delta david gier
Music Director of “One of America's Boldest Orchestra's.”
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker Magazine
2016 – 2017 season
I just heard your performance of my second symphony. It was deeply committed and moving, and your orchestra played it superbly. Please give them my thanks and congratulations.
You obviously understand what the root of my music is, and I only hope to hear more performances by you of my work.
Thank you so much. With admiration,
John Corigliano
“
”
Winner of the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment
to New American Music
2022–2023 Concert schedule
JANUARY 2022
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
Arturo Márquez Cello Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
David Gordon Fabular Arcana World Premiere
Paul Sánchez, piano
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
FEBRUARY 2022
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery Starburst
Jessie Montgomery Strum
George Walker Lyric for Strings
Valerie Coleman Nonet
Anna Clyne Within Her Arms
Vivaldi Four Seasons
MARCH 2022
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Malek Jandali / A Candle World Premiere
Zakir Hussain Peshkar
Zakir Hussain, tabla
Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 5
APRIL 2022
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Bach St. Matthew Passion
Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra
John Luther Adams An Atlas of Deep Time
World Premiere
OCTOBER 2022
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky / Piano Concerto No. 1
Conrad Tao, piano
Brahms / Symphony No. 1
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Wagner / Tristan and Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Respighi / Fountains of Rome
Tabakova / Suite in Old Style
Yi-Chun Lin, viola
Ravel / La Valse
Ravel / Bolero
NOVEMBER 2022
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Grieg / Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Orion Weiss, piano
Sibelius / Symphony No. 1
DECEMBER 2022
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Handel’s Messiah
JANUARY 2023
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Chen Yi / Ge Xu (Antiphony)
Korngold / Violin Concerto
Rui Du, violin
Dvorak / Symphony No. 7
APRIL 2023
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Pärt / Stabat Mater
Mozart / Requiem
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
World Premiere Niloufar Iravani
Esmail / My Sister’s Voice
Beethoven / Symphony No. 9
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |
“The model of an engaged conductor.”
—The New Yorker Magazine
Video Performances
Performances Videos
Visit Delta David Gier's YouTube Channel
LISTEN First reading of John Luther Adams
An Atlas of Deep Time
LISTEN MPR Arvo Pärt Trisagion SDSO
LISTEN HERE
TV & Radio Interviews
SDPB Maestro Gier on SDSO's 100 years:Art helps us find our place in the world.
SDPB The Lakota Music Project as a
Musical Bridge for Cultural Understanding.
Polyphonic Org at Eastman
Discussing the SDSO with Greg Sandow
New York Philharmonic
Young People's Concerts
Articles
How the South Dakota Symphony Became One of America’s Boldest Orchestras
Notable Performances and Recordings of 2022
NEH 2018
by David Skinner
Can Orchestras Be Reinvented
as Humanities Institutions?
Arts Journal
by Delta David Gier
A Museum Culture of Symphony Orchestras?
Unanswered Question 2018
by Joe Horowitz
America's Most Exceptional Orchestra
Unanswered Question 2016
by Joe Horowitz
Dvorak on the Reservation
Voice of America 2010
Lakota Get Classical
New Music Box 2006
Making Inroads Through the Back Roads
New Music Box 2005
Builiding an audience in South Dakota
. . . with Pulitzer Winners
2011 Pulitzer Prize Music Jury chair
