The Next Festival 2026 Featuring Andrea Casarrubios — live event

The centerpiece is a newly commissioned concerto for cello, strings, and percussion by the Spanish-born Casarrubios entitled The Book of Signatures. Tommy Mesa will perform as soloist alongside the Festival Fellows and percussionist Garret Arney. Expanding this rich tapestry of immigrant voices, Artistic Director Peter Askim leads the orchestra through a sweeping lineup of premieres: a newly commissioned work by Adeliia Faizullina (Tatar from Uzbekistan), fresh string orchestra arrangements of major pieces by Wang Lu (China) and Niloufar Nourbakhsh (Iran), a U.S. premiere by Aleksandra Vrebalov (Serbia), and a stirring, timely work by Clarice Assad (Brazil). Program:Aleksandra Vrebalov: Ur Song (US Premiere, String Orchestra Version)Adellia Faizullina: Six, Before She Knew and After (World Premiere)Wang Lu: from Tangrams (World Premiere, String Orchestra Version)Clarice Assad: from Impressions Slow Waltz Perpetual MotionNiloufar Nourbakhsh: For Love Seemed Easy at First (World Premiere, String Orchestra Version)Andrea Casarrubios: The Book of Signatures (World Premiere) Featuring Tommy Mesa ABOUT THE NEXT FESTIVAL OF EMERGING ARTISTS Founded in 2013 by composer and conductor Peter Askim, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists is committed to advancing contemporary music and cross-disciplinary artistic creation through performance, creation, audience engagement, and the nurturing of emerging artists with a passion for 21st-century artistic creation and collaboration. Initially a one-week intensive, The Next Festival quickly expanded into a two-week festival consisting of performances, individual lessons, coaching, masterclasses, multidisciplinary collaborations, and professional recording sessions. With one week in New York’s Hudson Valley and a second in New York City, The Next Festival brings together early-career string players, composers, dancers, and choreographers from around the country and around the world.Since its inception, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists has provided more than 250 young artists with opportunities to learn, collaborate, and launch their careers. Festival Fellows work closely with a selection of renowned artists and mentors, including GRAMMY, Pulitzer, and MacArthur winners. Previous seasons have featured some of the most prominent figures in new music today: including guest artists Yvette Young, Matt Haimovitz, Jennifer Koh, Nadia Sirota, Richard Thompson, Pamela Z, Curtis Stewart, Seth Parker Woods, and the string quartet ETHEL; as well as choreographers Sidra Bell, Christopher D’Amboise, and S. Ama Wray. The Festival has appeared at venues such as National Sawdust, Roulette, (le) poisson rouge, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance, as well as on WQXR.

Starts: 2026-06-06T19:30:00Z

Ends: 2026-06-07T12:00:00Z

Where: 80 North 6th Street, New York 11249, United States

Price: $0.0

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