Press Releases

June 16, 2022

Timothy Shi wins New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Henry Lewis Concerto Competition, will perform at Symphony’s outdoor summer concerts

Violinist Timothy Shi has won the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s 2022 Henry Lewis Concerto Competition. Shi will join the New Jersey Symphony…

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June 3, 2022

New Jersey Symphony closes season with world premieres by Daniel Bernard Roumain and 4 jazz composers; Aaron Dworkin’s The American Rhapsody

The New Jersey Symphony’s 2021–22 season finale features the world premieres of a pair of Symphony commissions—an innovative concerto…

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June 1, 2022

New Jersey Symphony announces 2022 Cone Institute composers: Dai Wei, Jack Freer, Baldwin Giang, Sophia Jani

The New Jersey Symphony announces the 2022 New Jersey Symphony Edward T. Cone Composition Institute composers and their winning works: Dai Wei (Saṃsāric…

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May 19, 2022

New Jersey Symphony announces chamber concerts at The Newark Museum of Art

The New Jersey Symphony presents four chamber music concerts in The Newark Museum of Art’s Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden in July and August,…

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May 17, 2022

NJ Symphony announces free outdoor summer concerts

The New Jersey Symphony presents free outdoor concerts in Newark, Toms River and Metuchen and returns to the Giralda Music and Arts Festival in Madison.…

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Apr 11, 2022

Trilogy: An Opera Company presents Michael Raphael’s Nat Turner

Trilogy: An Opera Company presents Michael Raphael’s Nat Turner, an opera inspired by the leader of a rebellion of enslaved people in 1831. The…

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Apr 5, 2022

NJ PBS broadcasts 4 New Jersey Symphony concerts

NJ PBS broadcasts four New Jersey Symphony programs this spring, including performances with Music Director Xian Zhang, superstar soprano Renée…

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Mar 17, 2022

New Jersey Symphony presents Beethoven’s complete piano concertos with Inon Barnatan

Pianist Inon Barnatan returns to New Jersey Symphony stages to perform all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos across two programs and four performances…

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Mar 10, 2022

New Jersey Symphony announces 2022–23 centennial season, extends Xian Zhang’s music director contract through 2027–28

The New Jersey Symphony and Music Director Xian Zhang announce the Symphony’s landmark 2022–23 centennial season—and an extension of…

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Feb 15, 2022

New Jersey Symphony presents concerts featuring Daniil Trifonov, Karen Gomyo, Juan Pablo Jofre, Symphony soloists

The New Jersey Symphony presents four weeks of classical subscription concerts through mid-March, featuring Grammy winner Daniil Trifonov performing Mason…

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Feb 3, 2022

New Jersey Symphony presents virtual Lunar New Year Celebration concert

The New Jersey Symphony presents a virtual Lunar New Year Celebration concert on February 5 at 7 pm. The program premieres on SinoVision and the Symphony’s…

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Jan 28, 2022

New Jersey Symphony cancels Lunar New Year Celebration due to snowstorm

For the safety of audiences and artists traveling in the metropolitan area, the New Jersey Symphony’s Lunar New Year Celebration at the New Jersey…

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