
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Biography
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is in its 78th season, with Nathalie Stutzmann as only the fifth Music Director in the history of the Orchestra and the only woman to ever hold the position. Maestro Stutzmann will continue the ASO’s mission of bringing new and exciting composers and guest artists to Atlanta.
The ASO is one of the leading orchestras in the United States, performing more than 150 concerts each year from the Delta Classical, Movies in Concert, Family Concert, and Coca-Cola Holiday series, as well as the Atlanta Symphony Hall LIVE concerts and many community and education concerts.
In addition, the ASO performs with the 200+ voice, all-volunteer ASO Chorus, originally founded in 1970 by Robert Shaw, and currently under the direction of Norman Mackenzie. The Chorus was featured on nine of the ASO’s Grammy®-Award winning recordings.
The ASO remains dedicated to music education through its engaging education initiatives, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO), now in its 49th year, and the Talent Development Program (TDP), one of the longest-running musical education diversity programs in the country.
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 won 27 Grammy® Awards in categories including Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance, Best Choral Performance and Best Opera Performance.
Featured Events
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3 + Violinist Leila Josefowicz
- Night on Bald MountainMussorgsky
- Violin ConcertoHelen Grime
- Symphony No. 3Rachmaninov
Pre-Concert Screening: My Boléro with Nathalie Stutzmann
Concerts in the Park: A Latin Celebration
The Music of Def Leppard
with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Black Panther: Live in Concert
with the ASO
Nathalie Stutzmann Conducts Tchaikovsky
- Overture from The Queen of SpadesTchaikovsky
- Polonaise from Eugene OneginTchaikovsky
- Harp ConcertoMosolov
- Symphony No. 4Tchaikovsky
Folk Tales, Ragas and Lost Love
- SamaagamAmjad Ali Khan
- Elegía Andina (Andean Elegy) Gabriela Lena Frank
- Suite from Romeo and JulietProkofiev
Joshua Bell Masters the Elements
- Capriccio espagnolRimsky-Korsakov
- Excerpts from The Elements: Suite for Violin and OrchestraVARIOUS
- The MoldauSmetana
- Violin ConcertoBruch
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Live in Concert
with the ASO
Nathalie Stutzmann + Songs of Destiny
- NänieBrahms
- SchicksalsliedBrahms
- Gesang der ParzenBrahms
- The Isle of the DeadRachmaninov
- Selections from Slavonic DancesDvořák
Nathalie Stutzmann + Dvořák New World Symphony
- CortègeSibelius
- Violin ConcertoDvořák
- Symphony No. 9Dvořák
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2
- Short Piece for OrchestraPerry
- Piano Concerto No. 2Rachmaninov
- Symphony No. 7Prokofiev
Andrew Brady + The Five Sacred Trees
(also featuring Florence Price Symphony No. 3)
- New Work TBDChanda Dancy
- The Five Sacred TreesJohn Williams
- Symphony No. 3Price
Christmas with the ASO
Handel’s Messiah
- Messiah (Part I)Handel
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
Carlos Simon Curates
- Motherboxx ConnectionCarlos Simon
- TBDVarious Composers
- We Shall OvercomeUzee Brown
- 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
- Sacrifice of IsaacJonathan Leshnoff
- The Rite of SpringStravinsky
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