JAMES GAFFIGAN

Premieres

The Marriage of Figaro

by W.A. Mozart

UK Production Premiere

Komische Oper Berlin

July 2023

The Exterminating Angel Symphony

by Thomas Adès

Swiss Premiere

Luzerner Symphonieorchester

February 2023

Schwärmen in V Formationen für Orchester

by Sven Daigger

World Premiere

Komische Oper Berlin

January 2023

Semafor (for Eight Instruments)

by Kaija Saariaho

New Mexico Premiere, Festival Co-Commission

Santa Fe Chamber Festival

June 2022

RESPOND for Viola Solo and 32 Musicians

by Peter Eötvös

World Premiere

Berlin State Opera

December 2021

Event Horizon

by Jan-Peter De Graaf

World Premiere

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

August 2021

Talisman

by Freya Waley-Cohen

American Premiere

San Francisco Symphony

April 2021

Cello concerto

by Anders Hillborg

Scandinavian Premiere

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra with Amalie Stalheim

February 2021

Mantra Elegy – Homage to Stravinsky

by Anders Hillborg

Norwegian Premiere

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

February 2021

Eternal Rhythm

by Avner Dorman

American Premiere

Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Cynthia Yeh

September 2019

Hercules

by Robert Zuidam

World Premiere

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

August 2019

Aeriality

by Anna Thorvaldsdottir

American Premiere

Aspen Music Festival Orchestra

July 2019

All American

by Laura Karpman

World Premiere

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl

July 2019

Something for the Dark

by Sarah Kirkland Snider

West Coast Premiere

San Francisco Symphony

April 2019

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D

by Wynton Marsalis

Swiss Premiere

Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

January 2019

Offertorium

by Sofia Gubaidulina

Dutch Premiere

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

January 2019

Boogie Down Uptown

by Jordan Millar

World Premiere

New York Philharmonic

May 2018

Harlem Shake

by Camryn Cowan

World Premiere

New York Philharmonic

May 2018

Radioaxial

by Enrico Chapela

World Premiere

Cincinnati Symphony

March 2018

Trumpet Concerto ‘Chase’

by Geoffery Gordon

World Premiere

Munich Philharmonic with Guido Segers

September 2017

Sirens

by Anders Hillborg

UK Premiere

BBC Proms, BBC Symphony Orchestra

June 2017

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D

by Wynton Marsalis

American Premiere

Detroit Symphony with Nicola Benedetti

May 2017

Four Iberian Miniatures for Violin and Orchestra

by Francisco Coll

Swiss Premiere

Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

February 2017

Funeral Song (Pogrebal’naya Pesnya)

by Igor Stravinsky

French Premiere

National Orchestra of France

February 2017

Funeral Song (Pogrebal’naya Pesnya)

by Igor Stravinsky

French Premiere

National Orchestra of France

February 2017

Requiem

by Willem Jeths

World Premiere

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

February 2017

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D

by Wynton Marsalis

Dutch Premiere

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

November 2016

Dutch Mambo

by Guus Janssen

World Premiere

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

November 2016

Five Hallucinations for Trombone and Orchestra

by Sean Shepherd

World Premiere

Chicago Symphony with Michael Mulcahy

September 2016

Magiya

by Sean Shepherd

West Coast Premiere

Music Academy of the West

July 2016