Baton Rouge Symphony Opening Night - Adam Johnson, Conductor

Program:

Wagner - Prelude to Act 3 Lohengrin

Ravel - Tzigane

Kerson Leong, violin

Massenet - Meditation from Thais

Kerson Leong, violin

Rachmaninoff - Symphony No 2

After an intensive multi-year search, the Baton Rouge Symphony Board of Directors approved the Search Committee’s recommendation to hire Maestro Adam Johnson as BRSO’s music director.

Known for his extraordinary versatility, Adam Johnson has conducted sold-out concerts with dozens of leading artists in a wide range of styles, extending beyond classical to pop, jazz and Broadway. He is regularly invited to studio record with orchestras for major international projects and has recorded for virtual reality exhibits. He has been the Mécénat Musica Educator-in-Residence since 2019, creating educational materials for music educators and offering workshops and performances to increase the quantity and quality of music education for youth. A recipient of a Canada Council conducting award, he holds a Doctorate in piano performance from the Université de Montréal and a prize in orchestral conducting from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal.