Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1

• Noah Geller, violin
• David Robertson, guest conductor

György Ligeti — Concert Românesc ("Romanian Concerto")
Béla Bartók — Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112 (Noah Geller, violin)
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

David Robertson returns to conduct a program of music from Romania, Hungary, and Russia. Seattle Symphony Concertmaster Noah Geller takes center stage with Bartok's dramatic Second Violin Concerto, which veers between mystery, exuberance and transcendence. Ligeti's Romanian Concerto brims with tuneful folk-inspired melodies.

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About Noah Geller, violin

Noah Geller is the David and Amy Fulton Concertmaster of the Grammy- and Gramophone-winning Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Named to that post at the conclusion of a multi-year search, Mr. Geller is among a small cadre of elite violinists who serve as both leaders and featured performers for the nation’s acclaimed orchestras. He will perform the Saint-Saëns la muse et le poète double concerto with Principal Cello Efe Baltacigil for the symphony’s 2022-23 opening night concert in September and the Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Seattle Symphony in March 2023. He has previously brought to life the Glazunov and Mendelssohn concerti, Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade, and Mozart Requiem in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, home of the Seattle Symphony.

In addition to serving as SSO concertmaster, Mr. Geller has performed as guest concertmaster with the Symphony Orchestras of Pittsburgh, Houston, and Beijing (China National Symphony) and as acting assistant concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra during the 2010 and 2011 seasons. An in-demand chamber musician, he has performed in the Marlboro, Kingston, Saratoga, Seattle, and Taos festivals and has appeared in numerous concert series including those of Lyon & Healy Hall, Dolce Suono Ensemble, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Lyric Chamber Music Society. A student of Jennifer Cappelli, Geller received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard School where he studied with Hyo Kang, Cho-Liang Lin, and Donald Weilerstein. He now resides in Seattle with his wife, percussionist Mari Yoshinaga, and their canine companion, Monkey.

An enthusiastic supporter of contemporary makers, Mr. Geller performs on a c. 2020 violin by Philadelphia luthier Justin Hess, from whom he has commissioned a second instrument, using a c. 1830 bow by Claude Joseph Fonclause for Etienne Pajeot.

https://seattlesymphony.org/en/about/meetthemusicians/theorchestra/artists/first-violin/geller-noah

About David Robertson, guest conductor

https://conductordavidrobertson.com/