Composer

Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads Beethoven’s buoyant Seventh Symphony — always a thrill to hear live — alongside two contemporary works inspired by Beethoven. Yunchan Lim, the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, presents the enchanting, heartfelt Piano Concerto of Robert Schumann — a composer with the soul of a poet.

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Klaus Mäkelä & Yunchan Lim

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

When the young Benjamin Britten sat down to write his first symphony, he used melodies and themes he had written as a child. Perhaps that is why he called the symphony the Simple Symphony . Regardless, it is music that is easy to get carried away by, with catchy melodies and a good dose of musical humor.

Sokhiev & Beethoven's 6th.

DR Koncerthuset

Jaap van Zweden conducts Beethoven’s Choral Symphony

Lotte World Mall

Seoul Arts Center

Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna

Musikverein Wien

"You will rise, yes, you will rise, my heart, in a flash!" So it goes in Mahler's Symphony No. 2, and so it will be for the people of Bonn and the entire Beethoven Orchestra when the mighty first chord of Beethoven's last piano concerto resounds on Tuesday, December 16, 2025: After nine and a half years of renovation, the Beethoven Hall—our Beethoven Hall and yours—will reopen! We have fanned out into the city, we have tried to win your hearts, and you have remained loyal to us throughout the pandemic. We have played in factory halls, on construction sites, in hotels, gymnasiums, and schools; we have presented ourselves as a large orchestra and in small ensembles.

Long Beethoven Night

Beethoven Hall

Beethoven's piano sonatas are one of the absolute monuments, not only in piano literature, but in classical music as a whole. At the concert in Mogens Dahl Concert Hall, Fujita performs Beethoven's first piano sonata, where he still stands on the shoulders of Haydn and Mozart, but heralds what is to come.

Mao Fujita

Mogens Dahl Koncertsal

American tenor Matthew Polenzani delivered an unforgettable recital during his spring 2024 PCMS appearance, captivating audiences and prompting enthusiastic requests for his return. For his highly anticipated encore, Polenzani will be joined by pianist Ken Noda in a performance culminating with Schubert’s Schwanengesang (“Swan Song”). Composed in the final months of Schubert’s life, this haunting collection of 14 songs, widely regarded as one of his most profound creations, explores themes of longing and loss, with the presence of a distant beloved lingering throughout.

Matthew Polenzani, tenor Ken Noda, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Dahlia String Trio & friends play César Franck's Piano Quintet and Beethoven's String Quartet op 132!

Modne Mesterværker: Franck & Beethoven

Unitarisk Kirkesamfund

Join an intimate musical dialogue between three chamber music masterpieces and the legendary pianist Richard Goode. Schumann’s Violin Sonata offers a reflective, intimate interplay of voices, then Mozart responds with a flurry of sparkle and humor. Beethoven’s septet offers a rich tapestry of contrasting timbres, each instrument contributing to a uniquely engaging dialogue. These works celebrate the art of musical conversation—an evening of thoughtful interplay, nuanced expression, and enduring connection.

Harmonic Conversations: Richard Goode Plays Mozart

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

A delightful collection of your favorite Christmas carols and light classics, including music by Johann Strauss, Bizet, Puccini, Mancini, Sousa and others. Soprano Kristin Vogel returns to celebrate the season with inspiring holiday songs and famous operatic arias. Acclaimed for her powerful lyric voice and onstage intensity, Soprano Kristin Vogel has been lauded for roles that require dramatic passion and sensitive musicality, such as Puccini’s Tosca, Mimi in La Bohème and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Performing regularly in Europe and the United States, she divides her time between Vienna and the Pacific Northwest.

Holiday Pops

Edmonds Center For the Arts

When PCMS last presented the renowned Juilliard Quartet with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, in 2019, a prolonged ovation followed a glorious interpretation of Dvořák’s Piano Quintet in A Major. “This was a performance, above all, of high polish and efficiency” (Philadelphia Inquirer). For their return appearance, the Juilliard and Hamelin—an artist known the world over for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and radiant technique—unite for César Franck’s mammoth Piano Quintet in F Minor, a work that roils with passion and searing emotional intensity.

