Tommy Mesa to Continue As Exclusive Soloist for Montgomery Cello Concerto

After giving the world premiere and subsequent tours of Jessie Montgomery’s cello concerto Divided this season, Tommy Mesa will continue as the work’s exclusive soloist through March 2025. Next season, Mesa will perform the work both on its own and paired with more traditional repertoire at orchestras including the Ann Arbor, Columbus, Greenwich, and Quad City symphony orchestras and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, among others. Deutsche Grammophon also recorded Mesa performing the work with the Sphinx Virtuosi earlier this spring, to be released next season.