As in years past, the Cleveland Orchestra will spend its 2022 Blossom Music Festival, announced Sunday, appealing to a broad spectrum. At the same, it also will get around to presenting several programs conceived for the lost summer of 2020.
Jahja Ling will return to Blossom Music Center this summer to lead the Cleveland Orchestra and the Kent Blossom Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.CLEVELAND, Ohio – Summer at Blossom Music Center this year will be a season of making up lost musical time and making new connections.
Film lovers have special cause for excitement. At last, the Cleveland Orchestra this year plans to fulfill its“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” in concert. Also long overdue: the debut of conductor Elim Chan. She’ll take the stage at Blossom July 9, joining pianist Benjamin Grosvenor on a program featuring works by Weber, Liszt, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Associate conductor Vinay Parameswaran will lead his final subscription program with the Cleveland Orchestra this summer at Blossom Music Center.The classical crowd also can look forward to the local debuts of conductor Jonathan Berman and Jader Bignamini, music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and to appearances by conductors Giancarlo Guerrero, Ruth Reinhardt, and Jahja Ling. The latter will lead a special performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No.