Juilliard Quartet Marc-André Hamelin, piano

A string of Danish string quartets will perform all 16 of Beethoven's string quartets. It will be a marathon that shows the high level of the art of string quartet playing in Denmark today. The occasion is Professor Tim Frederiksen's 70th birthday, and the participants are string quartets that have received or are still receiving instruction from him.

Beethoven Festival 5

Konservatoriets Koncertsal

Led by the talented Case Scaglione, the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie offers a journey between Helsinki and Vienna, post-romanticism and classicism.

Beethoven #8

Theatre of Nîmes

Beethoven Festival 4

As Florestan wanted to expose Don Pizarro's brutal and lawless despotism, the latter had imprisoned him in a state prison run by him out of revenge, where Florestan was forced to vegetate under inhumane conditions.

Fidelio

Vienna State Opera

Celebrate the festive season with an array of gorgeous light-filled music with our special guests, the Blackhawk Chorus. Rising-star violinist Simon Hagopian delights us with Vivaldi’s “Winter” and Beethoven’s glorious “Romance.”

Home for the Holidays: Winter Lights

Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church

Every two years, the elite of international young pianists gather in Bonn to compete in a peaceful, albeit strenuous, competition. The Telekom Beethoven Competition is characterized by its balance between regional roots and global appeal. The international jury evaluates candidates, who are accommodated and looked after by host families in Bonn during the competition. The judging rounds, semifinals, and finals have developed a loyal following, as participants meet not only pianists but also individuals who rise above themselves under the enormous challenges of the competition. The Beethoven Orchestra is proud to once again accompany the finals and thus support these young artists.

Final of the 11th Telekom Beethoven Competition

Telekom Forum

Beethoven Festival 3

Beethoven Festival 2

Intensity has a name, and it’s Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7! With sweeping melodies, dramatic flair, and a whole lot of heart, this late Romantic masterpiece is an inspiration to hear.

Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7 & Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3

Salt Palace Convention Center

At 98 years old, he is a living legend, and we cherish every moment we spend with our honorary conductor, Herbert Blomstedt. It has been said of our regular collaborations with him that "everything is played with such vibrant energy" and "full of rapturous enthusiasm." This time, he, as a skilled conductor, leads us through two symphonic soundscapes. First, we contemplate the "slender Greek maiden between two northern giants": this is how Beethoven's Fourth Symphony was once described, as it was composed in 1806 between the bold "Eroica" and the triumphant Fifth. Here, we can show off our "playful leaps"—and also revel in the enchanting melodies of the composer, who was in love at the time and whose heart is said to have "almost burst with happiness" while writing it.

Herbert Blomstedt

Bamberger Symphoniker

Start your morning off right with a behind-the-scenes look at the process of bringing our concerts to the stage. Finishing Touches gives our audience the opportunity to observe working rehearsals; selections from the program will be rehearsed at the discretion of the conductor.

Intensity has a name, and it’s Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7! With sweeping melodies, dramatic flair, and a whole lot of heart, this late Romantic masterpiece is an inspiration to hear.

Dvorak's Symphony No. 7: Finishing Touches Rehearsal

Beethoven Festival 1

Under the energetic direction of Case Scaglione, Music Director of the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, your National Orchestra opens the evening with Réveil à l'aube d'une ville by Lisa Chevalier, young winner of the 2024 Unanimes competition. This contemporary work evokes urban renaissance through innovative orchestral textures. Next comes Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 7 , a single-flow work that transports us from the darkest depths to the brightest bursts. After the interval, Beethoven takes possession of the stage with the Leonore Overture No. 3 , a veritable opera condensed into a few minutes, then Symphony No. 8 , a jewel often overshadowed by its more famous sisters. Beneath its apparent classical lightness, it reveals all the inventiveness and humor of Beethoven's genius. A concert that celebrates the eternal vitality of musical creation through the centuries.

