2009-2010 is Joshua Roman's season of debuts as concerto soloist. The 25-year-old former principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony also continues as artistic director of the TownMusic chamber music series in Seattle where he will premiere a new sonata by Dan Visconti in June. Catch the orchestral debuts of Musical America's "New Artist of the Month" (Aug. 09):

• Oct. 9 & 10: New Philharmonic; Glen Ellyn, IL; Kirk Muspratt-cond. (Shostakovich: Cello Cto. No. 1)
• Oct. 16: Lexington Philharmonic (Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations)
• Nov. 7 & 8: Arkansas Symphony (Schumann: Cello Cto.)
• Feb. 27: Signature Symphony; Tulsa, OK; Barry Epperley-cond. (Rosza: Cello Cto.)
• March 20 & 21: Santa Barbara Symphony; Mark Russell Smith-cond. (Golijov: Ausencia for solo cello & strings; Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations)
• April 23: Albany Symphony; David Alan Miller-cond. (Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations)
  

For more information, visit JoshuaRoman.com or the Opus 3 Artists web site.  

Following a jet-setting summer at the festivals of Verbier, Aix-en-Provence, Lucerne, and Saratoga, plus concerts with Gustavo Dudamel in Caracas, 29-year-old Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein will perform a host of high-profile U.S. dates and debuts this season, including:

• Oct. 9-11: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra debut; Hans Graf-cond. (Shostakovich: Piano Cto. No. 2)
• Oct. 23-25: Detroit Symphony; Charles Greenwell-cond. (Rachmaninoff: Piano Cto. No. 3)
• Jan. 6: Kennedy Center launch of a tour with cellist Steven Isserlis that includes San Francisco (Jan. 10)
• Jan. 15-17: Houston Symphony; Hans Graf-cond. (Gershwin: Rhapsody; Ravel: Piano Cto. in G)
• March 4-6: Chicago Symphony debut; Charles Dutoit-cond. (Rachmaninoff: Piano Cto. No. 2)  
• March 11-13: Atlanta Symphony debut; Vassily Sinaisky-cond. (Liszt: Piano Cto. No. 2)
  

For more information, visit KirillGerstein.com or CM Artists web site. 

This past summer, Inon Barnatan played at a number of U.S. festivals, including his Cleveland Orchestra debut at Blossom.  Now the 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner dons his curator hat for Schubert Ascending, a three-concert series with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center featuring music from the last year of Schubert's life, which the 30-year-old pianist also presented at the Concertgebouw and the Library of Congress.  Barnatan's 2009-2010 season highlights include:  

• Oct:  Beethoven Ctos. Nos. 2, 3 & 5 with orchestras in Oregon, Connecticut & Georgia
• Oct. 24: 92nd Street Y, NYC (Tokyo Quartet Beethoven Project)
• Nov. 6, 8, 10: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, NYC (Schubert Ascending concerts)
• Nov., Feb. & May: Netherlands & Italy recital tours
• Jan. 23: Met Museum, NYC (Mendelssohn, including a U.S. premiere)
• May 16: Wigmore Hall solo recital, London, UK
• July 13:  Philadelphia Orchestra debut, Vail, CO
  

For more information, visit InonBarnatan.com or the Opus 3 Artists web site.