LATEST PERFORMANCES
Darryl Kubian recently performed as theremin soloist with the Nashville Symphony on January 21, 2026 - appearing in Miklós Rózsa’s Spellbound Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The work - adapted from Rózsa’s iconic score for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Spellbound - features the theremin as a central solo voice within the orchestra. A wonderful week with a great orchestra in Nashville!
IN THE NEWS
Music City Review of Nashville Symphony concert, with Darryl Kubian (theremin)
Darryl Kubian was featured in a recent Music City Review article on the Nashville Symphony’s January 21, 2026 concert, conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
In Miklós Rózsa’s Spellbound Concerto, the review highlights the theremin in the work, and Darryl's performance on the instrument: "Darryl Kubian, who skillfully navigated the fine line between blending seamlessly with the NSOs’ melodic instruments while emerging from the composite texture just enough to elicit in perceivers a sense of the uncanny."
Houston Chronicle Article on the Theremin, featuring Darryl Kubian
"When the Houston Ballet opens its season on Sept. 6, with "The Little Mermaid", there will be an unusual instrument in the orchestra pit.
The theremin, which famed music critic Harold C. Schonberg once described as a “cello lost in a dense fog, crying because it does not know how to get home,” has not just a fascinating sound but a history to match. [...]"
Click below to read the article and access a video clip from the Houston Chronicle:
