EVENTS
Kronos Festival
Apr. 25, 2025 | SFJAZZ Center - San Francisco, California
Kronos Festival, Night 1
Terry Riley: Good Medicine from Salome Dances for Peace
Hildur Guonadóttir: Folk Faer Andlit [world premiere]
Peni Candra Rini (arr. Jacob Garchik & Andy McGraw): Segara Gunung - IV. Hujan
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik): A Shout
Soo Yeon Lyuh: Sumbisori [world premiere], feat. Soo Yeon Lyuh
Aleksandra Vrebalov: Cardinal Directions [world premiere] feat. Vân-Ánh Võ
Gabriella Smith: Keep Going
I. Keep Going
II. Isabel
III. Water
IV. Driftwood Jam
V. What I love the most
performed by Kronos Quartet
with special guests Soo Yeon Lyuh & Vân-Ánh Võ.
Kronos Festival Lab feat. Gabriella Smith
Apr. 26, 2025 | Joe Henderson Lab, SFJAZZ Center - San Francisco, California
details and special guests TBD
San Francisco Symphony
June 6, 7 & 8, 2025 | Davies Symphony Hall - San Francisco, California
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Intermission
Gabriella Smith: New work [San Francisco Symphony Commission and World Premiere]
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Jan.9.2026 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, California
Gabriella Smith: Violin Concerto [World Premiere, LA Phil commission]
Intermission
Debussy: La damoiselle élue
Scriabin: Prometheus, Poem of Fire
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Liv Redpath, soprano
Jingjing Xu, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Jan.10.2026 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, California
Gabriella Smith: Violin Concerto [World Premiere, LA Phil commission]
Intermission
Debussy: La damoiselle élue
Scriabin: Prometheus, Poem of Fire
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Liv Redpath, soprano
Jingjing Xu, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Jan.11.2026 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, California
Gabriella Smith: Violin Concerto [World Premiere, LA Phil commission]
Intermission
Debussy: La damoiselle élue
Scriabin: Prometheus, Poem of Fire
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Liv Redpath, soprano
Jingjing Xu, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Feb.5.2026 | Symphony Center - Chicago, Illinois
Debussy: Images
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast
Debussy: La Mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Feb.6.2026 | Symphony Center - Chicago, Illinois
Debussy: Images
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast
Debussy: La Mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Feb.7.2026 | Symphony Center - Chicago, Illinois
Debussy: Images
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast
Debussy: La Mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
LA Phil Green Umbrella curated by Gabriella Smith
May.5.2026 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, California
with special guests Gabriel Cabezas and Billy Childs
LA Phil Green Umbrella curated by John Adams
Jan.28.2025 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles
Gabriella Smith: Quantum Ptarmigan [world premiere, LA Phil commission]
Noah Jenkins: New work for ensemble [world premiere, LA Phil commission]
Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright
Dylan Mattingly: a study of some of the terrible ways I love to play the cello [world premiere, LA Phil commission]
Sammy Moussa: Jocelyn Morlock in memoriam [world premiere, LA Phil commission]
Donnacha Dennehy: Limina
LA Phil New Music Group
John Adams, conductor
Eliza McCarthy, piano
Christopher Hanulik, bass
Ben Ullery, viola
Robert deMaine, cello
Marion Arthur Kuszyk, oboe
San Diego Symphony
Jan. 10 & 11, 2025 | Jacobs Music Center - San Diego, California
Gabriella Smith: Bioluminescence Chaconne
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Augusta Holmès: “La nuit et l'amour” from Ludus pro patria
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ Symphony
San Diego Symphony
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Jeff Thayer, violin
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Nov.21.2024 | Sál Filharmonie Hradec Králové - Czechia
Ellen Reid: West Coast Sky Eternal
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast: concerto for cello and orchestra
Missy Mazzoli: River Rouge Transfiguration
Julia Wolfe: Pretty
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Tomáš Brauner, conductor
more info
NY Phil Sound ON curated by John Adams
Nov.17.2024 | Museum of Modern Art - New York
John Adams: Rag the Bone and Judah to Ocean from John’s Book of Alleged Dances
Anthony Cheung: pulsate, fixate
Dylan Mattingly: Sunt Lacrimae Rerum (these are the tears of things)
Andrew Norman: For Chad
Gabriella Smith: Maré
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Anna Handler, conductor
John Adams, curator/speaker
Ara Guzelimian, speaker
Delirium Musicum | LA Phil Noon-to-Midnight
Nov.16.2024 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, California
Andrew Norman: The Companion Guide to Rome
Andrew Yee: Trees of Green-Wood, feat. Laurel Irene, soprano
Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2, “The American Four Seasons,” fourth movement
