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CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO NAMED MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
(February 23, 2022, Raleigh, NC) – Today, the North Carolina Symphony (NCS) announced the appointment of Carlos Miguel Prieto as its next Music Director. His initial four-year term as Music Director begins with the 2023-2024 season. He will serve as Music Director Designate during the 2022-2023 season. Prieto, who will become the sixth Music Director of the NCS, has personal roots in North Carolina and has been a regular guest conductor with the orchestra since 2011, serving audiences statewide. During the current season, Prieto serves as NCS Artistic Advisor with guest conductor appearances and artistic oversight. Carlos Miguel Prieto is celebrated worldwide for his collaborative style, charismatic conducting, expressive interpretations, premiering and personally commissioning works by composers of the Americas, and his efforts to foster cultural exchange through music. Through the years, Prieto has led the NCS in a range of adventurous programs featuring works by Anna Clyne, Gabriela Ortiz, and many others. At the time that Prieto was recognized by Musical America as their 2019 Conductor of the Year, Yo-Yo Ma was quoted, saying, “Carlos Miguel is a conductor for our 21st century.” “This is the beginning of a new era for the North Carolina Symphony,” said Don Davis, Chair of the NCS Board of Trustees. “I am honored to announce Carlos Miguel Prieto as the symphony’s next Music Director. In partnership with the incredible musicians of the symphony we have named an artistic leader, who with our CEO, Sandi Macdonald, sets the stage for what will undoubtedly be a bright musical future for our great North Carolina Symphony.” Sandi Macdonald, President & CEO of the NCS said, “Quite simply, Carlos Miguel Prieto is exactly the right artistic leader for the NCS today and into the future. Carlos has been part of our family for more than a decade already, and the affinity between him and the musicians has been striking. With his appointment as Music Director, we have ensured the opportunity for this most promising partnership to continue to grow. Carlos shares the orchestra’s commitment to creating extraordinary musical experiences and connecting with the people of our state.” “The chemistry between Carlos Miguel Prieto and the musicians was palpable as we considered the future of the NCS, a key resource and cornerstone of the cultural life of this state,” shared Catharine Arrowood, Chair of the NCS Music Director Search Committee. “We are thrilled to begin this new artistic chapter with Carlos’ leadership.” The state of North Carolina’s orchestra, NCS has served richly diverse communities throughout the state for nine decades. NCS, which partners with the world’s greatest talents, is dedicated to giving voice to new art, and embraces artists with ties to the state, including recent collaborations with NCS’s 2021/22 Composer in Residence Anthony Kelley and composers Caroline Shaw, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Judd Greenstein and with William Brittelle whose commission, developed out of NCS’s multi-year residency with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and was performed throughout the state and at the Kennedy Center as part of their inaugural SHIFT Festival. Each year, more than 300 concerts, education programs, and community engagement offerings reach adults and schoolchildren in all 100 North Carolina counties—in a variety of venues based in communities large and small, as well as through new online programming. In addition, NCS leads one of the most extensive education programs of any symphony orchestra in the country—serving over 100,000 students each year. Now, in partnership with Carlos Miguel Prieto, a community-focused and artistic visionary, the NCS is poised to thrive long into the future in service through music, to a growing audience throughout the state and around the world via the digital space. Prieto returns to the NCS to conduct the opening concert of the 2022-2023 classical season at Meymandi Concert Hall, Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh. He succeeds Grant Llewellyn, who served with distinction as Music Director of the NCS for 16 years. The NCS pays tribute to Llewellyn and his legacy with a celebratory performance on May 14, 2022, with soprano Renée Fleming. The Board of the NCS recognizes, with gratitude, the thorough and intentional work by the NCS Music Director Search Committee. Committee members included individuals representing the NCS Board of Trustees, musicians and staff: Catharine Arrowood, David Sontag, Jud Bowman, David Meyer, Joseph Peters, Rajesh Prasad, Jackie Saed Wolborsky, Sandi Macdonald, and advisor Martin Sher.
