
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Biography
Under the leadership of Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) offers live performances, media initiatives and learning programs that unite, educate and enrich our community through the engaging and transformative power of orchestral music experiences.
Now in its 79th season, the ASO engages the diverse international community of our city, bringing people together in harmony including our youngest citizens, with extensive opportunities for youth and families to fall in love with music. Two hallmark education programs celebrate anniversaries this season: the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra celebrates 50 years, and the Talent Development Program one of the longest-running musical education diversity programs in the country turns 30.
The Orchestra's range and depth are featured in more than 150 concerts each year, including the flagship Delta Classical Series, Movies in Concert, Family Concerts, Coca-Cola Holiday series and many community and education concerts. The ASO presents many vibrant, wide-ranging events and artists through its Delta Atlanta Symphony Hall Live presentations. Outside of the concert hall, the ASO's Behind the Curtain video concert series enables the Orchestra to reach audiences beyond city limits.
The ASO performs with the world-renowned 200+ voice, all-volunteer ASO Chorus, originally founded in 1970 by Robert Shaw, and currently under the direction of Norman Mackenzie. The Chorus is featured on nine of the ASO's 27 Grammy® Award-winning recordings.
Featured Events
Christmas with the ASO
Handel’s Messiah
- Messiah (Part I)Handel
The Holiday: Live in Concert
with the ASO
Celtic Woman: Christmas Symphony Tour 2023
with the ASO
Sounds of the Season
- Selections from The NutcrackerTchaikovsky
- Selections from The Nutcracker Suite (arr. Ellington/Strayhorn)Tchaikovsky
- A Christmas FestivalAnderson
- (Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man With the BagBrooks
- The Christmas Song (arr. Stephenson)Torme
- Sleigh RideAnderson
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerMarks
- Thunder and Lightning, Polka, Op. 324J. Strauss, Jr.
- O Holy NightAdam
- Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasMartin & Blane
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to TownCoots
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
- Divertimento in DMozart
- Introduction and AllegroElgar
- The Four SeasonsVivaldi
Stutzmann Conducts Bruckner + ASO Chorus
- Symphony No. 9Bruckner
- Te DeumBruckner
Nathalie Stutzmann Conducts Mozart + Bruckner
- Piano Concerto No. 22Mozart
- Symphony No. 7Bruckner
The Planets
- RainphaseSalina Fisher
- Losing EarthAdam Schoenberg
- The PlanetsHolst
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert
with the ASO
Carlos Simon Curates
- Motherboxx ConnectionCarlos Simon
- Four Negro SpiritualsH. Smith
- Depuis le jour, from "Louise"Charpentier
- Go Down Moses (Arr. B.E. Boykin)African American Spiritual
- Make Them Hear YouAnonymous
- Si Puo? Si Puo? from “Pagliacci”Leoncavallo
- There's a man goin round taking namesHogan
- "Lacrymosa" from Eternal Light Howard Goodall
- Bethelehmu (arr. Wendell Whalum)Olatunji
- We Shall Overcome (Arr. Uzee Brown)Gospel
- brea(d)thCarlos Simon
Stutzmann Conducts Verdi Requiem
- RequiemVerdi
Vänskä Conducts Prokofiev + Sibelius
- TransitionsHenry Dorn
- Piano Concerto No. 2Prokofiev
- Symphony No. 3Sibelius
Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty
- Prologue from Sleeping BeautyTchaikovsky
- Tout un monde lointain (A Whole Distant World)Dutilleux
- Suite from Sleeping BeautyTchaikovsky
Carmina Burana
- Concerto for OrchestraLutosławski
- Carmina BuranaOrff
Stutzmann Conducts Mozart + Brahms
- Variations on a Theme by HaydnBrahms
- Sinfonia ConcertanteMozart
- Symphony No. 1Brahms
Nathalie Stutzmann + Renée Fleming
- Sextet from CapriccioR. Strauss
- Four Last SongsR. Strauss
- Four Orchestral SongsR. Strauss
- Der Rosenkavalier SuiteR. Strauss
Stutzmann Conducts Pires + Beethoven
- The Hebrides OvertureMendelssohn
- Piano Concerto No. 4Beethoven
- Symphony No. 4R. Schumann
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
- KauyumariGabriela Ortiz
- New Work TBDJoel Thompson
- Rhapsody in BlueGershwin
- Walkabout: Concerto for OrchestraGabriela Lena Frank
- Danzón No. 2Arturo Márquez
Jonathon Heyward Conducts Rachmaninov
- Piano Concerto (1938)Britten
- Symphony No. 2Rachmaninov
Robert Spano + Garrick Ohlsson
- Concerto for OrchestraAdam Schoenberg
- Piano Concerto No. 3Rachmaninov
Robert Spano + Rite of Spring
- The Sacrifice of IsaacJonathan Leshnoff
- The Rite of SpringStravinsky
Star Wars and More
with the ASO
Stutzmann + Trifonov
- Piano Concerto No. 2Brahms
- "Lachrimae antiquae" from Lachrimae, or Seaven TearesDowland
- Symphony No. 2R. Schumann
Nathalie Stutzmann + The Ring Without Words
- Sinfonia ConcertanteMozart
- The Ring Without Words (arr. Maazel)Wagner
Firebird Finale with Nathalie Stutzmann
- Violin ConcertoBeethoven
- Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)Ravel
- Menuet antiqueRavel
- The Firebird (1919)Stravinsky