2018/2019 Season Press Releases
August 7, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Robertson, and pianist Orli Shaham announce release of recording of Mozart piano concerti
July 25, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra to host nationally-broadcast NPR program, From the Top, at its May 31, 2020, concert | NPR program showcases the country's most accomplished young musicians
July 24, 2019: Single tickets now on sale for Stéphane Denève's inaugural season as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Denève and SLSO to explore a Franco-American Arch of musical friendship throughout season
July 22, 2019: St. Louis Blues partner with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to host National Anthem auditions for the third year | Winner to perform at a Blues home game in the 2019/2020 season
June 5, 2019: The St. Louis Symphony and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestras announce release of Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony | First recording of Marsalis symphony, a blend of jazz and classical recorded with the SLSO, released by Blue Engine Records
May 15, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announces 2019/2020 Live at Powell Hall concerts | Tickets on sale now for movies, tribute acts, holiday shows, and special guest artists
May 7, 2019: Three musicians retire from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
May 1, 2019: Erik Finley promoted to Vice President and General Manager of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 23, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra presents two free community concerts in May | Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the IN UNISON Chorus on May 3; military musician share the Emerson Stage on May 19
April 17, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra kicks of 2019 Summer at the Symphony series with Ghostbusters in Concert
April 10, 2019: Stéphane Denève, SLSO Music Director Designate, leads SLSO in final concert of classical season, May 10-12 | Denève, conducting Symphonie fantastique, becomes Music Director in September 2019
April 9, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra previews its 2019/2020 season with June 2 concert | All tickets are only $10
March 28, 2019: Winners of St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association contest, Express the Music, announced
March 26, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 50th anniversary of Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin's debut with the SLSO, April 27-May 4
March 25, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announces 2019/2020 Family Concert series with Resident Conductor Gemma New | Subscription packages on sale now; single tickets go on sale in July 2019
March 20, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association announce winners of 29th annual Picture the Music student art contest
March 12, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra adds classic films Psycho and Casablanca to its 2019 Summer at the Symphony series, presented by Wells Fargo Advisors
March 5, 2019: SLSO Resident Conductor Gemma New leads program of works by Thomas Adès, Mozart, and Strauss featuring SLSO Principal Flute Mark Sparks and Principal Harp Allegra Lilly, April 5-7
March 4, 2019: Virtuoso violinist Karen Gomyo returns for performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Conductor Jakub Hrůša makes his SLSO debut in March 29-31 concerts
February 27, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announce 2019 Summer at the Symphony concerts, presented by Wells Fargo Advisors | Tickets on sale now for Live From Here with Chris Thile, Ledisi, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Ghostbusters in Concert, Music of Led Zepplin, Unforgettable: Nat and Natalie, and Women Rock
February 25, 2019: Resident Conductor Gemma New leads the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in third Family Concert: Carnival of the Animals | Families invited to pre-concert Instrument Playground, activities hosted by the Saint Louis Zoo
February 22, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra welcomes debut of cellist Daniel Müller-Schott in an all-French program led by conductor Gilbert Varga | Tickets on sale for March 29-31 concerts now
February 19, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, violinist Anthony Marwood present program of works by Beethoven and Haydn | March 15-17 program features Marwood as soloist and leader
February 15, 2019: Brahms' vocal masterpiece, A German Requiem, to be performed by St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and St. Louis Symphony Chorus | March 9-10 program opens with long-lost Stravinsky work
February 14, 2019: Members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra host free community concert March 1 | Equal Play: Celebrating Women Composers presents works by women composers in a chamber music setting
February 13, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announces soloist change, welcomes mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick in her SLSO debut performing Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky
February 5, 2019: The St. Louis Symphony Symphony Orchestra and Stéphane Denève announce the 2019/2020 season, the orchestra's 140th and Denève's first as Music Director
February 1, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Nine Network of Public Media announce 2019 line-up of Night at the Symphony
January 31, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra teams up with noted Mahler interpreter Peter Oundjian for performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 | Tickets on sale now for March 2-3 concerts
January 29, 2019: American Public Media and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announce SLSO to host, appear on internationally-broadcast radio show | Tickets on sale to see Live from Here with Chris Thile on May 25
January 22, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, IN UNISON Chorus celebrates Black History Month with annual Lift Every Voice concert | Chorus celebrating its 25th anniversary during the 2018/2019 season
January 18, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra connects students to international cultures through Music Without Boundaries concerts
January 16, 2019: Violinist Ray Chen debuts with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on short notice | Performing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 January 18-19
