"the cast of four plus nine-piece ensemble perform it with seductive intensity under conductor Robert Kahn"

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Marin Symphony - Music Director Finalists

ROBERT KAHN TO APPEAR WITH MARIN SYMPHONY AS MUSIC DIRECTOR FINALIST IN 2024-25 SEASON

 

"We are thrilled to announce an exciting step in our search for Marin Symphony’s next Music Director! Our distinguished finalist candidates, chosen from among over 120 applicants, will be appearing with the orchestra in our upcoming 2024-25 Season. We can’t wait to introduce you to each of them personally, as they come to Marin to conduct a concert set and engage in a variety of other public-facing activities. Please welcome our Marin Symphony Final Four."

 

More info: https://marinsymphony.org/

about

Dutch-American conductor and recipient of the Solti Career Assistance Award, Robert Kahn is currently serving as the Assistant Conductor at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. In 2022, he concluded the Conducting Fellowship at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he was mentored by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Conversant with both symphonic and operatic repertoire, Robert has served as cover conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, and will join the latter orchestra on tour to Vail and Asia in the summer of 2024. Earlier this season, he was invited to assist Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Rotterdam Philharmonic on tour, featuring Wagner’s Die Walküre. As a guest conductor, Robert recently conducted the Mannes School of Music’s (Un)Silent Film production featuring Metropolis in concert, as well as Music On Site's production of Die Fledermaus. 

 

For the upcoming 24-25 season, Robert is scheduled to conduct Così fan Tutte with the Academy of Vocal Arts, and will serve as cover conductor for Opera Philadelphia’s production of Don Giovanni. As Music Director finalist, Robert will also make his subscription debut with the Marin Symphony in California. 

Robert Kahn, een Nederlands-Amerikaanse dirigent en ontvanger van de Solti Career Assistance Award, is momenteel assistent-dirigent aan de Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. In 2022 sloot hij de Conducting Fellowship af aan het Curtis Institute of Music, waar hij werd begeleid door Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Robert is vertrouwd met zowel symfonisch als opera repertoire en heeft als assistent dirigent gediend bij de Philadelphia Orchestra en de New York Philharmonic, en gaat met de New York Philharmonic in de zomer van 2024 op tournee naar Vail (Colorado) en Azië. Eerder dit seizoen werd hij uitgenodigd om Yannick Nézet-Séguin te assisteren met het Rotterdams Philharmonisch op tournee voor Wagner's Die Walküre. Meest recentelijk was Robert gastdirigent voor de (Un)Silent Film-productie van de Mannes School of Music met Metropolis in concert.

 

Voor het komende seizoen 24-25 zal Robert Così fan Tutte dirigeren bij de Academy of Vocal Arts, en zal hij dienen als assistent dirigent voor de productie van Don Giovanni met Opera Philadelphia. Als Chef Dirigent finalist zal Robert ook zijn debuut maken bij de Marin Symphony in Californië.

"Conductor Robert Kahn ... marshaled his forces ... with rhythmic precision, textural clarity and dramatic vitality."

 

 

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January 31, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te?

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25

Mahler: Symphony No.4

   

Soprano: Golda Schultz

Piano: Francesco Piemontesi

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

February 3, 2024
2:00 AM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te?

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25

Mahler: Symphony No.4

   

Soprano: Golda Schultz

Piano: Francesco Piemontesi

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

February 3, 2024
8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te?

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25

Mahler: Symphony No.4

   

Soprano: Golda Schultz

Piano: Francesco Piemontesi

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

February 8, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

R. Strauss: Alpine Symphony

   

Violin: 

Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

February 10, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

R. Strauss: Alpine Symphony

   

Violin: 

Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

February 11, 2024
2:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

R. Strauss: Alpine Symphony

   

Violin: 

Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

February 13, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

R. Strauss: Alpine Symphony

   

Violin: 

Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

February 18, 2024
7:30 PM
Academy of Vocal Arts
Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia

 

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

 

