Stenz has held a number of high-profile positions with international orchestras and opera houses including Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (2012-2019), Principal Guest Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (2015-2019), and Conductor-in-Residence of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (2016-2019). Stenz will make his conducting debuts with the New Jersey and Detroit Symphony Orchestras this season in programs that feature solosists Juho Pohjonen and Alexander Gavrylyuck, performing works by Rebel, Grieg, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Busoni, and Scriabin. In August 2019, he returns to the Aspen Music Festival to conduct the Aspen Chamber Symphony with violinist Sergey Khachatryan and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in a program that includes Chabrier’s España, rhapsody, Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto, and Bizet’s Carmen Suite. In Fall 2019, Stenz leads a program of Mozart and Bruckner with the Indianapolis Symphony.
Friday, August 2, 2019 at 6:00PM
Aspen Music Festival - Benedict Music Tent
Aspen Chamber Symphony
Markus Stenz, conductor
Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
CHABRIER España, rhapsody
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto
RAVEL Shéhérazade
BIZET Carmen Suite
Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:15AM
Friday, October 25, 2019 at 8:00PM
Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 5:30PM
Hilbert Circle Theater
Markus Stenz, conductor
Indianapolis Symphony
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4; "Romantic"
Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 7:30PM - Bergen Performing Arts Center
Friday, November 1, 2019 at 8:00PM - Princeton University Richardson Auditorium
Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 8:00PM - Count Basie Center for the Performing Arts (Red Bank)
Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 3:00PM - New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Markus Stenz, conductor
Juho Pohjonen, piano
REBEL "Chaos" from les elemens
GRIEG Piano Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Friday, April 17, 2020 at 8:00PM
Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 8:00PM
Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 3:00PM
Orchestra Hall
Markus Stenz, conductor
Alexander Gavrylyuck, piano
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Concerto for Piano No. 3
BUSONI Berceuse élégiaque
SCRIABIN Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy)