New Jersey Symphony Presents 2023–24 Season Finale Featuring Daniil Trifonov Playing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F
NEWARK, NJ—The New Jersey Symphony presents the 2023–24 season finale classical concerts featuring pianist Daniil Trifonov playing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, with Music Director Xian Zhang conducting four performances: Thursday, June, 6, 2024, at 7:30 pm, at State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick; Friday, June 7, 2024, at 8 pm, at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton; Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 8 pm, at Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank; and Sunday, June 9, 2024, at 3 pm, at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.
The GRAMMY Award-winning Trifonov is a world-renowned pianist, and will play Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, the composer’s follow-up to his famous Rhapsody in Blue. The Concerto in F has the same jazz influences in a more sophisticated orchestral structure. Also on the program is Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture, a medley arranged by Gershwin’s friend and assistant Robert Russell Bennett, with popular melodies including “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and others.
The Symphony will also present the world premiere of Autumn Days and Nights by Daniel Bernard Roumain, a New Jersey Symphony commission. Roumain, who also goes by DBR, is the Symphony’s Resident Artistic Catalyst and a composer, performer, educator and activist whose works include movie scores (Ailey, 2021) and i am a person who _____ Black people, another New Jersey Symphony commission.
Daniil Trifonov Plays Gershwin
Thursday, June 6, 7:30 pm | State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick
Friday, June 7, at 8 pm | Richardson Auditorium in Princeton
Saturday, June 8, 8 pm | Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank
Sunday, June 9, 3 pm | New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark
Xian Zhang conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
New Jersey Symphony
Gershwin/arr. Bennett Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Daniel Bernard Roumain Autumn Days and Nights (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Gershwin Concerto in F
More information on concerts and tickets: njsymphony.org/events
These concerts are generously sponsored by the UJA Benefit Concert Supporting Foundation, in recognition of the centennials of both the New Jersey Symphony and the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ.
Daniel Bernard Roumain’s commission is generously sponsored in part by Judith Musser.
New Jersey Symphony
The Emmy and GRAMMY Award-winning New Jersey Symphony is redefining what it means to be a nationally leading, relevant orchestra in the 21st century. The Symphony is renewing its deeply rooted commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion by championing new, and often local, artists; engaging audiences for whom the inspiring depth and breadth of classical music will be a new experience; and incorporating the broadest possible representation in all aspects of our organization-all to better reflect and serve our vibrant communities. Since 2021, Music Director Xian Zhang has worked together with composer, violinist, educator and social-justice advocate Daniel Bernard Roumain, the orchestra's Resident Artistic Catalyst, to offer programming that connects with diverse communities in Newark and throughout New Jersey.
Internationally renowned Chinese American conductor Xian Zhang began her tenure as the New Jersey Symphony's current Music Director in 2016. Since her arrival at the New Jersey Symphony, Zhang has revitalized programming with an industry-leading commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in mainstage concerts. In its second century of bringing concerts to the people of New Jersey, the Symphony will present audience favorites in 2023–24 including Dvořák's "New World" Symphony, Orff's Carmina Burana, Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and pianist Daniil Trifonov playing Gershwin's Concerto in F. New Jersey Symphony co-commissions include Anna Clyne's ATLAS and Jessie Montgomery's Snapshots. Composers Rob Kapilow and Daniel Bernard Roumain will present world premieres.
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