EVENTS
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
Seattle Symphony
Oct.23.2025 | Benaroya Hall - Seattle, Washington
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast
Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Gemma New, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Seattle Symphony
Oct.25.2025 | Benaroya Hall - Seattle, Washington
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast
Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Gemma New, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
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
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
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
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
Pacific Symphony | California Festival
Nov. 16, 17 & 18, 2023 | Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall - Costa Mesa, California
Adam Schoenberg: Canto
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4
Gabriella Smith: Bioluminescence Chaconne
Claude Debussy: La Mer
Pacific Symphony
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
James McVinnie Recital | California Festival
Nov.12.2023 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, California
Gabriella Smith: Imaginary Pancake
Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
Nico Muhly: II. Palindromes and IV. Very Fast Music from Patterns
inti figgis-vizueta: build-it-yourself
J.S. Bach: Duetto 1, BWV 802
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp minor, BWV 853
J.S. Bach: “Dies sind die Heiligen zehn Gebot,” BWV 678
J.S. Bach: Toccata in F major, BWV 540
Philip Glass: A Distant Figure (Passacaglia)
Philip Glass: Dance No. 4
Philip Glass: Music in Fifths
Philip Glass: Etude No. 20
Philip Glass: Mad Rush
James McVinnie, organ and piano
Los Angeles Philharmonic
May 25, 26 & 27, 2023 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, California
May.28.2023 | The Granada Theater - Santa Barbara, California
Ellen Reid: West Coast Sky Eternal [world premiere, LA Phil commission]
Gabriella Smith: Lost Coast: concerto for cello and orchestra [world premiere, LA Phil commission]
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello