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5 JULY - 8 AUGUST 2018

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THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS RETURNS TO EUROPE

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Washington, DC. May 10, 2018. The Orchestra of the Americas, a world-class symphony orchestra of musical leaders from 25 countries of the Western Hemisphere, ages 18 to 30, returns to Europe in summer 2018 by invitation from some of the continent’s top summer venues and festivals, including The Rheingau Festival, The Edinburgh International Festival, The Elbphilharmonie, and The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, among others. International soloists, like acclaimed Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero-whose 2015 release with The Orchestra of the Americas won a Latin Grammy award; renowned Argentinian pianist Ingrid Filter; piano prodigy Kristina Miller; Polish piano sensation Lucas Krupinski, as well as Paganini competition winner Dmitri Berlinsky will join The Orchestra of the Americas during its journey across Poland, Ukraine, Germany, and Scotland, spanning nearly 3,500 kilometers of diverse cultures and rich histories.

The mission of The Orchestra of the Americas is to empower young musical leaders to transform lives and communities across the Americas and beyond. “We look forward to performing in a number of Europe’s most venerated festivals and venues, and sharing with regional audiences musical masterworks of the Americas performed by the brightest young talents from across two Continents,” said Music Director, Carlos Miguel Prieto. This year alone, more than 5,000 musicians from 30 countries across the Western Hemisphere registered for the 2018 Europe Tour; only the top 80 musicians were invited to participate. This is the first time that Ukrainian musicians take part in the tour.

The Orchestra of the Americas' 2018 European Tour begins on July 5 in Luslawice, Poland, under the direction of acclaimed Mexican Music Director Carlos Miguel Prieto and a faculty of world-class coaches from top professional orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, the Metropolitan Opera, and other respected global institutions with two weeks of intensive rehearsals at The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music. This Residence culminates in two concerts (July 13 & 14) and two days of recording sessions for Linn Records. In addition to artistic mentorship, orchestra musicians receive leadership, civic and social entrepreneurship training through community engagement activities and workshops that benefit the local community.

Following the Residence, The Orchestra of the Americas tours in the historic city of Warsaw on July 19 with Polish piano sensation Lucas Krupinski under the baton of Hobart Earle, Music Director of the Odessa Philharmonic, featuring the music of honored resident composer Krzysztof Penderecki. The Orchestra of the Americas will make its Ukrainian debut, performing in the three major Ukrainian cities: Lviv (July 22 & 24), Kyiv (July 27) and Odessa (July 30 & 31) with guest artists such as German pianist Kristina Miller, Paganini Competition winner Dmitri Berlinsky, as well as Peruvian violinist Eduardo Rios. In addition to performing stand-alone concerts, the orchestra participates in a musical and cultural exchange with the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, with guest conductor Taras Krysa and the music of composer Myroslav Skoryk, pairing 80 musicians from across the Americas with counterparts from across Ukraine.

In Germany, The Orchestra of the Americas will lead concerts at a number of the country’s top venues, including The Rheingau Festival (August 2) and Hamburg’s newly constructed Elbphilharmonie (August 5). Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, a long-time collaborator of the orchestra, appears as guest soloist in Germany with the orchestra. The tour concludes in Scotland with the orchestra’s debut at the iconic Edinburgh International Festival (August 7), with Montero.

THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS IS A WORLD-CLASS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA of gifted young musicians, ages 18 to 30, representing 25 countries in the Western Hemisphere.

THE ORCHESTRA’S MISSION is to empower young musical leaders to transform lives across the Americas and beyond. The Orchestra has become an international brand by bringing renowned artists—from Yo-Yo Ma to Paquito D’Rivera, from Plácido Domingo to Philip Glass—into the lives of young musicians and diverse audiences.

FREE AND OPEN AUDITIONS are held annually via YouTube, removing the cost of international postage, to ensure that any deserving and eligible musician can apply. Following adjudication by prestigious faculty, all musicians in the new orchestra participate on full scholarship, to achieve the greatest equality and diversity possible.

