviève-des-Bois (Nov. 28th)
Philharmonie de Paris (Nov. 30th)
Bonneuil-sur-Marne (Dec. 5th)
Jörgen van Rijen, Trombone
Schreker: Chamber Symphony
Bryce Dessner: Trombone Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5
November 8th, 2021
Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Milano, Italy
Kian Soltani, Cello
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D Major
November 4th-6th, 2021
I Pomeriggi Musicali
Milano, Italy
Kian Soltani, Cello
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Schreker: Chamber Symphony
August-October, 2021 (dates TBA)
Irish National Opera
Galway/Dublin, Ireland
Enda Walsh, Director
Cast TBA
Donnacha Dennehy: The First Child
June 23rd, 2021
Works for cello and orchestra by Purcell,
Nirvana, Sollima, and Vivali
Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
June 18-21st, 2021
Ligeti: Concert Românesc
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
June 10th, 2021
Jonny Greenwood: "There Will Be Blood"
Concert Suite
Emerson: Piano Concerto
William Grant Still: Kaintuck
Frank Zappa: DuPree's Paradise
The Perfect Stranger
G-Spot Tornado
May 19th, 2021
Hildegard of Bingen (arr. Coult/Pioro): "O Ecclesia"
Tartini (arr. Coult): Violin Sonata in D Minor
Coult: "Gymnopédies"
Biber (arr. Coult/Pioro): "The Agony in the Garden"
Vivaldi (arr. Coult): "La Folia"
Rameau (arr. Coult/Pioro): "Tristes apprêts"
April 18-May 2nd
New Music Dublin Festival 2021
March 5th, 6th, 2021
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Teatro Politeama di Palermo
Palermo, Sicily
Gennaro Cardaropoli, violin
Bruch: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Serenade no. 1
Feb. 16th, 2021
Weber: Overture to "Oberon"
Brahms: Serenade no. 1
Feb. 16th, 2021
Concerto di Carnavale, featuring works by
Mozart, Cimarosa, Rossini, J. Strauss II,
Offenbach
Feb. 4th, 6th, 2021
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
Kodaly: Summer Nights
Mozart: Symphony no. 41, "Jupiter"
Dec. 21st, 2020 - RESCHEDULED
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Brahms: Symphony no. 2
September 25-29th, 2020 - CANCELLED
Irish National Opera
Park Avenue Armory
New York, New York
Sharon Carty, Amy
Máire Flavin, Hannah
Benedict Nelson, Matthew
Aaron Monaghan, Martin
Directed by Enda Walsh
Crash Ensemble
Donnacha Dennehy:
The Second Violinist
June 25-30th, 2020 - WITHDRAWN DUE TO COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS
Massenet: Manon
May 9th, 14, 17, 20, 23, 2020 - POSTPONED UNTIL 2022
Zurich Opera
Zurich, Switzerland
Faust - Saimir Pirgu
Méphistophélès - Ildebrando d'Arcangelo
Valentin - Konstantin Shushakov
Marguerite - Anita Hartig
Siébel - Alexandra Kadurina
Marthe - Liliana Nikiteanu
Wagner - Wojciech Rasiak
Gounod: Faust
March 20st, 21st, 2020 - POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING, 2021
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Teatro Politeama di Palermo
Palermo, Sicily
Gennaro Cardaropoli, violin
Bruch: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony no. 5
February 27-March 2nd, 2020
Siobhán Cleary - Hum!
