Composer

Cello Concerto No. 1 in B minor (1895) Antonín Dvořák

Gateways (1993) Daniel Asia

Ever wonder what makes the Minnesota Orchestra sound so great? This concert provides four reasons with Haydn’s Sinfonia concertante, which allows a quartet of players to shine. To set the scene, Caroline Shaw riffs on one of Haydn’s quartets, and we close with Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony, partially inspired by his time in the Upper Midwest.

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Dvořák New World Symphony

Orchestra Hall

Concert in Madrid

National Music Auditorium, Madrid

Celebrate New York City’s 400th anniversary with music indelibly linked to the NY Phil’s hometown. Dvořák wrote his iconic New World Symphony while living in New York. Travel back to jazz-age NYC with Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F — featuring soloist Hélène Grimaud — and to the golden age of Broadway with music from Bernstein’s On the Town. Gustavo Gimeno conducts in his NY Phil debut.

Dvořák’s New World, Bernstein & Gershwin

David Geffen Hall

Awarded the International Beethoven Prize for Human Rights and Freedom in 2016, Say describes himself as ‘a bridge-builder between cultures.’

Santtu and Fazıl Say

Southbank Centre

The 29th Made in Prague Festival concludes in grand style with a gala celebrating Czech violin virtuoso Pavel Šporcl, whose expressive artistry and dazzling technique have enthralled audiences worldwide.

Made in Prague Festival Finale with Pavel Šporcl

Holy Sepulchre Church

Celebrated Turkish pianist-composer Fazıl Say performs his own new piano concerto, in an afternoon of music rooted in the earth of home.   

Awarded the International Beethoven Prize for Human Rights and Freedom in 2016, Say describes himself as ‘a bridge-builder between cultures.’ His music is a brilliantly effective blend of Western and Middle Eastern classical traditions, and his live performances are ‘one of a kind… full of energy and brilliance’ (Bachtrack).    

The Quatrâmes quartet's repertoire is vast, from baroque to classical, including arrangements of tangos, opera arias, and film music. These musicians, members of the Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie, will offer you unforgettable musical moments and share with you their passion and love for music.

Quatrâmes Quartet

Espace Culturel François Calvet

For lovers of cellos and double basses, the festive season begins early. Under the name Virtuosi di basso, members of the Czech Philharmonic’s lower string sections join forces for a spirited concert. Brilliant arrangements of Rossini and West Side Story will showcase their musical flair, while sacred Baroque songs of The Czech Lute and Christmas carols will see them honour tradition.

Advent Concert I • Virtuosi di Basso

Rudolfinum

This Thanksgiving, explore cultural roots and the concept of “home.” Simon’s Tales draws on African American folklore, traditions, and spirituals, while Bielawa connects to violin solist Tessa Lark's American roots in Appalachia in her work PULSE. Copland’s theme from Appalachian Spring, based on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts,” evokes simplicity, peace, and community. In contrast, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7, written during a period of personal struggle, reflects his Czech heritage and the political turmoil of his homeland.

Dvořák Symphony No. 7

Cincinnati Music Hall

Guest Concert

Konzerthaus Karlsruhe

Imagine this: Three sailors go ashore for their 24-hour vacation to discover New York. They experience the most incredible adventures in this vast city that never sleeps. And...

Overseas

Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen

Award-winning Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández returns to Symphony Hall to perform one of the most beloved works in the cello repertoire. Written while the composer was living and teaching in the U.S., Dvořák’s Cello Concerto weaves a virtuosic solo line into a rich orchestral tapestry that both pays tribute to and draws inspiration from his Bohemian homeland. The Eighth Symphony is a similarly folk-inspired work, warm and full of charm. Filled with folk dance rhythms and unexpected harmonic shifts, it captures the composer’s deep connection to his home.

