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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.”
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Film Concerts – Performing Movie Music Live Soundtrack Scores Audio Stems CBS Sunday Morning 2025
Anthony Parnther led the Philharmonic’s “Jaws” screenings. His primary role, however, is conducting Hollywood film recording sessions for movies like “Oppenheimer,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
When asked if his colleagues view these concerts as more about entertainment than artistry, Parnther responded, “All I know is that when I turn away from the score to speak to the audience, every seat is occupied.”
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This Spring, Parnther returns to the Cleveland Orchestra, performs Beethoven with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Mendelssohn with the Nashville Symphony
Anthony Parnther performs major symphonic repertoire, movie music, and leads innovative youth programs in the coming months. As featured on CBS Sunday, Parnther performs “Black Panther” score and other film music with leading American orchestras “The quintessential L.A. musician of our day” (Los Angeles Times), Parnther is “Hollywood’s go-to conductor for epic projects” (Billboard). As...
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Recent highlights: Chicago Symphony & Cleveland Orchestra debuts, & more
Parnther’s upcoming engagements follow a full and varied summer. A master of multiple genres, who has conducted many of the world’s preeminent artists, he toured the States with twelve-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist John Legend, performing evenings of stories and song with the Atlanta, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and San Francisco Symphonies; with the Philadelphia...
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Summer Tour with John Legend
This summer, Anthony Parnther tours the U.S. with superstar singer-songwriter and pianist John Legend. Stops include Parnther’s Cleveland Orchestra debut at the orchestra’s summer Blossom Music Festival residency, San Diego Symphony debut in The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, a return to the San Francisco Symphony, and kicked off with performances at Wolf Trap in...