David Hattner with violin soloist Inés Voglar Belgique and American composer Giancarlo Castro D'Addona
Having directed more than 75 orchestral works by over 45 American composers, David Hattner is profoundly committed to increasing appreciation for the American orchestral cannon.
Known for his encyclopedic knowledge of American classical music, Hattner offers programming that is relevant, thoughtful, and “especially attractive.” (The Chicago Tribune)
Czech-American composer Tomáš Svoboda with David Hattner
David Hattner with American composer and conductor Jacob Avshalomov
David Hattner with American composer Kenji Bunch
American Composers Performed since 2008:
Leroy Anderson
Efrain Amaya
Stephen Amundson
David Avshalomov*
Jacob Avshalomov* (2)
Samuel Barber (5)
Amy Beach
Mason Bates
Marion Bauer*
William Bergsma
Leonard Bernstein (2)
Ernest Bloch* (4)
Kenji Bunch* (5)
John Barnes Chance
Carlos Chavez
Aaron Copland (3)
Henry Cowell (3)
Giancarlo Castro D’Addona* (2)
Stephen Dankner (2)
David Diamond
Richard Einhorn
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
George Gershwin
Osvaldo Golijov
Charles Griffes
Howard Hanson (2)
John Harbison
Bernard Herrmann
Charles Ives
Jennifer Higdon
Debra Kaye
Jonathan Newman*
Walter Piston (2)
Sylvestre Revueltas
Wallingford Riegger (4)
Kareem Roustom
Peter Schickele
Bruce Stark
James Stephenson (5)
John Phillip Sousa (2)
Tomas Svoboda* (3)
William Grant Still
Deems Taylor
Christopher Theofanidis (2)
Kevin Walczyk*
*=Oregon Composers
David Hattner with soloist David Shifrin and composer James Stephenson, at the West Coast Premiere of his Clarinet Concerto: Liquid Melancholy