Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, November 2025

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ASO | IN TUNE

DEAR FRIENDS,

Welcome to this Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performance! We are grateful you have chosen to spend the evening with us.

Of all of the works composed for orchestra in the past three centuries, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony stands apart, instantly recognizable as a great ode to humanity, iconic. The word “masterwork” is inescapable. And yet, whether we’re hearing it for the first time or the thousandth time, it feels inviting, invigorating, and personal. Three performances of the work anchor our programs this month, on November 13, 15 and 16, capping off our cycle of Beethoven symphonies that began last season with numbers 1 through 8. In addition, we welcome two phenomenal pianists, Francesco Piemontesi and Hélène Grimaud, with our music Director Nathalie Stutzmann leading the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in works by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Brahms and Schumann.

The themes of celebrating our common humanity and music’s effect on us personally—especially on our bodies and minds—are highlighted this month in our concert programs and in the Orchestra’s activities behind the scenes.

Two events this month feature the impact of music on the developing minds and lives of young people. On November 8th, the over 100-strong Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, composed of the most accomplished musicians from all over the Atlanta metro area and beyond, will perform their first concert of the year. Then, on November 15th, we hear students in our elite Talent Development Program, which builds capacity in promising students in 5th-12th grades, perform in our annual Talent Development Program Musicale.

Earlier this fall we announced a new initiative called Arts + Health Laboratory, a partnership between the Woodruff Arts Center and the NeuroArts Institute, to leverage the power of the arts to heal, restore and repair the human mind and body. Through the Arts + Health Laboratory, we will leverage world-class arts in combination with the world-renowned medical and scientific expertise to research and demonstrate how the arts impact us. To learn more, please visit woodruffcenter.org/neuroarts

There is nothing quite like the shared experience of anticipation and wonder that you find in the concert hall. Enjoy!

With gratitude,

Jennifer Barlament, Executive Director

ASO | NATHALIE STUTZMANN

Nathalie Stutzmann is the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra. She was Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2021-2024.

Nathalie’s 2025-26 season includes major debuts with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Berlin, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. She also returns to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Oslo Philharmonic.

Named Best Conductor of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards, she earned acclaim for Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival in 2023 and 2024, with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praising her as “a genius who makes music irresistible”. In 2026, she returns for the festival’s 150th anniversary with a new production of Rienzi, and debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper conducting Faust. She also opens the 2025–26 season at Dutch National Opera with Tosca

An exclusive recording artist with Warner Classics/Erato, Nathalie’s first symphonic release—Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and American Suite with Atlanta Symphony— earned her cover recognition on Gramophone magazine. The album was highlighted by The New York Times as one of “5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now”, and received OPUS Klassik nominations for Best Conductor and Best Symphonic Recording of The Year.

This followed her 2023 OPUS Klassik win for Concerto Recording of The Year, for her album featuring Glière and Mosolov harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and WDR Sinfonieorchester. In 2022, she released the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra, which Gramophone hailed as “a brilliant collaboration”.

Nathalie started studies at a young age in piano, bassoon, and cello, and studied conducting with legendary Finnish teacher Jorma Panula. As one of the world’s most celebrated contraltos, she has made over 80 recordings and received numerous international accolades. Named “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” and “Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French government, she is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.

MUSIC DIRECTOR'S CORNER

Recently, Nathalie led the Dutch National Opera in a production of Tosca to great acclaim. Trouw praised Stutzmann's dedication to Puccini, describing it as "stunning sound with stunning visuals, opera at its best."

Opera Gazet added, "Nathalie Stutzmann fully understands Puccini, and demonstrated this with delight in every detail."

Nathalie also led the Dutch National Opera in a production of Carmen in June and was recently appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.

2025/26 Musician Roster

FIRST VIOLIN

David Coucheron concertmaster

The Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair

Justin Bruns*

associate concertmaster

The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair

Lauren Roth

acting associate / assistant concertmaster

Jun-Ching Lin*

assistant concertmaster

Kevin Chen

Carolyn Toll Hancock

The Wells Fargo Chair

Juan R. Ramírez Hernández

Kelly Kanai

John Meisner

Christopher Pulgram

Olga Shpitko

Kenn Wagner

Lisa Wiedman Yancich

Jin Wook Suk

Sissi Yuqing Zhang

SECTION VIOLIN ‡

Judith Cox

Raymond Leung

The Carolyn McClatchey Chair

SECOND VIOLIN

Anastasia Agapova

principal

The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair

Sou-Chun Su

associate principal

The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair

Jay Christy

assistant principal

Rachel Ostler*

Robert Anemone

Noriko Konno Clift

Paolo Dara

David Dillard

Paul Halberstadt

Eun Young Jung

Eleanor Kosek

Julia Su

Yaxin Tan

VIOLA

Zhenwei Shi* principal

The Edus H. & Harriet H.

Warren Chair

Catherine Lynn

acting principal / assistant principal

Paul Murphy

associate principal

The Mary & Lawrence

Gellerstedt Chair

Marian Kent

Yang-Yoon Kim

Yiyin Li

Lachlan McBane

Patrick Miller

Jessica Oudin

Madeline Sharp

Nathalie Stutzmann

music director

The Robert Reid Topping Chair

CELLO

Daniel Laufer

acting / associate principal

The Miriam & John Conant Chair

Karen Freer

acting associate / assistant principal

The Livingston Foundation Chair

Thomas Carpenter

Joel Dallow

The UPS Foundation Chair

Ray Kim

Isabel Kwon

Nathan Mo

Brad Ritchie

BASS

Joseph McFadden

principal

The Marcia & John Donnell Chair

Gloria Jones Allgood

associate principal

The Lucy R. & Gary Lee Jr. Chair

Karl Fenner

Michael Kurth

The Jane Little Chair

Jungsu Lee

Nicholas Scholefield

Daniel Tosky

FLUTE

Christina Smith

principal

The Jill Hertz Chair

The Mabel Dorn Reeder

Honorary Chair

Robert Cronin

associate principal

C. Todd Skitch

Gina Hughes

PICCOLO

Gina Hughes

William R. Langley

resident conductor & atlanta symphony youth orchestra music director

The Zeist Foundation Chair

OBOE

Elizabeth Koch Tiscione principal

The George M. & Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair

Zachary Boeding

associate principal

The Kendeda Fund Chair

William Dunlop

Emily Brebach

ENGLISH HORN

Emily Brebach

CLARINET

Jesse McCandless principal

The Robert Shaw Chair

Iván Valbuena associate principal

Alcides Rodriguez

E-FLAT CLARINET

Iván Valbuena

BASS CLARINET

Alcides Rodriguez

BASSOON

Cameron Bonner principal

The Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Chair

Anthony Georgeson associate principal

Laura Najarian

Juan de Gomar

CONTRABASSOON

Juan de Gomar

Norman Mackenzie director of choruses

The Frannie & Bill Graves Chair

HORN

Ryan Little principal

The Betty Sands Fuller Chair

Andrew Burhans

associate principal

Kimberly Gilman

Reese Farnell

Scott Sanders

TRUMPET

Michael Tiscione

acting / associate principal

Finan Jones

assistant conductor

The Madeline & Howell Adams Chair

Mark Maliniak acting associate principal

William Cooper

TROMBONE

Nathan Zgonc

acting / associate principal

The Terence L. Neal Chair, Honoring his dedication & service to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

The Home Depot Veterans Chair

Jason Patrick Robins

TUBA

Michael Moore principal

The Delta Air Lines Chair

TIMPANI

Michael Stubbart

acting principal / assistant principal

The Walter H. Bunzl Chair

Players in rotating sections are listed alphabetically.

PERCUSSION

Joseph Petrasek principal

The Julie & Arthur

Montgomery Chair

Michael Jarrett

assistant principal

The William A. Schwartz Chair

Michael Stubbart

The Connie & Merrell Calhoun Chair

HARP

Elisabeth Remy Johnson principal

The Sally & Carl Gable Chair

KEYBOARD

The Hugh & Jessie Hodgson

Memorial Chair

Sharon Berenson †

LIBRARY

Emma Luty principal

The Marianna & Solon

Patterson Chair

Sara Baguyos associate principal

James Nelson

GUEST CONDUCTOR

Neil and Sue Williams Chair

ASO | LEADERSHIP | 2025/26 Board of Directors

OFFICERS

Angela Evans chair

Patrick Viguerie immediate past chair

Joia Johnson treasurer

Galen Oelkers secretary

DIRECTORS

Phyllis Abramson

Keith Adams

Juliet M. Allan

Susan Antinori

Rona Gomel Ashe

Andrew Bailey

Jennifer Barlament*

Keith Barnett

Paul Blackney

Janine Brown

Betsy Camp

Lisa Chang

Susan Clare

Russell Currey

Sheila Lee Davies

Carlos del Rio, M.D. FIDSA

Lisa DiFrancesco, M.D.

Lynn Eden

Yelena Epova

Angela Evans

Craig Frankel

Sally Bogle Gable

Anne Game

Rod Garcia-Escudero

Sally Frost George

Robert Glustrom

Julie Goosman

Bonnie B. Harris

Charles Harrison

Tad Hutcheson, Jr.

Roya Irvani

Joia M. Johnson

Carrie Kurlander

Scott Lampert

James H. Landon

Daniel Laufer*

Donna Lee

Janine Brown vice chair

Lynn Eden vice chair

Grace Lee, M.D.

Sukai Liu

Kevin Lyman

Deborah Marlowe

Arthur Mills IV

Molly Minnear

Hala Moddelmog*

Caroline Moïse

Anne Morgan

Terence L. Neal

Galen Lee Oelkers

Dr. John Paddock

Margie Painter

Cathleen Quigley

Doug Reid

James Rubright

Ravi Saligram

William Schultz

June Scott

BOARD OF COUNSELORS

Neil Berman

Benjamin Q. Brunt

John W. Cooledge, M.D.

John R. Donnell, Jr.

Jere A. Drummond

Carla Fackler

Charles B. Ginden

John T. Glover

Dona Humphreys

Aaron J. Johnson, Jr.

James F. Kelley

Patricia Leake

Karole F. Lloyd

Meghan H. Magruder

LIFE DIRECTORS

Howell E. Adams, Jr.

John B. White, Jr.

* Ex-Officio Board Member

^ On Sabbatical

V Scott

Charles Sharbaugh

Gayle Sheppard

Fahim Siddiqui

W. Ross Singletary, II

John Sparrow

Elliott Tapp

Yannik Thomas

Maria Todorova

Ben Touchette

S. Patrick Viguerie

Kathy Waller

Chris Webber

Richard S. White, Jr.

Mack Wilbourn

Kevin E. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.

Shelley McGehee

Penelope McPhee

Howard D. Palefsky

Patricia H. Reid

Joyce Schwob

John A Sibley, III

H. Hamilton Smith

Connie Calhoun

Azira G. Hill

G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.

Michael W. Trapp

Ray Uttenhove

Chilton Varner

Adair M. White

Sue Sigmon Williams

Ben F. Johnson, III

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Advisory Council is a group of passionate and engaged individuals who act as both ambassadors & resources for the ASO Board and staff. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra extends heartfelt gratitude to the members listed on this page.

