Gustavo Dudamel (L), with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Luciana Souza (R), in a new song cycle by five female composers, are among the highlights of Washington Performing Arts’s 2017-18 season, just announced. (Photos courtesy of Washington Performing Arts.) Washington Performing Arts has made a point, in recent years, of championing new kinds of projects and new works. But even some of these orchestra concerts exemplify the more artist-driven approach that has characterized Washington Performing Arts under Jenny Bilfield, its president and CEO. This year’s crop of orchestras, Bilfield says, “focused on visual components,” while next year’s focus is more on soloists — including Dmitri Hvorostovsky with the National Symphony Orchestra.

Source: Washington Post April 25, 2017 16:41 UTC