Posts: Puts

California Connections for Kevin Puts’ Flute Concerto

October 26, 2019

  Composer Kevin Puts’ association with California Symphony dates back to 1996, when he became the orchestra’s third ever Young American Composer-in-Residence. It was an experience he has called “life-changing,” and it launched a career that has so far yielded the prestigious Rome Prize (2002) and a Pulitzer Prize win for his debut opera Silent Night (2012), as well…

2019-20 Season, Mozart and his Mentor, Puts

Donato Previews MOZART AND HIS MENTOR

October 17, 2019

By California Symphony Music Director Donato Cabrera. In programming this concert with the California Symphony, there were a few ‘a-ha moments’ that I hoped to share with everyone, on stage and off. Because conductors and unadventurous and nervous marketing departments of most symphony orchestras have sadly codified the repertoire, you, the audience, rarely get to hear all of…

2019-20 Season, Donato Cabrera, Haydn, Mozart, Mozart and his Mentor, Puts