2025/26 CHAIRS

Jane Morrison

advisory council chair

Justin Im

internal connections

task force co-chair

Robert Lewis, Jr.

internal connections task force co-chair

Kristi Stathopolous

internal connections task force co-chair

Frances A. Root

patron experience task force chair

Tiffany Rosetti

community connections & education task force co-chair

Otis Threatt

community connections & education task force co-chair

MEMBERS

Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes

Krystal Ahn

Kristi & Aadu Allpere

Logan Anderson & Ian Morey

Evelyn Babey

Asad & Sakina Bashey

Meredith W. Bell

John Blatz

Jane Blount

Carol Brantley & David Webster

Johanna Brookner

Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D

Kate Cook

DePorres & Barbara Cormier

Daniel P. Debonis

Donald & Barbara Defoe

Paul & Susan Dimmick

Bernadette Drankoski

John & Catherine Fare Dyer

Jerry H. Evans

Mary Ann Flinn

Bruce & Avery Flower

Karen Foster

Annie Frazer

John D. Fuller

Alex Garcias

Dr. Paul Gilreath

Nadeen Green

Elizabeth Hendrick

Mia Frieder Hilley

Caroline Hofland

Justin Im

Dr. Lillian Ivansco

Frank & Janice Johnston

Baxter Jones & Jiong Yan

Lana Jordan

Jennifer B. Kahnweiler

Rosthema Kastin

Andrea Kauffman

Brian & Ann Kimsey

Jason & Michelle Kroh

Jeff & Pam Kuester

Van & Elizabeth Lear

Dr. Fulton Lewis III & Mr. Neal Rhoney

Robert Lewis, Jr.

Eunice Luke

Catherine & Bill Lundstrom

Erin Marshall

Alfredo Martin

Belinda Massafra

Catherine Massey

Doug & Kathrin Mattox

Ed & Linda McGinn

Suneel Mendiratta

Keyeriah Miles

Berthe & Shapour Mobasser

Bert Mobley

Sue Morgan

Bill Morrison & Beth Clark-Morrison

Jane Morrison

Gary Noble

Regina Olchowski

Bethani Oppenheimer

Joseph Owen, Jr.

Ralph & Suzanne Paulk

Ann & Fay Pearce

Jonathan & Lori Peterson

Dr. John B. Pugh

Eliza Quigley

Joseph Rapanotti

Leonard Reed

Dr. Jay & Kimberley Rhee

Vicki Riedel

Felicia Rives

David Rock

Frances A. Root

Maurice & Tricia Rosenbaum

Tiffany & Rich Rosetti

Noelle Ross

Thomas & Lynne Saylor

Beverly & Milton Shlapak

Suzanne Shull

Baker Smith

Cindy Smith

Janice Smith

Victoria Smith

Peter & Kristi Stathopoulos

Tom & Ani Steele

Deann Stevens

Beth & Edward Sugarman

Stephen & Sonia Swartz

George & Amy Taylor

Bob & Dede Thompson

Otis Threatt Jr.

Roxanne Varzi

Robert & Amy Vassey

Juliana Vincenzino

Emily C. Ward

Dr. Nanette K. Wenger

Kiki Wilson

Camille Yow

For more information about becoming an Advisory Council member, please contact Beth Freeman at beth.freeman@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.4532.

MEET ANGELA EVANS: ASO’s New Board Chair

By James L. Paulk

New Board Chair has “a passion for music”

This season we welcome Angela Evans as Chair of the ASO Board of Directors. A director since 2018, she has also served as Secretary of the board since 2018. “Her passion for music and for the Orchestra has been evident since she joined the Board,” said Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Jennifer Barlament.

Ms. Evans is from Allen, Texas, near Dallas and Fort Worth. “I grew up loving music,” she said. “I was in the band in high school and played in the All-State Brass Quartet.” Perhaps more important: “My father played the piano at a concert level,” she said. “He had season tickets to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and started taking me when I was 12.” Those experiences led to a life-long love of classical music. Even today, his influence can be felt. Ms. Evans mentioned that she was looking forward to this season’s concert featuring works by Aram Khatchaturian, adding “I have a bunch of Khatchaturian recordings from my father’s record collection.”

A global leader in corporate tax accounting

Evans is a global business executive and a nationally recognized corporate tax expert. For over 30 years she has advised Forture 100 companies on highly technical tax accounting standards and tax law matters. A partner at Ernst & Young LLP (EY), she has led global and Americas-wide Tax Accounting, Risk Advisory Services, and Quality Management professional service businesses. As a senior advisory partner she oversees the work of 300+ tax partners serving EY audits around the world. And as Americas Director of Tax Accounting & Risk Advisory Services, she is responsible for the development and oversight of quality controls over the audits of 3000+ clients. Nationally recognized in the accounting profession, she is a sought-after expert, author, and speaker at industry events. The first female partner in the Atlanta office, her proudest legacy is coaching the next generation of leaders, contributing to an increase in the female representation in the US partnership from 9% to 33% during her tenure.

Evan’s accounting career began in Dallas, where she served on the board of ArtReach, “a wonderful organization that partners with the Dallas Symphony and other organizations to fill empty seats with those who might not otherwise be able to attend. “ Later, in Fort Worth, she was involved in the campaign to build Bass Hall. She still has season tickets to the Fort Worth Symphony, for visits and for use by her mother.

“I knew I wanted to get involved”

After Evans was transferred here by EY to be the global tax partner for Coca-Cola, “I knew I wanted to get involved with the Symphony. Karole Young, a partner at Ernst & Young, was on the ASO board and knew I had a passion for music. When she came off the board, she asked if I would like to join it in her place and introduced me to Jennifer Barlament (ASO Executive Director) and Howard Palefsky (then ASO Board Chair). So here I am.”

“Nathalie is amazing: what she had to overcome”

“One thing that was a draw for me,” she added, “was that this organization is so empowering to women. I think Nathalie is amazing: what she had to overcome to get where she is. It’s a testament to her tenacity but also to the changing times. I hope the championing that I’ve done at EY I can bring to the table, to foster an environment where women can be successful and support each other.”

Evans has two children “who keep me very busy with their lives and their friends. Her son, Grayson, is at the University of Georgia pursuing a research fellowship in agribusiness. Her daughter, Charlotte, is at the University of Chicago studying chemistry, and wants to attend law school.

Although she’ll be retiring from EY soon, she has a lot going on. In a recent meeting, Angela regularly received text messages from Grasyon with cattle prices. “I own a working cattle ranch in West Texas and we were in the process of selling some cattle.” Meanwhile, she’s involved with an AI startup here in Atlanta and loves spending time at Amelia Island, where she has a beach house.

“I want us to be forward-looking… to come together”

Asked about her vision for the Orchestra, Evans was clear: I want to be forward-looking, to build on the success that we’ve had. I want us to come together, to be a place that is supporting and uplifting to all involved, especially our beloved musicians. This organization is going to move forward in a positive way.”

We are deeply grateful to the following leadership donors whose generous support has made the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's season possible.

The 4,162nd and 4,163rd concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Delta Classical Series

Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Atlanta Symphony Hall

NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor

FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI, piano

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto No. 1 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15 (1795) 38 MINS

I. Allegro con brio

II. Largo

III. Rondo: Allegro

Francesco Piemontesi, piano

INTERMISSION 20 MINS

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (1943) 61 MINS

I. Adagio; Allegro non troppo

II. Allegretto

III. Allegro non troppo —

IV. Largo —

V. Allegretto

Saturday's concert is dedicated to MARGIE PAINTER in honor of her extraordinary support of the 2024/25 Annual Fund.

by Noel Morris Program Annotator

Notes to Know

• Beethoven didn’t want other pianists improvising in his concerto, so he wrote out his cadenzas. He provided three options for the first movement, varying in difficulty.

• In 1936, the Soviets labeled Shostakovich an “enemy of the people” over his hit opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. He lost nearly all his income and had to keep a packed suitcase by the door in case of arrest.

• During World War II, the Soviets relocated Shostakovich away from the front lines and instructed him to compose upbeat, patriotic music.

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1

We hear the word “unprecedented” a lot these days. New tech, new job skills, new notions of citizenship, and shifting economic and geopolitical relationships all point toward a new world order. Many find the changes frightening and disorienting.

Beethoven became Beethoven, in part, because he lived in just such a time—not quite a new age but an age of transition. As Ludwig van Beethoven carved his name into history, Napoleon conquered much of Europe. Monarchies crumbled. Censors and secret police overran the city where the composer worked. And he faced soaring food prices and military incursions.

He arrived in Vienna in 1792, just after Mozart’s death. Missing Mozart was a crushing disappointment, but he still managed to stand on the older composer’s shoulders.

First ASO performance: April 26, 1969

Robert Shaw, conductor Grant Johannesen, piano

Most recent ASO performance: February 11, 2018

Ninety years before, the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the “pianoforte” (softloud), a kind of playing the harpsichordist couldn’t do. It sparked a flurry of instrument modifications and designs, and by the 1780s, the harpsichord had lost out. Mozart’s life was half over when he encountered the pianoforte, but he pounced. Through the 1780s, he made a good living writing and performing piano concertos in Vienna. As a result, the demand for pianos, pianists, and piano music skyrocketed.

Roberto Abbado, conductor

Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

Beethoven was just 15 years younger, but he descended on Vienna like a god. No one had ever heard a pianist play like that. Initially, he was the darling of the nobility. Instead of playing big, public concert halls, he gave private performances in people’s homes (which happened to be palaces).

As a poor kid from Bonn, Beethoven relocated with very little, but he did bring with him an unfinished piano concerto in B-flat, which he continued to work on.

Meanwhile, the French Revolution reverberated across Europe. As Beethoven dazzled the hubristic elite, his hometown of Bonn came under French occupation. In 1795, he began work on a second piano concerto, this time in the key of C major. Although he revised it in 1800, he felt more settled with the new piece and published it as his Piano Concerto No. 1. (The Bb Concerto from Bonn became No. 2.)

The C major Concerto is more adventurous than the earlier concerto. It has an almost militaristic grandeur and hints at the dawn of a new era.

When Beethoven played it in Prague in 1798, the local composer Václav Tomášek wrote, “I admired his powerful, brilliant playing, but his frequent daring changes from one melody to another, putting aside the organic, gradual development of ideas, did not escape me. Evils of this nature frequently weaken his greatest compositions, those which sprang from a too exuberant conception. The listener is often rudely awakened.”

Exactly.

Tomášek perfectly described the audacity of the First Piano Concerto. It became Beethoven’s providence to toy with people’s expectations. Author Stuart Isacoff listed him as the first of a group of composer-pianists who combined athletic prowess with the capacity to “probe the human heart in its many guises.”

24-year-old Beethoven entered the public eye on March 29, 1795, with a performance of one of his two piano concertos. It’s unclear which one. But he did debut the First Piano Concerto that year.

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8

“The censorship in China places limits on knowledge and values, which is the key to imposing ideological slavery.”

—Contemporary artist and dissident Ai Weiwei

There’s nothing new about “ideological slavery.” Hitler, Mao, and Stalin all operated from that playbook during the last century. But Stalin’s impact on Dmitri Shostakovich lingers in our consciousness because he cast such a long shadow over the composer’s music. And the music is mind-blowing.