Feb. 23, 2022
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Carlos Miguel Prieto Featured in The Economist - January 2, 2020
MOST OF CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO’S classmates from Princeton and Harvard Business School have built typical business careers. After applying or being headhunted for a job, they undergo a recruitment process lasting weeks or perhaps months. If successful, they do the role for a few years before moving on elsewhere and starting again: a recent study by Korn Ferry, a consultancy, found that even top executives have brief tenures, with CEOs remaining in place for an average of eight years. Mr Prieto, by contrast, has stuck with a number of his jobs for more than a decade each; he is currently considering what position he might like in three or four years’ time. Mr Prieto is an orchestral conductor, a profession so rarefied that most major appointments require a lengthy and careful courting process. Moves are planned many years in advance.
Jan. 2, 2020
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Carlos Miguel Prieto is Musical America's Conductor of the Year
Carlos Miguel Prieto is Musical America’s Conductor of the Year for 2019. The award follows Carlos’ profound success as one of his native Mexico’s most important cultural ambassadors. Previous recipients of the award include Gianandrea Noseda, Marin Alsop, Jaap van Zweden, Michael Tilson Thomas and Valery Gergiev. Prieto says: "I am thankful to Musical America for this great honor. I am humbled to be in the company of all honorees who have inspired me throughout my career. I am blessed to have grown up in Mexico which is the epicenter of the Americas, a region of the world where music is vibrant and vital. I share this honor with everyone who embraces the belief that we can, and must, improve the lives of others through music.”
Oct. 16, 2018
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Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducts BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in an 'Afternoon Fiesta' concert at the BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff on 28 September. The concert features music from Carlos' home country, Mexico, including Falla's El amor brujo, Revueltas' Sensemayá, Arturo Márquez's Danzón No.2 and Moncayo's Huapango. Alongside these Mexican works, the concert includes a work by one of Britain's finest composers, Walton's Viola Concerto.
Sept. 27, 2018
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Carlos Miguel Prieto receives Culmen Prize
Carlos Miguel Prieto has been given the Culmen Award for Artistic Leadership, a recognition from students at the Universidad Anáhuac Norte to a leader who has made a great contribution to the arts and culture in Mexico and beyond.
Sept. 25, 2018
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Opus Klassik Award
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 & Études-tableaux Op.33, the recording conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto, has won an Opus Klassik award, a major new prize for recorded classical music in Germany. The release won the ‘Soloist Recording of the Year (20th/21st century, piano)’ category, and features soloist Boris Giltburg and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in the Konzerthaus Berlin on Sunday 14 October and broadcast on ZDF at 10.15pm local time.
Sept. 4, 2018
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PRAISE FOR THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS 2018 EUROPEAN TOUR
Carlos Miguel Prieto and the Orchestra of the Americas’ summer festivals tour was received with critical acclaim. Conductor and orchestra gave performances in Rheingau, Hamburg, Odessa and more, before finishing their tour with a concert at the Edinburgh International Festival. Joined by pianist Gabriela Montero, the combination of conductor, soloist and impassioned young orchestral musicians resulted in something “simply delicious”. “the Elbphilharmonie, in it’s 570-day history has already seen and heard quite a lot: extraordinary highlights and unforgettable moments. But anything as colourful as the performance of the Orchestra of the Americas? No... The term “concert” does not stretch far enough to describe the special magic of the evening... Carlos Miguel Prieto handled the exciting mix of hot rhythms with the skill of a seasoned conductor, shaping everything into a rousing whole.” Hamburger Abendblatt “A premature carnival in the Rheingau Kurhaus – simply delicious…” Allgemeine Zeitung “Prieto had every section in perfect balance with his precise and rigorous conducting.” The Herald “Deftly controlled by conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto.” The Times
Aug. 17, 2018
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The Orchestra of the Americas 2018 European Tour
Carlos Miguel Prieto and the Orchestra of the Americas embark on a major European tour in July 2018. Performing at some of the continent’s top venues and festivals including the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland and the Elbphilharmonie in Germany, Prieto will conduct a variety of repertoire including works by Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, Copland and Villa-Lobos. Joining the orchestra will be guest artists Kristina Miller and Gabriela Montero.
June 29, 2018
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Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in June in a Tchaikovsky Spectacular with pianist Olga Kern. The programme features Eugene Onegin, TH.5: Waltz, Piano Concerto No.1 and Symphony No.5. Later in the month, Prieto travels to New Zealand to conduct the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in a 20th-century programme of Copland, Weber and Shostakovich, featuring soloist Andreas Ottensamer.