Opéra Berlioz

Beethoven & Cinderella

Artis–Naples

Thursday Concert No. 4

Volkshaus Jena

Bach, Beethoven and Brahmsare sometimes called the three big B's of classical music. In the past, this could result in three plaster busts, which stood a little wobbly lined up on a piano. In this program, we will hear music by all three.

Classic giants

Louis de Geer konsert & kongress

Hector Berlioz’s second symphonic work takes us to Italy. Accompanying us will be Lord Byron’s romantic hero Harold, whose voice will be Amihai Grosz, the principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic. Upon returning from the musical universe of Witold Lutosławski, we will hear Beethoven’s majestic Eroica, originally dedicated by the composer to Napoleon.

Czech Philharmonic • Simon Rattle

Rudolfinum

With the end of the 2024/2025 season, Axel Kober has stepped down as General Music Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic. It was a long and fruitful collaboration, for which the conductor is now being honored with the 2025 Duisburg City Music Prize, sponsored by the Köhler-Osbahr Foundation. For him, the award is a wonderful acknowledgment – ​​"to receive feedback, so to speak, after the years spent together that what we have done has left its mark." And, of course, he will try "to continue to remain connected to Duisburg's musical life." A promise he immediately fulfills in the 4th Philharmonic Concert. After programming Arnold Schoenberg's powerful "Gurre-Lieder" in his farewell concert as General Music Director, he returns to his former orchestra conducting works by two American composers and combining them with Beethoven's Symphony No. 7: Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question" sounds mystical and transcendental, creating an iconic work of American modernism. Meanwhile, in Samuel Barber's popular Violin Concerto, violin virtuosity and voluptuous melodies enter into a delightful liaison. Dance-like rhythms then characterize Beethoven's Seventh, which, with the Allegretto, also contains one of the greatest hits of the Viennese classic.

American and European classics

CityPalais

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his Musikalisches Opfer in 1747. It is a series of intricate variations on a theme he had received from Frederick the Great of Prussia during a visit to Potsdam. Here we have chosen one of the many movements, in an orchestration by the composer Anton Webern.

Card classics: Beethoven's 5th

Linköping Konsert & Kongress

360° No. 2

Schubert's Trout Quintet

The Stamic Quartet is an ensemble with a rich legacy dating back to the 1980s. For this concert, they will highlight the chamber works of Vítězslav Novák, alongside masterpieces by internationally renowned composers. The programme includes one of Beethoven’s iconic string quartets as well as music by Tchaikovsky, whose music receives special focus this season at the Czech Chamber Music Society.

Czech Chamber Music Society • Stamic Quartet

Born into a family of musicians in Munich, her career began at an early age. Her breakthrough came at the latest with numerous prizes at the Sarasate, Paganini and Tchaikovsky competitions, which quickly took her to the world's most important stages as a soloist. As a soloist and chamber musician, Yuki Manuela Janke also inspires as concertmaster of the most traditional orchestras. Her interpretation of Richard Strauss' "Heldenleben" in the Golden Hall in Vienna with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann attracted particular attention.

Evening Recital N° 2

Semperoper Dresden


Since its founding in 2010, Trio Gaspard has established itself as one of the finest and most sought-after piano trios of its generation. The ensemble, led by the wonderful pianist and chamber musician Nicholas Rimmer, is dedicated to the classical trio repertoire, but also explores more obscure works and contemporary works. The first installments of its complete recording of the Haydn Trios have been critically acclaimed and, according to "Strad" magazine, "have left us wanting more." Following performances at London's Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Shanghai Symphony Hall, among others, Trio Gaspard now makes its Blaibach debut.