After having had some close calls with the murderous tyrant, Shostakovich managed to thread the needle between outward compliance and inward rebellion.

First and most recent ASO performance: April 4, 1991 Yoel Levi, conductor

In the lead-up to World War II, Stalin arrested and murdered millions of his own people—scientists, war heroes, teachers, friends—while insisting the survivors be joyful. People were not allowed to grieve. No family went untouched. In that atmosphere, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, causing a shift in the ideological slavery. People could grieve openly and blame it on the Germans.

Given the scale of the slaughter, the idea of writing heroic, happy music seemed repugnant. But that was a requirement. So, Shostakovich produced the anguished Eighth Symphony with an understated, if not phony, description.

“It expresses my thoughts and experiences, my elevated creative state, which could not help but be influenced by the joyful news connected with the victories of the Red Army,” he said. “The Eighth Symphony contains tragic and dramatic inner conflicts. But, on the whole, it is optimistic and life-asserting. The first movement is a long adagio, with a dramatically tense climax. The second movement is a march with scherzo elements, and the third is a dynamic march. The fourth movement, despite its march form, is sad in mood. The fifth and final movement is bright and gay, like a pastoral, with dance elements and folk motifs. The philosophical conception of my new work can be summed up in these words: life is beautiful. All that is dark and evil rots away, and beauty triumphs.”

Shostakovich wrote the Eighth Symphony in a converted henhouse at a composer’s retreat during the summer of 1942. He completed the piece in just over two months.

The music is anything but “bright and gay,” as the composer had stated. Mournful and sardonic are more like it, sometimes straying into bloat and banality as if the composer were depicting the mindless, life-sucking machinery of a totalitarian regime.

In the controversial memoir Testimony, Shostakovich reportedly told a friend, “I suffer for everyone who was tortured, shot, or starved to death. There were millions of them in our country before the war with Hitler began. The war brought much new sorrow and much new destruction, but I haven’t forgotten the terrible pre-war years. That is what my symphonies are about, including Number Eight.”

In 1948, Soviet authorities ordered the Eighth Symphony to be destroyed.

FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI, piano

Francesco Piemontesi is a pianist of exceptional refinement of expression, which is allied to a consummate technical skill. Widely renowned for his interpretation of Mozart and the early Romantic repertoire, Piemontesi’s pianism and sensibility has a close affinity too with the later 19th century and 20th century repertoire of Brahms, Liszt, Dvořák, Ravel, Debussy, Bartók and beyond. Of one of his great teachers and mentors, Alfred Brendel, Piemontesi says that Brendel taught him “to love the detail of things”.

He appears alongside the world’s leading orchestras from the Berliner Philharmoniker to the New York Philharmonic and from London to NHK Symphony Orchestras and is a regular guest at festivals such as the Salzburg, Lucerne, SchleswigHolstein Musik festivals, as well as the BBC Proms.

Highlights of Piemontesi’s 2025/26 season include the “Wizard of Sound” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) returning to Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, where he was formerly Artist in Residence, for the world premiere of Beat Furrer’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, before joining the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for subsequent performances. Additional returns include Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, and tours with Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He debuts with the Atlanta, Baltimore, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras.

In recital, Piemontesi delivers pure piano poetry to the Musikverein, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Wigmore Hall, Schubertiade, Basel, Siena and Alicante. He also collaborates with Augustin Hadelich in recitals across the United States, weaving the sonatas for violin and piano of Debussy, Poulenc, and Franck with works by de Grigny, Rameau and Kurtág.

His discography with Pentatone includes recent Liszt (2023), Bach (2021) and Schubert (2019) albums. In fall 2025, Piemontesi releases the first of two Brahms discs, featuring the composer’s late solo piano works and concertos with Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and Manfred Honeck.

The 4,164th, 4,165th and 4,166th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Delta Classical Series

Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Atlanta Symphony Hall

NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor

DAVID COUCHERON, violin

LAUREN ROTH, violin

CHRISTINA NILSSON, soprano

RHIANNA COCKRELL, mezzo-soprano

SIYABONGA MAQUNGO, tenor

LEON KOŠAVIĆ, baritone

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Concerto in D minor for Two Violins & String Orchestra, BWV 1043 (S 1717-1723) 15 MINS

I. Vivace

II. Largo, ma non tanto

III. Allegro

David Coucheron, violin

Lauren Roth, violin

Cantata No. 56, “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen” (1726) 22 MINS

Leon Košavić, baritone

ASO Chorus

INTERMISSION

LUDWIG

VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

20 MINS

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op.125 (“Choral”) (1822-1824) 68 MINS

Christina Nilsson, soprano

Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano

Siyabonga Maqungo, tenor

Leon Košavić, baritone

ASO Chorus

This weekend's concerts are supported by the HELLEN INGRAM PLUMMER ENDOWMENT in memory of Mrs. Plummer’s devotion to artistic excellence.

This weekend's concerts were made possible in part by a grant from the BARNEY M. FRANKLIN AND HUGH W. BURKE CHARITABLE FUND.

by Noel Morris Program Annotator

Notes to Know

• J.S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi never met, but the Italian composer had a profound influence on Bach’s concerto writing. Bach returned the favor by copying and arranging Vivaldi’s works, which led to a rediscovery of Vivaldi’s music in the 20th century.

• Although he was deaf, Beethoven enjoyed hanging out in a pub with his friends. Hours of written conversations have been preserved in little notebooks that he kept with him.

• Beethoven was a genius composer of instrumental music. He knew less about the human voice; his vocal writing in the Ninth Symphony is notoriously punishing for the singers.

J.S. BACH

In 1723, Leipzig officials got directly involved in hiring the head of music at St. Thomas Church. While local clergy sought a solid educator and leader of worship services, city officials wanted Leipzig to become a travel destination renowned for its great music. The pay package wasn't so good, and the job description was brutal.

But J.S. Bach accepted the job in order to provide his brood of children with access to the university.

As “Thomaskantor,” Sebastian Bach served as organist, choirmaster, and composer to four Leipzig churches. He also took responsibility for the schooling and music lessons of his soprano section (schoolboys). And soon, he took over a series of coffeehouse concerts on Sunday afternoons. But Bach’s ambition didn’t end there. Each week, he elected to compose a cantata for the Sunday lectionary (Bible readings), composing around 60 per year for six years. About a third of those cantatas are lost.

First and most recent ASO performance: October 6, 1968

Robert Shaw, conductor

Cantata BWV 56

As an attentive father, Bach had to be efficient with his time and enlisted his family and students as copyists for his Sunday cantatas. (Copying a piece by hand is a time-honored method of studying composition.)

The Cantata BWV 56 followed the sermon on the 19th Sunday after Trinity in 1727. The reading from Matthew’s Gospel says Jesus arrived by boat. Bach’s cantata uses a poem by a Leipzig local that likens life to a voyage. For the last movement, Bach used the hymn, “Come, O death, brother of Sleep.”

INSIDE THE SCORE

In the opening aria of his Cantata BWV 56, each oboe pairs with a violin, and the English horn pairs with the viola. In essence, Bach whittled the texture down to just four melodic lines plus continuo (improvised on keyboard). The third movement features the solo voice with oboe. In other words, Bach aimed for simplicity with the scoring. Yet its power is astonishing.

First ASO performance: December 1, 1961

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Martin Sauser, violin

Robert Harrison, violin

Most recent ASO performance: March 23, 2023

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

David Coucheron, violin

Justin Bruns, violin

Concerto for Two Violins in C minor, BWV 1043

Although J.S. Bach moved around, he spent his entire life in an area about the size of Massachusetts. To gain exposure to music around Europe—especially from Italy—he depended on others to pick up scores while on the road. In 1713, Prince Johann Ernst, an excellent violinist, purchased trunkloads of scores in Amsterdam and brought them back to Weimar, where Bach fell under the spell of Antonio Vivaldi. He copied out and arranged numerous Vivaldi concertos to learn the style and take up the form. Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, “the Bach Double,” became one of his bestloved works, but its origin is up for debate.

Between 1717 and 1723, he worked for a Calvinist prince in Anhalt-Ko then, where music was not permitted in the church. Bach produced an incredible body of secular instrumental works during those years,

including (possibly) the Double Violin Concerto.

Around 1730, evidence suggests he presented the piece at a weekly concert series at a Leipzig coffeehouse. It’s possible he wrote it at that time.

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

What can one say about Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony? Epic, magnificent, monumental, revolutionary—the 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche suggested transcendent.

“At a certain place in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,” he wrote, “[one] might feel that he is floating above the earth in a starry dome, with the dream of immortality in his heart; all the stars seem to glimmer around him, and the earth seems to sink ever deeper downwards.”

First ASO performance: October 19, 1967

For all the astonishing architecture associated with Beethoven—massive works that grow from tiny bits of thematic material— composition was a surprisingly scattered business. His sketchbooks contain ideas for many different works, side by side, that sometimes took years to germinate. He cranked out reams of music while chronically suffering from gastrointestinal problems, fevers, and various infections. And then he hit a dry spell. Twelve years separate the Eighth and the Ninth Symphonies.

Robert Shaw, conductor

Most recent ASO performance: October 9, 2022

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Born in 1770, Beethoven was a child of the Enlightenment. Through all his misery, he held fast to Enlightenment principles, celebrating the God-given capacity for reason, science, progress, liberty, equality, and universal brotherhood. These values, he believed, were the key to happiness, not just for himself, but for all of humanity. Enter Friedrich Schiller.

Schiller issued a poem in 1786 called “An die Freude,” Ode to Joy, that spread like wildfire among those who had a taste for revolution in Europe. According to Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford, “The poem’s essence was the Enlightenment cult of happiness as the goal of life, the conviction that the triumph of freedom and joy will bring humanity to an epoch of peace and universal brotherhood, the utopia he called Elysium.”

Three years after the poem’s publication, French subjects stormed the Bastille. In 1792, officials named Schiller an honorary citizen of the newly constituted French Republic. It must be said, however, that the French bloodbath horrified him, and he distanced himself from the poem. But Beethoven never forgot it. Throughout his life, he talked about setting its aspirational words to music.

After a fallow period, Beethoven found his footing around 1817, when he began work on his Hammerklavier sonata. He completed the first movement of his Ninth Symphony in early 1823 and finished the piece in 1824. The Ninth Symphony is a journey. It begins in a fury and makes its way toward the celestial light of the finale, proclaiming Schiller’s poem with four vocal soloists and a full chorus.

Beethoven conducted the premiere of the Ninth Symphony on May 7, 1824 (sort of). In reality, he followed the score and indicated tempos in front of conductor Michael Umlauf, who instructed the performers to ignore the composer. Nevertheless, Beethoven “flailed about with his hands and feet as though he wanted to play all the instruments and sing all the chorus parts,” recalled one witness. When it was over, contralto Caroline Unger reportedly approached the unhearing composer and turned him to face the ecstatic cheers.

TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS

Ode an die Freude, from Symphony No. 9

Text by Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!

Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen und freudenvollere!

Freude, schöner Götterfunken,

Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!

Deine Zauber binden wieder,

Was die Mode streng geteilt;

Oh friends, no more of these sounds!

Let us sing more cheerful songs, More full of joy!