THE SEASON CENTERPIECE is a July-August Residence and Concert Tour held each year in different regions of the world. Musicians, Faculty, Conductors, and Guest Artists gather for a 2-week Residence of daily full-orchestra and sectional rehearsals to prepare diverse and challenging repertoire to take on a month-long tour.

THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS HAS PERFORMED more than 300 concerts since its 2002 Inaugural Tour in settings that range from the most prestigious concert halls of Europe and the Americas to outdoor venues not often associated with symphonic music. The Orchestra has reached millions through live performances, television and radio broadcasts, CD recordings, print media, and documentary films.

THE GLOBAL LEADERS PROGRAM empowers a rising generation of change-makers in music to transform lives and communities through an innovative nine-month Executive Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship, Cultural Agency, Teaching Artistry, Civic Leadership, and Organizational Management. Led in partnership with nine top universities and think tanks, a world-class Faculty that includes two Nobel Laureates, and a network of institutional Fieldwork hosts spanning 30 countries, the Program is offered annually to a select Cohort of the most promising emerging talents from around the globe.

THE IMPACT OF THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS stretches far beyond its programs. Participants return to their native countries to share experiences and gained knowledge with their communities. The Orchestra connects musicians to institutions of higher learning and professional job opportunities. The Orchestra has served as the model for music education startups in Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Lucia, the United States, and Uruguay.

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QUICK FACTS

POLANDJuly 5 – 17 July 13 July 14 July 15July 19

Residence at Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, Luslawice Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, Luslawice Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, Luslawice Recording sessions for Linn Records, LuslawiceSinfonia Varsovia Concert Pavilion, Warsaw

UKRAINEJuly 22 July 24 July 27 July 30 July 31

Lviv Philharmonic Hall Side-by-Side Concert with Lviv Philharmonic, Lviv Philharmonic HallTaras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theater, KyivOdessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

GERMANYAugust 2 August 5

Rheingau Festival, Kurhaus Wiesbaden Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

SCOTLANDAugust 7 Edinburgh International Festival, Usher Hall

REPERTOIRE

Barber (USA): Violin ConcertoBernstein (USA): Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety” Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Brahms (Germany): Piano Concerto No. 1Chavez (Mexico): Symphony No. 2 “Sinfonia India” Copland (USA): Symphony No. 3

Montero (Venezuela): Piano Concerto No. 1 “Latin” Penderecki (Poland): Three Pieces in Old StyleSkoryk (Ukraine): Hutsul TriptychTchaikovsky (Russia): Piano Concerto No. 1 Villa-Lobos (Brazil): Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2

SCHEDULE

CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETOMUSIC DIRECTOR | MEXICO

Carlos Miguel Prieto’s charismatic conducting and dynamic, expressive interpretations have led to major engagements and popular acclaim throughout North America, Europe, and internationally. The 2017-18 season marks his twelfth season as Music Director of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and has included debuts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the LA Phil New Music Group, in addition to performances with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, RTE National Symphony, Beijing Symphony, The Hallé, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and the Royal Scottish National Symphony. He has been the Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, the country’s most important orchestra, since 2007. In 2008, he was appointed Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. Having conducted over 100 world premieres of works by Mexican and American composers, Prieto is renowned for championing and commissioning the music of Latin American composers.

HOBART EARLE GUEST CONDUCTOR | VENEZUELA/USA/UKRAINE

Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, Hobart Earle has elevated the orchestra to a position of international prominence, unprecedented in the history of the organization. He has led hundreds of concerts with the Odessa Philharmonic to wide acclaim - in the major concert halls of the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia and throughout Ukraine. Highlights of Earle’s career include performances in the Musikverein (Vienna), the Philharmonie (Cologne), the Beethovenhalle (Bonn), the Barbican Hall (London), the National Auditorium (Madrid), the Liszt Academy (Budapest) the Great Halls of the Moscow Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society, and in the United States he has appeared in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Davies Hall in San Francisco and the General Assembly of the United Nations.

GABRIELA MONTEROPIANO | VENEZUELA

Gabriela Montero’s visionary interpretations and unique improvisational gifts have won her a devoted following around the world. Highlights from recent seasons include Montero’s BBC Proms debut with the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, an appearance at MusikFest Bremen with the Cadaqués Orchestra, recitals at the MiTo Festival in Milan and Turin, and a week of chamber music and collaborative workshops at the Trondheim Festival in northern Norway. Montero is also celebrated for her ability to improvise, composing and playing new works in real time. She is an award-winning and best-selling recording artist. Her most recent album, released in summer 2015 on the Orchid Classics label, featured Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and her first orchestral composition, Ex Patria, winning Montero her first Latin Grammy for Best Classical Album.

ARTISTS

INGRID FLITERPIANO | ARGENTINA

Ingrid Fliter has established a reputation as one of the pre-eminent interpreters of Chopin; her 2014 recording of Chopin’s Preludes was named among the Top 10 Chopin recordings by Gramophone. A graceful and charismatic performer, Fliter is known for her effortless technique and thoughtful, sensitive music-making. Fliter sprang to international attention when she was awarded the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award, one of only a handful of pianists to have received this honor. In recital, Ingrid Fliter has performed at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Museé d’Orsay, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Cologne Philharmonie, Salzburg Festspielhaus, Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, and at London’s Wigmore Hall and the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Recital highlights in North America have included New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum, in Fort Worth for the Van Cliburn Foundation and in Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, Vancouver, Montreal and Santa Barbara.

KRISTINA MILLERPIANO | GERMANY

Kristina Miller was born in Moscow into a musical family. Her outstanding talent gave her the first opportunities to perform W.A. Mozart Concerto No. 23 with orchestra at the early age of eight. Six years later, Prof. A.E. Rubina invited her to study in the special music school for talented children in St. Petersburg, Russia. Having already won first prize in the Berlin International Piano competition (1999) and second prize in the St. Petersburg International piano competition (2000), the Russian Ministry of Culture marked her exceptional achievements as a pianist by awarding her its prize for artistic development. Since the age of twelve, Miller has performed in Europe, the United States, Australia, South America, and has been invited every year to appear in Russia as a soloist with orchestras including the Capella State Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg, Rostow Philharmonic Orchestra, Uljanowsk Symphony Orchestra, and others.

LUCAS KRUPINSKIPIANO | POLAND

Praised as an “aristocrat of the piano” (Arie Vardi), Lucas Krupinski is winner of the 7th International Piano Competition in San Marino, as well as the International Piano Competitions in Aachen and Hanover. His debut album Espressione was nominated for the 2018 International Classical Music Awards in the solo instrument category. Highlights of the 2017-18 season include a sold-out debut performance at Carnegie Hall / Isaac Stern Auditorium, as well as performances at the Winter Olympic Games (PyeongChang, South Korea), Teatro La Fenice (Venice, Italy), La Verdi (Milan, Italy), NDR RadioPhilharmonie (Hanover, Germany), as well as concerts in Paris, London, Beijing, Tokyo, and Sydney, and upcoming performances with the Chicago and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestras. A two-time laureate of the Pro Polonia Foundation Award and Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prize, he was honored with a Commemorative Medal from the Frederic Chopin University of Music.

DMITRI BERLINSKYVIOLIN | RUSSIA

Dmitri Berlinsky arrived on the international scene as the youngest winner in the history of the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy, with subsequent triumphs at the Montreal International Violin Competition (Grand Prize), the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels. He has performed in venues including Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls in New York, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Munich Herkulessaal, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Bonn Beethoven Hall, Le Place des Arts in Montreal, and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, among others. Recent highlights include performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Sinfonia Toronto, Montreal Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony, Leipzig Radio Orchestra, and Belgian National Orchestra, among others.