May 11, 2018
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The conductor who rescued the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
CNN Español interviewed Carlos Miguel Prieto about his incredible effort to rejuvenate the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra after the devastating Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, ahead of the orchestra’s celebrated debut at Carnegie Hall in February. Watch the interview via the title link, that also includes clips from rehearsal and performance. The New York Times reviewed their Carnegie Hall debut, praising Prieto: “Mr Prieto’s feel for subtle shifts in dynamics created an environment both dreamy and dramatic." The orchestra and Prieto played a programme of Philip Glass and Revueltas in what was an incredibly special moment for the orchestra and Prieto, given the challenges they faced back in 2005.
March 15, 2018
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Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in March, for three concerts on 7, 8 and 10 March. For all three concerts, he’s joined by Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero as soloist in Ravel’s Piano Concerto, alongside Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole, Debussy Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne) arr. Ravel and Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition. Prieto made his debut with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 2015.
March 1, 2018
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Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on 27 February. This will be the orchestra’s debut at the prestigious hall and a highlight of their season. The music is a celebration of unconventional concertos and the programme features Philip Glass’s Days and Nights in Rocinha and Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra alongside Revueltas' La noche de los Mayas.
Feb. 8, 2018
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Return to the NDR Elbphilharmonie for Ginastera European premiere
Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to Hamburg this month to conduct the NDR Elbphilharmonie in a special concert dedicated to the life and work of Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera on 26 January 2018. Prieto is a noted interpreter of Ginastera's work, and for this concert he conducts a programme of Ginastera’s ballet suite, Estancia and his Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, featuring soloist Xavier de Maistre. He also conducts the European premiere of Estudios sinfónicos, a concerto for strings. Prieto returns to Europe in February for two concerts with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Asturias. He then leads his Louisiana Philharmonia Orchestra in their debut concert at Carnegie Hall on 27 February.
Jan. 24, 2018
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Concerts with Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
On 18 and 19 January, Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg in a programme of late 18th and early 19th century music. On the programme for both evenings is Wagner Parsifal Prelude, Chausson Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Pfitzner Trois Preludes de 'Palestrina' and Debussy Le Martyre de saint Sébastien, Fragments symphoniques. Prieto’s first concerts of 2018 were with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, while forthcoming highlights include a concert at the new Elbphilharmonie Hamburg with the NDR Elbphilharmonie later in January and a trip to Carnegie Hall with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in February.
Jan. 11, 2018
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Asia debut with the Beijing Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto makes his debut in Asia on 1 December with the Beijing Symphony at Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall. He will conduct the orchestra in a mostly South American programme of Revueltas, Chávez, Ginastera, Arturo Márquez and Moncayo, plus a piece by Japanese composer Keiko Abe. This tops a year of debuts for Prieto, including his debut in London, and with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Nov. 17, 2017
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Concerts with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to Europe for concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. He conducts music by Gabriela Ortiz, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and Mussorgsky across two nights, 2 and 5 November, in Liverpool, with pianist Boris Giltburg as the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3. In Dublin, he conducts de Falla, Ravel and Nielsen on 10 November. These dates come soon after his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall at the end of October.
Oct. 31, 2017
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Debut with London Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto makes his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on 21 October at the Royal Festival Hall. Prieto’s London debut earlier in 2017 heralded a five-star review from the Daily Telegraph: "Prieto unleashed the NYO in a searing performance in which everyone gave their brilliant best." London audiences can expect another exhilarating evening in October, when he conducts Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with soloist Hannes Minnaar, and Rossini’s Stabat Mater with star soloists Joyce El-Khoury, Anna Stéphany, Kang Wang and Michele Pertusi.
Oct. 6, 2017
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Louisiana Philharmonic Season Opening
Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the Louisiana Philharmonic in their season opening concert on 14 September through a 20th century programme of Ravel, Gershwin and Debussy, featuring soloist Marc-André Hamelin. This promises to be a landmark season for Carlos and the orchestra as they eagerly await their Carnegie Hall debut in February 2018.
