| 2019 |
Named Principal Guest Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony beginning in
2020-2021 |
| 2019 |
Opens the Atlanta Symphony’s 75th season, which features 16 ASO premieres |
| 2019 |
Leads the world premiere of George Tsontakis’s Violin Concerto No. 3 with
the Dallas Symphony |
| 2019 |
Debuts with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic |
| 2018 |
Makes Met Opera debut with Nico Muhly’s Marnie |
| 2018 |
Debuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic |
| 2018 |
Conducts the world premiere of Voy a Dormir by Bryce Dessner at Carnegie
Hall |
| 2018 |
Conducts first joint project (Candide) between ASO and the Alliance
Theatre |
| 2016 |
Conducts Christopher Theofanidis’s Creation/Creator at the Kennedy
Center’s 2017 Shift Festival, featuring singers Jessica Rivera, Sasha
Cooke, Thomas Cooley, Nmon Ford and Evan Boyer, the ASO and ASO Chorus |
| 2016 |
Leads Nixon in China at Houston Grand Opera |
| 2016 |
Begins the two-year “LB/LB” celebration commemorating Leonard Bernstein and
Ludwig van Beethoven at the ASO |
| 2016 |
Conducts world premieres by Mark Buller, Michael Kurth, Michael Gandolfi,
Jennifer Higdon |
| 2016 |
Debut with the BBC National Orchestra Wales |
| 2016 |
Celebrates the centennial anniversary of Robert Shaw’s birth with
performances of Brahms’ Requiem and the world premiere of Jonathan
Leshnoff’s Zohar in Atlanta and at Carnegie Hall |
| 2016 |
Debuts with Orquestra Sinfonica Estado Sao Paulo; Melbourne Symphony @
Metropolis Festival |
| 2016 |
Conducts world premieres by Michael Kurth, Mark Grey |
| 2016 |
Leads cloth field: an art place of life, a collaborative conceptual
exploration between Spano and choreographer Lauri Stallings |
| 2015 |
10th consecutive season conducting at Carnegie Hall |
| 2015 |
Conducts world premieres by Jennifer Higdon, Soren Nils Eichberg, Michael
Gandolfi |
| 2015 |
Conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan as part of a gala performance
celebrating Seiji Ozawa’s 80th birthday |
| 2015 |
Conducts The Magic Flute at Houston Grand Opera |
| 2015 |
Holds a conductor residency with the Colburn School Orchestra in Los
Angeles, CA |
| 2015 |
Debuts with the Danish National Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica Brasiliera,
Malaysian Philharmonic |
| 2014 |
Conducts The Classical Style written by Steven Stucky and Jeremy Denk and
based upon the book of the same name by the late Charles Rosen at Ojai
Music Festival and Carnegie Hall |
| 2014 |
Conducts world premieres by Jonathan Leshnoff, Mark Grey, Bernard Rands,
Charles Zoll |
| 2014 |
Returns to Carnegie with the ASO and ASO Chorus for Britten’s War Requiem |
| 2014 |
Debut with the Tampere Philharmonic |
| 2013 |
Leads Orquesta La Pasión and members of Schola Cantorum de Venezuela with
soprano Jessica Rivera and jazz vocalist Luciana Souza in Osvaldo Golijov’s La
Pasión según San Marcos at Carnegie Hall |
| 2013 |
Conducts world premieres by Michael Gandolfi, Richard Prior, and Ian
Williams |
| 2013 |
Tours as pianist with Kelley O’Connor and Jessica Rivera |
| 2013 |
Debuts with Orquestra Sinfonica de Galicia and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory
Orchestra (Singapore) |
| 2013 |
Releases a digital recording of his solo piano work, Under Water, and a
cycle of five songs written for soprano Jessica Rivera |
| 2012 |
Named Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival and School |
| 2012 |
Recital tour with Eric Owens |
| 2012 |
Debuts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, West Australian Symphony, and
Sydney Symphony |
| 2012 |
Conducts world premieres by Alvin Singleton and Adam Schoneberg with the ASO |
| 2012 |
Leads Curtis Orchestra on tour to Dresden, Germany |
| 2011 |
Named a Fellow of the Aspen Institute |
| 2011 |
Named Music Director Designate of the Aspen Music Festival and School |
| 2011 |
Receives Honorary Doctorate from Emory University |
| 2010 |
Receives Honorary Doctorate from Oberlin |
| 2010 |
Named Distinguished Artist in Residence at Emory University - an honor previously bestowed upon the Dalai Lama, Salman Rushdie and Jimmy Carter |
| 2010-11 |
Celebrates ten years as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with ten world premiere fanfares |
| 2010 |
Leads world premiere of Jennifer Higdon's On a Wire with Eighth Blackbird and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| 2010 |
Leads 20th Anniversary Choral Conducting Workshop for Carnegie Hall |
| 2009 |
Conducts acclaimed performance of Stravinsky's The Nightengale in Carnegie Hall |
| 2009 |
Receives Columbia University's Ditson Award |
| 2009 |
Conducts second Ring Cycle for Seattle Opera |
| 2008 |
Opens Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Georgia |
| 2007 |
Receives Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar |
| 2000 |
Starts The Atlanta School of Composers |
| 2008 |
Named Musical America's Conductor of the Year |
| 2007 |
Records "La Boheme" live with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| 2007 |
Opens Edinburgh Festival with BBC Scottish |
| 2007 |
London Proms Debut with BBC Scottish |
| 2006 |
Music Director of the Ojai Festival |
| 2006 |
February/March Conducts the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall; the Atlanta Symphony in Carnegie Hall; and the Atlanta Symphony for Great Performer's at Lincoln Center within a two week period. |
| 2005 |
Conducts his first Ring cycle, Seattle |
| 2001 to present |
Music Director, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| 1996 to 2004 |
Music Director, Brooklyn Philharmonic |
| 2005 (Telarc) |
Grammy Award for Berlioz Requiem "Best Choral Performance" |
| 2003 and 2004 |
Director, Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood |
| 1998 to 2002 |
Head of the Conducting Fellowship Program at the Tanglewood Music Center. |
| 2003 (Telarc) |
Grammy Award for Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony "Best Classical Album" and "Best Choral Performance" |
| 2003 |
April debut at the New York Philharmonic |
| 2001 |
January debut with Seattle Opera (Billy Budd) |
| 1999 |
January debut with Czech Philharmonic |
| 1998 |
May debut with Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala |
| 1997 |
February debut at Welsh National Opera (Carmen) |
| 1996 |
November debut with Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| 1995 |
May debut at Royal Opera Covent Garden (Billy Budd) |
| 1993 |
November debut with Cleveland Orchestra |
| 1991 |
November debut with Philadelphia Orchestra |
| 1991 |
February debut with Boston Symphony |