LVIV PHILHARMONICUKRAINE

The Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra is an experienced ensemble that preserves the best professional traditions of European music performance, demonstrating a high level of aesthetic taste and professionalism. The orchestra has existed for more than two centuries and is associated with such famous names as Józef Elsner, Franz Xaver Mozart, Karol Lipinski, Jozef Baschny, Karol Mikuli, Mieczyslaw and Adam Soltys. In its early years, the orchestra gave performances with guest conductors including Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The orchestra regularly participates in international festivals, including the International Festival of Musical Art “Virtuosos” and the International Contemporary Music Festival “Contrasts,” among others. The Orchestra is one of the largest orchestras in Ukraine and is well known far beyond its borders. Today, the orchestra tours in European countries including Poland, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands.

TARAS KRYSAGUEST CONDUCTOR | UKRAINE

Conductor Taras Krysa is establishing a reputation for innovative and inspiring music-making and leadership throughout the United States and Europe. Recently appointed the Music Director and Conductor of the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, the oldest professional orchestra in Ukraine, Krysa continues to serve as the Director of Orchestras at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Krysa has guest conducted orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, New World Symphony, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, and St. Petersburg Symphony, among others. Krysa recently concluded his ninth season as the Artistic and Music Director of the Henderson Symphony Orchestra in Nevada. Under his leadership, the ensemble has seen its audience expand ten-fold and its concerts recognized as a treasured part of the cultural life of the greater Las Vegas community. Krysa has made three critically acclaimed recordings for the Brilliant Classics label.

EDUARDO RIOSVIOLIN | PERU

Winner of the 2015 Sphinx Competition, violinist Eduardo Rios was born and raised in Lima, Peru. Since his solo debut at age 14 with the National Orchestra of Peru, Rios has performed as soloist with American orchestras including the Houston Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Colburn Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, and the Brevard Orchestra. He has worked with world renowned conductors, including Carlos Kalmar, Tito Muñoz, Andrew Grams, Ken Lam, Gergely Madaras, and David del Pino. Rios has participated in tours and festivals around the globe, including the New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall, Festival Musica de Santa Catarina (Brazil), Aspen Music Festival, and Traveling Notes (Armenia). Rios is pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Colburn Conservatory of Music with Robert Lipsett, where he is co-concertmaster of the Colburn Orchestra.

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKIHONORED RESIDENT COMPOSER |POLAND

Multi-award winning Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki is one of the world’s leading and most distinguished musicians of his generation. Works like the Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (1960), St. Luke Passion (1966), Cello Concerto No. 2 (1983) written for Mstislav Rostropovich, Polish Requiem (1984), Symphony No. 3 (1995), Violin Concerto No. 2 (1995) written for Anne-Sophie Mutter, Symphony No. 7: The Seven Gates of Jerusalem (1997), and the Double Concerto (2012) written for Janine Jansen and Julian Rachlin, to name a few, are now considered masterworks of our time. As a conductor, Penderecki was guest conductor of the NDR Hamburg and MDR Leipzig Sinfonieorchesters, Artistic Director of the Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Artistic Advisor to the Beijing Music Festival. Since 2003, he has held the position of Artistic Director of the Sinfonia Varsovia.

MYROSLAV SKORYKRESIDENT COMPOSER | UKRAINE

Myroslav Skoryk is the patriarch of contemporary Ukrainian music. Critics call A Melody, his best known piece, which was used in the war-time drama Vysokyi Pereval (Highland Pass), “Ukraine’s spiritual anthem.” He composed operas, ballets, and symphonies for Ukrainian cartoons and films, including Sergei Parajanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Skoryk has taught many generations of musicians from 1959 until the present. He graduated (1960) from the Lviv Conservatory in the classes of Adam Soltys, Stanyslav Liudkevych, and Roman Simovych and then completed graduate studies (1964) at the Moscow Conservatory in the composition class of Dmitri Kabalevsky. He subsequently lectured in composition at the Lviv Conservatory and the Kyiv Conservatory, returning to Lviv in 1988. From 2004-2010, he was co-head (with Yevhen Stankovych) of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. Since 2011 Skoryk has been artistic director of the National Opera of Ukraine.

