“The model
of an engaged conductor.”
—The New Yorker Magazine

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delta david gier

Winner of the 2022 Columbia University
Ditson conductor's Award

2016 – 2017 season

—Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

—an unprecedented programming innovation.

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Delta David Gier . . . decided to perform a piece by a living
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer on each of the classical programs . . .

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Winner of the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment
to New American Music

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

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2022–2023 Concert schedule

JANUARY 2022

Modesto Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3

Arturo Márquez Cello Concerto

Francisco Vila-Haas, cello

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

Now!

Tokaj, Hungary
CRESCENDO SUMMER INSTITUTE

7-Time ASCAP Award WINNER

David Gier gave a splendid reading of the Mahler [4]. The long slow movement unfolded as if in one breath, and you could absolutely feel the audience being drawn into the music. You could have heard a pin drop for the entire length of that slow movement. . . . Watching David speak at a post-concert dinner and interact with the Volunteer League at their luncheon and the board at their meeting, it is clear that he is the complete music director package.

—Henry Fogel, On the Record Blog February 2008