Jane O'Leary - Triptych (World Premiere) for string quartet and orchestra
Free State 12: Readings of New Works
RTE National Symphony
Crash Ensemble
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Ligeti Quartet, String Quartet
January 16th, 2020
Frank London: Hatuey
New Works Forum Showcase
November 22-24th, 2019
Augusta Read Thomas: EOS: Goddess
Of The Dawn
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake (arr. McAdams)
November 17th, 2019
Ligeti: Concert Românesc
Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright
Brahms: Serenade no. 1
October 31st, 2019
Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question
Philip Glass, Piano Concerto no. 3 (Italian Premiere)
Andrew Norman, PLAY (Italian Premiere)
October 3, 6, 8, 17, 20, 2019
Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles (New Production)
Teatro Regio Torino
Torino, Italy
Julien Lubek e Cécile Roussat, direction, sets, costumes, choreography and lighting
Hasmik Torosyan, Leïla
Kévin Amiel, Nadir
Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Zurga
Ugo Guagliardo, Nourabad
August 20th, 2019
Orchestra Filarmonica Salernitana Giuseppe Verdi
Ravello Festival, Ravello, Italy
Anna Tifu, Violin
Alessandro Taverna, Piano
Liszt, Les Preludes
Chausson, Poème for Violin and Orchestra
Sgambati, Concerto in G minor for Piano and Orchestra
April 11th, 2019
Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanschina
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été
Walton: Symphony no. 1
April 3rd, 2019
Juilliard Global / Nord Anglia
Performing Arts Festival
Repertoire to include works by Vaughan Williams, George Walker, Lili Boulanger, Haydn, Brahms, Britten, Piazzolla and Bruckner
March 25th-30th, 2019
Kansas City Symphony
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Kansas City, Missouri
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Hugh Russell, Baritone
Sarah K. Snider: Something For The Dark
Augusta Read Thomas: EOS (Goddess of the Dawn)
Orff: Carmina Burana
March 19th, 2019
Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli a Bari
Teatro Petruzzelli
Bari, Italy
Hakan Hardenberger, Trumpet
Britten: "Four Sea Interludes" from Peter Grimes
Zimmermann: Nobody knows de trouble I see
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5
March 7th, 9th, 2019
Dutch National Opera
Opera Forward Festival
Amsterdam
Sharon Carty, Amy
Máire Flavin, Hannah
Benedict Nelson, Matthew
Aaron Monaghan, Martin
Directed by Enda Walsh
Donnacha Dennehy:
The Second Violinist
Feb. 2nd, 2019
Chris Cerrone: Will There Be Singing
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau
November 17, 2018
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2
Bach: Keyboard Concerto no. 5
November 16, 2018
Vaughan Williams:
Hymn Prelude on Song 13 by Gibbons
Hymn Prelude, Eventide
Nico Muhly: Viola Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4
November 3rd, 7th, 9th, 11th, 2018
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Oct. 5th 6th, 7th, 2017
Repertoire TBD
September 6-8th, 2018
Wide Open Opera
The Barbican
London, UK
Sharon Carty, Amy
Máire Flavin, Hannah
Benedict Nelson, Matthew
Aaron Monaghan, Martin
Directed by Enda Walsh
Donnacha Dennehy:
The Second Violinist
UK Premiere
August 11th, 2018
Sunrise Concert:
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suites no. 1 and 2
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F major, "Pastorale"
July 14th, 19th, 29th, 31st, August 2nd
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Caracalla, Roma, Italy
Carmen - Ketevan Kemoklidze
Don José - Andeka Gorrotxategui
Escamillo - Simón Orfila
Dancairo - Alessio Verna
Frasquita - Daniela Cappiello
Mercédès - Anna Pennisi
Remendado - Pietro Picone
Zuniga - Roberto Lorenzi
Director, Valentina Carrasco
Bizet: Carmen
May 14th, 2018
Evening of arias and orchestral
selections with Joyce El-Khoury.
March 24th-29th, 2018
Orchestra della Toscana - Tour of Tuscany
03/24 - Teatro Garibaldi, Figline Valdarno
03/26 - Teatro del Popolo, Castelfiorentino
03/27 - Teatro Metropolitan, Piombino
03/28 - Teatro Verdi, Firenze
03/29 - Teatro Signorelli, Cortona
All performances at 21:00.
Ksenija Sidorova, Accordian
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
Bach: Concerto in D Minor
Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon
Ginastera: Variations Concertantes
March 1st-4th, 2017
January 7th-18th, 2018
New Music Dublin 2018 Festival
Crash Recording Project:
Donnacha Dennehy: Disposable Dissonance
Christopher Mayo: Streets Become Liars
RTÉ Chamber Orchestra (March 1st):
Deirdre Gribbin: Goliath
Crash Ensemble Performance (March 3rd):
Gerard Grisey: Vortex Temporum
Donnacha Dennehy: Disposable Dissonance
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Florence, Italy
Performances Jan. 7th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 18th
Carmen - Veronica Simeoni (7,10,14,18)
Marina Comparato (9,13)
Don José - Roberto Aronica (7,10,14,18)
Sergio Escobar (9,13)
Micaela - Laura Giordano (7,10,14,18)
Valeria Sepe (9,13)
Remendado - Paolo Antognetti
Frasquita - Eleonora Bellocci
Mercedes - Giada Frasconi
Directed by Leo Muscato
Bizet: Carmen
November 26th, 2017
Gershwin: Overture to Girl Crazy
Ellington: Stalking Monster
Gershwin: Songs with Trio:
Summertime
Someone to Watch Over Me
Fascinatin' Rhythm
'Swonderful
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from
On The Town
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Oct. 2nd-8th 2017
Wide Open Opera
Dublin, Ireland
Sharon Carty, Amy
Máire Flavin, Hannah
Benedict Nelson, Matthew
Aaron Monaghan, Martin
Directed by Enda Walsh
Donnacha Dennehy: The Second Violinist
September 22nd, 2017
Jason Moran: Selma
Screening + Live Score with Orchestra
Post Concert Q&A with Rep. John Lewis, director Ava DuVernay, composer Jason Moran, Ryan McAdams, and Greg
Hedgepath
September 11th, 2017
Lustig: SEMMELWEIS
World Premiere Concert Performance
Opera for Soloists, Women's Choir, Ensemble
August 10, 2017
Wordless Music Orchestra
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Selma:
Screening + Live Score with Orchestra
July 24th-30th, 2017
Wide Open Opera
Galway, Ireland
Sharon Carty, Amy
Máire Flavin, Hannah
Benedict Nelson, Matthew
Aaron Monaghan, Martin
Directed by Enda Walsh
Donnacha Dennehy: The Second Violinist
World Premiere Opera
June 18th, 2017
Summer Nostos Festival
Athens, Greece
Summer Residency:
Julia Wolfe: Anthracite Fields
with Bang On A Can
And "Jackie" and "Under The Skin" with the Wordless Music Orchestra
April 8th, 2017
Barry Lyndon
Screening and Live Score of Stanley
Kubrick's classic film.
