Tommy Mesa Gives Premiere Performance of Wynton Marsalis New Cello Concerto

Cellist Tommy Mesa performs Wynton Marsalis' newly commissioned cello concerto on March 10 at Orchestra Hall in Detroit, alongside Interlochen Arts Academy students and members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under conductor Cristian Măcelaru. The concerto received its world premiere on March 7 at Interlochen with Yo-Yo Ma as soloist, with Mesa taking the baton for the Detroit leg of the "Imagine US: Celebrating America at 250" tour. This program marking both the U.S. semiquincentennial and a century of partnership between Interlochen and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.