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Concerts

11 - 12 January, 2024 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"

25 January, 2024 | 7:30PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

The Icelandic Love Corporation, Accordion

  • Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir: Striations

  • Þuríður Jónsdóttir: Installation Around a Heart

  • Finnur Karlsson: Accordion Concerto

  • The Icelandic Love Corporation, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir and Ólafur Björn Ólafsson: Flökkusinfónía (Wanderer Symphony)

17 February, 2024 | 2:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Barbara the Clown, Narrator and Master of Ceremonies

Graduale Choir of Langholtskirkja

Iceland Ballet Academy

  • Atli Heimir Sveinsson: Dimmalimm

  • Tchaikovsky: From Swan Lake

  • Atli Heimir Sveinsson: Kvæðið um fuglana (Poem of the Birds)

14 March, 2024 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Denis Kozhukhin, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Schubert: Symphony No. 3

  • Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Four Orchestral Sketches

  • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

21 March, 2024 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Javier Perianes, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Mozart: Piano Concerto in D Minor K466

  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

12 - 14 April, 2024 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Louis Langrée, Conductor

Martin Chalifour, Violin

Joanne Pearce Martin, Organ

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Jonathan Bailey Holland: Symphony (World Premiere)

  • Ravel: Tzigane

  • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, "Organ"

18 April, 2024 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Arngunnur Árnadóttir, Clarinet

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Mozart: Symphony No. 41

  • Messiaen: Abîme des oiseaux

  • Debussy: Première rhapsodie

  • Strauss Tod und Verklärung

4 May, 2024 | 2:00 & 4:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Narrator

Ari Hlynur Guðmundsson Yates, Illustrations

Iceland Ballet Academy

  • Stravinsky: From The Firebird

1 June, 2024 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir: METAXIS (world premiere)

6 June, 2024 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Christina Bock, Mezzo-Soprano

Vox feminae, Choir
Aurora, Choir
Reykjavík Girls' Choir

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Mahler: Symphony No.3

2023 Past Concerts

17 December, 2023 | 2:00 & 4:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, Soloist
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Soloist
Kolbrún Völkudóttir, Soloist

Barbara the Clown, Host​

16 December, 2023 | 2:00 & 4:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, Soloist
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Soloist
Kolbrún Völkudóttir, Soloist

Barbara the Clown, Host​

7 - 10 December, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Zubin Mehta, Conductor

Seong-Jin Cho, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor

  • Mahler: Symphony No.1 "Titan"

17 November, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

  • Glass: Symphony No.8

16 November, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra | Fílalag with the Iceland Symphony
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Bergur Ebbi and Snorri Helgason, Hosts

16 November, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Leila Josefowicz, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Veronique Vaka: Inmost (World Premiere)

  • Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2

  • Beethoven: Symphony No.3

4 - 5 November, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Khachaturian: Spartucus, Suite No. 2

  • Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano

  • Thomas Adès: Tower - for Frank Gehry

  • Janácek: Sinfonietta, Op.60 (1926)

27 - 29 October, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Pekka Kuusisto, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Salonen: Tiu (World Premiere)

  • Nico Muhly: Shrink

  • Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

28 October, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Symphonies for Youth  
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Laurel Irene, Soprano

Georgia Belmont, Soprano

Kitty McNamee, Director & Choreographer

Debbie Devine, Narrator

 

Allison Avina-Wyant, Guard lead, choreographer, costume designer

Matt Phan, Guard

Orlando Franco, Guard

Adrian Govea, Guard

Ceasar Avina-Wyant, Guard

Rand Ryan, Lighting designer

Lesley Gonzalez, Stage manager

  • Esa-Pekka Salonen: Wing on Wing​

24 October, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Modeling Sound
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

LA Phil New Music Group

Kinnara Gagaku

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Paul Jacobs, Organ

Frank Gehry, Architect

Maristella Casciato, Moderator

  • Kinnara Gagaku: Hyojyo no Netori and Etenraku

  • Boulez: Initiale

  • Stravinsky: Octet

  • Harrison: Concerto for Organ and Percussion

20 - 22 October, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Alpesh Chauhan, Conductor

Hilary Hahn, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Saad Haddad: Aysheen (World Premiere)

