
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Biography
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO), currently in its 76th season, continues to affirm its position as one of America’s leading orchestras with excellent live performances, renowned guest artist features, and engaging education initiatives. The ASO performs more than 150 concerts each year from the Delta Classical Series, Movies in Concert, Family Concert Series, Atlanta Symphony Hall LIVE, and the Coca-Cola Holiday Series, as well as community and education concerts.
Now in his 20th season as Music Director, Robert Spano’s continued commitment to nurturing and championing contemporary American music, through the Atlanta School of Composers and other partnerships, has defined a new generation of American composers. In 2016, he received the American Composers Forum’s Champion of New Music Award. During his tenure, the Orchestra has performed more than 28 ASO commissions, as well as several co-commissions.
The Orchestra continues to record regularly on its in-house label, ASO Media, further demonstrating the Orchestra’s commitment to celebrating classical masterworks, while continuing to perform commission, premiere and record with some of today's leading composers. During the ASO’s history with Telarc, the Orchestra and Chorus have recorded more than 100 albums and its recordings have won 27 Grammy® Awards in categories including Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance, Best Choral Performance and Best Opera Performance.
Featured Events
Behind The Curtain: Yefim Bronfman Plays Beethoven
- Delights & DancesMichael Abels
- The Book of Spells (World Premiere)Clarice Assad
- Piano Concerto No. 3Beethoven
- SinfoniettaBritten
Behind The Curtain: Sir Donald Runnicles Conducts Wagner
- An Elegy: A Cry From The GraveCarlos Simon
- Chansons de BilitisDebussy
- Variations on a Theme by Frank BridgeBritten
- Wesendonck Lieder (arr. Henze)Wagner
Behind The Curtain: Beethoven and Mozart
- Concerto for Flute and HarpMozart
- Selected Songs for Voice and PianoA. Mahler
- Symphony No. 4Beethoven
Behind The Curtain: Chopin and Shostakovich
- Lyric for StringsWalker
- Chamber Symphony in C Minor, Op. 110a (arr. Rudolf Barshai)Shostakovich
- Piano Concerto No. 2Chopin
Behind The Curtain: All Brahms
- Serenade No. 2Brahms
- Violin ConcertoBrahms
Ben Folds with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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Behind The Curtain: Mendelssohn and Schubert
- Piano Concerto No. 1Mendelssohn
- String Quartet No. 2 (2nd movement)Price
- Symphony No. 5Schubert
Behind The Curtain: Violin Powerhouse Augustin Hadelich
- Le bourgeois gentilhommeR. Strauss
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, Op. 2Bologne
Behind The Curtain: Gaffigan Conducts Dvořák
- Wood NotesStill
- Serenade for StringsDvořák
- Serenade for Wind InstrumentsDvořák
Behind The Curtain: Jean-Yves Thibaudet and a Latin Fiesta
- Elegía AndinaGabriela Lena Frank
- Fiesta!López Bellido
- Tango Manos, Concerto for Piano and OrchestraAaron Zigman
- Suite No. 1 from “The Three-Cornered Hat”de Falla
Behind The Curtain: Mahler's Fourth Symphony
- Knoxville: Summer of 1915Barber
- Symphony No. 4 (chamber version)Mahler