Dvořák Symphony No. 8 and Cello Concerto with Pablo Ferrández

Boston Symphony Orchestra

New Worlds: Jaime conducts Cheetham Fraillon and Dvořák

Deakin University Geelong Waterfront Campus

Arts Centre Melbourne

Jaap van Zweden and Emanuel Ax

Lotte World Mall

Seoul Arts Center

ATTACCA Concert: Great Romanticism

Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding

Around 1920, the composer Emánuel Moór had the vision of building the piano of the future. His duplex piano with two manuals was born out of the spirit of the late Romantic period and offers even more tonal colours and a greater richness of sound. On an ordinary piano, one touch of the keys causes a hammer to strike the string. With the duplex piano, two hammers can be coupled: one keystroke then produces two tones simultaneously. This doubling of the tones leads to an unimagined fullness of sound in the forte, and to a magical brilliance of sound in the piano. The two manuals allow for differentiated layers of sound.

Duplex Piano – The Piano with Two Manuals

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

35 years of partnership with Prague is reason enough for a concert with Czech music! Smetana and Dvořák are two of our neighbouring country's most famous composers and they are represented alongside a string quartet by Hans Krása, written in 1935. Stylistically, this work occupies a fascinating space between tradition and modern sounds.

Prague – Music From Nu­rem­ber­g's Part­ner City

Nuremberg State Theater

Since 2010, chamber music ensembles of the Staatskapelle have been performing at the Bode Museum, a jewel of Berlin's museum landscape. Matinee concerts lasting just over an hour in the Gobelin Hall, with diverse programs that include music from the Baroque and Classical periods as well as works from the Romantic and Modern periods, can easily lead into further hours in the museum—for example, with a guided tour of the exhibition and the "Artwork of the Day," a private tour, or a culinary finale in the stylish museum café.

Museum Concert II

UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Museumsinsel

The Carnival of Animals

San Carlo Theatre

Music that brings stillness. It may sound paradoxical, but that’s exactly the goal of Casco Phil’s INKEER concerts. Together with a professional meditation specialist, Casco Phil’s string quartet offers a counterbalance to our hectic, digital, hyper-fast daily lives. The quest for inner peace is timeless. From the intricate vocal weavings of Palestrina, Allegri and Mechelen-born Philippus de Monte to the impressionistic colour palettes of Ravel and Debussy: old and new meet in a search for inner calm that makes you forget time—even if just for a moment.

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Mechelen Public Library Het Predikheren

Spanish rhythms, Slavic dances: hardly any other art form can take you across the globe as quickly and convincingly as the characteristic music of different peoples. Transformed and incorporated, as a type or echo, as a quotation or starting point for something new, folk music has been an indispensable source of inspiration for even the greatest composers throughout all eras. This magnificent program, featuring a highly prominent ensemble, makes this clear. Sir Antonio Pappano was Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for many years and is now Chief Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. With the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the young but already internationally acclaimed Spanish violinist María Dueñas, he first draws on the enthusiasm for Spain of Édouard Lalo, who wrote a thrilling four-movement violin concerto entitled "Symphonie espagnole" for the virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate. Afterwards, furiant, polka and other dances reign in the fantastic sequence of the “Slovanské tance” by Antonín Dvořák, created after the model of Brahms' “Hungarian Dances”: It gets your feet moving!

Sparkling rhythms

Esterházy Palace

UC Berkeley Philharmonia Orchestra

UC Berkeley Department of Music

Heroes are dangerous – they can inspire us to great things, or, if they stumble, shatter our illusions. Elysium by Samy Moussa finds us in the everlasting paradise where heroes dwell; majestic, virtuous and ecstatically triumphant. Beethoven’s Third Symphony lost its original dedication when Napoleon turned from hero to villain and the epigraph simply became ‘Heroic... dedicated to the memory of a great man’; this extraordinary, revolutionary symphony makes a hero of Beethoven himself. Dvořák’s Violin Concerto was not written for a hero so much as a friend and collaborator in Joseph Joachim and it is bursting with Czech folk music influences, especially in its skirling, dancing final movement.