Trio Gaspard

Blaibach Concert Hall

Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (New York Times),  clarinetist Anthony McGill enjoys a dynamic international solo and chamber music career and is  principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic — the first African-American principal player in  the organization's history. He is the recipient of the 2020 Avery Fisher Prize, one of classical  music’s most significant awards, and was named Musical America’s 2024 Instrumentalist of the  Year. American Stories, his album with the Pacifica Quartet, was nominated for a GRAMMY® for  Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. McGill appears as a soloist with top orchestras, including the New York and Los Angeles  Philharmonics, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, and Detroit  Symphony Orchestras. He performed alongside Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gabriela Montero at the inauguration of President Barack Obama, premiering a piece by John Williams.  As a chamber musician, McGill is a collaborator of the Brentano, Daedalus, Guarneri, JACK,  Miró, Pacifica, Shanghai, Takács, and Tokyo Quartets, and performs with leading artists  including Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnatan, Gloria Chien, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida, and Lang Lang. He serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School and is the Artistic Director for Juilliard’s Music  Advancement Program. He holds the William R. and Hyunah Yu Brody Distinguished Chair at the  Curtis Institute of Music. In 2020, McGill’s #TakeTwoKnees campaign protesting the death of George Floyd and historic racial injustice went viral. In 2023, he partnered with Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative to organize a classical music industry convening at EJI’s Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, in which leaders and artists in classical music examined America’s history of racial inequality and how this legacy continues to impact their work. He is a Backun Artist and performs exclusively on Backun Clarinets.

Anthony Mcgill, Clarinet Isidore String Quartet

The Town Hall

Founded in 1937, the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra brings together the area’s most gifted young orchestral musicians to study and perform a broad range of orchestral repertoire. The ensemble performs three times a year, beginning with their winter concert. Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the future of classical brilliance!

Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra: Sunrises and Storms

University of Dayton

Acclaimed British pianist Paul Lewis takes centre stage in this programme of Romantic classics. One of the world’s greatest interpreters of the central European classical repertoire, he’s particularly famed for his performances of Beethoven, notably his landmark recordings of the composer’s piano sonatas. He’s the ideal soloist, then for Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto, written when his star was rising rapidly and whose passion and grandeur announced it as the first of his mature concertos.

Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra

Usher Hall

Trinity

University of California San Diego

Alessio Bax makes his TSO debut as the soloist in Beethoven’s monumental Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”. Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers complete this program built on themes of unrest and power.

Beethoven’s Emperor

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall

BNY Classics showcases unforgettable performances by your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, featuring timeless masterpieces, thrilling premieres, and renowned guest artists.

Shostakovich's Fifth

Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts

Rossini Schubert Beethoven

Gasteig HP8

The young Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene has long demonstrated that virtuoso violin music is also at home in Northern Europe. As one of the world's most sought-after young artists, he champions the composers of his Scandinavian homeland. He recorded the album "Nordic Rhapsody" with pianist Christian Ihle Hadland, on which the two immerse themselves entirely in the Nordic soundscape, sometimes light-heartedly, sometimes profoundly. He also presented the violin concerto by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen at his acclaimed Elbphilharmonie concert last year.

Johan Dalene, Violin

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Beethoven’s late sonatas sit at the centre of this rich programme of masterpieces, not the least of which is the ricercar that Bach performed for Frederick the Great in Potsdam in 1747. “Old Bach of Leipzig” improvised on the King’s theme while using a newly developed fortepiano; the finished composition can thus lay claim to be the first major piano work.

James Lisney – A Musical Offering

The Stoller Hall

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music. Kayleigh Kim is a student of Paul Kantor. 

Kayleigh Kim, Violin

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

A beloved regular with PCMS, former Juilliard Quartet violinist Joseph Lin has created a brilliant program highlighting three remarkable chamber works that Ludwig van Beethoven produced in succession from 1810-12. These pieces mark the end of Beethoven’s “middle style,” signifying a shift towards a more dramatic and personal compositional approach that coincided with the composer’s hearing loss.

Joseph Lin, violin Claire Bourg, violin Natalie Loughran, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Helen Huang, piano

 Benjamin Franklin Hall

Prepare for an extraordinary musical experience as two of the world’s most celebrated musicians, Hilary Hahn and Lang Lang, join forces for a one-night-only recital. A captivating journey through a curated program of classical masterworks, this exclusive event showcases the unparalleled virtuosity and artistry of these musical titans.

