About Angel Gil-Ordóñez
A frequent guest conductor across Europe, the United States and Latin America, Angel Gil-Ordóñez holds the positions of Music Director/Conductor of PostClassical Ensemble in Washington, D.C., Principal Guest Conductor of New York’s Perspectives Ensemble, and Music Director of the Georgetown University Orchestra. He also serves as advisor for education and programming for Trinitate Philharmonia, a program in León, Mexico, modeled on Venezuela’s El Sistema.
Concerts and presentations
Mahler Fourth: A Wicked New Look
Mahler Fourth presages the emergence of jazz: the music riffs on itself throughout, replacing “classical” repetition of themes with constant variation. PostClassical Ensemble premieres a new chamber version in which the symphony’s whirling scherzo becomes a concertino for bass trombone, showcasing one of the world’s great instrumentalists, David Taylor.
Hope in the Night
PostClassical Ensemble celebrates composer William Dawson and features a forgotten masterpiece from this major Black symphonist.
Web series
Up close with…
PostClassical Ensemble presents a new virtual series, Up Close With…, an in-depth virtual discussion with our musicians. In this series, we hope to inspire you by showcasing our players and featuring our music in a whole new way.
More than Music
At a moment when America’s performing arts institutions are challenged not merely to continue to function, but to function in new ways, PostClassical Ensemble undertakes a series of audio/video webcasts exploring the role of music in society.
News
In the press
PostClassical Ensemble gives Mahler’s 4th symphony ‘A Wicked New Look’
Concert review published on April 21, 2022 in The Washington Post
At "Hope in the Night," PostClassical Ensemble gives a Black composer an overdue spotlight
Concert review published on March 24, 2022 in The Washington Post
Gil-Ordóñez Conducts Revueltas & Copland
Disc review published on March 14, 2022 in The Art Music Lounge
Symphonische Filmmusik oder, ohne Bild, richtige Tondichtungen
Disc review published on March 12, 2022 in Pizzicato
Aaron Copland And The Spirit Of Labor Day
Podcast published on September 09, 2021 on NPR's 1A
New disc release
My thoughts Blog
Reflections on Silvestre Revueltas
Working on Spanish repertoire –the music with which I started my career as a conductor– has helped me to understand the music of all cultures.
Victoria, Falla and the Spanish tradition
Tomas Luis de Victoria is a product of the Siglo de Oro (“The Golden Century”) when Spain was the dominant European nation, Philip II was the powerful Spanish king – and Victoria was Europe’s greatest composer.
What they say about Angel Reviews
Invigorating… Gil-Ordóñez led a vital rendition.
Alex Ross The New Yorker
Angel Gil-Ordóñez' insight into Shostakovich's music is astounding.
Solomon Volkov author of Testimony