  • Sibelius: Violin Concerto

  • Tchaikovsky: Selections from Swan Lake

21 October, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Symphonies for Youth  
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Laurel Irene, Soprano

Georgia Belmont, Soprano

Kitty McNamee, Director & Choreographer

Debbie Devine, Narrator

Allison Avina-Wyant, Guard lead, choreographer, costume designer

Matt Phan, Guard

Orlando Franco, Guard

Adrian Govea, Guard

Ceasar Avina-Wyant, Guard

Rand Ryan, Lighting designer

Lesley Gonzalez, Stage manager

  • Esa-Pekka Salonen: Wing on Wing​

13 - 15 October, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, USA

Elim Chan, Conductor

Igor Levit, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Jessie Montgomery: Coincident Dances

  • Gershwin: Concerto in F

  • Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

6 October, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra |
Hallgrímskirkja | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Hallgrímskirkja Choir

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir: METACOSMOS

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Heyr þú oss himnum á

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Ad Genua

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir: ARCHORA

23 September, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra | A Love Story from the Mountains
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Jóhann Sigurðarson, Vocalist and Narrator

Guðún Helgadóttir, Story

Pétur Eggerz, Lyrics

Brian Pilkington, Illustrations

  • Grieg: Prelude from the Holberg Suite

  • Grieg: March of the Trolls

  • Guðni Franzson: A Love Story from the Mountains

5 October, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Kian Soltani, Cello

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Wagner: Overture to Parsifal

  • Elgar: Cello Concerto

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir: AION Symphony

14 September, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Emmanuel Pahud, Flute

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

  • Saint-Saëns: Odelette

  • Toru Takemitsu: I hear the Water Dreaming

  • Chaminade: Concertino

  • Brahms: Symphony No.1

7 September, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Eva Ollikainen, Conductor

Amalie Stalheim, Cello

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Daniel Bjarnason: I Want to Be Alive I: Echo / Narcissus

  • Anders Hillborg: Cello Concerto

  • Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem

  • Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
     

31 August, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Hollywood Bowl | Los Angeles, USA

Gemma New, Conductor

Nathan Cole, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Jessie Montgomery: Shift, Change, Turn

  • Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Seasons

  • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

29 August, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Hollywood Bowl | Los Angeles, USA

Simone Menezes, Conductor

Clara-Jumi Kang, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto

  • Beethoven: Symphony No.3

24 August, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Hollywood Bowl | Los Angeles, USA

Joe Hisaishi, Conductor

Janet Todd, Soprano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Hisaishi: Symphonic Variation "Merry-Go-Round" from Howl's Moving Castle

  • Debussy: La mer

  • Hisaishi: Da Ma Shi E

  • Hisaishi: Princess Mononoke Suite

22 August, 2023 | Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Hollywood Bowl | Los Angeles, USA

Teddy Abrams Conductor

Chris Thile, Mandolin and Vocals

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Thile: ATTENTION! A narrative song cycle for extroverted mandolinist and orchestra (West Coast premiere)

  • Jonathan Bailey Holland: The Comfort of Asymmetry (World premiere)

  • Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite

19 August, 2023 | 3:00 & 5:00PM | Iceland Symphony Orchestra | Open house on Culture Night  
Harpa Concert Hall | Reykjavik, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Vigdís Hafliðadóttir, Master of Ceremonies and Vocalist​

7 April, 2023 | Turku Philharmonic Orchestra | Turku Cathedral
Finland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Teppo Lampela, Countertenor

  • Locatelli: Sinfonia funebre

  • Fagerlund: Preghiera

  • Vivaldi: Filiae maestae Jerusalem

  • Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

  • Purcell: Chacony in G minor

  • Silvestrov: The Messenger

  • Händel: Largo (from Xerxes)

17 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony: Soundbox TOUR | Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg, Germany

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Nico Muhly, Curator

Yuja Wang, Piano

  • Muhly: Two Motets by William Byrd Miniature for Piano and Percussion

  • Maxwell Davies: Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavanes

  • Muhly: Miniature for Piano and Trombone

  • Shaw: Blueprint

  • Dowland: Time Stands Still / Edited by Nico Muhly

  • Adès: Les baricades mistérieuses

  • Bach: Prelude from Partita for Violin No. 3 BWV 1006

  • Salonen: Fog (for 13 instruments)

