Seattle Symphony Music Director and President & CEO Simon Woods have just announced the Grammy-winning orchestra's 2016-2017 season -- presenting he second part of the two-year Beethoven Cycle along with other innovative concert including Sonic Evolution and [untitled], a Shostakovich Concerto Festival, star guest artists, commissions, premieres, recordings on Seattle Symphony Media, and Morlot's first opera in Benaroya Hall.
In his first opera at Benaroya Hall, Morlot will lead the lyric fantasy L'enfant et les sortilèges ("The Child and the Spells"). Multi-disciplinary stage director and designer Anne Patterson will create unique staging and design for this production.
The 2016-17 season will also continue with the Seattle Symphony's scheduled two-year cycle of all nine Beethoven symphonies and all five piano concertos -- including Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9, as well as Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 5, featuring pianists Inon Barnatan and Emanuel Ax, respectively.
In a recent press release touting the upcoming season, the French conductor insists that he couldn't be more excited about 2016-17's concerts:
"I greatly look forward to a sixth season with the wonderful musicians of the Seattle Symphony.
"We are on a journey together with our audiences to not only experience the most exciting symphonic repertoire that we all know and love, but to also explore new and unique musical voices.
"I'm very happy to welcome Hilary Hahn as our Featured Artist next season, and we're excited to invite her to join us in our education and community projects when she is in Seattle."
Likewise, President and CEO Simon Woods remarked that the organization could not be happier with the job that Morlot has been doing over the last six-years:
"In these past few years Ludovic Morlot and the orchestra have become critically acclaimed for inspiring performances in the concert hall and on recordings.
"We're thrilled to continue that exciting work next season with programming and projects that reflect the creativity and forward-looking spirit of our audiences and our region, while carrying that same creativity into our work to share music with thousands of local school children and our 50 community partner organizations."
For tickets, additional information, including event listings, rental information or public tour schedules, please the Seattle Symphony's official website and click on Benaroya Hall.