March 2nd-4th, 2017
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI Auditorium RAI, P.zza Rossaro
Torino, Italy (March 2nd, 3rd)
Piacenza, Italy (March 4th)
David Garrett, Violin
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Ravel: Bolero
Feb. 28th, 2017
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI Auditorium RAI, P.zza Rossaro
Torino, Italy
David Garrett, Violin
Carnivale Concert
Program to include light
classical fare, including
Berlioz "Roman Carnival Overture," Ginestera's Suite from "Estancia," Bernstein "Three Dances From On The Town," and more.
Jan 26th, 2017
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Barber: Piano Concerto
Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor
Dec. 3rd, 2016
China National Opera
Beijing, China
Celebration of American Opera, including selections from Nixon in China, The Last Emperor, Akhnaten, Porgy and Bess, and Candide
November 18th-19th, 2017
Nov. 5th-13th, 2016
The Tree of Life
"More than 100 musicians and singers from the Wordless Music Orchestra perform live accompaniment to a special screening of Terrence Malick’s 2011 masterpiece The Tree of Life. Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes and hailed by Roger Ebert as one of the 10 greatest films of all time, Music by Mahler, Berlioz, Brahms, Górecki, Mozart, and Couperin courses throughout this gorgeously shot hymn to the sacred within the secular, where time eternal merges with fallible human love."
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Kauffman Center
Kansas City, Missouri
Ryan McAdams, Conductor
Stephen Lawless, Director
Edward Parks, Count Almaviva
Katie Van Kooten, Countess Almaviva
Adam Lau, Figaro
Maureen McKay, Susanna
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
October 1st, 2016
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Villa-Lobos: Symphony n°1
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
July 27th-29th, 2016
Israeli Vocal Arts Institute
Tel Aviv, Israel
Edwin Cahill, Director
Laura Careless, Movement
John Norris, Program Director
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
July 2nd-3rd, 2016
Bizet: Carmen
Teatro Regio Torino
Torino, Italy
Carmen, Anna Caterina Antonacci/Veronica Simeoni
Don José, Dmytro Popov/Roberto Aronica
Micaëla, Irina Lungu/Mariangela Sicilia
Escamillo, Vito Priante/Luca Grassi
Frasquita, Anna Maria Sarra
Mercédès, Lorena Scarlata
Il Dancaïre, Paolo Maria Orecchia
Il Remendado, Carlo Bosi
Moralès, Federico Longhi
Zuniga, Luca Tittoto
May 15th, 2016
All-Beethoven Festival:
March and Chorus from The Ruins of Athens
Choral Fantasy
Symphony no. 7 in A Major
April 27th-30th, 2016
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI
April 27th, 2016
RAI Auditorium, Torino, Italy
April 28th, 2016
Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania
April 29th, 2016
Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria
April 30th, 2016
Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, Taranto
Mario Brunello, Cello
Tour of Southern Italy
Beethoven, Coriolan Overture
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto no. 1 (April 28th-30th)
Haydn, Cello Concerto no. 1 (April 27th)
Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A Major
April 15th, 17th, 19th, 2016
Gulfshore Opera
Naples, Florida
Anthony Kearns, Nemorino
Danielle Talamantes, Adina
Musa Ngqungwana, Dulcamara
Edwin Cahill, Director
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
March 19th, 2017
Jon Brion: Punch Drunk Love
Live performance of the score to Paul Thomas Anderson's film, featuring Jon Brion and Norah Jones
March 6th, 2016
The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
wild Up + Wordless Music Orchestra
Joanna Newsom, Vocalist
Jon Brion: Punch Drunk Love
Live performance of the score to Paul Thomas Anderson's film, featuring Jon Brion and Joanna Newsom
February 24th-28th, 2016
Opera di Firenze/Maggio Musicale
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Florence, Italy
Leila - Ekaterina Sadovnikova / Laura Giordano
Nadir - Jesús Garcia / Jesús León
Zurga - Luca Grassi / Stefano Antonucci
Nourabad - Nicolas Testé
Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles
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