Lucretia: Jenny Anne Flory

Bianca: Monique Galvao

Lucia: Ethel Trujillo

Tarquinius: Benjamin Dickerson

Junius: Nan Wang

Collatinus: Dylan Gregg

Male Chorus: Shawn Roth

Female Chorus: Emily Margevich

 

Conductor: Robert Kahn

Stage Director: Tara Faircloth

February 20, 2024
7:30 PM
Academy of Vocal Arts
Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia

 

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

 

Lucretia: Jenny Anne Flory

Bianca: Monique Galvao

Lucia: Ethel Trujillo

Tarquinius: Benjamin Dickerson

Junius: Nan Wang

Collatinus: Dylan Gregg

Male Chorus: Shawn Roth

Female Chorus: Emily Margevich

 

Conductor: Robert Kahn

Stage Director: Tara Faircloth

February 22, 2024
7:30 PM
Academy of Vocal Arts
Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia

 

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

 

Lucretia: Alla Yarosh

Bianca: Ariana Maubach

Lucia: Loella Grahn

Tarquinius: Kevin Godínez

Junius: Geoffrey Schmelzer

Collatinus: Cumhur Görgün

Male Chorus: Luke Norvell

Female Chorus: Veronica Richer

 

Conductor: Robert Kahn

Stage Director: Tara Faircloth

February 24, 2024
7:30 PM
Academy of Vocal Arts
Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia

 

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

 

Lucretia: Alla Yarosh

Bianca: Ariana Maubach

Lucia: Loella Grahn

Tarquinius: Kevin Godínez

Junius: Geoffrey Schmelzer

Collatinus: Cumhur Görgün

Male Chorus: Luke Norvell

Female Chorus: Veronica Richer

 

Conductor: Robert Kahn

Stage Director: Tara Faircloth

April 26, 2024
8:15 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic on Tour
De Doelen, Rotterdam

  

Die Walküre

  

Siegmund: Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Sieglinde: Elza van den Heever

Hunding: Soloman Howard

Wotan: Brian Mulligan

Brünnhilde: Tamara Wilson

Fricka: Karen Cargill

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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April 28, 2024
3:00 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic on Tour
Festspielhaus, Baden Baden

  

Die Walküre

  

Siegmund: Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Sieglinde: Elza van den Heever

Hunding: Soloman Howard

Wotan: Brian Mulligan

Brünnhilde: Tamara Wilson

Fricka: Karen Cargill

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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April 30, 2024
6:45 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic on Tour
Philarmonie, Essen

 

Dvorak: Carnival Overture

Price: Violin Concerto No.2

Price: Adoration; for violin and orchestra

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

 

 

Violin: Randall Goosby

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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May 1, 2024
6:00 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic on Tour
Konzerthaus, Dortmund

  

Die Walküre

  

Siegmund: Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Sieglinde: Elza van den Heever

Hunding: Soloman Howard

Wotan: Brian Mulligan

Brünnhilde: Tamara Wilson

Fricka: Karen Cargill

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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May 2, 2024
8:15 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic on Tour
De Doelen, Rotterdam

 

Dvorak: Carnival Overture

Price: Violin Concerto No.2

Price: Adoration; for violin and orchestra

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

 

Violin: Randall Goosby

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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May 4, 2024
6:00 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic on Tour
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris

  

Die Walküre

  

Siegmund: Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Sieglinde: Elza van den Heever

Hunding: Soloman Howard

Wotan: Brian Mulligan

Brünnhilde: Tamara Wilson

Fricka: Karen Cargill

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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May 6, 2024
8:15 PM
Rotterdam Philharmonic on Tour
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

 

Dvorak: Carnival Overture

Price: Violin Concerto No.2

Price: Adoration; for violin and orchestra

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

 

Violin: Randall Goosby

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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June 6, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Mahler: Symphony No.2

  

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano

Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-Soprano

New York Philharmonic Chorus

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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June 7, 2024
8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Mahler: Symphony No.2

  

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano

Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-Soprano

New York Philharmonic Chorus

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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June 8, 2024
8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