Ulster Orchestra: The Hero's Journey

Ulster Hall

Acclaimed conductor Dalia Stasevska returns to Severance for two evocative musical depictions of the American continent. Informed by African American spirituals, Indigenous melodies, and Czech folk songs, Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony proceeds from one memorable tune to another, including its exquisitely yearning slow movement and rollicking finale. Revueltas’s cinematic La Noche de los Mayas takes us farther south for a sonic feast of Yucatán rhythms.

Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Severance Music Center

“Colors dance, moods swing, and Chen’s artistry blazes.” (The Times) 

“Ray Chen can do pretty much anything he wants on the violin.” (The Washington Post)

Born in Taiwan and raised in Australia, Ray Chen was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music at age 15 and captured the world’s attention as First Prize winner of both the Yehudi Menuhin and Queen Elizabeth Competitions. Profiled as “one to watch” by The Strad and Gramophone magazines, his profile has grown to be featured in the Forbes list of 30 most influential Asians under 30, and appearances in the TV series Mozart in the Jungle. He plays the 1715 “Joachim” Stradivarius violin, once owned by the famed Hungarian violinist, Joseph Joachim.

Ray Chen, violin, with Julio Elizalde, piano

The Royal Conservatory of Music

"Relaxed" events are designed for individuals on the autism spectrum and with other sensory sensitivities. Our culture can be unforgiving if you're unable to conform to the standard concert etiquette of quietly sitting still for extended periods. This excludes individuals who are unable to sit still or who may express emotions such as joy or excitement through vocalization. This relaxed open rehearsal aims to remove barriers, allowing everyone to be themselves and enjoy a musical experience in a safe and judgement-free environment.

Relaxed Open Rehearsal: New World Symphony

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Poway Symphony Orchestra opens its season with an all-Dvořák celebration of melody, heart and heritage. Inspired by his stay in the United States, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) captures both the grandeur of American landscapes and the composer's Bohemian soul—one of the most beloved symphonies in the repertoire. The program also features Dvořák’s passionate and deeply lyrical Cello Concerto, widely regarded as the finest of its kind. Rising cello virtuoso Cello (Qiele) Guo brings both technical brilliance and emotional depth to this iconic work. A powerful and moving start to the season.

Dvořák in America

Poway Center for the Performing Arts

Miami Symphony Orchestra opens its 2025-26 season at the Knight Concert Hall November 16 with a powerful evening of symphonic beauty and emotional depth. Under the direction of Maestro Eduardo Marturet and featuring cellist Anna Litvinenko, this Grand Season Opening sets the tone for a year of unforgettable musical experiences.

Miami Symphony Orchestra: Grand Season Opening

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

A note from the Maestro: Our second concert in the 130th Season Masterworks series focuses on orchestral Americana with compositional styles that are as wide-reaching as the American frontier. Dvořák is well known for the style in which he culls musical material from traditional folk sources, and the Symphony No. 8 is laden with tunes he heard while composing in America. The new violin concerto by Wynton Marsalis blends jazz, blues and other classic folk styles into a canvas of American life and dreams and, in the music of William Grant Still, we hear a composer influenced by melodies and motives from the black American community as he skillfully weaves this material into traditional symphonic forms.

Symphonic Glory

University of Maine

An afternoon of irresistible, intriguing, soulfully-expressed music performed by Maestro Daniel Stewart and musical friends.

Danny & Friends

Cabrillo College

Each season ticket purchase will provide you with one ticket to each of the upcoming six concerts of the season. If there is a concert you cannot attend, we can either donate your ticket to a student/veteran or provide you with extra tickets to a different concert date.

The Great New World Symphony

La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt) regularly performs its chamber music concerts at the Homberg (Efze) town hall. This time, musicians from within the orchestra will present a captivating quintet program featuring works by Antonín Dvořák. The two chamber music pieces to be experienced are brimming with the musical tradition and inexhaustible spirit of the Czech metropolis on the Vltava River. One is delightfully light in tone and lyrical, inviting the listener to sing along; the other is rich in melodic invention, lush sound, masterful form, and late-Romantic pathos.

