Bela Fleck Premieres Concerto For Banjo With Nashville Symphony

Submit your news, get featured!

Hot Songs Around The World

Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
654 entries in 29 charts

A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
770 entries in 22 charts

APT.
Rose & Bruno Mars
429 entries in 29 charts

That's So True
Gracie Abrams
312 entries in 21 charts

Bad Dreams
Teddy Swims
224 entries in 19 charts

Happy
Pharrell Williams
1286 entries in 35 charts

HeatWaves
Glass Animals
1410 entries in 26 charts

Blinding Lights
Weeknd
1849 entries in 33 charts

Tu Falta De Querer
Mon Laferte
208 entries in 3 charts

Stargazing
Myles Smith
464 entries in 20 charts

Espresso
Sabrina Carpenter
844 entries in 27 charts

Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido
Karol G
301 entries in 13 charts

The Emptiness Machine
Linkin Park
222 entries in 21 charts

Birds Of A Feather
Billie Eilish
826 entries in 25 charts

Bela Fleck Premieres Concerto For Banjo With Nashville Symphony

NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Nashville Symphony) Bela Fleck joins the Nashville Symphony Sept. 22-24, starting the 2011/12 season with the premiere of his brand-new Concerto for Banjo, a stunning showcase for his genre-melding style. Written for a vintage 1937 Gibson Mastertone banjo made of mahogany, the Concerto for Banjo marks a significant new departure for Fleck, which he describes as "a liberating experience for my career and my work as a composer." The Thursday evening performance will also be webcast.

This piece is perfectly matched with the famous Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland, which celebrates the American spirit with music of breathtaking beauty and directness. The larger-than-life Fourth Symphony by Tchaikovsky was his favorite piece and sweeps the audience with an emotional palette that ranges from melancholy to exuberance.

Nashville Symphony with Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor and Bela Fleck, banjo.

Nashville Symphony Commission
For more information, please visit NashvilleSymphony.org

Most read news of the week