Luminous Wings brings the Nebraska Crossroads Festival Orchestra back in 2026 for another year of deep collaboration, new music, and exhilarating performance. Inspired by birds, motion, and the bright creative energy of this year’s featured works, the program takes flight through music that shimmers, pulses, and soars.

The concert features works by Emmanuel Hovhannisyan, a new collaborative work co-written by Nebraska State Poet Jewel Rodgers and Fredrik Serholt, a new concerto for tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das and additional soloists co-written by Das, Marie Sønderskov, and Crossroads Artistic Director Erik Higgins, along with a new work by festival friend Valeri Tolstov.

Bringing together local and visiting artists, the Festival Orchestra embodies the collaborative spirit of Crossroads—music shaped by friendship, imagination, and the Festival’s creative energy.

WHAT: The festival’s orchestral finale

WHEN: Saturday, August 2nd at 4:00 pm

WHERE: Strauss Performing Arts Center, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE

DURATION: Two hours including intermission

GENRE: Classical Reimagined