Event
Zachary and Rachmaninoff
Naples Philharmonic Masterworks
Naples Philharmonic
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Zachary DePue, violin
Gabriel Kahane — Judith
Szymanowski — Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 2
Under the baton of Grammy-winning conductor Teddy Abrams, this diverse Naples Philharmonic program shifts between contrasting emotional worlds. It opens with Gabriel Kahane’s unsettled and mournful portrait of a woman grappling with death, then gives way to Szymanowski’s final large-scale work — providing Naples Philharmonic Concertmaster Zachary DePue ample opportunity to show off his sterling technique and musical charisma in this melodic and buoyant reimagining of Polish folk music. The program concludes with the sweeping Romantic grandeur of Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony.
Prelude at 6:30pm
Join the conductor before the performance for an insightful 30-minute prelude discussion about the program.
Music and Museum
All Masterworks tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Museum hours on day of performance: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.
Naples Philharmonic
Naples Philharmonic
Founded in 1982, the Naples Philharmonic normally performs over 140 orchestral and chamber concerts, as well as opera and ballet, education, community and special event concerts from September through June each year.
Meet the Musicians
Alexander Shelley
Artistic and Music Director Meet Alexander
Jack Everly
Principal Pops Conductor Meet Jack
James Ehnes
Artistic Partner Meet James
Manuel López-Gómez
Associate Conductor Meet Manuel
Teddy Abrams
Teddy Abrams
Teddy Abrams, Grammy Award winner and Musical America’s 2022 Conductor of the Year, has been the galvanizing force behind the Louisville Orchestra’s extraordinary artistic renewal and innovative social impact since his appointment as music director in September 2014. His work has been profiled by CBS’s Sunday Morning, the New Yorker, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and PBS NewsHour.
Recently, Abrams made his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and returned as guest conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra and Curtis Symphony Orchestra. He also recently returned to the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted NYO2 at Carnegie Hall’s World Orchestra Week!. In North America, Abrams has conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, The Florida Orchestra and Sarasota Orchestra. Internationally, Abrams has conducted the Helsinki Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Luxembourg Philharmonic.
Abrams’ recent compositional highlights include Mammoth, an immersive theater work inspired by and performed in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park in 2023 with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, bass-baritone Davóne Tines and a cast of local musicians. Other recent works include a piano concerto written for Abrams’ frequent collaborator Yuja Wang, with which he and the Louisville Orchestra made their Deutsche Grammophon debuts on the virtuoso pianist’s Grammy award-winning March 2023 release, The American Project; and Space Variations, a collection of three new pieces for Universal Music Group’s 2022 World Sleep Day. Abrams is now at work on Ali, a new Broadway musical about boxing legend and activist Muhammad Ali.
Zachary DePue
Zachary DePue
Zachary DePue became one of the youngest concertmasters in the country when he was appointed to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) in 2007. For more than a decade, Zachary served the orchestra as a passionate and dedicated leader both in and outside the concert hall. He was named a member of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, connecting Indianapolis’ emerging leaders to the issues and needs of the community. He rose to international prominence as a founding member of the string trio Time for Three, with whom he performed for 15 years. Zachary graduated in 2002 from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he served as concertmaster of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and studied with renowned violinists Ida Kavafian and Jaime Laredo. He is a former member of The Philadelphia Orchestra, where he performed in the first violin section for five years.
