The Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson, performs Reena Esmail’s “RE|Member.” Esmail originally planned this overture to be premiered at the beginning of the Seattle Symphony’s 2020-21 season, but the premiere was pushed back by a year due to the pandemic. Esmail saw this piece as a...

This program, conducted by David Robertson, features a double bill of musical stories: “L’histoire du Soldat” (The Soldier’s Tale) by Igor Stravinsky and “A Fiddler’s Tale” by Wynton Marsalis (‘81, trumpet), director of Juilliard Jazz. In each work, the main characters struggle with the temptatio...

Revel in the pure joy of these three excerpts from the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra’s evening of music from legendary composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal as conducted by Jovino Santos Neto.

Excerpts in order of appearance:
“Choro Árabe”
“Bebê”
“Jegue”

Jovino Santos Ne...

“Atalanta” is a three-act pastoral opera by George Frideric Handel based on the eponymous mythological Greek athlete. This excerpt features the pre-intermission aria “Non sarà poco,” performed by Mary Beth Nelson as Meleagro.

Gary Thor Wedow conducts Juilliard415 and students from Juilliard’s E...

Atalanta is a three-act pastoral opera by George Frideric Handel based on the eponymous mythological Greek athlete. This excerpt features the Act III duet “Caro! Cara!,” performed by Mary Beth Nelson as Meleagro and Shelén Hughes as Atalanta. 

Gary Thor Wedow conducts Juilliard415 and students ...

Conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero, Beethoven’s “heroic” symphony is a boundary-breaking piece that’s widely considered a landmark in the transition between the Classical and the Romantic era of music as well as marking the start of the composer’s innovative “middle period.”

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sy...

Premiered in 1924, “Pines” is the most frequently performed of Respighi’s triptych of vivid sonic portraits celebrating Rome. Speranza Scappucci (MM ‘97) conducts the Juilliard Orchestra in performing this iconic tone poem.

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) Pines of Rome, P. 141 (1924)
I pini di Vi...

Xian Zhang conducts the Juilliard Orchestra in this concertante work of 24 variations on the 24th, and last, of Niccolò Paganini’s Caprices for Solo Violin.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1934)

Xian Zhang conducts the Juilliard Orchestra
Maxim Lando, P...

Acclaimed conductor and pianist Speranza Scappucci (MM ‘97) leads an engaging vocal master class featuring students from the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts and the Juilliard Collaborative Piano Department.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
“Il mio tesoro intanto” from Don G...

In this collaboration between our campuses in New York and Tianjin, students from both schools perform a piece arranged by Juilliard alumni and Tianjin faculty member Niccolo Athens. “Little Folk-Song Serenade” celebrates our shared commitment to fostering cross-cultural understanding between our...

Xian Zhang conducts one of Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular works, inspired by the folk tales that make up “One Thousand and One Nights.”

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888)
The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
The Tale of Prince Kalendar
The Young Prince and the Princess
The Fest...

"What can we do together even while we are alone?" Featuring 100+ Juilliard students and alumni, at home together.

"Bolero Juilliard" was at the center of the many projects and initiatives the school undertook during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, supplementing the online lessons, c...

Sir András Schiff, lauded classical pianist and conductor, leads an in-depth master class featuring Juilliard pianists.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1865-1750) 
English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (1720)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 (1809)

Franz S...

Juilliard’s vocal arts department performs in collaboration with Juilliard 415, our historical instrument ensemble, in these captivating excerpts from Henry Purcell’s semi-opera “King Arthur."

Henry Purcell (1659-95)
King Arthur (1691)

Director: Lionel Meunier
Concertmaster: Robert Mealy

E...

Students from across our divisions shine in this world premiere piece from our ChoreoComp program which pairs choreographers and composer students to create an original dance to an original composition. This piece also incorporates a strong spoken word performance from Lili Ostojic-Gibson, a stud...

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the Juilliard Orchestra in this lush and vivacious work. Best known as the composer of “Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast,” Samuel Coleridge-Taylor composed this piece just two months before his famous cantata.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Ballade in A Minor, Op. 33 ...

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Juilliard415, the school’s primary period-instrument ensemble, in performing what is considered Mozart’s most successful realization of the crossover genre combining the symphony and concerto.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K....

Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. Watch her in action as she conducts the Juilliard Orchestra in this rousing rendition of Haydn’s 90th symphony in C Major.

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
...

Juilliard415 presents a Suite of Dances and Songs by Ignatius Sancho, arranged by Nicola Canzano. 

Ignatius Sancho was a writer, shopkeeper, abolitionist, and composer, celebrated in the late 18th century as a prolific cultural contributor. He published four collections of compositions and a tr...