Sept. 14, 2017
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Summer with the Orquesta Sinfonica De Minería
Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to the Orquesta Sinfonica De Minería in August for seven concerts of with many top soloists. On 12 and 13 August they’re joined by pianist Louis Schwizgebel for a Viennese classical programme of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1, alongside symphonies by Haydn and Mozart: No.39 in both composers’ output. On 19 and 20 August they focus on the 19th and 20th century, with Webern Passacaglia, Berg Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich, and Mahler Das Lied von der Erde with mezzo Ruxandra Donose and tenor Anthony Dean Griffey. On 25, 26 and 27 August they’ll perform Bach St John Passion, joined by soloists Frank Kelly, Kevin Deas, Anabel de la Mora, Carla López-Speziale, Orlando Pineda, and Shirley Hunt on viola da gamba and Rubén Valenzuela on harpsichord.
Aug. 4, 2017
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South American tour with YOA Orchestra of the Americas
In July and August, Carlos Miguel Prieto embarks on a tour of South America with his YOA Orchestra of the Americas. Starting in Frutillar, Chile, on 21 July, the tour then calls at Rosario and Buenos Aires in Argentina, and São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Ilhabela in Brazil. They will perform programmes with a mix of core classical repertoire by Stravinsky, Ravel, Copland and more, alongside works by Mexican and South American composers including Ginastera and Jobim. Soloists including Gabriela Montero (piano), Gautier Capucon (cello), Blake Pouliot (violin), the Assad Brothers (guitar), Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) and Ricardo Castro (piano) will join them throughout the tour. The tour sees the YOA’s return to several iconic South American halls: Teatro Colón in Argentina, Teatro del Lago in Chile, and Sala São Paulo. It also marks debuts at Ilhabela’s Theatro Vermelhos and São Paulo’s Auditório Ibirapuera, designed by the visionary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. Prieto led the YOA as Principal Conductor from its inception in 2002 until 2011, when he was appointed Music Director.
July 17, 2017
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Debut with Minnesota Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto steps in to make his debut with the Minnesota Orchestra this week, replacing David Zinman. Prieto will conduct the orchestra in three concerts on 1, 2 and 3 June at the Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, performing a programme of Wagner Tannhäuser Overture, Bloch Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra (with soloist Anthony Ross) and Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra.
May 31, 2017
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Eight concerts with Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México
Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts eight concerts with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México starting from 26 May at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City with a range of classical repertoire by Wagner, Haydn, Mahler and contemporary works. Two concerts on 26 and 28 May feature John Corigliano Clarinet Concerto with soloist Michael Collins and orchestral excerpts from Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen. On 9 and 10 June, he conducts Haydn Cello Concerto No.5 with cellist Pablo Ferrández and Mahler Symphony No.9 in D major. On 16 and 18 June he conducts Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Alexis Aranda Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with Alfredo Reyes Logounova on the violin and R. Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme. Finally, on 23 and 25 June he conducts Golijov St Mark Passion.
May 21, 2017
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra Debut
Carlos Miguel Prieto makes his debut at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in May with three concerts on 12, 13 and 14 May at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts. The concert on Saturday 13 May will be webcast for free on the orchestra's website (see link below). The programme for all three concerts features music by Arturo Márquez, Bernstein Serenade, de Falla and Giménez. Also in May, Prieto conducts the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México.
May 4, 2017
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Five star review for London Debut
"In addition to all the teenage brilliance on show here, the success of the NYO’s latest programme was due in no small measure to Prieto... Commanding [Shostakovich Symphony No.5's] structure impressively, Prieto unleashed the NYO in a searing performance in which everyone gave their brilliant best." Telegraph, five stars
April 10, 2017
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National Youth Orchestra in Leeds & London
Carlos Miguel Prieto continues his run of UK concerts on 8 and 9 April with the National Youth Orchestra. He conducts the orchestra first at Leeds Town Hall, and then at London’s Barbican Centre the following night. Prieto is passionate about music education and working with young musicians; as well as being Music Director of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, he also recently conducted the prestigious Juilliard Orchestra at the Lincoln Center in New York.
March 31, 2017
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UK concerts with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & the Hallé
March sees Carlos Miguel Prieto return to the UK, first for concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on 22 and 23 March. He conducts the orchestra in Adams The Chairman Dances, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.4 with soloist Denis Kozhukhin, Bernstein West Side Story Symphonic Dances and Gershwin Porgy & Bess: A Symphonic Picture. He then travels to Manchester for two concerts with the Hallé, with music by Revuelta, Copland, Gershwin, and de Falla on 30 March at Bridgewater Hall.