January 8, 2019: Music Director Designate Stéphane Denève returns to St. Louis for two weeks of concerts and special events, February 5-17
January 4, 2019: Concert announcement: SLSO, award-winning vocalist to present tribute to Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole | Tickets for June 9, 2019, concert on sale Tuesday
January 3, 2019: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra names Steven Rosenzweig, CPA, its next Chief Financial Officer
December 27, 2018: Pianist Kirill Gerstein returns to St. Louis to perform Scriabin's only concerto with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Renowned conductor Matthias Pintscher makes his SLSO debut in February 1-2, 2019, concerts
December 18, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performing award-winning score to Star Wars: A New Hope | First movie in Star Wars saga shows while SLSO plays John Williams' score
December 13, 2018: Rising conductor Karina Canellakis makes her St. Louis Symphony Orchestra debut conducting Beethoven and Schumann | Violinist Renaud Capuҫon returns to St. Louis in performance of Schumann's Violin Concerto
November 27, 2018: Visionary St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus to celebrate its 25th anniversary | Begun in 1994, chorus specializes in preservation and performance of music of African and African-American origins
November 8, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to performs Bruckner's monumental final symphony November 30-December 1 | Pianist Ingrid Fliter performs Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1
November 7, 2018: Celebrate the holiday season with four weeks of festive performances by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Performances range from classical favorites to movie scores, Broadway star performing jazzy Christmas numbers
November 5, 2018: Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell returns to perform with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | SLSO's 35-year relationship with Bell continues November 23-25
October 31, 2018: St. Louis Symphony to perform world premiere of Bassoon Concerto by award-winning composer Christopher Rouse with SLSO principal bassoon Andrew Cuneo
October 26, 2018: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Saint Louis Fashion Fund teams up for a night of fashion and music at Two to Tango | Tickets on sale now for November 16 event at new Grand Center hotel
October 25, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra begins 49th season | 100 talented young musicians comprise YO personnel; international students from the Kurdistan region of Iraq part of this year's YO
October 22, 2018: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra celebrates artistic achievements, institutional milestones, community impact, and financial success of its 2017/2018 season | Annual report issued
October 17, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra community program connects area music students with local colleges | Program inspired by Ferguson Middle School teacher
October 15, 2018: Halloween favorite, Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, coming to Powell Hall November 2-4 | SLSO to play score live while stop-motion classic plays on the big screen
October 10, 2018: Stéphane Denève returns to conduct the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for the first time as Music Director Designate | Nov. 10-11 program inspired by love and features works by Berlioz, Lieberson, Wagner, and Scriabin
October 8, 2018: With continuation of partnership with Mizzou New Music Initiative, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra supports emerging regional composers
October 4, 2018: Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti returns October 26 for concert with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 3, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to collaborate with Tony Award-winning actress/singer Sutton Foster | Live at Powell Hall performance added on February 23, 2019
October 2, 2018: Works by Beethoven and Wagner, plus Haydn's masterpiece The Creation, highlight late October SLSO concerts
September 27, 2018: Families invited to afternoon of Halloween fun with SLSO performance of Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead Oct. 14 | Arrive early for Instrument Playground, trick-or-treating
September 26, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra teams up with The Muny for Oct. 7 concert featuring songs from the first 25 years of The Muny's history in Muny 100: Its Opening Act in Song and Symphony
September 25, 2018: Works by Beethoven, Berlioz, Ligeti, Bartók, Rimsky-Korsakov featured in SLSO's early October concerts | Principal viola Beth Guterman Chu takes center stage on Harold in Italy
September 14, 2018: U.S. premiere of Flounce to be performed by SLSO | September 28-29 program also features violinist Leila Josefowicz and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11
September 13, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announces new full-time musician, three others congratulated on retirement
September 11, 2018: Resident Conductor Gemma New to lead opening weekend of St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 18/19 season | Pianist Behzod Abduraimov to perform Grieg, plus the SLSO debut of Aaron Jay Kernis' Musica Celestis
September 10, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Pulitzer Arts Foundation announce programs of contemporary classical music series, celebrating music of today
September 5, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Blues announce winner of national anthem contest | Local music teacher to sing at home Blues game
August 28, 2018: Repertoire for St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's free Forest Park concert announced | SLSO marks 50th anniversary of community concert
August 15, 2018: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announces new creative partner | Additional staff appointments made
August 8, 2018: St .Louis Symphony Orchestra shares updates for 2018/2019 season | Single tickets for Classical and Family series on sale today
July 23, 2018: St. Louis Blues partner with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for second year to host National Anthem Auditions for the 2018/2019 season
June 19, 2018: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announces additions to its 2018/2019 Season, including Live at Powell Hall, an IN UNISON milestone, and the Family Concert Series
May 17. 2018: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announces special December 2018 Holiday programs for the 2018/2019 season
