The All-Star Orchestra Nominated for Two 2024 New York Emmy® Awards

“The Pines of Rome, and the Restless Sea,” from the fifth season, receives nominations in two categories

August 1, 2024 (New York) — The All-Star Orchestra, an ensemble comprising top musicians from the best orchestras across the country to perform under Music Director Gerard Schwarz, is proud to announce that it has been nominated for two New York Emmy® Awards. The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has selected the episode “The Pines of Rome, and the Restless Sea” — episode 502, season 5 — to be nominated in the “Arts/Entertainment (Long-Form Content)” and “Audio – Live / Post Production” categories. The 67th Annual Emmy® Awards will be presented on October 26 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

The hourlong episode originally aired in July 2023 on WNET, the New York PBS affiliate (channel 13). It features exhilarating performances of music by Ottorino Respighi and Claude Debussy. The Pines of Rome, Respighi’s great orchestral showpiece, unites nature with the history of Rome, “the Eternal City,” in thrilling tone pictures, while Debussy’s impressionist masterpiece La Mer (“The Sea”) portrays the ever-changing sea in its many moods and colors. Congratulations to the musicians of the All-Star Orchestra, Maestro Schwarz, video director Habib Azar, recording engineer/editor Dmitriy Lipay, audio producer/mastering mix engineer Alexander Lipay, video editor Andrew Mayatskiy, executive director Paul Schwendener, and everyone else who was involved in the making of “The Pines of Rome, and the Restless Sea” and the whole series.

Now in its second decade, the nine-time Emmy® Award-winning All-Star Orchestra gives viewers a front-row seat to the world’s greatest music. The series features classical masterpieces and new works from leading contemporary American composers, aiming to expose a broad audience to classical music while keeping the experience accessible. Besides presenting performances of classical and contemporary works, the programs feature musical excerpts, images, interviews and educational commentary by Maestro Schwarz, the All-Star Orchestra musicians, and special guests. 

In 2021, the All-Star Orchestra received its eighth and ninth Emmy awards at the 64th Annual New York Emmy® Awards Ceremony. “From Italy and Hungary with Love,” a program featuring music by Mendelssohn and Kodaly, won in the “Special Event — Edited” category. That episode also received an Emmy in the “Audio Post-production” category.

The All-Star Orchestra series has been broadcast nationwide on public television since 2013, and previously won Emmy® awards in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. 

The All-Star Orchestra recently announced the multifaceted programming for its sixth season, starting in fall 2024, which consists of “A Symphonic Organ Spectacular,” with music by Saint-Saëns and Carlos Chávez; “Symphonic Metamorphosis,” with works by Paul Hindemith, Franz Liszt, and Anton Webern; “Concerto for Orchestra,” featuring the masterpiece by Béla Bartók, and Bach; and “Schubert’s Immortal Unfinished Symphony,” also featuring music by American composers David Diamond and Joan Tower.

• To view “The Pines of Rome, and the Restless Sea,” click HERE. 
• For more information, visit allstarorchestra.org.
• For a shareable 30-second preview of the All-Star Orchestra's 2024 season, click HERE.
• All-Star Orchestra 2024 photos are available HERE (Photo credit: “All-Star Orchestra”)

More about The All-Star Orchestra
In addition to performances of classical and contemporary works, the programs of the All-Star Orchestra also feature musical excerpts, images, interviews and educational commentary by Maestro Schwarz, the All-Star Orchestra musicians, and special guests. 

The All-Star Orchestra’s Music Education Academy — in partnership with the Khan Academy — was founded in 2014 to bring great classical music to millions of students. Online features and lessons present unique content, including award-winning HD video, and enable self-learning via the Khan Academy — the world’s leading free education website. 

The All-Star Orchestra is made possible by generous contributions from the Estate of David Endicott Gannett, Peter Gottsegen, the Park Foundation, the Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences, Rebecca Benaroya, Agnes Gund, Jerald E. Farley, Marlys and Ralph Palumbo, Susan Hutchison, Alan Benaroya, Bernice and Sanford Grossman, Betty Lou Treiger, Joan S. Watjen, Susan and Elihu Rose, the Milken Family Foundation, Benita and Charles Staadecker, Vivian Serota, Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth, and Judi Flom, among others.

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