LEON SPIERER, HEAD OF FACULTYBERLIN PHILHARMONIC

CONCERTMASTER (‘63 - ‘93)

MARY ANN MUMM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTMETROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA

DOMINIC SELDIS, BASSROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

PRINCIPAL

ILMARI HOPKINS, CELLOSTAVANGER PHILHARMONIC

PRINCIPAL

CRAIG MUMM, VIOLAMETROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

JOSE AURELIO CASTILLO, VIOLINNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF COSTA RICA

CONCERTMASTER

OTTO DEROLEZ, VIOLINBRUSSELS PHILHARMONIC

CONCERTMASTER

RICARDO CASTRO, PIANOHAUTE ECOLE DE MUSIQUE DE LAUSANNE

FACULTY

ZUZANNA ELSTER, HARPSINFONIA VARSOVIA

PRINCIPAL

LEONE BUYSE, FLUTEBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PRINCIPAL (‘83 - ‘93)

RODION TOLMACHEV, BASSOONMARIINSKY THEATRE ORCHESTRA

PRINCIPAL

MARTIN SCHIPPERS, TROMBONE/TUBA

ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

MARTIN SCHIPPERS, TROMBONE/TUBA

ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

JAVIER GANDARA, HORNMETROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA

MAURO MAUR, TRUMPETROME OPERA HOUSE ORCHESTRA

PRINCIPAL

MICHAEL WEBSTER, CLARINETROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC

PRINCIPAL (‘68 - ‘88)

RIXON THOMAS, OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

THE ROYAL DANISH ORCHESTRASOLO

FERNANDO MEZA, PERCUSSIONUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA &

MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA

The Orchestra performs at The Kennedy Center, The Americas Society and OAS in its Camerata Concerts Series, under the baton of Plácido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel, and Benjamin Zander.The Orchestra tours USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela, and performs with renowned guest artists including Yo-Yo Ma at Palacio de Bellas Artes, and Teatro Colón, among other famed concert halls.

The Orchestra’s chamber ensemble performs with Paquito D’Rivera in the United Nations and The Kennedy Center under the direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto.The Orchestra performs 17 concerts in Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, and Mexico under the baton of Carlos Miguel Prieto.

The Orchestra’s chamber ensemble performs in Boston, New York, Washington, and Costa Rica. The First Lady of Mexico and the First Lady of the United States attend a concert in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.The Orchestra performs in Mexico City, Puebla, Cuernavaca, and Morelia in its first exclusive Mexico Tour.

The Orchestra’s chamber ensemble performs at Harvard University, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Carnegie Hall for Paquito D’Rivera’s 50 Years in Show Business celebration. The Orchestra plays for local Virginia and New York public schools.

The Orchestra tours Venezuela, Colombia, and Argentina led by Carlos Miguel Prieto and Gustavo Dudamel and performs with renowned Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.

The Orchestra debuts in the European countries of Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, and England, and performs with acclaimed artists including Plácido Domingo, Pilos Popovic, Plamena Mangova, Edmundo Ramirez, and Gabriela Montero.The Orchestra performs four concerts featuring Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion under the baton of conductor Kent Nagano.

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TIMELINE

The Orchestra prepares and performs Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at Castleton Farms under the baton of Lorin Maazel, launching the first Castleton Residency for Young Artists.

20082007

The Orchestra performs for the OAS Annual General Assembly in Medellín.

The Orchestra performs with saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera and soprano Brenda Feliciano.

The Orchestra tours Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay featuring pianist Nelson Freire and cellist Antonio Meneses under the direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto and Marcelo Lehninger.

The Orchestra tours the United States and Canada, performing in the Domaine Forget, Palais Montcalm, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra’s Knowlton Festivals.

The Orchestra participates in the Orchestra Program for Youth at Risk in the Caribbean, with the Organization of American States.

The Orchestra participates in the VIII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra directed by Helmuth Rilling.

The Orchestra performs in Carnegie Hall with Valery Gergiev, Julian Rachlin, Joshua Bell, and Carlos Miguel Prieto.

The Orchestra performs 24 concerts in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, under the batons of Carlos Miguel Prieto and Dante Anzolini featuring Joshua Bell and Philip Glass.

The Orchestra presents two concerts in Santo Domingo’s Teatro Nacional as 2010 Cultural Capital of the Americas.

The Orchestra leads a 17-concert tour ofMexico, performing inMexico’s most famedtheaters includingPalacio Bellas Artes.

The Orchestra performs in the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin and in Philip Glass’ Days and Nights Festival in California.

The China Tour marks the Orchestra’s Asian debut, with a Residence and Tour under the leadership of Jose Serebrier.2009

2009 2010 2011

2016

The Orchestra represents the Americas-led movement of orchestras for social development on tour across the Baltic and Nordic region. Performances in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany in partnership with the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

The Global Leaders Program expands to include Fieldwork in Africa, and grows Cohort to include diverse top applicants from around the world.

The Orchestra leads 11-concert nationaltour of Chile andperforms withacclaimed violinistSarah Chang andpianist Louis Lortie incities ranging from LaSerena to Frutillar.

The unveiling of the Global Leaders Program saw the selection of 24 bright young leaders, who were sent around the globe on fieldwork training young musicians and enriching lives.

The 12-concert, 6-country tour of Central America completes the “Connections Tour” series, a celebration of the significance of Central America as a bridge to the world.

The Global Leaders Program continues in its second year, with over 17 field assignments hosted by 13 countries, and more than 30 pioneering faculty lecturers from many of the world’s top academic institutions.

The Orchestra leads a pioneering tour of the Caribbean, performing concerts in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, marking the first orchestra concert in Jamaica in over 50 years. The Orchestra leads community outreach in Haiti, working with over 300 young musicians.The Global Leaders Program expands to include Fieldwork in Europe and Asia.

The Orchestra serves as a headlining orchestra at the Pan American Games in Toronto, in addition to touring in the provinces of Quebec and holding the Residence in Moncton hosted by the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra and Sistema New Brunswick.

The Global Leaders Program partners with Oxford and McGill Universities to offer graduates certification in Social Entrepreneurship, Teaching Artistry, and Orchestral Leadership.

2012 2013 2014 2015

The Orchestra returns to South America in celebration of the Southern Cone nations of Chile, Argentina, and Brazil as leaders in the movement of orchestras for social transformation.

The Global Leaders Program continues to offer professional training to a Cohort of exceptional musicians and aspiring change-makers from around the world.

2017

If this is the future of the symphony orchestra, then that future is secure. Philip Glass

In The Orchestra of the Americas, young leaders become musical ambassadors.Yo-Yo Ma

I learn from them...from their passion, their talent, and their joy.Plácido Domingo

This Orchestra explains that what unites us as people is greater than that which separates us. Paulo Coelho

The Orchestra of the Americas is a model for the world. David Rockefeller, Jr.

Triumphant...let those who despair of the young ponder last night’s concert. -The Boston Globe (United States)

It was night, where it appeared on stage, as rarely happens, the mustering of an invisible force of concentration, discipline and a contagious love of music, to the point of producing a total silence and stillness in the hall.

-La Nación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Excellent concert! The Orchestra brings color and youth to the classical music. -Xinmin Evening News (Shanghai, China)

The Orchestra of the Americas is the melody of the Americas. -El Comercio (Lima, Peru)

The Orchestra of the Americas charts a new map with music. -La Nación (Caracas, Venezuela)

In the OA, the quest for musical excellence can break the cycle of poverty. -Newsweek (Latin America)

A rapturous performance of Rachmaninoff... -Los Angeles Times (United States)

Winner of the 2015 Latin Grammy “Best Classical Album”

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