NY Phil Sound On: Music of Displacement & Connection

• Kwamé Ryan, conductor

Peter Eötvös — Ligetidyll (US premiere)
Michel van der Aa — Mask
Hannah Kendall — shouting forever into the receiver
Mary Kouyoumdjian — Andouni ("Homeless") (world premiere; w/photography by Scout Tufankjian)

In this exciting series of contemporary music, Kwamé Ryan conducts the world premiere of a Project 19 commission by Mary Kouyoumdjian, the composer's meditation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Also on the program are Hannah Kendall's shouting forever into the receiver, inspired by the writings of Ocean Vuong, and works by Péter Eötvös and Michel van der Aa.

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About Kwamé Ryan, conductor

Born in Canada and raised on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, Kwamé Ryan discovered his passion for conducting at the age of nine. He read musicology at Cambridge University and studied conducting under the guidance of renowned composer / conductor Peter Eötvös. Ryan held the position of general music director of Freiburg Opera, 1999–2003, and served as musical and artistic director of the National Orchestra of Bordeaux Aquitaine, 2007–13.

https://kwameryan.com/