REI HOTODA
Conductor Pianist Advocate
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Cultural Crossroads with the Fresno Philharmonic
The Fresno Philharmonic, and music director Rei Hotoda, launch 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.
2023/24 HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
July 20-24, 2024
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
Rei Hotoda, panelist and conductor
Thursday, August, 17, 2023
Association of California Orchestras (Riverside, CA)
Rei Hotoda, panelist
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Sunday, September 24, 2023
William Eddins, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director and piano
Works by: Valerie Coleman, Mozart, & Poulenc
November 12-14, 2023
Women in Classical Music Symposium
Harmonizing Inclusion: Normalizing Diversity in Classical Music
Rei Hotoda, panelist
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Inbal Segev, cello
Rei Hotoda, Music Director and conductor
Works by: Antheil, Clyne, Beethoven
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Works by Handel & Vivaldi
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Mark Standriff, actor
Fresno Master Chorale
Rei Hotoda, Music Director and conductor
Home for the Holidays
Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 7:30pm
Works by: Farrenc: & Chopin
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Jasmine Habersham, soprano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director and conductor
Works by: Gabriela Lena Frank & Mahler
Friday, March 1, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Joyce Yang, piano
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Works by: Gabriela Lena Frank, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Zankel Hall (New York, NY)
Chrystal E. Williams, mezzo-soprano
Felipe Hostins, accordion
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, narrator
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Works by: Antheil, Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, John Glover, Ellington, Tonia Ko & Weill
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Kamuela Philharmonic
Brian Dollinger, conductor
Rei Hotoda, pianist
Jessie Montgomery: Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Katherine Whyte, soprano
Timothy McAllister, saxophone
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Works by: Joan Tower, Poulenc, Jessie Montgomery, Gershwin
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Rei Hotoda, Music Director and conductor
Works by: John Adams, Guillaume Connesson & Brahms
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Joyce Yang, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Works by: Gershwin, Barber & Ravel
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 the music of our times.
Her success as the Music Director of the Fresno Philharmonic since 2017 has resulted in the extension of her tenure through the 2025 season. She has worked tirelessly to build first-time and unique connections with the Fresno community with an eye toward reaching different audiences with a new music concert series, Proxima, and special concerts at Bitwise South Stadium. She has reimagined the pre- and post-concert experience by creating the ever-popular Green Room and Stay Tuned series. Her programming continues to push through the preconceived notions of the classical
concert going experience, offering audiences works by often marginalized composers and today’s leading voices in the field. Through her tireless efforts, she has successfully broken down the barriers that often exist between artist and listener and repositioned the Fresno Philharmonic as a leader in the community it serves.
Rei has appeared as a guest conductor with many of today’s leading ensembles, including the Symphony Orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Detroit, Toronto, Winnipeg, Hawaii and Utah as well as the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, among others. Her interpretations of such epic centerpieces of the classical canon such as Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 and Britten’s War Requiem, make her one of the most sought-after conductors of today. She is a tireless advocate for the music of our time, and most recently conducted the world premieres of Kevin Day and Dinuk Wijeratne as well as works by seminal composers such as Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Jessie Montgomery and Hawaiian composer, Michael-Thomas Foumai to much acclaim.
Recent Press Highlights
Insights
Rei speaks to many of today's leading composers in her ever-popular series Stay Tuned as part of the Fresno Philharmonic's digital offerings. Hear Rei get up close and personal with these artists as they discuss their life's work and creative process. Her guests include: Adolphus Hailstork, Jasmine Barnes, William Bolcom and Joan Tower.
Rei Hotoda, Music Director of the Fresno Philharmonic, interviews FPO musicians to get a behind the scenes look at the orchestra. Her interviews include a wide swath of musicians from the concertmaster to the principal players to whole sections.
Hear Rei speak about Britten's monumentally powerful War Requiem, from a historical, musical and personal perspective. Rei will be conducting the Fresno Philharmonic on November 11, 2018, exactly 100 years to the day that the Armistice to end World War I was signed.
As artists we must not only do what we can to build our audiences, but strive to reach people beyond the score through education, connecting with our communities and recognizing our supporters to ensure that through these important partnerships, we grow as artists and strive to make the greatest impact possible on our world around us.” – Rei Hotoda
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