The BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts Series Welcomes the Utah Symphony to Campus Under the Direction of Music Director Emeritus Thierry Fischer to Perform Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
Performance Details:
Date & Time: Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Music Building Concert Hall
Price: Starting at $12
Tickets: Available online at BYU OnStage
The Utah Symphony welcomes back Music Director Emeritus Thierry Fischer for a special BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts Series performance in the Music Building Concert Hall. The orchestra will be performing Mahler’s famous “Symphony No. 5.” Audiences will be transported from mourning to love to triumph in an emotional journey via music. The music reflects Mahler’s own life including his courtship with his wife Alma Schindler.
Founded in 1940, the Utah Symphony has grown into one of America’s major symphony orchestras and is known internationally for its performance and recording legacy. In 2002, Utah Symphony and Utah Opera merged and are the parent company of the Deer Valley® Music Festival, the Utah Opera and the Utah Symphony.
Thierry Fischer began his music career as principal flute in Hamburg and at the Zurich Opera. He has conducted renowned orchestras across the world. As well as being Music Director Emeritus for the Utah Symphony, Fischer has been Music Director of São Paulo Symphony since January 2020 and of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León since September 2022.
Having Fischer on campus to conduct the symphony is an honor and BRAVO! Series producer and presenter Lyndsay Keith shares her excitement: “I always love having our friends the Utah Symphony here to showcase their incredible artistry. It’s an additional honor to have Music Director Emeritus Thierry Fischer as conductor for this program,” she said. “Fischer is extraordinary both as a conductor and leader, and we are so fortunate to have him.”