2024

International Conductors Contest

Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Adjudicator

Fanfare Band Concert Division

Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Adjudicator

Wind Band Concert Division

Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Adjudicator

Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News, VA

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35

Andrew van Oeyen, piano

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48

Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks"

Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35

Andrew van Oeyen, piano

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48

Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks"

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Rodion Shchedrin: The Solemn Overture

Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Ballet

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Choreography by Dmitry Pimonov
Scenography and costumes by Stas Lopatkin

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Ballet

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Choreography by Dmitry Pimonov
Scenography and costumes by Stas Lopatkin

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Ballet

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Premiere Performance

Choreography by Dmitry Pimonov
Scenography and costumes by Stas Lopatkin

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Ballet

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Premiere Performance

Choreography by Dmitry Pimonov
Scenography and costumes by Stas Lopatkin

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Opera

Puccini: Tosca

Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara

Tosca: Alena Diyanova 
Mario Cavaradossi: Mergen Sandanov

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

Nikolai Mazhara, piano

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 44

Mariinsky Concert Hall (M3), St. Petersburg, Russia

J.S. Bach / trans. Respighi: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV 582

Respighi: Church Windows

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Opera

Verdi: La Traviata

Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara

Violetta Valéry: Anastasiya Kikot
Alfredo Germont: Alexander Diyanov
Giorgio Germont: Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Opera

Verdi: Macbeth

Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara

Macbeth: Alexander Gontsa
Banquo: Yevgeny Plekhanov
Lady Macbeth: Alena Diyanova
Macduff: Mergen Sandanov

Izumi Hall, Osaka

All John Mackey Program

Antique Violence

Chris Martin, trumpet

Wine Dark Sea

others

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, op. 35

Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto in C Sharp minor, op. 30

Canon Matsuda, piano

Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition, IMM 50

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Opera

Verdi: Macbeth

Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara

Macbeth: Vyacheslav Vasilyev 
Banquo: Yevgeny Plekhanov 
Lady Macbeth: Alena Diyanova 
Macduff: Yevgeny Mizin

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Opera

Verdi: La Traviata

Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara

Violetta Valéry: Olga Zharikova 
Alfredo Germont: Alexei Kostyuk 
Giorgio Germont: Alexei Bublik

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 178 "New World"

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D minor op. 13

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Shostakovich: Festive Overture in A major, op. 96

Arensky: Violin Concerto, Op. 54

Mayuko Katsumura, violin

Hoshina: Oraison et Jeux ~ sous un rai lumineux

Kazuhiro Miyamura, oboe

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

Yosuke Niino, piano

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

All Tchaikovsky Program

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44

Sergei Babayan, piano

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 75

Sergei Babayan, piano

Francesca da Rimini, Symphonic Fantasia after Dante, Op. 32

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Opera

Verdi: Macbeth

Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara

Macbeth: Vyacheslav Vasilyev 
Banquo: Yevgeny Plekhanov 
Lady Macbeth: Alena Diyanova 
Macduff: Yevgeny Mizin

Tsuga Cultural Center, Osaka, Japan

Grieg: Peer Gynt

Tchaikovsky: "Adieu, forêts" from Jeanne d'Arc

Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye Suite

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Opera

Verdi: La Traviata

Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara

Violetta Valéry: Alena Diyanova
Alfredo Germont: Alexei Kostyuk
Giorgio Germont: Alexander Gontsa
Flora Bervoix: Irina Kolodyazhnaya
Gastone: Roman Krukovich
Baron Douphol: Gennady Akhmedov
Marquis d’Obigny: Sergei Pleshivtsev
Doctor Grenvil: Evgeny Plekhanov
Annina: Alina Mikhailik
Giuseppe: Vsevolod Marilov
Messenger: Vladimir Volkov

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 B-flat major, KV 207

He Ziyu, violin

Witold Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra

Maurice Ravel: Music from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé, М. 57

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo, Japan

W. Schuman: George Washington Bridge

Dello Joio: Variants on a Mediaeval Tunes

Barber: Symphony No. 1 (trans. Guy M. Ducker)

D. Fujikura: Tuba Concerto (World Premiere)

Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Mendelssohn: Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.21
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Fumiaki Miura, violin

Rimsky-Korsakov: The symphonic suite Scheherazade, Op. 35

Mariinsky Concert Hall (M3), St. Petersburg, Russia

J.S. Bach / trans. Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537

Elgar: Enigma Variations

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 73

Primorsky Stage, Vladivostok, Russia

Opera

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara

Eugene Onegin: Alexander Gontsa
Tatyana: Liliya Kadnikova
Lensky: Alexei Kostyuk
Olga: Tatiana Makarchuk
Prince Gremin: Vadim Soloviev