March 17, 2017
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Return to Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for two performances at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall on 23 and 24 February 2017. Prieto conducts a programme of Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919 version) and Revueltas Redes Suite, and Ning Feng joins them to perform Elgar Violin Concerto. Prieto will return to the UK in March for concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Hallé in Manchester.
Feb. 15, 2017
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Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to make Carnegie Hall debut in 2017/18 season
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its 2017/18 season, which includes the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto. The concert, on 27 February 2018, is part of the hall’s season-long celebration of Philip Glass. They will perform Glass’s Days and Nights in Rocinha, and Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra.
Feb. 2, 2017
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Closing night of Juilliard Orchestra’s 33rd annual Focus! festival at Lincoln Center
On 27 January Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to New York to conduct the final concert of the Juilliard Orchestra’s week-long Focus! festival. The concert features work by Julliard alumnus Reinaldo Moya and a world premiere by Gabriela Ortiz. The festival gives Juilliard students the opportunity to extend their experience and skills, as well as work with world-class conductors. Prieto is a strong supporter of music education and is currently Music Director of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.
Jan. 11, 2017
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A five-star Verdi Requiem with the RSNO
Carlos Miguel Prieto’s performances of Verdi’s Requiem with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Edinburgh and Glasgow have been hailed by the Scottish press as "exceptional" and "a blazing sucess". The Scotsman gave the Glasgow concert five stars and said: "Few [performances of Verdi Requiem], if any, have seemed so true to the nature of the beast as this exceptional performance by the RSNO under Mexican conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto... It was like viewing a reconditioned old master, cleaned up to reveal its original brilliance." The Herald wrote: "[Verdi's Requiem] was a blazing success... There were many factors in that success. Key among them was the pacing of the work by [Prieto]. ... Prieto's ceaseless sense of momentum generated a tremendous feeling of integrity to the performance: despite its multiple sections within sections, this Requiem felt integrated and unified."
Dec. 8, 2016
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Verdi Requiem with Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for two concerts on 2 and 3 December. He conducts two performances of Verdi’s Requiem, with soloists Evelina Dobraceva, Elizabeth DeShong, Edgaras Montvidas and Hanno Muller-Brachmann. The performances, at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, mark 125 years since the Requiem received its first ever Scottish performance. Prieto made his debut with the RSNO earlier this year to rapturous reviews: "Towards the end it became clear just how carefully Prieto had crafted this interpretation ... in a magical moment [Prieto] expanded the string sound into its first true fortissimo of the performance - little did we realise until then how much he had been holding things in check." - Arts Desk, five stars, February 2016
Nov. 28, 2016
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“Jubilant” audiences in Friedrichshafen
Carlos Miguel Prieto and the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico’s tour continues to delight Austrian and German audiences, with a glowing review from their concert at Friedrichshafen’s Graf-Zeppelin-Haus with trumpet soloist Pacho Flores: “It’s a particularly special experience when visiting artists don’t just bring European repertoire along with them, but instead present the music of their home country with full authenticity. [The audience] listened breathlessly … at how delicately such a large orchestra could play.” - Schwäbische Zeitung. This is the sixth date of their tour, which next calls at Vienna’s Musikverein on 19 November, the Cologne Philharmonie on 20 November, and ends in Alte Oper, Frankfurt, on 22 November. Visit the orchestra’s Facebook page for photos from the whole tour: https://www.facebook.com/OSNMX
Nov. 18, 2016
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European Tour Begins To Great Acclaim At Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg
Carlos Miguel Prieto’s Germany and Austria tour with the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico opened at the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 9 November, to tremendous applause from the audience, who called for two encores and a repeat of Moncayo’s Huapango. Carlos and the orchestra willingly obliged, with the conductor commenting afterwards: “It was an utterly thrilling experience performing with my orchestra in the Großes Festspielhaus. We could not have asked for a warmer reception from the audience: a wonderful opening to this special tour!” The European tour continues until 22 November, with Carlos and the orchestra performing in six more cities across Germany and Austria.