Gabriella Smith: Desert Ecology
performed by Delirium Musicum
New York Philharmonic
Nov. 14 & 16, 2024 | David Geffen Hall - New York
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast: concerto for cello and orchestra [East Coast Premiere]
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
John Adams: City Noir
New York Philharmonic
John Adams, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Rachel Lee Priday | Fluid Dynamics Album Release Show
Oct.8.2024 | Meany Hall, Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater - Seattle, Washington
“Violinist Rachel Lee Priday celebrates the release of her solo debut album, Fluid Dynamics, with a live multi-media world premiere performance. The result of a unique collaboration between ocean scientist Dr. Georgy Manucharyan of UW's School of Oceanography and Rachel Lee Priday, Fluid Dynamics combines videos of fluid motion experiments with new commissions…”
Leilehua Lanzilotti: ko’u inoa
Gabriella Smith: Entangled on a Rotating Planet [World Premiere]
Paul Wiancko: Waterworks [World Premiere]
Cristina Spinei: Convection Loops for Violin and Loop Pedal [World Premiere]
Timo Andres: Three Suns
Leilehua Lanzilotti: to speak in a forgotten language [World Premiere]
Christopher Cerrone: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Rachel Lee Priday, violin
Cristina Valdes, piano
films by Dr. Georgy Manucharyan
video installation and set design by Juniper Shuey
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Sep.19.2024 | Harpa - Reykjavík, Iceland
Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony no. 7
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Cabrillo Festival
Aug.10.2024 | Civic Center Auditorium - Santa Cruz, California
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast: concerto for cello and orchestra
Wynton Marsalis: Concerto for Trumpet [West Coast Premiere]
Bora Yoon: PARHELION [World Premiere and Festival Commission]
Cabrillo Festival Orchestra
Cristian Mǎcelaru, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Equinox Festival
Aug.6.2024 | Folkehuset Absalon - Copenhagen, Denmark
“In partnership with Absalon, Equinox will be hosting an evening of quizzes and live music, based around Gabriella Smith's crazy and wonderful work Carrot Revolution for string quartet.”
Adam Koch & Hulda Jónsdóttir, violins
Minna Svedberg, viola and host
Joel Laakso, cello
Festival des Arcs | Benjamin Millepied
Jul.21.2024 | Centre Bernard Taillefer, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
Carte Blanche à Benjamin Millepied
Programme en cours d’élaboration
Joseph Canteloube: Chant d’Auvergne
Quincy Jones: NC œuvre
Bill Evans: Peace piece
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Ruth Rosique, soprano
Eric Crambes, violon
Augustin Dumay, violon
Olivia Hughes, violon
Hélène Levionnois, alto
Eric Levionnois, violoncelle
Michel Dalberto, piano
Jennifer Fichet, piano
Benjamin Millepied, chorégraphe
Loup Marcault, danseur
Caroline Osmont, danseuse
JACK Quartet
Jul.4.2024 | Hôtel Maynier-Oppède, Aix-en-Provence, France (more info)
Jul.6.2024 | Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Italy (more info)
Jul.17.2024 | Madison Square Park, NYC (more info)
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
and other works
performed by JACK Quartet
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jun.28.2024 | Maida Vale Studios, London, UK
Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails
Andrea Tarrodi: Concerto for Orchestra [UK premiere]
Ðjuro Živković: Unceasing Prayers [cello concerto, UK premiere]
Daniel Bjarnason: Fragile Hope [UK premiere]
Anders Hillborg: Dreaming River [UK premiere]
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Christian Karlsen, conductor
Petar Pejčić, cello
Oregon Symphony
June 8, 9 &10, 2024 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall - Portland, Oregon
Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das Sete Notas, bassoon concerto
Gabriella Smith: One
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Oregon Symphony
David Danzmayr, conductor
Carin Miller, bassoon
Oregon Symphony Open Music hosted by Gabriel Kahane
June 5, 2024 | Alberta Rose Theater - Portland, Oregon
evening of music and conversation with Gabriel Kahane and Gabriella Smith
featuring music by Gabriella Smith, Billy Childs, Paul Wiancko, Kaija Saariaho, John Cage, and more
Gabriel Kahane: piano, voice, co-curator, host
Gabriella Smith: amplified plants, co-curator
Musicians of the Oregon Symphony:
Ron Blessinger, Violin
Greg Ewer, Violin
Amanda Grimm, Viola
Maia Hoffman, Viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, Cello
Trevor Fitzpatrick, Cello
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades
May.17.2024 | Zurich, Switzerland: Volkshaus
Apr.9.2024 | Beaverton, Oregon: Reser Center
Apr.4.2024 | Rohnert Park, California: Weill Hall
Feb.23.2024 | Scottsdale, Arizona: Virginia G. Piper Theater
Feb.22.2024 | Tucson, Arizona: Centennial Hall
Feb.4.2024 | Champaign-Urbana, Illinois: Foellinger Great Hall
