Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

Registration for our 24-25 Education Concerts is officially OPEN! Explore our engaging programs including Symphony in Space, Open Rehearsals, Carnegie Hall Link Up, and more! 📚🎺 Register today at bit.ly/FWSOedu 📸: Karen Almond

We are so excited to partner with PianoTexas International Academy & Festival this month! PianoTexas is a month-long celebration of musical excellence that gathers the finest pianist talent from across the globe. 🎹 Over 108 musicians, ranging from 9 to 76 years old will visit TCU for a distinguished artist concert series, master classes, and a chance to perform in the TCU's Van Cliburn Concert Hall for the Concerto Winners Concert alongside the FWSO under the baton of our Music Director Laureate Miguel Harth-Bedoya! Learn more about PianoTexas at https://lnkd.in/gz_7zKzn

Thank you SO much to everyone who voted for us in DFW Favorites, making us number ONE Best Arts and Culture Event! We couldn't have achieved this without our amazing community! 🏅 Find us on page 31: https://lnkd.in/gkADC_7Y

Although we will miss him greatly, we are immensely proud and excited to share that our Assistant Conductor Taichi Fukumura will be the next Music Director of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra! 🎶 You can still see Maestro Fukumura conduct with the FWSO this summer at our Night of Strings at the Garden concerts on June 7 & 21. We also look forward to welcoming him back next Season for our Stars of the Symphony concert! Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/gfdhAAm9

"In writing this review, it was tempting to list all of the moments that made this performance so memorable, but that would require an extensive essay of esoteric musings. So, let me leave you with this statement: This was probably the best performance I have ever heard of Mahler’s Fifth, as well as from the FWSO." - Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, EarRelevant Wow! Thank you to EarRelevant for this phenomenal review of our Season Finale this past weekend! 🎻 Read the review: https://lnkd.in/gwby22xC

The FWSO recently received The International Trombone Association Orchestra Recognition Award for our significant contribution to the artistic advancement of trombone performance and literature. The award was presented at our Season Finale concert to our President and CEO Dr. Keith Cerny by Lucas Borges, Chair of the ITA Awards Committee and David Begnoche, Associate Professor of Trombone TCU and Chair of the TCU Brass Division. 📸: Karen Almond

"This was some of the finest playing I’ve heard from the FWSO ... Spano obviously had cultivated sensitive details of timing and shape within irresistible momentum" - Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News We’re thrilled to share this exceptional review from The Dallas Morning News of our Season Finale led by Music Director Robert Spano! Read the full review: https://lnkd.in/gb3GfSPF

“The recipients of the 2024 Career Assistance Awards certainly are a group to watch." - The Solti Foundation U.S. Board Chair Penny Van Horn Congratulations to our Assistant Conductor Taichi Fukumura and upcoming Associate Conductor Michelle Di Russo for being selected to receive the 2024 Solti Foundation Career Assistance Award for outstanding young U.S. conductors to further develop their talent and careers! Read more at https://lnkd.in/g7zmyEeM

#ThrowbackThursday to last week when local middle and high school students got a glimpse into the FWSO’s rehearsal process for Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. Our favorite part about Open Rehearsals is the Q&A session where students are invited to engage with our staff and musicians. This one featured our VP of Operations, Victoria J. Moore and FWSO Cellist, John Belk who shared more about life as a professional musician! 🎻

Congratulations to our Music Director Laureate Miguel Harth-Bedoya for his appointment as the Distinguished Resident Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the Shepherd School at Rice University! Read more at https://lnkd.in/dDGNdFVA