Hilary Hahn and Lang Lang

They’re the most famous four notes in history. “This is how Fate knocks at the door!” is how Beethoven described the opening of his Fifth Symphony, but if that’s all you know of this game-changing masterpiece, you’re in for a wonderful discovery, as conductor András Keller and the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra unleash the full, electrifying power of Beethoven at the absolute top of his game.

Cadogan Hall 

Come to an intimate concert with music characterized by Nordic sounds and harmonies – from Finnish Sibelius' string quartet 'Intimate Voices' to arrangements of beloved Danish songs.

Intime stemmer

YSM piano faculty with special guest Richard Goode gather to honor the legacy of the renowned pianist and former YSM faculty member. The evening includes works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, and a special screening of Frank’s performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

A Celebration of Claude Frank

Yale University

With Au cœur de l'orchestre , the audience is invited to enjoy a rare experience: to sit directly on stage, among the musicians, to feel the music from within. Vibrations of the strings, blowing of the winds, striking of the percussions… everything is perceived differently when you are up close. A powerful, lively, unforgettable moment. A total immersion in the beating heart of the orchestra.

At the heart of the orchestra #2

Once upon a time… Love Story. Love… a passionate and oh-so-human impulse. The common thread of our destinies. The one for which we live and die, the true driving force of all existence. For centuries, no subject has so inflamed minds as love. The Ensemble Émeraude, formed within the OPRL, explores its various aspects through works by German, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, and Russian composers. The concert is passionately presented by Stéphane Dado, art and music historian and OPRL Project Manager.

Love Story

Philharmonic Hall of Liege

Under the direction of its new chief conductor, François-Xavier Roth, the SWR Symphony Orchestra presents two revolutionary composers side by side: Ludwig van Beethoven and Helmut Lachenmann. The first, a giant of Viennese Classical music, the second, a post-war sound pioneer. Both not only pushed musical boundaries with their works, but also consistently challenged their audiences' listening habits. Although Lachenmann, who turned 90 in November, strikes a completely different tone than Beethoven, he clearly places himself in the latter's tradition as a rebel and free spirit: "Beethoven was the first to consciously stop composing to please!"

SWR Symphony Orchestra / Jean-François Heisser / François-Xavier Roth

Kosmos Schubert - Julian Prégardien, Gregory Ahss

Stiftung Mozarteum

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein is joined by her great friends, violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Inon Barnatan, for an evening of vibrant chamber music. Having recorded Beethoven’s Triple Concerto together, the three musicians are turning their joint attention to some of the highlights of the trio repertoire.

Alisa Weilerstein & Friends

Southbank Centre

All concerts are FREE of admission charge and are held at Bridges Hall of Music.

2025 November Concert

Pomona College

Dance and music have always gone hand in hand, and when listening to Beethoven's 7th Symphony, it is difficult to sit still. The rhythms strike with both power and elegance, and with an overwhelming energy. At the same time, there is also room for reflection in the slow movement, described by a British music writer as "a series of beauties that go hand in hand."

Fröst & The Swedish Chamber Orchestra

“To hear Cho breathe tenderness and freedom into this music while giving it a sturdy rhythmic profile was a striking thing.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Cho’s mix of imagination, pacing, balance and control produced moments of spellbinding sonic art.” (The Artsdesk)

Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho was brought to the world’s attention in 2015 when he won the First Prze at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. This “Chopin Competition winner can stand proud next to the likes of such illustrious past winners as Pollini, Argerich, and Zimerman,” said the Pianist. 

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

The Royal Conservatory of Music

The Hamburg Doctors’ Orchestra is mainly made up of doctors and musicians from medical professions. The orchestra was founded in 1964 and performs for charitable purposes: for example, to support the work of the Hamburg Hospice Foundation.

