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Carnegie Hall DEBUT
We are thrilled to announce that on May 9, 2025, our Music Director, concert pianist Emilio De Mercato will debut in a piano recital at the Carnegie Hall in New York, proudly presented by the Alberta Symphony Orchestra Society.
Tickets are available and on sale at Emilio De Mercato, Piano | May 9, 2025 at 8 PM | Carnegie Hall
Emilio De Mercato makes his Weill Recital Hall debut performing Liszt’s “Après une lecture du Dante” on the 760th anniversary of the birth of the “Supreme Poet” Dante Alighieri and “Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104.” This transcendent diptych, closely relating to De Mercato’s Italian origins, is preceded by the treasured Kinderszenen by Schumann, and followed by Mussorgsky’s monumental Pictures at an Exhibition.
VERDI-SSIMO featured on the Edmonton Journal with an interview with our Music Director, Emilio De Mercato: click HERE
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February 18, 2021
ODE TO ASO
The Alberta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is a professional symphony orchestra and the first touring orchestra in Alberta and Canada.
Many towns and cities don’t have the opportunity or access to see live symphonic concerts and classical music performances. One of ASO’s main goals is to increase public awareness to the classical music culture by bringing the beauty of classical music to them.
VISION: Advance public appreciation of the arts by providing high-quality public performances of orchestral music throughout the Province of Alberta, nationally and internationally.
Emilio De Mercato, Music Director
The Alberta Symphony Orchestra’s mission is to integrate classical music into the lives of youth. We want to engage and connect with youth and new generations to spread the beauty and importance of the classical music culture.