Guest conductor shines light on new music in Sarasota Orchestra concert (Herald-Tribune)

November 28, 2022

Susan L. Rife, Special to the Herald-Tribune

The first time Lina Gonzalez-Granados conducted “Lumina” by rising star composer Nina Shekhar, it was last summer at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, with jets flying overhead and picnicking patrons making too much noise during the work’s significant silences.

A shame, since the work, which debuted in 2020 at Thornton Hall on the University of Southern California campus (the composer’s alma mater), has been attracting plenty of attention. The Los Angeles Times reported that it has been added to the New York Philharmonic’s program of Beethoven and Mozart for the orchestra’s tours to Germany and Vail, Colorado.

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