Greetings from Prague

Hessischer Rundfunk

City Hall Homberg (Efze)

simmering sensation lingers beneath the surface: In "Shadows of Stillness," Nina Šenk captures the anxiety of the standstill during the first weeks of the coronavirus lockdown. A touch of escapism hangs over Richard Strauss's oboe concerto:its idyllic tone and transparent texture give little clue to the circumstances under which the work was created. It was the first multi-movement orchestral work written by Strauss, then already 81 years old, after the end of the Second World War, a "great, yet unemotional swan song for a destroyed musical language" (Reinhard Schulz). With the peppery third movement, "Furiant," Antonín Dvořák gave his Symphony No. 6 a distinctly Bohemian character—at the same time, many details reveal a close influence from Dvořák's friend and patron, Johannes Brahms. This symphony brought him worldwide fame.

3rd Symphony Concert

Eurogress Aachen

Antonín Dvořák embraced the sounds of his new American home, adopting the country’s rich musical traditions to create one of the most famous symphonies of all time. Inspired by Dvořák, Glanert’s Cello Concerto heralds the return of virtuoso Johannes Moser.  

Dvořák's New World Symphony

New World Center

The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia presents Dvořák's Mass

Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia - Masterworks 2 - DVOŘÁK MASS

Charlottesville High School

University of Virginia

Cycle Two: Echoes Of Triumph

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Arizona

DesertView Performing Arts Center

A program that invites you on a journey through a vibrant musical landscape, blending the bold and contemporary with the timeless and profound. This exciting program presents the Western U.S. premiere of a new composition titled Rainn by Karena Ingram, a rising star in contemporary composition. Her evocative work explores the fluidity of nature and emotion and is presented in collaboration with the League of American Orchestras’ Toulmin Commissions Program. Portland piano virtuoso Maria Garcia performs the dramatic elegance of Lūcija Garūta’s Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor — a hidden gem of the 20th-century repertoire, brimming with intensity, lyricism, and dazzling virtuosity. The program closes with the radiance of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major, a celebration of nature and folk-inspired melodies, bursting with joy and optimism.

INNER LANDSCAPES: Depths of Expression

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

Mt. Hood Community College

A powerful night of symphonic storytelling! Former Music Director Joel Levine returns to guest conduct the OKC Philharmonic, joined by cellist Carter Brey for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.

Joel Levine Conducts Tchaikovsky

Civic Center Music Hall

This season, we continue our odyssey through Shostakovich’s symphonies with Chief Conductor John Storgårds, who masterfully captures both the tenderness and ferocity of the composer’s music. Tonight’s programme features Symphony No. 10, premiered after Stalin’s death in 1953. Filled with grief, rage, and manic intensity, it feels deeply autobiographical – a feeling reinforced by the composer’s musical signature, the notes D, S, C, and H, that are furiously seared into the final movements of the work.

Storgårds conducts Shostakovich

The Bridgewater Hall

BBC Philharmonic - Storgårds conducts Shostakovich

We are delighted to join Wimbledon Choral at Southwark Cathedral for one of the most profound choral works of the 19th century, Anton Dvořák’s Requiem.

Dvořák’s Requiem

London Bridge

Stories Revealed

Clay Center

Adam Kerry Boyles leads a program rich in emotion and orchestral brilliance. Dvorák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, one of the most celebrated works for the instrument, performed by cellist Tommy Mesa. This sweeping, romantic masterpiece blends soaring melodies with moments of deep introspection, showcasing the cello’s expressive power.

Dvorák and Rachmaninoff

The Bushnell

Immerse yourself in the fiery passion of Antonín Dvořák's Slavonic Dances, inspired by the exuberant rhythms of traditional Bohemian folk dances. The Orchestra, led by conductor Rumon Gamba, also perform Malcolm Arnold's Dvořák-inspired English Dances: Set 2 and conclude with Nielsen's dynamic, expressive Fifth Symphony.