Joy, bright spark of divinity,   Daughter of Elysium,   Fire-inspired we tread   Thy sanctuary!   Thy magic power reunites

All that custom has divided;

Alle Menschen werden Brüder, Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.

Wem der große Wurf gelungen,   Eines Freundes Freund zu sein,   Wer ein holdes Weib errungen,   Mische seinen Jubel ein!   Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele   Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!   Und wer’s nie gekonnt, der stehle   Weinend sich aus diesem Bund.

Freude trinken alle Wesen

An den Brüsten der Natur;   Alle Guten, alle Bösen   Folgen ihrer Rosenspur.   Küsse gab sie uns und Reben,   Einen Freund, geprüft im Tod; Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben, Und der Cherub steht vor Gott!

Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen   Durch des Himmels prächt’gen Plan,    Laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn, Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen.

All men become brothers

Under the sway of thy gentle wings.

Whoever has created

An abiding friendship,

Or has won

A true and loving wife, All who can call at least one soul theirs,

Join in our song of praise!

But any who cannot must creep tearfully

Away from our circle.

All creatures drink of joy

At nature’s breast.

Just and unjust

Alike taste of her gift; She gave us kisses and the fruit of the vine,

A tired friend to the end.

Even the worm can feel contentment,

And the cherub stands before God!

Gladly, like the heavenly bodies

Which He set on their courses through the splendor of the firmament;

Thus, brothers, you should run your race,

As a hero going to conquest.

Seid umschlungen, Millionen. Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt! Brüder! Über’m Sternenzelt   Muß ein lieber Vater wohnen.   Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen?   Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt? Such’ ihn über’m Sternenzelt!   Über Sternen muß er wohnen.

You millions, I embrace you.  This kiss is for all the world!  Brothers, above the starry canopy  There must dwell a loving Father.

Do you fall in worship, you millions?  World, do you know your Creator?  Seek Him in the heavens!

Above the stars must He dwell.

DAVID COUCHERON, concertmaster + violin

David Coucheron joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as Concertmaster in September 2010. At the time, he was the youngest concertmaster in any major U.S. orchestra. He has performed as soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.

Coucheron has given solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Olympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City, Utah), as well as in Beograd, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Serbia, Singapore and Shanghai. His chamber music performances have included appearances at Suntory Hall, Wigmore Hall and Alice Tully Hall. Coucheron serves as the Artistic Director for the Kon Tiki Chamber Music Festival in his hometown of Oslo, Norway. He is on the artist-faculty for the Aspen Music Festival and Brevard Music Festival.

An active recording artist, recordings with sister and pianist Julie Coucheron include “David and Julie” (Naxos/Mudi) and “Debut” (Naxos). He is the featured soloist on the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, which was released in Fall 2014. Coucheron began playing the violin at age three.

He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music, his Master of Music from The Juilliard School and his Master of Musical Performance from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with teachers Igor Ozim, Aaron Rosand, Lewis Kaplan and David Takeno. Coucheron plays a 1725 Stradivarius, on kind loan from Anders Sveaas Charitable Trust.

LAUREN ROTH, violin

Prior to coming to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Lauren Roth was Concertmaster of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor of Violin for eleven years. Ms. Roth appears regularly as a soloist, Guest

Concertmaster, and Associate Concertmaster with orchestras around the world. Highlights include performing the Mendelssohn and Sibelius violin concertos in the Czech Republic, solo engagements with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and appearances with the Jacksonville Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, and Baltimore Symphony. She enjoys performing with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, a gathering of concertmasters and principal players from around the country.

A dedicated teacher, Ms. Roth maintained a violin studio at the University of Arizona giving instruction in performance, pedagogy, and orchestral repertoire. She often spends summers as a faculty member of the Prague Summer Nights Festival, the Marrowstone Music Festival, and she has served on the faculties of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Camp and Carnegie Hall’s New York Orchestra Seminar program. Ms. Roth is Associate Concertmaster of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music each August. In the summer of 2021, she was a member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra.

A native of Seattle, Ms. Roth received a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Italian Studies from the University of Washington. She was a student of Professor Ron Patterson. She went on to earn a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of William Preucil, and Ms. Roth was accepted into his prestigious Concertmaster Academy.

Outside of music, Ms. Roth enjoys yoga, playing and watching sports, and spending time with her nieces and nephews.

CHRISTINA NILSSON, soprano

Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson appears regularly with many of the world’s leading opera houses and orchestras. This season she makes two important role debuts: Elisabetta in Don Carlo at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Liù in Turandot at the Royal Swedish Opera.

The season opens with Aida in Stockholm, a role she will reprise at Deutsche Oper in March. She will also appear as Elisabeth in a new production of Tannhäuser at Opernhaus Zürich.

In 2024/25 Christina made her acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in the title role of Aida, a role she has performed in Frankfurt, Stockholm, Prague, Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin and in her debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

Other recent highlights include Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Bayreuth Festival, Tosca, Elektra and the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos in Stockholm and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at the Bavarian State Opera.

RHIANNA COCKRELL, mezzo-soprano

Rhianna Cockrell, whose instrument has been described as “clear and commanding” (Washington Post), has captivated audiences with her interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque works as well as her passion for contemporary works. As a frequent and awardwinning interpreter of J.S. Bach’s music, Cockrell’s performances have been hailed as “unforced…resolute” (Oregon ArtsWatch) and “beautifully controlled… masterful…breath-taking” (Early Music America).

Cockrell’s 2025–26 season sees her return to Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as the alto soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Handel’s Messiah, Durufle’s Requiem with The Thirteen, Bach’s B Minor Mass and Himmelskönig, Sei Willkommen, BWV 182 with Bach in Baltimore, as well as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Durufle’s Requiem with the Baltimore Basilica Schola Other season highlights include performances with Ensemble Aeternum, Washington Bach Consort, Ensemble Altera, among others.

SIYABONGA MAQUNGO, tenor

South African tenor Siyabonga Maqungo is celebrated for his luminous vocal color, emotional honesty, and charming stage presence. A member of the ensemble at Staatsoper Unter den Linden since the 2020/21 season, Maqungo has performed a wide range of repertoire, including Die Zauberflöte, Fidelio, Das Rheingold, and most recently Die schweigsame Frau His growing international career includes a house debut at Teatro alla Scala as Froh in a new staging of Das Rheingold, and the title role in Mitridate, re di Ponto at Teatro Real.

In the current season, Maqungo continues to shine in Berlin, performing all of Mozart’s principal tenor roles and makes his debut as Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. His concert career includes debuts with Munich Philharmonic and Strasbourg Philharmonic. He joins Freiburg Barockorchester for a major European tour performing Il Giustino and returns to La Scala for Der Ring des Nibelungen.

LEON KOŠAVIĆ, baritone

Baritone Leon Košavić began his musical career in 2011 at the Croatian National Opera. Since then, he has appeared at numerous European opera houses such as the Royal Opera House London, Opernhaus Zürich, La Monnaie Bruxelles, Theater an der Wien, Stuttgart State Opera, and Liège, among others, and as a member of the ensemble at Theater St. Gallen.

Košavić’s intensive concert activity has taken him to Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Liverpool, São Paolo, Bergen, Paris, and London with conductor Nathalie Stutzmann. After debuting at the Opernhaus Zürich, GrandThéâtre de Genève, Grand-Théâtre de Luxembourg and the Teatro Regio Torino in the last seasons, highlights in the season 25/26 include: Die Fledermaus at the Theater an der Wien, Don Giovanni at the Ravenna Festival and Tokyo Spring Festival, his debut at the Dutch National Opera in Tristan und Isolde, and his debut in Carmen at the Flemish Opera.

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, founded in 1970 by former Music Director, Robert Shaw, is an allvolunteer, auditioned ensemble that performs on a regular basis with the Orchestra and is featured on many of its recordings. Led by Director of Choruses, Norman Mackenzie, the chorus is known for its precision and expressive singing quality. Its recordings have garnered 14 GRAMMY® Awards (nine for “Best Choral Performance”; four for “Best Classical Recording” and one for “Best Opera Recording”). In addition, the Chorus has been involved in the creation and shaping of numerous world-premiere commissioned works.

NORMAN MACKENZIE, director of

choruses

Norman Mackenzie’s abilities as musical collaborator, conductor and concert organist have brought him international recognition. As Director of Chorus for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) since 2000, he was chosen to help carry forward the creative vision of legendary founding conductor Robert Shaw. During his tenure, the Chorus has made numerous tours and garnered several Grammy® awards, including Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance. At the ASO, he prepares the Choruses for all concerts and recordings, works closely with Nathalie Stutzmann on the commissioning and realization of new choral-orchestral works and conducts holiday concerts.

In his 14-year association with Mr. Shaw, he was keyboardist for the ASO, principal accompanist for the ASO Choruses and ultimately assistant choral conductor. In addition, he was musical assistant and accompanist for the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, the Robert Shaw Institute Summer Choral Festivals in France and the United States and the famed Shaw/ Carnegie Hall Choral Workshops. He prepared the ASO Chorus for its acclaimed 2003 debut and successive 2008 and 2009 performances in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic, in Britten’s War Requiem, Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, respectively.

