![Julia Wolfe's new symphony All That Breathes being performed on stage](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_500_x_281/public/2024-04/unnamed%20%283%29.jpg?h=d19c31c6&itok=7Y_zuHy-)
The Cincinnati Symphony has invited Julia Wolfe to be the inaugural Festival Director of the 2024 May Festival. Concerts will feature the world premiere of Wolfe's All that breathes, a new choral fanfare commissioned by the Festival, alongside her major compositions Her Story, Pretty and Anthracite Fields; plus works by her longtime collaborators and Bang on a Can co-founders Michael Gordon and David Lang, as well as treasured works from the repertoire.