Events

Upcoming Events

March 21 and 22, 2024
Tulane Opera; Amy Pfrimmer, director
Workshop presentation of Behrman’s Masterpiece (opera in 1 act; music and libretto by Maxim Samarov after The Last Leaf by O. Henry)

Past Events

January 25 and 27, 2024
Louisiana Philharmonic Concert, Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Premiere of Birth of the Culture (story and concept by Big Chief Juan Pardo, score by Maxim Samarov)

November 16, 2023
Tulane University Orchestra Concert, Maxim Samarov, conductor
Lieutenant Kije Suite by Prokofiev, Piano Concerto #1 by Liszt (Katalin Lukacs, piano), Dance of the Hours by Ponchielli

August 25 and 26, 2023
New Orleans Chamber Orchestra concert, Maxim Samarov and Phillip Larroque, conductors
Premieres of Les Cenelles by Ryan Harrison and Aurorean Air by Trevor Weston, works by Mozart, Arensky, and Fr. Michael Burke

April 28, 2023
Tulane University Orchestra Concert, Maxim Samarov, conductor, featuring the winners of Tulane concerto/aria contest
Semiramide Overture by Rossini, Les Préludes by Liszt, Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky, arias by Sullivan and Donizetti

November 30, 2022
Tulane University Orchestra Concert, Maxim Samarov, conductor
Hungarian Dances by Brahms, The Wild Dove by Dvorak, Piano Concerto #2 by Saint-Saëns (Christopher Vuong, piano)

November 11 & 13, 2022
Tulane Opera; Amy Pfrimmer, director; Maxim Samarov, conductor
The Gift of the Magi by David Conte (libretto by Nicholas Giardini)

June 12, 2022
Premiere of excerpts from opera Behrman’s Masterpiece (music by Maxim Samarov, formerly titled Portrait of a Whirlwind)
Four Corners Ensemble, Robert Spittal, conductor
Operation Opera Festival, Spokane, WA

June 3 & 5, 2022
Premiere of Alexandrian Love Songs (with Jeffrey Springer, tenor) and of the orchestral version of Falling… (with Amy Pfrimmer, soprano)
Both works composed by Maxim Samarov and staged by Amy Pfrimmer.
New Orleans Chamber Orchestra Concert, Maxim Samarov, conductor
Also works by Coleridge-Taylor and Michael Rihner

April 28, 2022
Tulane University Orchestra Concert, Maxim Samarov, conductor
Works by Verdi, Mozart, Gounod, Liszt

April 12, 2022
Livingston Taylor Concert
Tulane University Orchestra, Maxim Samarov, conductor

December 9, 2021
Premiere of excerpts from opera Behrman’s Masterpiece (music by Maxim Samarov, formerly titled A Portrait of a Whirlwind)
Tulane University Orchestra Concert, Maxim Samarov, conductor
Also works by Wagner and Mendelssohn

November 13, 2021
New Orleans Chamber Orchestra Concert, Maxim Samarov, conductor
Premieres of pieces by Sam Kohler, Melissa Pausina, Jerry Sieg, Ryan Harrison; also works by Vivaldi and Bartók

May 3, 2021 (two performances)
Falling… (music by Maxim Samarov, libretto by Derby Belser)
Tulane Opera Workshop, Amy Pfrimmer, director; Maxim Samarov, conductor

April 27, 2021
Tulane University Orchestra Concert, Maxim Samarov, conductor
Works by Elgar, Vivaldi, Arensky, Coleridge-Taylor