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS

Norman Mackenzie director of choruses

The Frannie & Bill Graves Chair

SOPRANO 1

Juliana Bolaño

Hanan Davis

Khadijah Davis

Liz Dean *

Anna Floyd

Laura Foster +

Erin Harris

Erin Jones *

Arietha Lockhart **

Mindy Margolis +*

Katie O’Brien

Joneen Padgett +*

Rachel Paul

Mary Martha Penner

Susan Ray

Samaria Rodriguez

Emily Salmond

Kristian Samuel

Lydia Sharp

Alexandra Slusarenko

Stacey Tanner +

Chelsea Toledo

Brianne Turgeon +*

Rebecca Van Rooyen

Wanda Yang Temko +*

SOPRANO 2

Meghann Ashey

Debbie Ashton

Sloan Atwood +*

Jessica Barber +

Saskia de Boon

Tierney Breedlove

Haley Brown

Barbara Brown +

Mary Claire Buchanan

Martha Craft + Gina Deaton

Mary Goodwin +

Corrina Guadalupe

Heidi Hayward

Amy Lea

Melissa Mack

Lindsay Patten Murray + Chantae Pittman +

Tramaine Quarterman

Kate Roberts

Kelli Roberts

Marianna Schuck

Elizabeth Shaver

Anne-Marie Spalinger +*

Emily Tallant +

Cheryl Thrash **

Marcia Chandler

chorus administrator

Caroline Todd

Tommie Storer

Caroline Wendt

Lacy Wilder

ALTO 1

Pamela Amy-Cupp

Alison Autry

Emily Campbell

Jessica Crowe

Patti Dinkins Matthews +*

Alexandra Dolgashev

Katherine Fisher

Beth Freeman *

Bridgette Gifford

Unita Harris

Beverly Hueter *

Janet Johnson **

Kathleen Kelly George *

Virginia Little +*

Alina Luke

Sara McKlin

Linda Morgan **

Katherine Murray +*

Lillian Thompson Nittler

Kathleen Poe Ross *

Elizabeth Qian

Anna Ree

Noelle Ross +

Rachel Schiffer

Rachel Stewart **

Nancy York +*

ALTO 2

Nancy Adams +*

Ana Baida +

Angelica Blackman Keim

Elizabeth Borland

Emily Boyer

Marcia Chandler *

Carol Comstock

Meaghan Curry +

Michèle Diament *

Cynthia Goeltz DeBold **

Emily Halbert

Luanne Harms

Joia Johnson

Sally Kann *

Nicole Khoury +*

Katherine MacKenzie +

Lalla McGee

Rachel Meyer

Tiffany Peoples

Laura Rappold *

Caroline Roberts

Dock Anderson series accompanist

Duhi Park Schneider

Sharon Simons *

Virginia Thompson +*

Kimberly Waters

Kiki Wilson **

Diane Woodard **

TENOR 1

David Blalock **

Jack Caldwell +*

Daniel Cameron +*

Daniel Compton

Justin Cornelius +

Clifford Edge **

Steven Farrow **

Matthew Gavilanez

Leif Gilbert Hansen *

James Jarrell *

Keith Langston *

John Henry Monti

David Moore

Christopher Patton *

Mark Warden +*

TENOR 2

Jacob Arnett

Sutton Bacon *

Brian Bishop

Matthew Borkowski

Steve Brailsford

Jonathan Clarke

Darrell Curren

Steven Dykes

Stephen Eick

Joseph Few +*

Sean Fletcher

Thomas Foust

John Harr

Marcellus Holt

David Ingham

David Kinrade +

Tyler Lane

Michael Parker +

Timothy Parrott

Matthew Sellers

Thomas Slusher

Zachary Temin

BASS 1

Dock Anderson +

Daniel Buckley

Joshua Clark +

Trey Clegg *

Michael Cranford +

Thomas Elston

Noah Horton

Nick Jones ∞

Rodney S. Jones

Keenan Kade

Ryan Kingsley

Leo Liu

Peter MacKenzie +

Jason Maynard +

Hal Richards

Will Stephens

Thomas Stow

Joel Terning

John Terry

Edgie Wallace Jr. +*

BASS 2

Alvin Ashlaw Jr.

Philip Barreca +

Clarence Bell II

Jacob Blevins

William Borland

John King Carter

Terrence Connors

Joel Craft **

Paul Fletcher +

Timothy Gunter +*

Brooks Hanrahan

David Hansen **

Dylan Johnson

Philip Jones +

Wayne Jones

Daniel Lane

Wesley Lanter

Jason Manley

Colin Mathews

Brandon Mozingo

Philip Rogers

John Ruff +*

John Smith

Jonathan Smith *

George Sustman

Benjamin Temko +*

Gregory Whitmire +*

Keith Wyatt +*

∞ = 50-year/Charter Member

** = 40-year member

+* = 30-year member

* = 20-year member

+ = 10-year member

The 4,167th and 4,168th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Delta Classical Series

Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Friday, November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Atlanta Symphony Hall

NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor

HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15 (1854-1858) 51 MINS

I. Maestoso

II. Adagio

III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo

Hélène Grimaud, piano

INTERMISSION

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

20 MINS

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 (“Rhenish”) (1850) 34 MINS

I. Lebhaft

II. Scherzo: Sehr mässig

III. Nicht schnell

IV. Feierlich —

V. Lebhaft

Thursday’s concert is dedicated on behalf of BILL & RACHEL SCHULTZ to LESHA AND SAMUEL GREENGUS, whose lifelong love of classical and choral music has been an inspiration.

Friday’s concert is dedicated by PAULETTE EASTMAN in loving memory of her friend, BECKY PRYOR ANDERSON.

by Noel Morris Program Annotator

Notes to Know

• Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann spent only five months together, yet they became best friends. Schumann’s widow, Clara, and Brahms remained lifelong champions of Robert’s music.

• Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 went through several incarnations, first as a piano sonata, then as a symphony, and finally as a piece for piano and orchestra.

• Schumann famously wouldn’t engage in small talk. People found his silence uncomfortable, yet he was a gifted writer and poet.

BRAHMS First Piano Concerto

On September 30, 1853, a blonde, blue-eyed 20-yearold knocked on the door of Robert and Clara Schumann. The youth put down his pack to present a letter of introduction from the star violinist Joseph Joachim. They invited him in. As six kids frolicked in and out of the room, the young man played some piano compositions. Robert called them “veiled symphonies” and wrote in his journal, “Visit from Brahms (a genius).” It’s a classic story about love, tragedy, and friendship.

The Schumanns were music’s power couple. Brahms idolized Robert, who struggled—maddeningly—as a composer but was a highly respected critic. Clara was a famous piano virtuoso. Guiding Brahms’s development, they urged him to write a symphony. As winter dragged on, joyful hours of chummy walks and musical evenings became tainted by Robert’s fragile mental state. Less than five months into their friendship, he threw himself into the icy waters of the Rhine. Doctors confined him to an asylum, and Brahms moved in to help with the children.

First ASO performance: October 28, 1952

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Rudolf Firkušný, piano

Most recent ASO performance: November 23, 2019

Robert Spano, conductor

Emanuel Ax, piano

The relationship between Brahms and Clara was complicated. He fell deeply in love with her while continuing to lionize Robert. She fell for Brahms and grew possessive of him, but remained staunchly faithful to her husband. Meanwhile, Clara gave birth to the seventh Schumann child.

As they waited for Robert’s condition to improve, Brahms started work on the symphony and chose his Two-Piano Sonata in D minor as its basis. Their friends turned it into a group project involving Clara, Joachim, and another friend named Grimm. Brahms completed a hulking first movement for the piece and made some sketches for the rest, but stalled. Over the course of five years and despite much discarded material, he brought back the piano. He completed the work as his Piano Concerto No. 1. He wrote to Clara that the hymnlike Adagio is a “gentle portrait” of her.

Robert Schumann died in 1856. In 1858, Clara brought the kids to Göttingen, where Brahms conducted a women’s chorus, and they fell into a merry group of friends. Brahms grew close to one of the sopranos, Agathe von Siebold. When Clara saw them in an embrace, she packed up her family and left town.

In January 1859, Brahms visited Agathe in Göttingen as he prepared for the premiere of his piano concerto. They exchanged engagement rings before he headed to Hanover for the performance. Brahms premiered the piece on January 22, 1859, to a lukewarm audience. Days later, a performance at the Gewandhaus bombed. Clara skipped the concert, and the audience hissed him off the stage. Brahms claimed this failure made him an unsuitable husband.

“I love you,” he wrote to Agathe. “I must see you again! But I cannot wear fetters! Write to me, whether I am to come back, to take you in my arms, to kiss you and tell you that I love you.”

Agathe returned his engagement ring. Clara and Johannes remained close friends for the rest of their lives.

INSIDE THE SCORE

One of the challenges of any Brahms concerto lies in the comment made by Robert Schumann: Brahms’s solo writing plays like “veiled symphonies.” Brahms didn’t go for flashy, show-off pieces. In fact, the First Piano Concerto presents formidable technical challenges, with awkward fingerings and leaps that support a meticulous architecture, albeit without the heroic payoff. Instead, his concertos suggest a symphonic bearing that requires careful planning and athletic endurance to maintain balance between the solo player and the orchestra.

SCHUMANN Rhenish Symphony

By 1844, Robert Schumann had two kids and an adoring wife. He ran his own magazine and was a successful music critic. But Robert received little recognition during his lifetime. It bothered him, maybe more so because his wife had to help support the family.

Robert got a big break in 1850. He accepted a job in Düsseldorf, where he would oversee the city’s major musical activities. When he arrived in early September, the city greeted him with banquets, balls, speeches, a choral serenade, a brass fanfare, and a concert of his music. With his head filled with dreams of glory and vindication, Schumann wrote his last symphony, the Third. (Note: The Fourth Symphony was the last to be published but is a revision of an earlier piece.)

The Rhenish Symphony is a snapshot of the Schumann family’s move to a city on the Rhine, where he found a friendly, welcoming community. He felt eager to connect with them and saw a chance to turn the page on past struggles with mental health.

First ASO performance: January 18, 1951

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Most recent ASO performance: February 2, 2013

Gilbert Varga, conductor

Writing in a burst of euphoria, Schumann opened the piece with an exuberant melody built off a series of fourths (leaps that are four notes apart, such as A-B-C-D). The fourth, then, becomes a unifying element throughout the symphony.

In the second movement, Schumann composed a winsome, folk-like melody and initially titled the piece “Morning on the Rhine.” He later dropped the title, but the real surprise comes in the fourth movement.

One of the thrilling news stories of Schumann’s age centered around the medieval cathedral in Cologne. For 300 years, the gargantuan edifice sat incomplete. In 1842, officials raised the funds to finish the building to its original specs. Schumann wrote a song about it in 1840, and soon after arriving in the Rhineland, he took a quick trip in November to tour the massive structure. It was an awesome sight: each tower of the facade reaches almost as high as the Washington Monument.

On December 11, 1850, as Schumann worked on his symphony, the Cologne Cathedral hosted the elevation of an archbishop to the rank of cardinal, which likely inspired the fourth movement of the symphony. Calling it “Solemn Ceremony,” Schumann introduced trombones, historically a church instrument, and spun a seemingly endless thread of mysterious, otherworldly harmonies. By the end, the fog clears and the symphony finishes with an exuberant finale. Sadly, Schumann wasn’t cut out to lead orchestras. The Düsseldorf musicians turned on him in time, and his mood darkened. He started experiencing auditory hallucinations and died in a hospital in 1856.

HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano

Born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence, Hélène Grimaud began her piano studies at a local conservatory and was accepted into the Paris Conservatoire at just 13. A few years later, in 1987, she gave her well-received debut recital in Tokyo. That same year, renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim invited her to perform with the Orchestre de Paris, marking the launch of Grimaud’s musical career.

Between her debut in 1995 with the Berliner Philharmoniker and her first performance with the New York Philharmonic in 1999, Grimaud made a wholly different kind of debut: she established the Wolf Conservation Center in upstate New York. She is also a member of Musicians for Human Rights and has published four books in various languages.

In the 2025/26 season, Hélène Grimaud performs Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, among others. She also embarks on a West Coast tour and captivates audiences worldwide with solo recitals and chamber music performances.

Since 2002, Hélène Grimaud has been an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist. Her recordings have been critically acclaimed and awarded numerous accolades, among them the Cannes Classical Recording of the Year, Choc du Monde de la musique, Diapason d’or, Grand Prix du disque, Record Academy Prize (Tokyo), Midem Classic Award and ECHO Klassik.

Her latest project “For Clara,” focuses on her long relationship with the German Romantics. Grimaud has revisited Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana, and pairs it on her new album with Brahms’s Op. 117 Intermezzi and his Op. 32 set of songs, joined by Konstantin Krimmel.

Her prodigious contribution to the world of classical music was recognized by the French government, who appointed her “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur”.

Exclusive Worldwide Management: Winfried Roch, CCM Classic Concerts

Campaign for the

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has begun an ambitious campaign to generate new endowment funding. Our Campaign for the Next Era will allow the ASO to achieve its vision while maintaining its financial health and ensuring long-term sustainability.

