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On December 7, Rossen Milanov returns to New Jersey's Symphony in C for its annual Mozart program. As the orchestra's music director, Rossen offers Mozart with a twist this season, opening the program with a contemporary work, Eterniday, Hommage to W.A. Mozart, by Lera Auerbach. The program continues with Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp featuring soloists and Symphony in C members Megan Emigh …

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Rossen Milanov returns to Denmark November 28 to lead the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, his third appearance with the ensemble in as many years. This latest performance features Korngold’s stunning Violin Concerto, with one of the orchestra’s two concertmasters, Yana Deshkova, as the soloist. The work is bookended by Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, with modal connections to Korngold’s own …

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In celebration of the Britten centennial, Rossen Milanov conducts the composer’s gripping War Requiem with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias on November 22 and 23; the first of the two performances taking place on Britten’s actual birthday. A non-liturgical setting of the Requiem Mass, the work commemorated the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral following its destruction during …

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This Friday, Rossen Milanov returns to the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias to continue the orchestra’s exploration of music and dance. The centerpiece of the program will be Stravinsky’s Firebird, the composer’s first success with Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. Two other landmark Russian ballet scores are featured in the concert: Prokofiev’s Cinderella Suite No. 1 and …

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On November 8, Rossen Milanov returns to Riga to lead the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in a sold-out performance Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. A towering component of orchestral repertoire and the composer’s canon, the work is characterized by its opening trumpet heralds and popular standalone movement, the Adagietto—a love song to Mahler’s wife, Alma. The concert marks Rossen’s third …

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