We continue our celebration of HSO musicians with Concertmaster Leonid Sigal’s twentieth anniversary season. In this special concert, “Lenny” will not only conduct the orchestra, but both play and conduct the famous Beethoven violin concerto. The program begins with Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers, a contemporary piece that captivates with its dynamic energy and emotional depth. Next, be swept away by the timeless beauty of Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin in D major, op. 61, featuring virtuosic performances that highlight the profound lyricism and technical brilliance of this iconic work. The concert concludes with Bizet’s joyful and exuberant Symphony in C major, HSO’s first performance of this work since 1998.

Carlos Simon’s music ranges from concert music for large and small ensembles to film scores with influences of jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism. Simon is the Composer-in-Residence for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the inaugural Boston Symphony Orchestra Composer Chair, and was nominated for a 2023 GRAMMY award for his album Requiem for the Enslaved.”