The Symphony Hall, Osaka, Japan

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

Miki Yumihari, piano

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op 125 "Choral"

Saeko Kizawa, soprano

Aiko Yamada, alto

Naoki Nizuka, tenor

Hiroaki Hagiwara, baritone

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

Respighi /trans. Ito: Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

Respighi / trans. Suzuki: Pines of Rome

Corigliano: Symphony No. 3

Symphony Hall, Osaka

Aaron Jay Kernis: Too Hot Toccata

Sakai: Violin Concerto "On the G string"

Tatsuki Narita, violin

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique op. 14

Benaroya Hall, Seattle

Yuzo Toyama: Rhapsody for Orchestra

Larosa: The Tide Jewels (World Premiere)

Ifukube: Symphonic Fantasia No. 1

Takemitsu: Nami no Bon "Lantern Festival of the Waves"

Sendai Ikuei Campus, Sendai, Japan

Beethoven: Egmont Overture

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Hyogo Performing Arts Center

Mozart: Magic Flute Overture

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595

Nikita Abrosimov, piano

Beethoven: Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in F major, op. 50

Leonid Zhelezny, violin

Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104, B. 191

Arseny Chubachin, cello

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

Stewart Goodyear, piano

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

R. Strauss: Suite in B-flat

J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra

Schubert: Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"

Faure: Requiem

Nacole Palmer, soprano

Joe Eletto, baritone

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Schubert: Rosamunde Overture

John Adams: Saxophone Concerto

Timothy McAllister, saxophone

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Izumi Hall, Osaka

Bernstein: Candide Overture

John Mackey: Redline Tango

John Williams: Star Wars Suite

Robert Jager: Sinfonia Nobilissima

Robert Jager: Symphony No. 1

Subinami Koukaidou, Tokyo

Program TBD

Lady Antebellum Auditorium, Evans, GA

12th Annual Celebration

Pops! Under the Stars

Sendai Ikuei Campus, Sendai, Japan

Program: TB

Cultural Center, Yokkaichi, Japan

Williams: Star Wars

Themes from Star Trek and Rocky

Eric Miyashiro, trumpet

Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliette Fantasy Overture

Borodin: Polovetsian Dance from Prince Igor

National Forum of Music, Wrocław, Poland

J.S. Bach/Respighi: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV 582

Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa

Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra

Hiroshima

Program TBA

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Mark Husay, organ

J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor

Melanie Scafide Russell, soprano

Yulia van Doren, soprano

Jay Carter, counter tenor

Steven Soph, tenor

Dan Moore, bass

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

David Conte: Sinfonietta

Bruch: Kol Nidrei

Paganini: Variations on the G String on a Theme from Rossini's Moses

Milton Masciadri, bass

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Brahms: Variation on a Theme by Joseph Haydn

Górecki: Symphony No. 3

Ruby Hughes, soprano

Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY

J.S. Bach / Arr. Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue in D minor

Handel: Organ Concerto

Hanson: Concerto for Organ, Harp & Strings, Op. 22, No. 3

J.S. Bach / Arr. Elgar: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 537

Barber: Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra

David Higgs, organ

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Prokofiev: Suite from The Love for Three Oranges

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2

Terrance Wilson, piano

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Amphitheater, Chautauqua, NY

Music School Festival Orchestra / Dance Concert

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Nielsen: Maskarade Overture

Corigliano: The Red Violin - Chaconne for Violin & Orchestra

Sarasate: Zigeunerwisen (Gypsy Airs)

Philippe Quint, violin

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Hyogo Performing Arts Center

TBD

East Hiroshima Cultural Center

TBD

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3

Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings

Keith Shafer, organ

Akutagawa: "Triptyque" for String Orchestra

Dvorak: Serenade for Strings

Tenessee Theatre

Shchedrin: Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 "Naughty Limericks"

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Stewart Goodyear, piano

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Strauss, R.: Salome - Dance of the Seven Veils

Scriabin: Le Poéme de l'extase, op. 54

Strauss, R.: Also Sprach Zarathustra

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Mozart Festival

Mozart: The Impresario Overture, K. 486

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491

     Lucinda Carver, piano

Mozart: Serenade, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525

Mozart: Symphony No. 40, K. 525

Jacoby Symphony Hall, Jacksonville, FL

Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3, op. 26
     Stewart Goodyear, piano
Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite 1919 version

Etherredge Center, Aiken, SC

Lee, Damon: Undercurrent (Co-Commission Project with Lincoln Symphony)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3, op. 26
     Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique, op. 74

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Lee, Damon: Undercurrent (Co-Commission Project with Lincoln Symphony)

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3, op. 26

Ryo Yanagitani, piano

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique, op. 74

Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Grand Hall, Hyogo, Japan

Takarazuka & Augusta Sister City 25th Anniversary Concert
John Hennecken: TBA World Premiere
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Mayuko Ishigami, violin
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3

The Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan

Alfred Reed: Armenian Dances (Complete)
David Holsinger: Ballet Sacra
Stravinsky, arr. Guy M. Duker: The Firebird Suite 1919 version

The Symphony Hall, Osaka, Japan

Berlioz: Roman Festival Overture, op. 9

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35

Sandor Javorkai, violin

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ"

Tokyo Metropolitan Arts Space - Concert Hall

R. Nelson: Rocky Point Holiday
R.R. Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances
D. Holsinger: In the Spring at the Time When the Kings Go Off to War
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria Weber

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Beethoven: Overture to Prometheus

Beethoven: Triple Concerto

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Grieg: Holberg Suite

Grøndahl: Trombone Concerto

Schumann: Symphony No. 1, "Spring"

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD

Rossini: William Tell Overture, excerpt

Copland: I bought Me a Cat

Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Little Swans

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

J. Strauss Sr.: Radetzky March

Teatro Provincial de Salta, Salta, Argentina

Gershwin: Cuban Overture

Barber: Essay No. 1

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto

Ruben Albano, trumpet

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Tower: Sequoia

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

Pascal Godart, piano

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Lady Antebellum Pavilion, Evans, GA

Pops Under the Stars!

Program TBA 

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Kabalevsky: Overture pathétique, op. 64
Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1

The Grand Opera House, Macon, GA

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite
Borodin: Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor
     Middle Georgia Choral Society
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite 1919 version

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Handel: Concerto Grosso, op. 6, no. 4
Handel: Harp Concerto, op. 4, no. 6
Ravel: Introduction & Allegro
Vonda Darr, harp
Haydn: Symphony No. 98

Etherredge Center, Aiken, SC

Handel: Concerto Grosso, op. 6, no. 4
Handel: Harp Concerto, op. 4, no. 6
Ravel: Introduction & Allegro
     Vonda Darr, harp
Haydn: Symphony No. 98

Yokkaichi Cultural Center No. 1 Hall, Japan

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"

Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

Vivaldi: Four Seasons

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

   Narimichi Kawabata, violin

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Liszt: Mephisto Walts No. 1, S 110/2

Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes (Game of Cards)

Schubert: Symphony, D. 944, C major (The Great C Major)

Etherredge Center, Aiken, SC

Verdi: La Forza del Destino Overture

Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi (Flower of the Field)

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

Verdi: Triumph March with Chorus from Aida

Verdi: "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto

Verdi: "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata

Verdi: Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore

Puccini: "Un del di vedremo" from Madame Butterfly

Puccini: "Nessum Dorma" from Turondot

Puccini / Alfano: Final Scene from Turondot

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Verdi: La Forza del Destino Overture

Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi (Flower of the Field)

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

Verdi: Triumph March with Chorus from Aida

Verdi: "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto

Verdi: "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata

Verdi: Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore

Puccini: "Un del di vedremo" from Madame Butterfly

Puccini: "Nessum Dorma" from Turondot

Puccini / Alfano: Final Scene from Turondot

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Moncayo: Huapango

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol

Lecuona/Grofé: "Malagueña" from Andalucía Suite

Rodrigo: Fantasia para un gentihombre

Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances

Floyd: "Hear me O Lord" from Susannah

Verdi: "Ella giammai m'amó" from Don Carlo

Berlioz: "Voici les roses" from Damnation of Faust

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Etherredge Center, Aiken, SC

Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA

Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

Festival Hall, Greensboro, GA

Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan

W. Schuman: American Festival Overture

S. Reich: Variation for Winds, Strings and Keyboards

Stravinsky: Rite of Springs

Weilburger Schlossfestspiele, Germany

Kodály: Galanta Dance

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77

Veronika Eberle, violin

Schubert: Symphony No. 3 D. 200