Primo celebrates our 8th Anniversary

Primo turns 8 today!

As we enter our ninth year, we reflect upon key highlights from the last year:

MILESTONES

Primo Artists launches Public Relations Division with Katy Salomon as Vice President of Public Relations

Gemma New appointed Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Nicola Benedetti appointed Director of the Edinburgh International Music Festival

Cristian Macelaru appointed Artistic Director of the George Enescu International Festival and Competition

Nicola Benedetti appointed Honorary President of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Cristian Macelaru renews contract as Music Director of Orchestre National de France into 2027

Yonca Karakilic joins Primo Artists as Artist Manager

PERFORMANCES

Seong-Jin Cho makes Carnegie Hall orchestral debut with the Vienna Philharmonic and Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Valerie Coleman’s “This is Not a Small Voice” receives its World Premiere at Carnegie Hall with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Angel Blue and The Philadelphia Orchestra 

Itzhak Perlman tours “Itzhak Perlman and Friends” with Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Juilliard String Quartet to UMS Ann Arbor, Roy Thomson Hall and Carnegie Hall

James Gaffigan leads Bernstein’s MASS at the Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary Finale

Itzhak Perlman performs at first-ever White House High Holidays reception at the invitation of President Biden

Christian Reif conducts the premiere of his new arrangement of John Adams’s  “El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered” 

James Gaffigan leads “Tristan und Isolde” at the Santa Fe Opera

Nicola Benedetti gives World Premiere of James MacMillan Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and U.S. Premiere with the Dallas Symphony

Randall Goosby makes his debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nezet-Seguin

Beatrice Rana makes her New York Philharmonic debut with Jaap van Zweden

Joshua Bell plays the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Season Opening Gala concert with Manfred Honeck

Gemma New makes debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Symphony and New World Symphony

Wynton Marsalis’s Fanfare receives its World Premiere with Xian Zhang and the New Jersey Symphony

Randall Goosby makes his debut with the San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen

Christian Reif makes his debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Nicola Benedetti makes her debut with the Boston Symphony and Karina Canellakis

Itzhak Perlman performs his acclaimed klezmer show “In the Fiddler’s House” presented by Chicago Symphony Center Presents

NEWS

Randall Goosby receives Avery Fisher Career Grant

Beatrice Rana awarded 2022 Ackman Prize by New York Philharmonic

Randall Goosby awarded 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence

Valerie Coleman announced as co-commisioned composer for New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices

Five Primo artists featured in Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 Tanglewood Season

Six Primo artists featured in LA Phil’s 2022 Hollywood Bowl Season

Three Primo artists featured in Houston Symphony’s 2022/23 Season

Three Primo artists featured in Dallas Symphony’s 2022/23 Season

Charlotte Lee awarded the 2022 WAA Service Award

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

James Gaffigan profiled in The New York Times

Nicola Benedetti features as Director of the Edinburgh International Festival in The New York Times

Itzhak Perlman, Beatrice Rana and James Gaffigan highlighted in The New York Times Fall 2022 Season Preview

Sphinx Organization featured in The New York Times following its 25th Anniversary

Randall Goosby featured in NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Zhu Wang

Gemma New praised for her first appearances as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMS

Cristian Macelaru releases Dvořák album on Linn Records with the WDR Sinfonieorchester

Valerie Coleman’s “Umoja: Anthem for Unity” featured on the New York Youth Symphony’s new Grammy-nominated album

Christian Reif conducts and performs on Julia Bullock’s Nonesuch Records “Walking in the Dark” debut album