Slavonic Dances

Arts Commons

Hailed as a “serious and cultivated Beethoven player” by the Chicago Tribune, Jorge Federico Osorio returns to
Huntsville with Beethoven’s C minor Piano Concerto, a work by turns commanding and whimsical. The Symphonic
Variations, an unofficial companion piece to Dvořák’s nine symphonies, uses one of the composer’s own songs – “I
Am a Fiddler” – as the basis for a delightful exploration of the entire orchestra. Meanwhile, George Enescu’s most
renowned orchestral work, the Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, deploys a variety of folk songs, including “I Have a
Coin, and I Want a Drink.” It’s a grand tour of nineteenth century European concert music, enjoyed from the
comfort of your seat.

European Rhapsody

Von Braun Center

The ever-impressive Joshua Bell, a 2025/26 Spotlight Artist, returns to the TSO stage, bringing the lush cinematic magic of Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann’s rediscovered Violin Concerto. The Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra joins to deliver a rousing performance of Sibelius’s Finlandia to open, while Dvořák’s stirring Symphony No. 7 provides a magnificent finale.

Joshua Bell Returns

David Pecaut Square

Dvořák Symphony No. 9

River Center Theatre

Thursday Concert 02: Trevor Pinnock & Julia Hagen

Mozarteum Foundation

What are the dreams of the next generation? What kind of world do young artists want to build? The OM gives the floor to two of its favourite stars: conductor Glass Marcano and pianist Tony Siqi Yun. The Venezuelan El Sistema graduate made a highly acclaimed debut at the OM in 2024, earning the admiration of both the orchestra and the audience. Here, she returns with a work that reflects her vibrancy and passion—Dvořák’s New World Symphony—to be followed by Kauyumari, a piece by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz.

A New World

Église catholique Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs

Place des Arts

Salle Marguerite-Bourgeoys

World premieres are exciting: For the first time, printed music becomes tangible music for an audience. For the first time, the composer experiences how listeners react to his new work. Thomas Blomenkamp's work features "Cordelia, the lovingly loyal daughter of King Lear; Lady Macbeth, the demoness lusting for power and murder; and 13-year-old Juliet, caught between love and death," the Düsseldorf-born composer reveals of these "portraits between lyric poetry, drama, and psychological study." He juxtaposes key monologues by Shakespeare's female characters, which could hardly be more different, and allows them to flow into one another—connected by two orchestral interludes. With Sylvain Cambreling at the helm of the Duisburg Philharmonic, a conductor is considered a proven specialist in contemporary music and is also known for his imaginative programming, something he has already demonstrated in Duisburg. With Hector Berlioz's "King Lear" Overture, he opens the door to the world of Shakespeare, contrasting it in the second half of the concert with Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 7. A work whose tragic tone and profound seriousness perfectly complement the English playwright's tragedies.

Shakespeare monologues

CityPalais

Dvořák’s Czech Suite opens this program, followed by award-winning cellist, Alexander Hersh, performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. After intermission, the orchestra performs Mozart’s Symphony No. 38, the “Prague”; Richard McKay conducts.

Tchaikovsky + Mozart's "Prague"

Moody Performance Hall

The concert opens with Haydn’s radiant String Quartet in D major showcasing his signature elegance and wit. At the heart of the programme is the world premiere of Canaima, a vivid new work by Montero inspired by the majestic landscapes and ecological fragility of Venezuela’s Canaima National Park. The evening concludes with Dvořák’s much-loved Piano Quintet No 2 a Romantic-era gem filled with soaring melodies, folk rhythms, and spirited interplay between piano and strings.

Gabriela Montero with the Calidore Quartet: Canaima

Milton Court Concert Hall

Dvorak's Seventh

Carson Center for the Performing Arts

The third chamber music concert will focus on a lesser known musical form presented less often at chamber music evenings, namely the piano quartet. The concert program consists of three seminal pieces in this genre by the most qualified composers Antonín Dvořák, Robert Schumann and Bohuslav Martinů.

