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Parnther conducts Philadelphia Orchestra in world premiere
Anthony Parnther celebrates America at 250 with The Philadelphia Orchestra, where his program showcases the world premiere of a new oratorio commissioned for the occasion from Peter Boyer and Mark Campbell (tonight, June 17), and California’s San Bernardino Symphony (June 20), where he is now concluding his seventh season as Music Director. For his final...
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World Premieres in Houston, Indianapolis, and Honolulu
Dedicated to expanding and diversifying the orchestral literature, conductor Anthony Parnther brings three new works to life over the months ahead. First up is America 250, written by Patricia Leonard, winner of the Virginia B. Toulmin Prize, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Parnther’s world premiere performance of...
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“Anthony Parnther, commanding the Orchestra with grace and electricity, drew the Philharmonic through a program that felt like an illuminated manuscript of American and European genius…”
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Fall 2025 kicks off with Opening Night with New York Philharmonic & More
Anthony Parnther kicks off the cultural season with the Gala Opening Night at the New York Philharmonic featuring three-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant on September 25th. He returns to New York to Carnegie Hall the following week, October 4 and 5, to perform the "Marvel Studios Infinity Saga Concert Experience” and then heads to St. Louis to lead a special centennial tribute to Chuck Berry on October 17 & 18. Later in October,, Parnther heads to Scotland to conduct the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) in the world premiere performances of Tamboo-Bamboo Concerto, a new RSNO commission from......
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Detroit Opera debut in May, returns to Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia & more
This past May, Anthony Parnther returned to the podium for Anthony Davis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera The Central Park Five at the Detroit Opera. With a libretto by Richard Wesley, the powerful work recounts the wrongful conviction of five Black and Latino teens in 1989. The Detroit Free Press wrote of the performance, “Conductor Anthony Parnther...
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“Conductor Anthony Parnther works wonders with the Detroit Opera Orchestra and Davis’ muscular, jazz-heavy score … it’s hard to imagine this show without him at the baton.”