Kynan Johns, conductor

"Incisive... first rate... brilliant" - New York TImes
"His direction breathes theater... attentive to the singer, lively, aerial and sensual" - Le Monde de la Musique

A protégé of Maestro Lorin Maazel, Kynan Johns has conducted over 100 orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and Vienna Chamber Orchestra. He has worked at Covent Garden, conducted at La Scala, and worked with Maazel and Mehta for four seasons at the Palau de les Arts (Opera House) in Spain. In addition to complete Beethoven, Brahms, Strauss and Mahler cycles his opera credits include Don Giovanni, Madame Butterfly, Luisa Miller, Don Carlos, Turn of the Screw, La Boheme, Traviata, Faust, Adés's Powder Her Face & Offenbach's Perichole.

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Grand Rapids Symphony

  • Devos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, Michigan 303 Monroe Avenue Northwest Grand Rapids, MI, 49503 United States (map)

NICO MUHLY  Wish You Were Here
COPLAND  Clarinet Concerto
PONCHIELLI  Il Convegno
BRAHMS  Symphony No. 4

Earlier Event: October 24
Grand Rapids Symphony
Later Event: November 2
Rutgers Symphony Orchestra