  

Mahler: Symphony No.2

  

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano

Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-Soprano

New York Philharmonic Chorus

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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June 11, 2024
8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Van Cortland Park, The Bronx, NYC

  

Beethoven: Egmont Overture

Fe. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor

Elgar: Wand of Youth Overture

NY Phil Very Young Composer Dalya Shaman: Floating in the Stars

NY Phil Very Young Composer David Wright: Tarzan’s Rage

Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances (New York Premiere)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol

  

Violin: Randall Goosby

Conductor: Thomas Wilkins

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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June 12, 2024
8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Central Park, Manhattan, NYC

  

Beethoven: Egmont Overture

Fe. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor

Elgar: Wand of Youth Overture

NY Phil Very Young Composer Dalya Shaman: Floating in the Stars

NY Phil Very Young Composer David Wright: Tarzan’s Rage

Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances (New York Premiere)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol

  

Violin: Randall Goosby

Conductor: Thomas Wilkins

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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June 13, 2024
8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Cunningham Park, Queens, NYC

  

Beethoven: Egmont Overture

Fe. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor

Elgar: Wand of Youth Overture

NY Phil Very Young Composer Dalya Shaman: Floating in the Stars

NY Phil Very Young Composer David Wright: Tarzan’s Rage

Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances (New York Premiere)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol

  

Violin: Randall Goosby

Conductor: Thomas Wilkins

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
June 14, 2024
8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NYC

  

Beethoven: Egmont Overture

Fe. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor

Elgar: Wand of Youth Overture

NY Phil Very Young Composer Dalya Shaman: Floating in the Stars

NY Phil Very Young Composer David Wright: Tarzan’s Rage

Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances (New York Premiere)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol

  

Violin: Randall Goosby

Conductor: Thomas Wilkins

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
June 27, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic on Tour
Guangzou Opera House, China

  

Mozart: Symphony No.40

Copland: Symphony No.3

 

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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June 28, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic on Tour
Guangzhou Opera House, China

  

Nina Shekar: Lumina 

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (selections) 

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 

  

Baritone: Thomas Hampson

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
June 30, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic on Tour
Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts, China

  

Mozart: Symphony No.40

Copland: Symphony No.3

 

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
July 2, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic on Tour
Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall, China

  

Nina Shekar: Lumina 

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (selections) 

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 

  

Baritone: Thomas Hampson

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
July 3, 2024
7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic on Tour
Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall, China

  

Mozart: Symphony No.40

Copland: Symphony No.3

 

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
July 17, 2024
6:00 PM
New York Philharmonic - Vail
Vail Music Festival, Colorado

  

Beethoven: Violin Concerto

Copland: Third Symphony

 

Violin: Hilary Hahn

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden 

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
July 19, 2024
6:00 PM
New York Philharmonic - Vail
Vail Music Festival, Colorado

  

Prokofiev: Symphony No.1 'Classical'

Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 'Scottish'

 

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
July 20, 2024
6:00 PM
New York Philharmonic - Vail
Vail Music Festival, Colorado

  

Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Die Meistersinger

Joel Thompson: To See the Sky (NYPhil co-comission)

Brahms: Symphony No.4

 

Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
July 21, 2024
6:00 PM
New York Philharmonic - Vail
Vail Music Festival, Colorado

  

Various Works

 

Vocalist: Ashley Brown

Vocalist: Ryan Silverman

Conductor: Ted Sperling

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
July 23, 2024
6:00 PM
New York Philharmonic - Vail
Vail Music Festival, Colorado

  

Rossini: Overture to Semiramide

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1

Prokofiev: Symphony No.5

 

Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali 

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

TICKETS
July 24, 2024
6:00 PM
New York Philharmonic - Vail
Vail Music Festival, Colorado

  

Bizet: Les Toréadors from Carmen Suite No.1

Farrenc: Symphony No.2

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Dvorak: Symphony No.8

 

Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Cover Conductor: Robert Kahn

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September 1, 2024
12:00 AM
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