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June 25, 2025

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"Canto Ostinato" at Lincoln Center

7:30 PM
David Rubenstein Atrium

Aucoin performs Simeon Ten Holt’s bewitching minimalist classic Canto Ostinato with Sandbox Percussion and fellow pianist Conor Hanick as part of AMOC’s summer festival at Lincoln Center.

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July 9, 2025

9
Music Academy of the West

Hahn Hall
7:30 PM

Pianist Conor Hanick and a piano fellow at the Music Academy of the West perform Aucoin’s Sources of Lift on a program that also includes music by Andy Akiho and Toru Takemitsu.

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July 10, 2025

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"Music for New Bodies" at Lincoln Center

8:00 PM
David Geffen Hall

AUCOIN Music for New Bodies

Paul Appleby, Meryl Dominguez, Taylor Raven, Evan Hughes, singers
American Modern Opera Company
Matthew Aucoin, conductor

Music for New Bodies, Aucoin’s “vocal symphony” based on the poetry of Jorie Graham, has its staged premiere at Lincoln Center’s summer festival in a production by Peter Sellars, featuring the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*).

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July 11, 2025

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"Music for New Bodies" at Lincoln Center

8:00 PM
David Geffen Hall

AUCOIN Music for New Bodies

Paul Appleby, Meryl Dominguez, Taylor Raven, Evan Hughes, singers
American Modern Opera Company
Matthew Aucoin, conductor

Music for New Bodies, Aucoin’s “vocal symphony” based on the poetry of Jorie Graham, has its staged premiere at Lincoln Center’s summer festival in a production by Peter Sellars, featuring the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*).

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July 12, 2025

12
"Music for New Bodies" at Lincoln Center

8:00 PM
David Geffen Hall

AUCOIN Music for New Bodies

Paul Appleby, Meryl Dominguez, Taylor Raven, Evan Hughes, singers
American Modern Opera Company
Matthew Aucoin, conductor

Music for New Bodies, Aucoin’s “vocal symphony” based on the poetry of Jorie Graham, has its staged premiere at Lincoln Center’s summer festival in a production by Peter Sellars, featuring the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*).

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July 13, 2025

13
"Rome is Falling" at Lincoln Center

8:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall

AMOC* presents the New York premiere of Doug Balliett’s opera Rome is Falling at Lincoln Center’s summer festival. Julia Eichten directs the production, and Aucoin music-directs, alongside the composer.

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July 26, 2025

26
La Jolla Summerfest: Glass Études

Baker-Baum Concert Hall
7:30 PM

Matthew Aucoin joins fellow pianists Timo Andres, Conor Hanick, Yulianna Avdeeva, Inon Barnatan, Melonie Grinnell, Ying Li, Steven Osborne, Juho Pohjonen for a marathon performance of Philip Glass’s piano études at the LaJolla Summerfest.

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July 27, 2025

27
La Jolla Summerfest: Aucoin, Andres, and Castillo

The JAI
7:00 PM

A “New York takeover” chamber concert featuring music by Timo Andres, Patrick Castillo, and Aucoin’s two-piano piece Sources of Lift, performed by Aucoin and Conor Hanick.

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Aug. 2, 2025

2
Little Island

10 PM
The Glade at Little Island

Aucoin’s new song cycle, based on poetry by Ben Lerner, has two late-night preview performances at New York’s Little Island, featuring the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth.

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Aug. 3, 2025

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Little Island

10 PM
The Glade at Little Island

Aucoin’s new song cycle, based on poetry by Ben Lerner, has two late-night preview performances at New York’s Little Island, featuring Roomful of Teeth.

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Aug. 7, 2025

7
"Music for New Bodies" at Tanglewood

8:00 PM
Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood

A one-night only Tanglewood performance of Matthew Aucoin’s opera/vocal symphony Music for New Bodies, staged by Peter Sellars, featuring the musicians of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*), conducted by Aucoin.

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Nov. 1, 2025

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"Music for New Bodies" at Meany Center, Seattle

7:30 PM

Aucoin’s Music for New Bodies has its West Coast premiere at Seattle’s Meany Center.

AUCOIN Music for New Bodies
American Modern Opera Company
Matthew Aucoin, conductor
Production by Peter Sellars

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December 4, 2025

4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

7:30 PM

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, featuring soprano Julia Bullock and conductor Petr Popelka, perform the world premiere of Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared, an orchestral song cycle based on texts by Raúl Zurita.

 

BRAHMS Symphony #3
AUCOIN Song of the Reappeared (World Premiere, CSO Commission)
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

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December 5, 2025

5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1:30 PM

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, featuring soprano Julia Bullock and conductor Petr Popelka, perform the world premiere of Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared, an orchestral song cycle based on texts by Raúl Zurita.

 

BRAHMS Symphony #3
AUCOIN Song of the Reappeared (World Premiere, CSO Commission)
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

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December 6, 2025

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

7:30 PM

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, featuring soprano Julia Bullock and conductor Petr Popelka, perform the world premiere of Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared, an orchestral song cycle based on texts by Raúl Zurita.

 

BRAHMS Symphony #3
AUCOIN Song of the Reappeared (World Premiere, CSO Commission)
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

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December 7, 2025

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

3:00 PM

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, featuring soprano Julia Bullock and conductor Petr Popelka, perform the world premiere of Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared, an orchestral song cycle based on texts by Raúl Zurita.

 

BRAHMS Symphony #3
AUCOIN Song of the Reappeared (World Premiere, CSO Commission)
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

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Feb. 22, 2026

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"Canto Ostinato" at Cal Performances

3:00 PM
Zellerbach Playhouse

Aucoin joins his AMOC* colleague, pianist Conor Hanick, and the four virtuosi of Sandbox Percussion, for a performance of Simeon Ten Holt’s bewitching minimalist classic Canto Ostinato at Cal Performances.

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