Michael O'Brien

Michael O'Brien is listed as flute soloist with the Lexington Philharmonic in November 2026, on a program pairing Stacy Garrop's CHROMA with Kevin Puts's Marimba Concerto and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Beyond this listing, we do not have verified biographical details for this musician.

On this program, listeners can expect Garrop's CHROMA, a piece built around shifting instrumental colors, likely giving the flute prominent, textured lines that shade the orchestra's overall palette. The Puts Marimba Concerto centers on the marimba as the featured solo voice, so the flute's role here would be within the ensemble, weaving countermelodies and color around the mallet instrument's ringing tones. The evening closes with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a suite originally for piano and later orchestrated, in which the flute often carries some of the work's most vivid, bird-like or dance-like passages, such as the quick, chattering lines in movements depicting market scenes or playful characters. A listener new to this repertoire can expect a flute part that moves between blending into the orchestral fabric and stepping forward for brief, colorful solo turns.