Schumann. Martinů. Dvořák

The Professed House, Prague

Le Salon de Musiques, a compendium of world-renowned chamber music performers, takes place at the historic La Jolla Woman’s Club. The new season begins on October 12, 2025 and ends on June 14, 2026. Each event runs from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. The nine performances take place in an intimate stage-free environment, eliminating the boundaries between the artists and the audience. Introduced by a musicologist the concerts are followed by interactive discussions between the artists and the audience, sharing ideas and impressions about the music performed, while enjoying French champagne and a buffet featuring French cuisine.

Le Salon de Musiques

La Jolla Woman's Club

The second symphony concert, in which the symphony orchestra performs Joseph-Maurice Ravel's "Kaddish" – a setting of the most important prayer in Judaism – oscillates between major and minor, hard and soft, exhilaration and sadness on the occasion of November 9th. Also featured is Antonín Dvořák's now-famous Cello Concerto in B minor, which the composer created under the influence of great grief for his childhood sweetheart, Josefine. A fluctuation between major and minor, tension and relaxation, characterizes Johannes Brahms's Third Symphony. "... all movements seem to be cast from one mold, a heartbeat, each movement a jewel!" praised Clara Schumann in 1884.

Major & Minor

Berliner Philharmonie

Concert 2

Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen found inspiration in Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale for his own Catch and Release. Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 1 is a master class in skill and beauty, over 15 years in the making. 

Salonen and Dvořák

Bohemia

Saenger Theatre

CMSFW Ensemble features with Louis Lortie, piano; Asi Matathias, violin; Gary Levinson, violin; Michael Klotz, viola; and Inbal Segev, cello.

Subtle Connections Across the World - CMSFW Ensemble with pianist Louis Lortie, Gary Levinson and Friends

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Francesca Dego, who thrilled Richmond audiences in her 2024 debut, returns for Beethoven’s towering Violin Concerto. Of her Beethoven, the Dallas Morning News raved: “She proved that pianissimos can be as gripping as fortissimos. Her gleaming tone was striking, with commitment, facility, and finesse. A rock-star ovation was rewarded.” Valentina Peleggi also conducts Charles Ives’s truth- searching meditation, The Unanswered Question, and an orchestral blockbuster by Respighi, the roaring Roman Festivals.

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Dominion Energy Center

Step into a powerful journey of sound and story with Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America-a free multimedia concert presented by Duke University's renowned Ciompi Quartet. This captivating evening brings to life the unexpected musical intersections that shaped Antonín Dvořák's iconic works during his American sojourn.

Experience the richness of cultural fusion as Dvořák's "American" Quartet and Quintet intertwine with authentic Native American melodies, stirring African American Spirituals, and evocative compositions by Florence Price. The program features a dynamic ensemble of acclaimed artists, including bass Kenneth Kellogg, Native flutist R. Carlos Nakai, world percussionist Will Clipman, and curator/violist Pamela Freund-Striplen.

Ciompi Quartet: “Cultural Crossroads: Dvorak in America” Concert

Duke University

Conductor Emeritus, Sir Mark Elder is joined by friend and collaborator Dame Imogen Cooper to perform Mozart’s final piano concerto. Full of richness and lyricism, it was written, in striking contrast to his other concertos, for a relatively small orchestra. Despite this, it is packed with the charm and beauty so characteristic of the composer’s other works. Dvořák composed his Fifth Symphony in only five weeks. It is quite a dramatic departure from the strident, Wagnerian sounding Fourth; it is lighter and largely pastoral in nature, heavily influenced by the Slavic folk songs and melodies of his native Bohemia. An often overlooked symphony in modern times, it is alive and bubbling with orchestral colour.

The Hallé – Elder conducts Dvořák

Full of richness and lyricism, it was written, in striking contrast to his other concertos, for a relatively small orchestra. Despite this, it is packed with the charm and beauty so characteristic of the composer’s other works.