This Campaign will create sustainable funding to:

• Enable the ASO to continue to attract and retain the finest musicians in the world,

• Maintain and expand our community-wide education programs

• Fully fund our nationally-recognized Talent Development Program

Investments in the Campaign for the Next Era will help the ASO continue to enrich our beloved community with brilliant performances and music education for decades to come.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is grateful to the following donors and volunteers who have supported our Campaign for the Next Era Endowment Campaign.

CAMPAIGN CHAIRS:

Kathy Waller

John B. White, Jr.

CAMPAIGN CABINET:

Bert Mills

Anne Morgan

Jim Rubright

For more information about the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Campaign for the Next Era, please contact Grace Sipusic, Vice President of Development at grace.sipusic@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.5061.

Ross Singletary

Ray Uttenhove

Patrick Viguerie

$1,000,000+

A Friend of the Symphony (3)

Mr. Eric Bressner

The Family of Ann Grovenstein Campbell

The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$500,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

The Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation

Emerald Gate Charitable Trust

Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins

$250,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman

Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley

Mary & Jim Rubright

Patrick & Susie Viguerie

$100,000+

Balloun Foundation

Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney

Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp

Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies

Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow

Marcia & John Donnell

Ms. Angela L. Evans

Dick & Anne Game

Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia Fahim

Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.

$50,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

The Antinori Foundation

Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD

Bonnie & Jay Harris

James H. Landon

Ms. Molly Minnear

Bert & Carmen Mills

John R. Paddock, Ph.D. & Karen M. Schwartz

Patty & Doug Reid

Ross & Sally Singletary

Slumgullion Charitable Fund

John & Ray Uttenhove

Up to $50,000

A Friend of the Symphony (2)

Phyllis Abramson, Ph. D.

Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward

Juliet & John Allan

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey

Wright* & Alison Caughman

Ms. Lisa V. Chang

Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia

The Gable Foundation

Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan

Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero

Sally & Walter George

Georgia Power Company

Pam & Robert Glustrom

Elizabeth & Sheffield Hale

Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison

Tad & Janin Hutcheson

Brian & Carrie Kurlander

Donna Lee & Howard Ehni

Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman

Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence

Massey Charitable Trust

Carla & Arthur Mills IV

Galen Oelkers

Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Bill & Rachel Schultz

Joyce & Henry Schwob

Charlie & Donna Sharbaugh

Elliott & Elaine Tapp

ASO | SUPPORT

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continues to prosper thanks to the support of our generous patrons. The list below recognizes the donors who have made contributions since June 1, 2024. Their extraordinary generosity provides the foundation for this worldclass institution.

$1,000,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

$100,000+

Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies

Barney M. Franklin & Hugh W. Burke Charitable Fund

$50,000+

The Antinori Foundation

Connie & Merrell** Calhoun

Ms. Lynn Eden

Ms. Angela L. Evans ∞

John D. Fuller

The Gable Foundation

Ms. Margaret Painter ∞

Mr. Robert L. Setzer

SFH Giving Fund

Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr. ° ∞

$35,000+

Ms. Krystal Ahn

Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney

Paulette Eastman & Becky Pryor Anderson**

Sally & Walter George

John R. Paddock, Ph.D. & Karen M. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Sally & Pete Parsonson ∞

Patty & Doug Reid

Mary & Jim Rubright

June & John Scott ∞

Slumgullion Charitable Fund

Patrick & Susie Viguerie

Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins

$25,000+

Mr. Neil Ashe & Mrs. Rona Gomel Ashe

Carol C. Attridge, in memory of Phil Attridge

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey

Mr. Keith Barnett

Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr.

John W. Cooledge

Sally** & Larry Davis

Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow

Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes ∞

Pam & Robert Glustrom

Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD ∞

Bonnie & Jay Harris

Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison

Donna Lee & Howard Ehni

Massey Charitable Trust

John & Linda Matthews ∞

Tyler Perry

Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Saligram

Bill & Rachel Schultz °

Ms. Gayle S. Sheppard

Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia Fahim

Mrs. Edus H. Warren

Mr. Mack Wilbourn

$17,500+

John & Juliet Allan

Farideh & Al Azadi Foundation

Jennifer Barlament & Kenneth Potsic ∞

Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp

Russell Currey & Amy Durrell

Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero

Dick & Anne Game

Mr. & Mrs. David Goosman

Ms. Joia M. Johnson

Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert

Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman

Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence

Ms. Molly Minnear

Caroline & Phil Moïse

Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley

Terence L. & Jeanne Perrine Neal °

Galen Oelkers

Ralph Paulk & Suzanne Redmon Paulk

Martha M. Pentecost

Ms. Cathleen Quigley

Ross & Sally Singletary

Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor & Ms. Triska Drake

Dr. Ravi & Dr. Valerie Thadhani

John & Ray Uttenhove

Mrs. Sue S. Williams

$15,000+

A Friend of the Symphony (2)

Phyllis Abramson, Ph. D.

Madeline** & Howell E. Adams, Jr.

Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward °

Aadu & Kristi Allpere °

Mr. David Boatwright

Wright** & Alison Caughman

Ms. Lisa V. Chang

Mr. & Mrs. Erroll B. Davis, Jr.

Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia

Dr. John Dyer & Mrs. Catherine Faré Dyer

Eleanor & Charles Edmondson

Ms. Yelena Epova & Mr. Neil Chambers

Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan

Roya & Bahman Irvani

Sarah & Jim Kennedy

Stephen & Carolyn Knight

Brian & Carrie Kurlander ∞

James H. Landon

Drs. Joon & Grace Lee

Mr. Sukai Liu & Dr. Ginger J. Chen

John F.** & Marilyn M. McMullan

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills IV

Bert & Carmen Mills

Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Mr. Edward Potter & Ms. Regina Olchowski °

Mr. Joseph Rapanotti

Vicki & Joe Riedel

V Scott

Mr. John A. Sibley, III

Elliott & Elaine Tapp °

Judith & Mark K. Taylor

Mr. Yannik Thomas

Carolyn C. Thorsen

Ms. Maria Todorova

Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund

Mr. Ben Touchette

Mr. & Mrs. Benny Varzi

Adair & Dick White

Drs. Kevin & Kalinda Woods

$10,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

Mr. & Mrs. Calvin R. Allen

Jack & Helga Beam ∞

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Benjamin

Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman

Mr. & Mrs. Marc Brown

Karen & Rod Bunn

Lisa & Russ Butner ∞

John Champion & Penelope Malone

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Chubb III

Janet & John Costello

Mr. & Mrs. Warren L. Culpepper

Mr. Christopher J. Decoufle & Ms. Karen Freer

Donald & Barbara Defoe °

Peter & Vivian de Kok

Marcia & John Donnell

Ms. Diane Durgin

Dr. & Mrs. Leroy Fass

Mr. Nigel Ferguson

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Flinn

Dr. V. Alexander Garcias

Dr. Paul Gilreath

Richard & Linda Hubert

Clay & Jane Jackson ∞

Cecile M. Jones

James Kieffer

Ann & Brian Kimsey ∞

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kuester

Meghan & Clarke Magruder

Ms. Erin M. Marshall ∞

Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Mattox

Mr. Cesar Moreno & Mr. Greg Heathcock

Jane Morrison ∞

Margaret H. Petersen

Mr. Allen Phinney

Mr. Ron Raitz

David F. & Maxine A.** Rock

Ms. Frances A. Root

Thomas & Lynne Saylor

Ms. Barbara S. Schlefman

Beverly & Milton Shlapak

Tom & Ani Steele

John & Yee-Wan Stevens

Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Stroetz, Jr.

George & Amy Taylor ∞

Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter

Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.

Camille W. Yow

$7,500+

Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes

Carol Brantley & David Webster

Judith D. Bullock

Patricia & William Buss ∞

Mark Coan & Family

Sally W. Hawkins

Grace Taylor Ihrig**

Jason & Michelle Kroh

Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & S. Neal Rhoney

Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. &

G. Wesley Holt

Elvira & Jay Mannelly

Ed & Linda McGinn

Berthe & Shapour Mobasser

Sue Morgan ∞

Ms. Eliza Quigley ∞

Leonard Reed

Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves

Stephen & Sonia Swartz

Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino

Alan & Marcia Watt

Kiki Wilson

Mr. David J. Worley &

Ms. Bernadette Drankoski

$5,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

Louis J. Alrutz

Mr. Logan Anderson

Dr. Evelyn R. Babey

Lisa & Joe** Bankoff

Asad & Sakina Bashey

Meredith Bell

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Bell, Jr.

Mr. John Blatz

Rita & Herschel Bloom

Jane & Greg Blount

Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal

Mrs. Robert C. Boozer

Margo Brinton & Eldon Park

Ms. Jane F. Boynton

Ms. Johanna Brookner

Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr.

Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Chorba

Malcolm & Ann Cole

Ned Cone & Nadeen Green

Matt & Kate Cook

Mary Carole Cooney & Henry R. Bauer, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. DePorres Cormier

Carol Comstock & Jim Davis

Kelly Goldston DeBonis & Daniel P. DeBonis

Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Dimmick ∞

Mr. & Mrs. William S. Duffey , Jr.

Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett

Robert S. Elster Foundation

Jerry H. Evans & Stephen T. Bajjaly

Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler

Ellen & Howard Feinsand

Bruce W. & Avery C. Flower ∞

Mr. David L. Forbes

Dr. Karen A. Foster

Annie Frazer & Jen Horvath

Gaby Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Goodsell

Mr. James N. Grace

John** & Martha Head

The Reverend Elizabeth H. Hedrick

Hilley & Frieder

Tad & Janin Hutcheson

Mr. Justin Im & Dr. Nakyoung Nam

Lillian Kim Ivansco & Joey Ivansco

Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III °

Mr. W. F. & Dr. Janice Johnston

Mr. & Mrs. Baxter Jones

Lana M. Jordan ∞

Dr. Jennifer Kahnweiler & Dr. William M. Kahnweiler

Paul** & Rosthema Kastin

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman

Mona & Gilbert Kelly °

Mr. Charles R. Kowal

Pat & Nolan Leake

Mr. & Mrs. Van R. Lear

Mr. William A. Lundstrom & Mrs. Catherine L. Lundstrom

Ms. Eunice Luke

In Memoriam: Betty (B.J.) Malone

Mr. Alfredo Martin & Mr. Beau Martin

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Martin

Belinda & Gino Massafra

Catherine Massey

Ms. Darla B. McBurney

Molly McDonald & Jonathan Gelber

Fred and Sue McGehee Family Charitable Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Suneel Mendiratta

Mr. Dale Metz & Ms. Lisa Williams

Key Miles

Mr. Bert Mobley ∞

Mr. William Morrison & Mrs. Elizabeth Clark-Morrison

Ms. Bethani Oppenheimer

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Owen, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund F. Pearce, Jr. °

Jonathan & Lori Peterson

In Memory of

Dr. Frank S. Pittman III

Dr. & Mrs. John P. Pooler

Dr. John B. Pugh

John H. Rains

Mrs. Susan H. Reinach

Dr. Jay Rhee &

Mrs. Kimberley Rhee ∞

Ms. Felicia Rives ∞

Tiffany & Rich Rosetti ∞

Ms. Noelle Ross & Mr. Tim Dorr

John T. Ruff

Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral

Dr. Robert D. Schreiner &

Dr. Patricia M. Simone

Katherine Scott

Suzanne Shull ∞

Baker & Debby Smith

Ms. Cynthia Smith

Janice B. Smith

Ms. Victoria Smith

Ms. Lara Smith-Sitton

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stathopoulos

In memory of Elizabeth B.

