This concert features the Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen, who
has frequently collaborated with the UC Davis Symphony
Orchestra, in a new work by Aida Shirazi. Since receiving her
doctorate in music composition from UC Davis in 2021, Shirazi
has been gaining attention far and wide for her acoustic and
electro-acoustic music, which a New York Times music critic
described as “unfolding with deliberation.” In Dvořák’s Seventh
Symphony the audience will enjoy the composer’s Slavonic spirit
in an energetic and varied musical landscape.
Program
Winner of the Concerto Competition
Aida Shirazi (Ph.D., composition, ’21): New Work (World
Premiere)
with Anssi Karttunen, cello