Elder Conducts Dvořák

French pianist Alexandre Kantorow makes his debut with the San Francisco Symphony in Prokofiev’s fiendishly difficult Third Piano Concerto, conducted by Karina Canellakis. Prokofiev’s music leaps from Paris to Pavlovsk, from the 19th century to the 20th and beyond. Not quite neoclassical, the concerto is too sly to be Romantic, too approachable to be Modern. Sibelius was inspired by nature and by the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, to create his own deeply personal form of folk expression. This fiercely original, arguably autobiographical music reclaimed the cultural birthright of a nascent people—and stirs the hearts of non-Finns, too. Dvořák composed Scherzo capriccioso while mourning his mother. Complex and dynamic, it guides listeners through the many stages of grief to the catharsis of an ecstatic coda.

Canellakis Conducts Prokofiev & Sibelius

Davies Symphony Hall

Japanese conductor Nodoka Okisawa was mentored by longtime BSO Music Director Seiji Ozawa, who appointed her the first principal guest conductor of the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto (formerly Saito Kinen) Festival. She makes her BSO debut, leading a program that is the first in our series of concerts examining the last three symphonies of Antonín Dvořák, whose work Ozawa especially loved. She is joined by beloved violinist Midori, a longtime Ozawa collaborator. The great Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, whose work Ozawa and the BSO promoted, was one of the first composers to gain a reputation in the West with his Requiem for strings — a work deemed a masterpiece by Igor Stravinsky.

Dvořák Symphony No. 7 and Violin Concerto with Midori

For the fifth time, Chief Conductor Marcus Bosch and the North German Philharmonic Orchestra Rostock are transforming the showroom at the Audi Zentrum Rostock into a concert hall. Star clarinettist Sebastian Manz will be performing at this extraordinary venue for this year's Mozart+ classical evening . He will be performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's famous Clarinet Concerto. Written two months before his death, the Viennese classicist created arguably the most significant, profound, and beautiful work of the entire genre. The slow movement, with its otherworldly melancholy, is among the top ten classical hits.

Mozart +

Audi Zentrum Rostock Hansa Automobile Rostock GmbH

True to its mission of promoting and raising awareness of classical music, the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie travels across the Occitanie region in various formations.

COR-des Quartet

La Tuilerie

Dvořák features in our Symphonic Series this week and also here in our Chamber Series with his gorgeous Terzetto — a rich and complex trio famously composed in just one week. We pair it with a lively string quartet by Bartók. One of his first published pieces, the quartet pulses with rhythmic energy and momentum.

From Antonín Dvořák to Béla Bartók

Benaroya Hall

Stefan Dohr is a living legend. The principal horn player of the Berlin Philharmonic is considered one of the best in the world, if not the best horn player of the present time. Together with the brass players of our orchestra, he opens up a whole musical world, ranging from the brass serenades of Antonín Dvořák and Richard Strauss to Bernstein's "West Side Story" and the famous fanfare by Aaron Copland, composed in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which still stands for the strength and unwavering spirit of the "ordinary person." This exclamation also has a response! It comes from Joan Tower, whose "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" also comes from the American music tradition and highlights the extraordinary role of women - powerful, yet in their own way.

Composer

Antonín Dvořák

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 16, 2025 - Jun 16, 2026

NDR Chamber Concert · Elbphilharmonie

3 - 6 Dec, 2025

Dvořák’s New World, Bernstein & Gershwin · New York Philharmonic

4 - 5 Dec, 2025

Dvořák New World Symphony · Minnesota Orchestra

6 - 7 Dec, 2025

Elim Chan, Augustin Hadelich · Bamberger Symphoniker

6 - 7 Dec, 2025

3rd Subscription Concert · Wiener Philharmoniker

Past events

4 - 5 Dec, 2025

Dvořák New World Symphony · Minnesota Orchestra

Dec 4, 2025

Concert in Madrid · Prague Philharmonia

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