Stephens by Powell, Preston & Sally ∞

Ms. Deann Stevens

Beth & Edward Sugarman

Dede & Bob Thompson

Trapp Family

Dr. Brenda G. Turner

Chilton & Morgan** Varner

Amy & Robert Vassey

Emily C. Ward

Ruthie Watts

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Webber

Dr. Nanette K. Wenger

John F. Wieland, Jr.

Suzanne B. Wilner

Mr. & Mrs. M. Beattie Wood

$3,500+

A Friend of the Symphony (2)

Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks ∞

CBH International, Inc

Liz & Charlie Cohn °

Jean & Jerry Cooper

Mr. David S. Dimling

Sandra & John Glover

Mr. Jeff Harms & Mr. Peter MacLean

Barbara M. Hund

Cameron H. Jackson

Ms. Rebecca Jarvis

Mrs. Gail Johnson

Wolfgang** & Mariana Laufer

Thomas & Marianne Mabry

Ms. Kathy Powell

S.A. Robinson

Ms. Donna Schwartz

Gerald & Nancy Silverboard

Ms. Martha Solano

Mrs. Dale L. Thompson

David & Martha West

Judy Zaban-Miller & Lester Miller**

$2,000+

A Friend of the Symphony (4)

Paul & Melody Aldo

Mr. James L. Anderson

Atlanta Symphony Associates

Herschel Beazley

Dr. Bruce and Linda** Beeber

Dr. & Mrs. Joel E. Berenson

Susan & Jack Bertram

Mr. & Mrs. Xavier Bignon

Leon & Joy Borchers

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Boyte

Martha S. Brewer

Harriet Evans Brock

Benjamin Q. Brunt

Dr. Aubrey Bush & Dr. Carol Bush

Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe

Betty Fuller Case

Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor & Mr. Cameron England

Mr. Michael J. Clifford & Ms. Sandra L. Murray

Mr. James Cobb

Coenen-Johnson Foundation

Susan S. Cofer

Ralph** & Rita Connell

William & Patricia Cook

Dr. & Mrs. John E. Cooke

Mrs. Nancy Cooke

Mr. William R. Cranshaw

R. Carter & Marjorie A. Crittenden Foundation

Claire & Alex Crumbley

Dr. & Mrs.** F. Thomas Daly, Jr.

Vicente del Rio

Ms. Suzanne Denton

Jerome J. Dobson

Mr. & Mrs. Graham Dorian

Mr. Christopher Drew

Gregory & Debra Durden

Mr. Trey Duskin & Ms. Noelle Albano

Mrs. Eve F. Eckardt

Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Edgar

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge

Dieter Elsner & Othene Munson

Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Farnham

Dr. Donald & Janet Filip

Tom & Cecilia Fraschillo

Dr. Elizabeth C. French

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Gaid

Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier ∞

Dr. & Mrs. John C. Garrett

Marty & John Gillin °

Mrs. Janet D. Goldstein

Dr. & Mrs. Martin I. Goldstein

Mr. Robert Golomb

Mrs. Beverly Green

Richard & Debbie Griffiths

Mr. & Mrs. George Gundersen

Mr. & Mrs. Juanmarco Gutierrez

Deedee Hamburger

Ms. Ayonna Hammond

Phil & Lisa Hartley

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hauser °

Mr. & Mrs. John Hellriegel ∞

Bill & Babette Henagan

Ann J. Herrera & Mary M. Goodwin

Kenneth & Colleen Hey

Dr. Thomas High

Azira G. Hill

Sarah & Harvey Hill, Jr. °

Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Hill

Mrs. Leslie H. Hill & Mr. Jacob C. Hill

Laurie House Hopkins & John D. Hopkins

James & Bridget Horgan °

Mrs. Nicole L. House

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Huband

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Huesken

Dona & Bill Humphreys

Ms. Olga Inozemtseva

Sally C. Jobe

Aaron & Joyce Johnson

Dr. & Mrs. Eike Jordan

Teresa M. Joyce, Ph.D

Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. William R. Kenny

Ms. Alice Kwan

Dr. & Mrs. William C. Land, Jr.

Lillian Balentine Law

Mr. Andrew Liakopoulos & Mr. Mark Hawkins

Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey

Deborah & William Liss

Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie

Dr. Marcus Marr

Marx & Marx LLC

In Memory of Pam McAllister

Mr. & Mrs. James McClatchey

Martha & Reynolds McClatchey

Mr. & Mrs. John G. McColskey

Mr. & Mrs. Robert McDuffie

Birgit & David McQueen

Anna & Hays Mershon

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms, Jr.

Mr. Jamal Mohammad &

Mr. Marcus Dean

Ms. Helen Motamen & Mr. Deepak Shenoy

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Muniz

Melanie & Allan Nelkin

Agnes V. Nelson

Mr & Mrs Denis Ng

Gary R. Noble, MD & Joanne Heckman

Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Ogburn

Mr. & Mrs. James Pack

Mr. Albert Palombo &

Mrs. Linda E. Berggren

Erica L. Parsons & J. Mark Stewart

Mr. & Mrs. Al Pearson

Mr. Doug F. Powell

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Riffey, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Roberts

Betsy & Lee Robinson

Dr. Judith C. Rohrer

Ms. Lili Santiago-Silva & Mr. Jim Gray

Drs. Lawrence & Rachel Schonberger

Dick Schweitzer

Angela Allen Sherzer

Mr. David C. Shih

Alan & Marion Shoenig

Helga Hazelrig Siegel

Diana Silverman

Hamilton & Mason Smith

Anne-Marie Sparrow

Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

James & Shari Steinberg

Dr. Steven & Lynne Steindel °

Ms. Sandra Stine & Mr. Greg Burel

Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans

Kay R. Summers

Ms. Linda F. Terry

Johnny Thigpen & Clay Martin

Mr. & Ms. Nathaniel Thomas

Duane P. Truex III

Mr. Jerry Stacy Tucker

Bill & Judy Vogel

Dr. James L. Waits

Mr. Charles D. Wattles & Ms. Rosemary C. Willey

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Welch

Russell F. Winch & Mark B. Elberfeld

Mrs. Lynne M. Winship

Sandra L. Wong

Mr. Will Young

Zaban Foundation, Inc.

Herbert** & Grace Zwerner

** = deceased

° = We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers.

∞ = Leadership Council

We salute these extraordinary donors who have signed pledge commitments to continue their support for three years or more.

Patron Leadership (PAL) Committee

We give special thanks to this dedicated group of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra donor-volunteers for their commitment to each year’s annual support initiatives:

Linda Matthews

chair

Kristi Allpere

Helga Beam

Bill Buss

Pat Buss

Kristen Fowks

Deedee Hamburger

Judy Hellriegel

Belinda Massafra

Sally Parsonson

June Scott

Milt Shlapak

Lara Smith-Sitton

Kay Summers

Jonne Walter

Marcia Watt

CORPORATE PARTNERS

$1,000,000+

Delta Air Lines

$100,000+

1180 Peachtree, LLC

AAA Parking

Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Coca-Cola Company

Georgia Power Company

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.∞

The Home Depot Foundation

$75,000+

Alston & Bird LLP

The Norfolk Southern Corporation

$50,000+

Accenture LLP

Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Google

PwC

The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University

$25,000+

AFFAIRS to REMEMBER

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

BlueLinx Corporation

Cadence Bank

Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy∞

Deloitte

Eversheds Sutherland

Grady Health System

King & Spalding LLP

KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees

Porsche Cars North America Inc.

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

The QUIKRETE® Companies

Regions Bank

$15,000+

FleishmanHillard

Georgia-Pacific

Tony Brewer and Company

SouthState Bank

WABE 90.1 FM

Warner Bros. Media

FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

$250,000+

Lettie Pate Evans Foundation

Goizueta Foundation

$100,000+

Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation

Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.

Emerald Gate Charitable Trust

The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$50,000+

The Halle Foundation

Georgia Department of Public Health

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Robert & Polly Dunn Foundation, Inc.

$35,000+

City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

Georgia Council for the Arts

The Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The Roy & Janet Dorsey Foundation

$25,000+

The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation

Fulton County Arts & Culture

The Marcus Foundation, Inc.∞

Massey Charitable Trust

$15,000+

The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

$10,000+

Buckhead Village

Costco Wholesale

Davis Broadcasting’s WJZA Smooth Jazz 101/100

Greenberg Traurig

Jazz 91.9 WCLK

La Fête du Rosé

Music Matters

WVEE-FM | V-103.3 FM

$5,000+

A Friend of the Symphony Chef Craig Richards

Marietta Neonatology

EY

Parker Poe

Perkins&Will

The St. Regis Atlanta

Yellow Bird Project Management

$2,000+

Allen Organ Studios

The Backline Company

Big Dome Promotions, LLC

EventWorks

Morehouse School of Medicine

The Piedmont National Family Foundation

Ticketmaster

$10,000+

The Graves Foundation

The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc

The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation

In Memory of Betty Sands Fuller

$5,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

The Breman Foundation, Inc.

National Endowment for the Arts

$2,000+

2492 Fund

Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University

Paul and Marian Anderson Fund

The Parham Fund

HENRY SOPKIN CIRCLE

Named for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s founding Music Director, the HENRY SOPKIN CIRCLE celebrates cherished individuals and families who have made a planned gift to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. These special donors preserve the Orchestra’s foundation and ensure success for future generations.

A Friend of the Symphony (22)

Madeline* &

Howell E. Adams, Jr.

Mr.* & Mrs.* John E. Aderhold

Paul & Melody Aldo

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori

Elizabeth Ann Bair*

Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer

Helga Beam

Mr. Charles D. Belcher*

Neil H. Berman

Susan & Jack Bertram

Mr.* & Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins

The Estate of Donald S. & Joyce Bickers

Ms. Page Bishop*

Mr.* & Mrs.* Sol Blaine

John Blatz

Rita & Herschel Bloom

The Estate of Mrs. Gilbert H. Boggs, Jr.

W. Moses Bond

Mr.* & Mrs. Robert C. Boozer

Elinor A. Breman*

Carol J. Brown

James C. Buggs*

Hugh W. Burke*

Mr. & Mrs. William Buss

Wilber W. Caldwell

Mr.* & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun

Cynthia & Donald Carson

Mrs. Jane Celler*

Lenore Cicchese*

Dr. & Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr.

Suzanne W. Cole Sullivan

Robert Boston Colgin

Mrs. Mary Frances

Evans Comstock*

Miriam* & John A.* Conant

Dr. John W. Cooledge

Dr. Janie Cowan

Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cummickel

Bob* & Verdery* Cunningham

Vivian & Peter de Kok

Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes

John R. Donnell

Dixon W. Driggs*

Pamela Johnson Drummond

Mrs. Kathryn E. Duggleby*

Catherine Warren Dukehart*

Ms. Diane Durgin

Arnold & Sylvia Eaves

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge

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Elizabeth Etoll

Mr. Doyle Faler*

Brien P. Faucett

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A. D. Frazier, Jr.*

Nola Frink*

Betty* & Drew* Fuller

Sally & Carl Gable

William & Carolyn Gaik

Dr. John W. Gamwell*

Mr.* & Mrs.* L.L. Gellerstedt, Jr.

Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn

Max Gilstrap**

Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover

Mrs. David Goldwasser*

Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund

Billie & Sig Guthman*

Betty G.* & Joseph* F. Haas

Dr. Charles H. Hamilton*

Sally & Paul* Hawkins

John* & Martha Head

Ms. Jeannie Hearn*

Barbara & John Henigbaum*

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Jill* & Jennings* Hertz

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Mr.* & Mrs.* Fred A. Hoyt, Jr.

Jim* & Barbara Hund

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Mr. Calvert Johnson & Mr. Kenneth Dutter

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Deforest F. Jurkiewicz*

Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley

Bob Kinsey

James W.* & Mary Ellen* Kitchell.

Miss Florence Kopleff*

Mr. Robert Lamy

James H. Landon

Ouida Hayes Lanier

Lucy Russell Lee* & Gary Lee, Jr.

Ione & John Lee

Mr. Larry M. LeMaster

Mr.* & Mrs.* William C. Lester

Liz & Jay* Levine

Robert M. Lewis, Jr.

Carroll & Ruth Liller*

Ms. Joanne Lincoln*

Jane Little*

Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr.*

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John W. Markham*

Mrs. Ann B. Martin

Linda & John Matthews

Mr. Michael A. McDowell, Jr.

Dr. Michael S. McGarry

Richard & Shirley McGinnis*

John & Clodagh Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills, IV

Ms. Vera Milner

Mrs. Gene Morse*

Hal Matthew Mueller* & Constance Lombardo

Ms. Janice Murphy*

Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin

Mrs. Amy W. Norman*

Galen Oelkers

Roger B. Orloff

Barbara D. Orloff

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Owen

Dr. Bernard* & Sandra Palay

Sally & Pete Parsonson

James L. Paulk

Ralph & Kay* Paulk

Dan R. Payne

Bill Perkins

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Mr.* & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr.

Janet M. Pierce*

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Dr. John B. Pugh

William L.* & Lucia Fairlie* Pulgram

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Mrs. Joan C. Schweitzer*

June & John Scott

Edward G. Scruggs*

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Mr. W. G. Shaefer, Jr.

Charles H. Siegel*

Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith

Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall*

Ms. Margo Sommers

Elliott Sopkin

Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

Mr. Daniel D. Stanley*

Gail & Loren Starr

Peter James Stelling*

Ms. Barbara Stewart*

Beth & Edward Sugarman

C. Mack* & Mary Rose* Taylor

Isabel Thomson*

Jennings Thompson IV

Margaret* & Randolph* Thrower

Kenneth & Kathleen Tice

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Mr. Steven R. Tunnell

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Diane Woodard & Bruce Wardrep

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Sue & Neil* Williams

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Ms. Joni Winston

George & Camille Wright

Mr.* & Mrs.* Charles R. Yates

ASO | STAFF

EXECUTIVE

Jennifer Barlament

executive director

Lizzy Clements

executive assistant, senior management

Alvinetta Cooksey executive & finance assistant

ARTISTIC

Gaetan Le Divelec vice president, artistic planning

Ebner Sobalvarro artistic administrator

RaSheed Lemon

artistic coordinator

Marcia Chandler chorus administrator EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Sarah Grant vice president of education & community engagement

Ryan Walks

atlanta symphony youth orchestra & teen programs manager

Elena Gagon Dunn family programs & community engagement manager

Michael Kralik manager of school engagement

Jadonna Brewton

interim talent development program manager OPERATIONS

Emily Liao Master

vice president & general manager

Emma Luty

principal librarian

Sara Baguyos associate principal librarian

James Nelson

assistant librarian

David Lesser director of orchestra personnel

Meagan Rwambaisire

orchestra personnel

Melissa Nabb orchestra hr & finance partner

Paul Barrett director of production

Justin Richardson manager of production administration

Richard Carvlin senior stage manager

Dasha Allen stage manager

Jeremy Tusz

audio recording engineer & producer

Hunter Moore live sound engineer

Harold Abbott head flyman/carpenter

Jacob Scott

lighting designer & stage electrician

Daniel Stupin stagehand

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Ashley Mirakian vice president, marketing & communications

Camille McClain director of marketing & communications

Matt Dykeman director of digital content

Adam Fenton director of multimedia technology

Delle Beganie content & production manager

Mia Jones-Walker marketing manager

Whitney Hendrix creative services manager, aso

Amy Godwin

communications manager

Sean David video editor

Bob Scarr archivist & research coordinator

SALES & REVENUE MANAGEMENT

Russell Wheeler vice president, sales & revenue management

Nancy James front of house supervisor

Erin Jones senior director of sales & audience development

Jesse Pace senior manager of ticketing & patron experience

Dennis Quinlan manager, business insights & analytics

Robin Smith guest services coordinator

Jake Van Valkenburg

group sales & audience development supervisor

Anna Caldwell guest services associate

ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL LIVE

Nicole Panunti vice president, atlanta symphony hall live

Will Strawn director of marketing

Christine Lawrence director of ticketing & parking

Lisa Eng creative services manager

Caitlin Buckers marketing manager

Dan Nesspor ticketing manager, atlanta symphony hall live

Liza Palmer event manager

Nicole Jurovics booking & contract manager

Meredith Chapple marketing coordinator, live

Maria Austin

marketing coordinator, live

Steven Thompson event coordinator, live

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Susan Ambo

executive vice president & cfo

Kimberly Hielsberg vice president of finance

April Satterfield controller

Brandi Reed staff accountant

DEVELOPMENT

Grace Sipusic vice president of development

William Keene senior director of development

James Paulk senior annual giving officer

Renee Contreras director of development, institutional giving

Beth Freeman senior manager of major gifts

Sharveace Cameron senior development associate

Rachel Bender manager of individual giving

Sarah Wilson manager of development operations

Jenny Ricke manager, grants and development communications

Matthew Enfinger manager, corporate relations

AJ McCurry development associate

ASO | CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

The Woodruff Arts Center’s unprecedented $67 million capital campaign will bring new life to our campus, expand access to our proven educational programming, and secure our place as Atlanta’s center for the arts. Scan the QR code to learn more about Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff.

$1,000,000+

Anonymous

The Coca-Cola Foundation

James M. Cox Foundation

The Delta Air Lines Foundation

The Goizueta Foundation

Douglas J. Hertz Family Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999

Acuity Inc.

Anonymous

$250,000 - $499,999

Bank of America

Chick-fil-A Foundation |

Rhonda & Dan Cathy

The Fraser-Parker Foundation

$100,000 - $249,999

A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center

Liz and Frank Blake

Stephanie Blank*

Thomas and Aimee Chubb

$10,000 - $99,999

Ann A. Adams

Anonymous

Yum and Ross Arnold

Ed Bastian

Ken Bernhardt and Cynthia Currence

Tony Conway, Legendary Events

Johnson and Margaret Cook

Cousins Properties

Lee and Warren Culpepper

Mike and Nancy Doss

Mike and Mindy Egan

Vicki Escarra

Georgia Council for the Arts

Cultural Facilities Grant

Patrick Gunning and Elizabeth Pelypenko

Rand and Seth Hagen

Terrence Hahn

Philip Harrison and Susan Stainback

The Home Depot Foundation

The Imlay Foundation

Sarah and Jim Kennedy

The Marcus Foundation

Norfolk Southern

PNC Bank

Cisco Systems

Georgia Power Foundation

The Fay S. and W. Barrett Howell Family Foundation

Phil and Jenny Jacobs

Margaret and Bob Reiser*

Ann and Jeff Cramer*

Harland Charitable Foundation

The Hearst Foundations

Joia M. Johnson

S. Jack and Michal Hart Hillman

Julia Houston

Robin and Hilton Howell

The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation

The Kilberg Family Foundation

KPMG LLP

The Dennis Lockhart and Mary Rose

*

Taylor Memorial Fund

Beau and Alfredo Martin

The Barry & Jean Ann McCarthy Family*

John F. McMullan**

Richard and Wimberly McPhail

Kavita and Ashish Mistry

Pat Mitchell Seydel and Scott O. Seydel

Hala and Steve Moddelmog*

Kent and Talena Moegerle

Kenneth Neighbors and Valdoreas May

Galen Oelkers

Chuck and Kathie Palmer

Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation*

The Tomé Foundation

Robert W. Woodruff Foundation

Zeist Foundation

Kelin Foundation

Truist Trusteed Foundations: Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust, The Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund and the Woolford Charitable Trust

Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

The Selig, Lewis, Shoulberg Families

Truist Charitable Fund

Kathy Waller and Kenneth Goggins*

The Pighini Family

The Rockdale Foundation

Lauren and Andrew Schlossberg

Lauren and Tim Schrager

June and John Scott

Southface Institute

Candace Steele Flippin

Dave Stockert and Cammie Ives

The Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation, Inc.

Tull Charitable Foundation

The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc.

Patrick and Susie Viguerie

Sally and Mel Westmoreland

John Wieland

D. Richard Williams and Janet Lavine

David, Helen, and Marian

Woodward Fund

John and Ellen Yates

*Denotes additional support for the Alliance Theatre’s Imagine Campaign ** In memoriam

THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE

Thank you to the Woodruff Arts Center’s dedicated Annual Fund donors whose gifts support the arts and education work at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art.

$1,000,000+

A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra • A Friend of the High Museum of Art

Lauren Amos • Mr. Joseph H. Boland, Jr.* • Mr. & Mrs.* Shouky A. Shaheen

$500,000 - $999,999

Anonymous

Art Bridges Foundation

$250,000 - $499,999

Accenture

Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation

Bank of America

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda and Dan Cathy

The Sara Giles Moore Foundation

Google

Reverend Ruth T. Healy*

$100,000 - $249,999

1180 Peachtree

AAA Parking

Alston & Bird

Atlantic Station

Sandra and Dan Baldwin

Helen Gurley Brown Foundation

Cadence Bank

The Chestnut Family Foundation

City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Sheila Lee Davies and Jon Davies

Emerald Gate Charitable Trust

Barney M. Franklin and Hugh W.

Burke Charitable Fund

Mr. James E. Gay*

Georgia Power Foundation

The Home Depot Foundation Zeist Foundation

Sarah and Jim Kennedy

E. Mcburney Trust

Norfolk Southern Foundation

Novelis, Inc.

The Rich’s Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Smurfit Westrock

Alfred A Thornton Venable Trust

Truist Trusteed Foundations:

Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust,

The Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund and the Woolford Charitable Trust

UPS

Georgia Council for the Arts

*

Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning

Georgia-Pacific

Estate of Burton M. Gold

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.

Hazel Hale Trust

The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.

M. Douglas and V. Kay Ivester Foundation

King & Spalding, Partners & Employees

KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees

The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.

The Marcus Foundation, Inc.

Amy W. Norman

Charitable Foundation

Northside Hospital PNC

Garnet and Dan Reardon

Patty and Doug Reid

Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.

Southern Company Gas

Carol and Ramon

Tomé Family Fund

Warner Bros. Discovery

Mrs. Harriet Warren

Rod and Kelly Westmoreland