Nov. 10, 2016
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Germany & Austria tour with the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, embarks on a tour of Germany and Austria with the orchestra this month, starting on 9 November 2016. The tour opens with three concerts at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg on 9, 10 and 11 November, continues to the Rudolf Oetker Halle, Bielefeld on 14 November; the Heinrich-Lades-Halle, Erlangen on 15 November; the Graf-Zeppelin-Haus in Friedrichshafen on 16 November; the Vienna Musikverein on 19 November; the Cologne Philharmonie on 20 November, and ends in the Alte Oper, Frankfurt, on 22 November. Prieto and the orchestra are joined by pianist Gabriela Montero and trumpeter Pacho Flores, performing a variety of different programmes throughout the tour.
Oct. 31, 2016
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2015/16 season
Carlos Miguel Prieto and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra kicked off the 2015/16 with three major occasions: a return to the restored Orpheum Theater since the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Prieto’s 10th year of leadership and the start of the orchestra's 25th anniversary season. They performed the apt Mahler’s Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection’ and received a three-minute standing ovation. Prieto made a trip to the UK in October for performances with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and pianist Boris Giltburg. Later in the month, Prieto and his Youth Orchestra of the Americas was nominated for the 2016 Latin Grammy for their Orchid Classics recording with Gabriela Montero. In November, Prieto conducted the San Diego Symphony on tour in Mexico, Argentina and Spain; the San Diego Reader said “Prieto is on the rise and he conducts with a ton of energy”. Up next were concerts with Kansas City Symphony and the BBC Philharmonic in the UK. In the new year, Prieto conducted the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg in January and the Royal Scottish National Symphony Orchestra in February ("Carlos Miguel Prieto brought a welcome ray of Mexican sunshine", The Arts Desk). In March, Prieto and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra performed their 25th anniversary concert, which starred cellist Carlos Prieto Sr performing alongside his son. Prieto conducted the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in June to an outstanding review in the New Zealand Herald: “the musicians brought out exquisite details”. He followed this with concerts with Concierto Sinfónico Latinoamericano, another collaboration with star pianist Gabriela Montero.
Aug. 31, 2016
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2014-15 season
The 2014-15 season got underway with a fantastic review of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra’s season-opening concert: Strauss’s Four Last Songs with Susanna Phillips, The Times-Picayune describing it as both ‘daring’ and ‘luminous’. In October, Prieto and the LPO performed three major concerts in New Orleans, starting with classical works, a Latin-themed multimedia show and finishing with a chamber concert of war-haunted compositions a the World War II War Museum. In November, the orchestra announced its latest fundraising success: raising over $2 million. This was a significant moment for the musician-governed orchestra, which began in 1991 with limited financial resources. Prieto’s concerts in December included three performances with the Orchestre National de Lyon and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In the New Year, Prieto conducted the Sarasota Orchestra and Calgary Philharmonic: local press said “Sarasota Orchestra hit a jackpot with Carlos Miguel Prieto” and “it was impossible not to be impressed by how Prieto shaped the music in a natural, gracious way”. Prieto travelled to the UK in March to conduct the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, followed by his debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in April and concerts with his Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México in May. August marked ten years since the devastating Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, which Prieto and the members of the LPO commemorated. The following month, the orchestra would finally return to its home of the Orpheum Theater, restored in time to launch the 2015-16 season.
Aug. 20, 2015
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2013-14 Season
The season began for Prieto with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and violinist Gil Shaham performing Barber’s Violin Concerto. “Saturday’s show proved that the LPO has developed a rare, musical cohesiveness under the Mexican maestro. It should be a wonderful season”, wrote the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Other highlights included conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra at its Tchaikfest in January 2014, followed by more concerts with the LPO in New Orleans, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México and Mineria Symphony with repertoire including Mahler, Schnittke and Sibelius. In March he conducted the Kansas City Symphony in Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet; Kansas City News said "the musicians had fire in their bellies, playing with concerted aggression that overawed the audience." In May, he led the LPO in a Mahler odyssey and in June conducted the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra in San Diego for the first time. In the summer of 2014, he conducted the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra and closed his season with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas in Jamaica in July.
Aug. 19, 2014
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