Hamburg Doctors' Orchestra

Join in the festivities as the SLSO presents Beethoven’s personal favorite—his blazing, boisterous Seventh Symphony. Pianist Joyce Yang’s interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is sure to ignite sparks of energy across Powell Hall in this spirited Thanksgiving weekend event, which also features conductor Kevin John Edusei’s SLSO debut. Yang has impressed audiences all over the globe, with reviewers applauding her “tremendous power” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) and “impeccable technique” (TheaterJones).

Beethoven’s Seventh

Powell Hall

Under the direction of Mark Hopkins – Professor of Music at Acadia University and in-demand guest conductor – the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra kicks off a brand-new season with True North! Hear music from classical heavyweights like Beethoven and Sibelius, plus symphonic gems from Gabrieli, Björk, and Whitacre. Finally, experience the heart wrenching, JUNO Award-winning musical tribute to 15-year-old Amanda Todd by the late Canadian composer Jocelyn Morlock.

NSYO: True North

St. Andrew's United Church

No other contemporary singer's name is as synonymous with the Lied as that of Julian Prégardien. Although also impressive on the operatic stage and in oratorios with his deeply sensitive tenor, the German singer reveals himself particularly intensely in the lyrical, poetic, and romantic genre of the Lied. He repeatedly delves into this cosmos, especially with songs by Schubert, but also by other composers who are at home in this field. To ensure that an orchestra like the CAMERATA—known for its vocal sound and chamber music sensitivity—can also perform in the area of ​​Lieder normally reserved for piano accompaniment, orchestral arrangements of two Lied compositions by Beethoven and Schubert were selected. Even in the original, they depict epic song scenes, whose dimensions are all the more enhanced with orchestral support. To the songs with words, the CAMERATA adds the endless song without words from Schubert's Symphony in B minor.

Season Concert Two: Kosmos Schubert

Mozarteum Foundation

Ludwig van Beethoven’s first Piano Concerto is a youthful work that in many ways captures the emergence of the composer’s style. In this concert, Sweden’s Radio Concert Hall Berwaldhallen and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra welcome for the first time the British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. After the intermission, conductor Yoel Gamzou will the lead the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in the British composer William Walton’s emotionally powerful first symphony from 1935.

Benjamin Grosvenor in Beethoven’s  Piano Concerto No 1

Berwaldhallen

Jaap van Zweden and Emanuel Ax

Fifteen years of creation revealed over three stunning concerts – enjoy a portrait of Beethoven as the creative maverick, poet and genius. Beethoven’s ground-breaking piano concertos established him as one of the greatest of all composers.

Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

The University of Western Australia

The ‘Ode to Joy’, the finale of Beethoven’s irrepressible Ninth Symphony, is one of the most famous melodies ever written. It’s a special moment in music that makes us feel connected to each other, and for over 200 years it has engulfed us in its boundless energy. When you hear it live, the power of so many triumphant voices is astonishing.

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Simone Young

Sydney Opera House

“I wanted to protest, but I knew that all my gestures would be in vain. It was only through music that I could express my embitterment.” 80 years after the end of the Second World War, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Luigi Dallapiccola, the composer of the short one-act opera Il prigioniero (The Prisoner).

Czech Philharmonic • Antonio Pappano

Jakub Hrůša is not only one of the greatest conductors of our time: the charismatic Czech is also known for his cleverly conceived concert programs, opening up new perspectives on seemingly familiar works. At his concert, audiences can look forward to a truly prime example of this special art: Together with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, he will perform Beethoven's Pastorale and Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony – two spectacular orchestral spectacles of nature that powerfully transcended the boundaries of what was musically possible at their time. In his monumentally orchestrated Alpine Symphony, Strauss demonstrates not only his stature as a composer but also his brilliant skills as an orchestrator, allowing the vast orchestra to shimmer and radiate in all its colors.

