Pictures from an Exhibition with Daniele Rustioni

Newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor of The Metropolitan Opera, Daniele Rustioni makes his SPAC debut leading Musorgsky’s evocative Pictures from an Exhibition, a work that has thrilled audiences since its 1874 premiere and inspired generations of musicians—including the 1970s rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer.  

  The program also features Korngold’s soaring Violin Concerto, with celebrated violinist Bomsori Kim making her SPAC and Orchestra debut, and Rossini’s exuberant Overture to Semiramide. Experience this imaginative, powerful music brought vividly to life. 

Tickets go on sale to the public on Wednesday, March 25 at 10AM. ​

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This program is approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes long, inclusive of one intermission. 

Daniele Rustioni* | conductor
Bomsori Kim* | violin 

*Indicates SPAC debut 

Daniele Rustioni, 42, is one of the most compelling conductors of his generation and is a major presence with the leading international symphony orchestras, opera houses and festivals. 

He is Principal Guest Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, Principal Guest Conductor Designate of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Emeritus of the Opéra National de Lyon, Music Director Laureate of the Ulster Orchestra, and Conductor Emeritus of the Orchestra della Toscana in Florence. 

Highlights of the 2025–2026 season include debuts with Orchestre National de France at the Philharmonie de Paris, The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Enescu Philharmonic at Romanian Athenaeum, Orchestra del Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, the Vienna State Opera with a new production of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles, the Shanghai Grand Theater leading the Bavarian State Opera on tour with Verdi’s Otello, and the Herkulessaal der Münchner Residenz conducting Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. He returns to the Pittsburgh Symphony, BBC Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Philharmonia Zürich, the Opernfestspiele at the Bavarian State Opera with Weber’s Der Freischütz, the Aix-en-Provence Festival with Verdi’s Les vêpres siciliennes and the Teatro alla Scala with a new production of Gounod’s Faust. In September 2025 he replaced Zubin Mehta in the inaugural concert of the Respighi Festival in Bologna with Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps and Respighi’s Fountains and Pines of Rome. 

Rustioni was born in Milan and began his career in 1993 as a member of Teatro alla Scala’s children’s chorus. He continued his studies at the Milan Conservatory “G.Verdi” (where he graduated in Organ, Piano, Composition and Orchestral Conducting), La Scala Academy (as a répétiteur), Sienna’s Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Diploma d’Onore in Conducting) and London’s Royal Academy of Music (AssociateRAM). He resides in London with his wife violinist Francesca Dego and their daughter. 

Highlights of Bomsori’s 2024/25 season include opening with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Santtu-Matias Rouvali, debuting with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Fabio Luisi, and touring with the Bamberg Symphony and Jakub Hrůša in Germany and Asia. She will also debut with the RSB Orchestra Berlin, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and at Wigmore Hall, as well as return to the Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra and Ryan Bancroft, and to Hong Kong with Paavo Järvi.

Recent highlights include her debuts at the BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic and at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She toured with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich and Paavo Järvi, and debuted with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España. She also performed with the Vienna Symphony at the Vienna Konzerthaus and made her Concertgebouw debut with the Residentie Orkest.

Bomsori is a regular guest at renowned festivals like the Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and Verbier Festival. In 2021, she became the Focus Artist of the Rheingau Musik Festival and began a 5-year residency at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival as Menuhin’s Heritage Artist.

She has worked with leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Esteemed conductors she has collaborated with include Fabio Luisi, Paavo Järvi, Marin Alsop, and Jaap van Zweden.

Bomsori has performed at prestigious venues such as Vienna’s Musikverein, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Berlin Philharmonic, and Carnegie Hall in New York.

She is a prizewinner of the ARD International Music Competition, Tchaikovsky International Competition, Queen Elisabeth Competition, and the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition. She has received awards including the Young Artist Award from the Korean Ministry of Culture.

Her discography with Deutsche Grammophon includes *Violin on Stage* with the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic and a duo album with Rafał Blechacz featuring works by Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski, and Chopin, which won the Fryderyk Music Award for “Best Polish Album Abroad.” Her latest recording of the Nielsen Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi won the 2024 BBC Music Magazine Award,

Born in South Korea, Bomsori studied at Seoul National University with Young Uck Kim and at The Juilliard School with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes. She performs on the 1725 Guarnerius del Gesù violin “ex-Moller,” generously loaned by The Samsung Foundation of Culture and The Stradivari Society of Chicago.

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