REI HOTODA

Conductor Pianist Advocate

Coming Up:

November 23 & 24

Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra

Works by:

Mozart, Reena Esmail, Respighi & Bartók

LISTEN, WATCH, READ

2024/25 HIGHLIGHTS

July 25, 2024

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

in Partnership with the San Francisco Philharmonic

(San Francisco, CA)

Rei Hotoda, conductor & clinician

July 27, 2024

League of American Orchestras

The Juilliard School (New York, NY)

Essentials of Orchestra Management

Guest Presenter & Panelist

September 28 & 29, 2024

Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra (Fresno, CA)

Sergei Babayan, piano

Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor

Works by: Toyama, Khachaturian & Rachmaninoff

October 8-11, 2024

Sarasota Orchestra (Sarasota, FL)

Rei Hotoda, conductor

Special Program: Young Person's Concert

October 21, 2024

Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra (Macon, GA)

Rei Hotoda, conductor

Works by: Copland, Hailstork & Dvořák

November 23 & 24, 2024

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, Concertmaster & violin

Rei Hotoda, Music Director & piano

Works by: Mozart, Reena Esmail, Respighi & Bartók

December 7, 2024

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Fresno Master Chorale

Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor

Home for the Holidays

January 17-18, 2025

Festival de Musique de Saint-Barthélemy

Rei Hotoda, conductor

Program to be Announced

February 1, 2025

London Symphonia (Ontario, Canada)

Scott St. John, violin

Lina Cao, guzheng

Rei Hotoda, conductor

Works by: Ruo, Taki, Lau, Ping Yee Ho, Rui, Debussy,

and Huanzhi

February 15 & 16, 2025

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Barry Douglas, piano

Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor

Works by: Hitomi & Erika Oba, Rachmaninoff & Shostakovich

April 12 & 13, 2025

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Sandeep Das, tabla

Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor

Works by: Debussy, Wijeratne & Brahms

May 10, 2025

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Rei Hotoda, conductor & piano

Works by: Clyne, Higdon, Montgomery & Beethoven

May 20-22, 2025

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Valerie Salcedo, actor

Tony Sanders, actor

Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor

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About

Conductor Rei Hotoda has been hailed as an “inexhaustible dynamo” with a deep commitment to reimagining the 21st century concert experience. Her vision can be seen through her thought- provoking programming, passionate allyship to marginalized artists, advocacy for arts education, and an unwavering commitment to presenting many of today’s most notable American composers. Indicative of this, she recently made her Carnegie Hall debut conducting the American Composer’s Orchestra in a compelling program that featured two world premieres by John Glover and Tonia Ko as well as the New York premiere of “Clans” from Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate’s Lowak Shoppala.

Serving as the Music Director of the Fresno Philharmonic since 2017, Rei’s 24/25 season marks an important milestone in her tenure with the orchestra. Together they will undertake their largest project to date, Cultural Crossroads, a new multi-season series of commissions exploring and celebrating the diverse cultures of the Fresno region. A central aspect of the vision for Cultural Crossroads is collaboration with community-based organizations, artists, and culture bearers in the presentation of new works by emerging California composers.

As a guest conductor, Rei has appeared with several prestigious orchestras, including the Symphony Orchestras of

Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Winnipeg, and Kansas City, among others. Rei’s repertoire represents a diverse community ofliving composers alongside masters of classical canon. She has performed works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Jessie Montgomery, Damien Geter, and Guillaume Connesson as well as those by Mahler (as part of a multi-season exploration entitled Mahler Here and Now with the Fresno Philharmonic), Shostakovich (Symphony No. 8), Beethoven (Symphony No. 9) and Britten (War Requiem).

An active and critically acclaimed pianist, Rei embraces her time conducting from the keyboard. One of the highlights of her 2024 Carnegie Hall debut was leading the American Composers Orchestra from the piano in George Antheil’s A Jazz Symphony. Moreover, she recently conducted the Fresno Philharmonic (Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Pianos), the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos, K365) and the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra (Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds) from the keyboard as well.

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