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša

Philippe Herreweghe, a grand seigneur of historical performance practice and clever programming, brings a particularly piquant pair of works into conversation in his ProArte concert. On the one hand, there is Ludwig van Beethoven's powerful "Eroica," revolution in music, which, according to legend, was originally dedicated to the revolutionary Napoleon. On the other, there is the haunting Requiem in C minor by Luigi Cherubini, commissioned by King Louis XVIII, who succeeded Napoleon as ruler. What unites the works, however, is the absolute mastery of craftsmanship—and mutual respect—of the two composers: Beethoven even wished that the Requiem in C minor be played at his funeral (which it was).

Orchestra of the Champs-Élysées / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe

The chamber concert series is supported by the Philharmonic Society Lübeck / Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra eV

1st  Chamber Concert

Hoghehus Lübeck

TSO: : Fall Concert

Tempe Center for the Arts

No one can ignore him: Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most famous composers in music history—if not the most famous. Yet his music never becomes boring; even after more than 200 years, it is full of discoveries. Both violinist Isabelle Faust and the Balthasar Neumann Orchestra captivate with their meticulously detailed, energetic interpretations—the perfect setting for a concert featuring two classics and a rarity.

Balthasar Neuman Orchestra / Isabelle Faust / Finnegan Downie Dear

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

HCO 2025-26 Season Concert 2

St. Paul’s Church

Join Rei Hotoda and the Fresno Philharmonic for an evening of powerful and innovative musical brilliance. The centerpiece is Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, a bold and lively masterpiece that was still being shaped at its premiere and has since become one of the most celebrated works in classical music. Pianist Jon Kimura Parker joins the orchestra as soloist. The program also features Ravel’s elegant Le Tombeau de Couperin, written in honor of fallen friends, and Sibelius’s majestic and structure-bending Symphony No. 5.

Ravel, Beethoven & Sibelius

Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall

Vivid and emotional, the third program on our Masterworks series features the lively rhythms of Scottish folk music. Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances leads into Bruch’s virtuosic Scottish Fantasy, performed by American violinist Stefan Jackiw in his Des Moines debut. The concert closes with Beethoven’s triumphant masterpiece, the Eroica Symphony.

Strength – Scottish Highlands & Eroica

Des Moines Civic Center

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis may be the greatest piece never heard. Its musical, technical, and endurance challenges make it incredibly difficult for the chorus. Completed in 1824 (the same year as the 9th Symphony), the totally deaf composer would never attend a full performance of what he regarded as his best work.

Missa Solemnis

Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains

One of the world’s most adventurous and versatile chamber ensembles, the Danish String Quartet returns to Ann Arbor with a unique program that includes works by Stravinsky, Beethoven, and film composer and Radiohead founding member Jonny Greenwood. In addition, they’ll perform arrangements of traditional folk tunes and original compositions that trace musical pathways across the North Sea, underlining the group’s belief that “folk tunes are not just part of our repertoire, but an important element of our identity as musicians.”

Danish String Quartet

University of Michigan

The vivacious violin soloist Simone Porter makes her IF Symphony debut performing the Violin Concerto of Ludwig van Beethoven. Porter has performed with the world’s leading orchestras and lights up the stage with remarkable flair. The all-Beethoven program pairs the Violin Concerto with his Third Symphony, the “Eroica,” a bombastic and groundbreaking work that puts the musicians of the Idaho Falls Symphony in the limelight.

Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 18, 2024 - Feb 11, 2026

Piano Concerto Finals · The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

Apr 13, 2025 - Apr 18, 2026

Campanile Orchestra · The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

May 11, 2025 - May 10, 2026

6th Chamber Concert · Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Sep 16, 2025 - Jun 16, 2026

NDR Chamber Concert · Elbphilharmonie

Nov 10, 2025 - Feb 19, 2026

The Olympic Concert / Kit Armstrong / Jan Caeyers · Elbphilharmonie

Past events

18 - 20 Dec, 2025

Klaus Mäkelä & Yunchan Lim · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

18 - 19 Dec, 2025

Sokhiev & Beethoven's 6th. · Danish National Symphony Orchestra

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