Composer

When Sergei Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto was first performed in September 1913, with the composer at the piano, the audience was furious: "To hell with futuristic music. Cats on the roof make better music." Prokofiev bowed as if being applauded – and played an encore. Over a century later, what today's ears consider a rather "moderate" concerto, which begins with an almost romantic theme and features the most difficult solo cadenza of all time, has long been recognized as a masterpiece. The jubilation for soloist Alexander Gadjiev is surely genuine. This is the first time the polyglot pianist, born on the Italian-Slovenian border, has appeared with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.

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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Alexander Gadjiev / Gergely Madaras

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

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

This program presents the season's motto "Planet Shostakovich" for the first time in chamber music. It focuses on Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev – two internationally acclaimed Russian composers who created masterful works in the tension between artistic independence and political pressure. Their relationship was characterized by rivalry as well as mutual inspiration. The selected works explore different creative phases and contexts: A "Moderato" by Shostakovich for cello and piano from the 1930s, rediscovered in 1986, is followed by "Five Pieces" based on stage and film scores – a suite in miniature format for violin, cello, and piano, arranged by Levon Atovmyan. Prokofiev is represented by his Violin Sonata in F minor, a piece of intimate form but with an epic content of symphonic grandeur, as well as selected scenes from his admired ballet music "Romeo and Juliet," arranged for viola and piano by Vadim Borisovsky, who, as a brilliant interpreter and arranger, popularized the music of both composers. /JN

Culinary Sunday Matinee № 3 

Hotel & Restaurant Schwarzer Bär

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

Kyu-Young Kim Plays Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

When Prokofiev composed his Fifth Symphony in the summer of 1944, the war in Europe was still raging. He described it as a tribute to “the generosity, strength and spiritual purity of the free and happy man.” For Prokofiev personally, it was a time of great creativity – but perhaps he sensed what lay ahead for his homeland, the Soviet Union. The symphony’s playful, fast-paced movements are set in stark contrast to the slow third movement, steeped in unease and anxiety. After the war ended, tensions between East and West escalated, and the Cold War soon took hold.

Lindberg and Prokofjev

Stockholm City Hall

It’s been twenty years since Aurora Orchestra tore up the rule book and made its name worldwide as a boundary-breaking ensemble, creating extraordinary musical experiences by incorporating drama and choreography and making even the most familiar classical works feel new-minted by performing them entirely from memory.

Aurora Orchestra

Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

The musicians of the Orchestre de Paris put their talent at the service of an ad hoc quartet, which takes on the most seductive ‘miniatures’ by Bartók and Prokofiev. 

Miniatures

Cité de la Musique

The 107th Holiday Afternoon Concert

Tokyo Opera City Tower

Nothing lifts the spirits quite like the opening of Mendelssohn’s symphony, which bursts into life with an irrepressible energy that could lift you off your feet. The composer once referred to it as ‘blue sky in A major’ and these postcards in sound from an epic 10-month foreign tour seem drenched in Mediterranean sunshine. Prokofiev’s concerto, written on the cusp of his resettlement in the Soviet Union, melds exquisite surface beauty with dark foreboding in his gripping, emotionally-charged concerto, performed by Chloë Hanslip. And to open, Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, inspired by a performance of a Haydn string quartet.

Mendelssohn 4 – UK Tour

Saffron Hall

Sergei Prokofiev's musical fairytale has, of course, long been a classic, introducing all sorts of orchestral instruments and requiring little further explanation. We look forward to Peter, his grandfather, the bird, the duck, the cat, and, with some anticipation, the Big Bad Wolf...

Peter and the Wolf

Staatstheater Mainz

Live from the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance, COYO's 2025-26 season welcomes you back for an exciting new series of performances by this critically acclaimed ensemble.

COYO Autumn Concert

Severance Music Center

Step into the timeless tale of love and tragedy with Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, masterfully brought to life in this live-recorded performance. Matthew-John Knights’s Lines, Layers, Ligaments explores the intricate connections between the human body and the natural world, and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 3 stirs with gripping drama and intensity.

Romeo & Juliet

David Pecaut Square

Rimsky-Korsakov acknowledged his debt to Liszt for his concerto’s lyricism and virtuosity, but gave it a marked Russian flavour by using a Russian folk song as its main theme.

Evgeny Kissin: One Concert, Three Concertos

Southbank Centre

Perhaps the most gifted classical pianist of our time, Evgeny Kissin takes centre stage with two rarely-performed jewels of the piano concerto repertoire.

Admired – even venerated – as the heir of the great Russian piano tradition, Kissin has an impressive list of awards, firsts and ‘youngest-evers’ to his name, including a Grammy for his recording of Prokofiev piano concertos with the Philharmonia.

