The Albany Symphony and Music Director David Alan Miller onstage at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Photo by Gary Gold.
In Wednesday’s (3/4) Times Union, Katherine Kiessling writes, “The Albany Symphony unveiled its 2026-2027 season featuring giants of the classical canon alongside new and recent works from celebrated contemporary composers. The new season opens Oct. 3, 2026 and runs through the conclusion of the annual American Music Festival on June 12, 2027…. The opening concert … will feature Respighi’s sweeping ‘Pines of Rome,’ 18-year-old violinist Amaryn Olmeda performing Korngold’s Violin Concerto, and rising star Celka Ojakangas, delivering the season’s first of several world premiere compositions. The season’s second premiere will be on Nov. 7 … The concert, anchored by Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Brahms Symphony No. 3, will open with a new work by Sam Wu…. Albany Symphony will welcome back audience favorite Viet Cuong for the world premiere of his Saxophone Concerto on Feb. 13 and Feb. 14 … The orchestra will usher in spring with the season’s only guest conductor, Rei Hotoda, on March 20 and March 21 … Reena Esmail … returns to Albany Symphony for a program featuring two of her recent works … The season will conclude with the 2027 American Music Festival [which will feature] new works by Cuong, Gabriela Lena Frank and Tanner Porter.”