includes selections from Gabriella Smith’s Keep Going commissioned in celebration of Kronos Quartet’s 50th anniversary season, along with other works TBD
performed by Kronos Quartet
JACK Quartet
May.11.2024 | Wigmore Hall - London, UK (more info)
May 12.2024 | Pierre Boulez Saal - Berlin, Germany (more info)
Austin Wulliman: Dave’s Hocket
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet 1931
Morton Feldman: Structures
Juri Seo: Three Imaginary Chansons
Cenk Ergün: Sonare
Liza Lim: String Creatures
performed by JACK Quartet
Present Music with Nadia Sirota
May.9.2024 | Milwaukee Art Museum - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Steve Reich: Duet
Gabriella Smith: Imaginary Pancake
Nico Muhly: Drones & Viola
Marcos Balter: Ligare
Gabriella Smith: Tessellations
Nico Muhly: Honest Music
Andrew Norman: Gran Turismo
Nadia Sirota: violist, conductor, curator
Ilana Setapen and John Bian: violins
John Orfe: piano
Present Music
In Focus: The Climate Agenda
May 1 & 2, 2024 | Royal Northern Conservatory of Music - Manchester, UK
May 1, 7.30pm: Tumblebird Contrails - RNCM Concert Hall (more info)
May 2, 1.15pm: Carrot Revolution - RNCM Concert Hall (more info)
May 2, 6pm: Loop the Fractal Hold of Rain - RNCM Carole Nash Recital Room (more info)
May 2, 7.30pm: Maré and Anthozoa - RNCM Concert Hall (more info)
May 4, 2024 | Wigmore Hall - London, UK
11am : Loop the Fractal Hold of Rain - Wigmore Hall (more info)
2pm: Carrot Revolution and Maré - Wigmore Hall (more info)
performed by students from the Royal Northern College of Music and Riot Ensemble
The Cleveland Orchestra
Apr. 4 & 6, 2024 | Mandel Concert Hall, Severance Music Center - Cleveland, Ohio
Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests for organ and orchestra
Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
John Adams: City Noir
The Cleveland Orchestra
John Adams, conductor
James McVinnie, organ
Timothy McAllister, saxophone
Timo Andres at Carnegie Hall
Feb.23.2024 | Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall - New York
Robin Holcomb: Wherein Lies the Good
Ellington: "Single Petal of a Rose"
Timo Andres: New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Ellington: “Prelude to a Kiss"
Copland: Piano Sonata
Ellington: "Reflections in D"
Gabriella Smith: Imaginary Pancake (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Philip Glass: Etude No. 20
performed by Timo Andres, piano
Festival Présences | Quatuor Tana
Feb.11.2024 | Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Studio 104 - Paris, France
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Othman Louati: Nouvelle œuvre (création mondiale)
Steve Reich: Different Trains
performed by Quatuor Tana
Festival Présences | Orchestre National de France
Feb.10.2024 | Maison de la Radio et de la Musique - Auditorium, Paris, France
Gabriella Smith: Field Guide (création française)
Nico Muhly: Register, concerto pour orgue (création française)
Nico Muhly: Nouvelle œuvre pour voix égales et orchestre (commande de Radio France – création mondiale)
Régis Campo: Dancefloor with Pulsing (création française)
Steve Reich: Music for Ensemble and Orchestra (création française)
Orchestre National de France
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Carolina Eyck, theremin
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades
Jan.27.2024 | Bing Concert Hall - Stanford, California
Gabriella Smith: Keep Going [World Premiere]
Mariana Sadovska: Chernobyl: The Harvest
plus other works to be announced
performed by Kronos Quartet
with special guest Mariana Sadovska, voice and harmonium
New Century Chamber Orchestra and Alexi Kenney
Jan.19 & 20, 2024 | Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California
Angélica Negrón: Marejada
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 228
Aaron Jay Kernis: Musica Celestis
Gabriella Smith: selections from Desert Ecology
Georges Enescu: Octet for Strings
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Alexi Kenney, guest leader and concertmaster
with musicians from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades
Jan.12.2024 | Cité de la Musique - Paris, France
George Crumb: Black Angels
Aleksandra Vrebalov: ilektrikés rímes [French premiere]
Jlin: Little Black Book
Hawa Kassé Mady Diabate (arr. Jacob Garchik): Tegere Tulon – V. Janety
Trey Spruance: NEW WORK – excerpt [French premiere]
Gabriella Smith: Keep Going – I. [French premiere]
Steve Reich: Triple Quartet
performed by Kronos Quartet
Nobel Prize Concert | Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Dec.8.2023 | Konserthuset Stockholm
Luigi Boccherini: Quattro versioni originali della Ritiara Notturna di Madrid (arr. Luciano Berio)
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto
Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
San Francisco Symphony | California Festival
Nov. 17 & 18, 2023 | Davies Symphony Hall - San Francisco, California
Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Winds and Brass
Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests [First SF Symphony Performances] for organ and orchestra
Igor Stravinsky: Les Noces (orch. Steven Stucky)
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
James McVinnie, organ