Marcelo Lehninger will make another unexpected appearance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on January 5th, 6th and 7th, filling in for conductor Andris Nelsons who will not be able to perform. The program consists of Haydn’s Symphony No.88, Turnage’s From the Wreckage (American premier) and Strauss’ Thus spake Zarathustra.

Maestro Lehninger performed in Canada for the first time on November 5th, 2011 conducting the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
at the Ronald V. Joyce Centre for the Performing Arts in Hamilton, Ontario. The program was: Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, Debussy’a Puerta del vino (orch. Matthews), Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain
(with pianist Stewart Goodyear as soloist) and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel).

Marcelo Lehninger conducted a performance with the NEC Philharmonia in the fall of 2011. The concert took place at Jordan Hall in Boston on October 26th and the program included Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven’s 6th Symphony “Pastoral”.

Marcelo Lehninger will conduct a subscription night with the BSO at Symphony Hall on February 21st, 2012. Program includes Ravel`s Mother Goose Suite, Stravinsky`s Concerto for piano and winds, with Peter Serkin as soloist, and Shostakovich`s Symphony No.5. Don`t miss it!

At the Miller Outdoor Theatre, in front of an audience of over five thousand, Marcelo Lehninger made his Houston Symphony debut on June 18th, 2011. The program included Wagner`s Tristan and Isolde, Bernstein`s West Side Story and Bruch`s 1st Violin Concerto with the young, rising star, violinist Chad Hoopes as soloist.

Lehninger made a short visit to his native country to conduct captivating performances of Mozart`s C minor Mass in the recently renovated and historic Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater. The two thousand seats of the city`s opera house, built in 1909, were sold out on both performance days.

Marcelo Lehninger received rave reviews for his Carnegie Hall debut leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra and violinist Christian Tetzlaff in the New York premier of a new violin concerto by Harrison Birtwistle as well as the Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2. The laudatory sentiment was summarized in The New York Times review by Anthony Tommasini entitled, Boston Symphony Shows Verve Even Without Levine. Taking Mr. Levine`s place was Marcelo Lehninger, 31, a Brazilian-born assistant conductor at the Boston Symphony, who led the program this month in Boston. He was terrific, conducting all three works with impressive technique, musical insight and youthful energy. The orchestra sounded great.

With short notice, Marcelo Lehninger conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in four performances designated to Maestro Levine at Symphony Hall. Collaborating with German violinist Christian Tetzlaff, the program included Bartok`s 2nd Violin Concerto and the world premier of the BSO commissioned Harrison Birtwistle`s Violin Concerto.

Chosen as one of the six conductors from across the country to participate in the 2011 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, organized by the League of American Orchestras, Marcelo Lehninger enthusiastically led the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans. Laurence Vittes wrote at the Huffington Post, Marcelo Lehninger… moved effortlessly on the podium, seemingly asking very little and yet always getting back a lot, often with lightly exhilarating élan. Feline in every move he made, less concerned with gaining ground through mindless movement than with beauty and grace of phrase.

Called at the last minute, Marcelo Lehninger flew to Los Angeles to conduct three performances with the New West Symphony Orchestra. Rita Moran wrote in the Ventura County Star, All together, the musical team brought out the best in the music and Lehninger brought out the best in the players.

Marcelo Lehninger`s one year in Belo Horizonte resulted in a very successful season with the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra. As Associate Conductor, he conducted more than twenty concerts with the ensemble, premiered five pieces of Brazilian contemporary composers at the Fresh Ink Festival, substituted last minute for guest conductor Sir Raymond Leppard on a subscription night, toured with the orchestra throughout the state of Minas Gerais, and cultivated a loyal following for the Sunday morning Family Concerts. Lehninger summarized his reasons for leaving Brazil and moving back to the US, `Flying between Belo Horizonte and Boston is certainly not an easy commute, I therefore needed to move back to the United States and dedicate my energies to working with the Boston Symphony. My relationship with the Minas Gerais Philharmonic will continue and I am returning to guest conduct the orchestra in 2012.`

Marcelo Lehninger made his debut with the Boston Symphony, leading four concerts at Symphony Hall in October 2010. In a program that also included Barber and Tchaikovsky, Pinchas Zukerman was the soloist for Beethoven`s Violin Concerto. Jeremy Eichler wrote in the Boston Globe, Lehninger was impressively poised in the Tchaikovsky and maintained good musical contact with the orchestra. He drew an intriguingly dark and mysterious tone from the lower strings to open the Andante cantabile, and moments in the outer movements crackled with electricity. For its part, the orchestra played brilliantly for Lehninger. Judging from the ovation in the hall, the crowd was behind him, too.