Musical decisions are made collaboratively, in the goal of enhancing the level of commitment on the part of the musicians and increasing the precision, passion and power of their playing.
He served as Concertmaster in Hollywood for studio orchestras, performing on such films as Schindler's List, Titanic and Forrest Gump.
She was a student of Isadore Tinkelman and Stuart Canin's at the San Francisco Conservatory, and later studied with Jaime Laredo and Felix Galimer at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg was born in Rome and immigrated to the United States at the age of eight to study at The Curtis Institute of Music.
[6] In June 2019, the Orchestra embarked on its first international tour across Germany and Poland with performances at Philharmonie Essen, Essen; Grand Hotel, Heiligendamm; Filharmonia Szczecin, Szczecin; Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ulrichshusen, Stolpe & Schwerin; Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden, Dresden; Kissinger Sommer, Bad Kissingen; and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Rendsburg/Budelsdorf.
In 2000, New Century performed in a multimedia multi-ethnic collaboration with Chinese composer Gang Situ entitled Strings Calligraphy.
Sir Simon Rattle conducted the New Century Chamber Orchestra's 10th Anniversary Celebration concert in June 2002 in a co-presentation with Marin Academy.
In January 2008, the New Century Chamber Orchestra performed REWIND at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, a sold out special event conceived of and conducted by Paul Haas.
The concert traced music backwards in time from the 20th century to the Baroque and featured violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, DJ Mason Bates, and kinetic installation artist Reuben Heyday Margolin.
Three unique concerts were presented in San Francisco that highlighted Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg in her final appearances as music director.
The two-day festival featured orchestral and chamber works by Beethoven as part of the global celebrations honoring the composer's 250th birthday.
Through its "Hall Pass" initiative, the orchestra offers free performance and rehearsal access to students and at-risk seniors at schools and service organizations throughout the Bay Area.