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Samy Rachid

  • Samy Rachid wears a navy suit and stands against a black background, smiling at the camera. Olivier Latry wears a white button down and holds a gray suit jacket over one shoulder. He stands outside with trees behind him, and he smiles softly at the camera.
    Rachid Conducts Berlioz, Gandolfi, and Saint-Saëns at Symphony Hall
    In an encore broadcast, Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid makes his BSO subscription debut conducting Berlioz’s “Waverley” Overture and two pieces for organ and orchestra, featuring Olivier Latry: Michael Gandolfi’s “Ascending Light” and Camille Saint-Saëns’s Third Symphony.
  • From left to right: cellist Yo-Yo Ma, composer Camille Pépin, and conductor Samy Rachid
    Yo-Yo Ma, Samy Rachid, and Pépin’s “Un Monde nouveau” at Tanglewood
    BSO Assistant Conductor Rachid leads an exciting program featuring the American premiere of Camille Pépin’s Un Monde nouveau, Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, and Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1, with soloist Yo-Yo Ma.
  • Midori wears a black dress with lace sleeves. Her dark hair is slicked back into a bun, and a pearl hangs from her ear. She holds her violin across her chest, and she smiles softly at the camera.
    Midori at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    In an encore broadcast, BSO Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid leads the orchestra for the first time in an all-Russian program that includes Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and the blazing Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky.
  • Clockwise from top left: María Dueñas, Kristine Opolais, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, Elim Chan, Carlos Simon
    Blog
    The 2025 Tanglewood Season
    The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its next summer season in the Berkshires, highlighted by Puccini's "Tosca," a new concerto by John Williams, and a celebration of Keith Lockhart's 30th anniversary as Boston Pops Conductor.