event
news

Nashville Symphony performs ‘Flower Power’

[IMAGE] Julia Wolfe's Flower Power

January 24-26, conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony perform Julia Wolfe’s Flower Power, featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars.

A concerto for the All-Stars and orchestra, with video art by Jeff Sugg, Flower Power was co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Danish Radio Orchestra.

From Julia Wolfe:

Flower Power is about optimism, idealism, psychedelia, breaking with convention, and a little bit of love and peace…

continue reading
page

Biography

Julia Wolfe’s music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. She draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres, bringing a modern sensibility to each while simultaneously tearing down the walls between them.

Wolfe’s recent premieres include Pretty, premiered in June 2023 by conductor Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic. Co-commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the St…

continue reading