  • Muhly: Miniature for Piano and Viola

  • Billy Childs: Prelude and Allegro from Four Portraits for Solo Violin

  • György Kurtág Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit “Actus tragicus” BWV 106

16 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg, Germany

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

15 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg, Germany

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Johan Dalene, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Stucky: Radical Light

  • Barber: Violin Concerto

  • Salonen: Nyx

  • Bartok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

13 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Grand Théâtre
Luxembourg

11 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Philharmonie 1
Paris, France

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

10 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony TOUR | Philharmonie 1
Paris, France

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Johan Dalene, Violin

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Stucky: Radical Light

  • Barber: Violin Concerto

  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

9 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony: Soundbox TOUR | Salle Des Concerts,
Paris France

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Nico Muhly, Curator

Yuja Wang, Piano

  • Muhly: Two Motets by William Byrd Miniature for Piano and Percussion

  • Maxwell Davies: Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavanes

  • Muhly: Miniature for Piano and Trombone

  • Shaw: Blueprint

  • Dowland: Time Stands Still / Edited by Nico Muhly

  • Adès: Les baricades mistérieuses

  • Bach: Prelude from Partita for Violin No. 3 BWV 1006

  • Salonen: Fog (for 13 instruments)

  • Muhly: Miniature for Piano and Viola

  • Billy Childs: Prelude and Allegro from Four Portraits for Solo Violin

  • György Kurtág Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit “Actus tragicus” BWV 106

4 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony: Soundbox | Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Nico Muhly, Curator

Yuja Wang, Piano

1 - 2 March, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony | Davies Symphony Hall 
San Francisco, California

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails

  • Salonen: Nyx

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

23 February 2023 | Colburn Brass | Zipper Hall
Los Angeles, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Andrew Bain, Curator

  • Dukas: Fanfare to La Péri (arr. K.C. Kemmerer)

  • Gabrieli: Canzon per Sonar Noni Toni from Sacrae symphoniae (arr. T. Higgins)

  • Gabrieli: Canzon duodecimi toni à 10, C.178 from Sacrae symphoniae

  • Piazzolla: Tango Suite (arr. P. Bhasin)

  • Gabrieli: Canzona for 4 voices, C.178 (arr. T. Higgins)

  • Bach: Toccata for Organ in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. R. Sauer)

  • Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium for Brass Ensemble

21 February 2023 | Colburn String Ensemble | Zipper Hall 
Los Angeles, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Aubree Oliverson, Violin

  • Weinberg: Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra in G, Op.42

18 February 2023 | Colburn Brass | Saint Paul the Apostle Church
Los Angeles, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Andrew Bain, Curator

  • Dukas: Fanfare to La Péri (arr. K.C. Kemmerer)

  • Gabrieli: Canzon per Sonar Noni Toni from Sacrae symphoniae (arr. T. Higgins)

  • Gabrieli: Canzon duodecimi toni à 10, C.178 from Sacrae symphoniae

  • Piazzolla: Tango Suite (arr. P. Bhasin)

  • Gabrieli: Canzona for 4 voices, C.178 (arr. T. Higgins)

  • Bach: Toccata for Organ in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. R. Sauer)

  • Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium for Brass Ensemble

28 January, 2023 | Colburn Orchestra | Cerritos Performing Arts Center
Los Angeles, California

Simone Menezes, Conductor

Elena Mateo Saez, Bassoon

Ross Jamie Collins, Assistant Conductor

  • Guarnieri: Abertura Concertante

  • Crusell: Concertino for Bassoon

  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

13 & 14 January, 2023 | San Francisco Symphony: Soundbox | Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco, California

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

Conrad Tao, Curator

5, 6 & 7 January, 2023 | Iceland Symphony Orchestra: Viennese Favourites 
Harpa Concert Hall, Iceland

Ross Jamie Collins, Conductor

​Dísella Lárusdóttir, Soprano

Jóhann Kristinsson, Baritone

Þorkell Jónsson, Dancer
Denise Margrét Yaghi, Dancer
Gylfi Már Hrafnsson, Dancer
María Tinna Hauksdóttir, Dancer
Eiður Fannar Gapunay, Dancer
Þórdís Birna Kristmannsdóttir, Dancer

  • Viennese Waltzes and Polkas

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