His extraordinary programme brings together two bold, brilliant piano concertos by Prokofiev and Scriabin, alongside two dramatic Russian symphonic tone poems: Rachmaninov’s evocative The Rock, and Mussorgsky’s stormy A Night on the Bare Mountain which promises to thrill audiences with its wild and terrifying Witches’ Sabbath.

Evgeny Kissin: one concert, two concertos

A concert to transport your imagination through storytelling and tall tales - from the romp that is Strauss’ Overture to Die Fledermaus, relating the farcical misadventures of a man dressed as a bat, to romantic tales of the Arabian Nights in Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade. En route, drift off to a place of great calmness and tranquillity with Barber’s sublime Adagio for Strings and hear the tumultuous life story of an imaginary soldier in Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kije Suite.

Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra

The Anvil

Early one morning, Peter opened the gate and went out into the big green meadow… and if you know Prokofiev’s “symphonic tale for children”, you’ll already be humming that tune. Age doesn’t matter with music as enjoyable as this!

Afternoon Performance: Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf

City Halls

Step into a world where science, art, and music converge in What Music Is, a transformative concert-theatre experience that explores the profound role music plays in our lives and the universe. Created by composer Bill Barclay, this immersive, family-friendly performance features a full orchestra, captivating spoken narrative, and stunning animations that bring to life the universal language of music.

What Music Is

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center

Featuring Sharon Roffman, Violin | Sharon Roffman returns to Longmont to perform Brahms’ beloved Violin Concerto, and your Longmont Symphony performs one of Prokofiev’s most enduring works, Symphony No. 5. Composed in 1944 as Russian troops were advancing on Nazi forces, this symphony expresses heroism, tragedy, and the resilience of the human spirit. Prices for this performance range from $15 - $48 (plus fees).

Prokofiev & Brahms: Triumph & Tragedy

Skyline High School

First, Prokofiev's dazzling Piano Concerto No. 3 : it displays his unbridled virtuosity and his rhythmic energy is adorned with captivating melodies. Between passages of mechanical precision and lyrical flights, this score embodies all the genius of the Russian composer. Then Thomas Adès's Exterminating Angel Symphony transports you into a dreamlike and disturbing universe, inspired by the cinematic work of Buñuel. This recent creation deploys an eminently rich language where each instrument participates in a strange and captivating ceremony. In a grand finale, Debussy revolutionized orchestral writing with La Mer , a painting of the ocean in all its majesty and diversity. Under the baton of Roderick Cox, with the sparkling piano of Sergey Belyavsky, immerse yourself in three fascinating musical universes where the modernity of languages ​​rubs shoulders with the eternal evocative power of symphonic music.

Between sky and sea

Opéra Berlioz

Vasily Petrenko conducts two works by Sergei Prokofiev that, in their own way, rose from the ashes: Piano Concerto No. 2, which was lost in a fire and had to be rewritten, and Symphony No. 3, based on the abandoned opera The Fiery Angel.

Vasily Petrenko Nobuyuki Tsujii

Oslo Concert Hall

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

Between the most mysteriously sensual pages of Wagner and Scriabin, Yuja Wang takes to the keyboard to perform Prokofiev's awesome Concerto No.2 with his usual brio.

Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen

Philharmonie de Paris

Not an obvious match – but somehow, they clicked, and Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet drives straight to the raw, tender heart of Shakespeare’s drama.

Romeo and Juliet

Sergei Prokofiev was the bad boy of Russian music; Romeo and Juliet is the greatest love story ever told. Not an obvious match – but somehow, they clicked, and Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet drives straight to the raw, tender heart of Shakespeare’s drama. Tonight, it’s one of three very different visions of paradise from guest conductor Elim Chan. Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt plays the sun-kissed concerto that William Walton composed on a Mediterranean island. Meanwhile, with the UK premiere of Contested Eden, composer Gabriela Lena Frank joins our Harmony with Nature debate with a very personal response to California’s wildfires.

Vasily Petrenko and Nobuyuki Tsujii perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 – the concerto that was lost in a fire and had to be rewritten.

Classical Hour Vasily Petrenko Nobuyuki Tsujii

The last Pro Musica concert of the year offers three very different, but incredibly integrated works. Brahms had actually put the work of composing on the shelf and had retired, but after hearing a concert with Meininger Hofkapelle's solo clarinetist, Richard Mühlfeld, he found the sheet music again and wrote four works for the talented clarinetist, which we will play at tonight's concert first of the works, namely the sublime clarinet trio in A minor.

Brahms & Prokofiev

Odense Concert Hall

Revered for the intelligence and depth of her interpretations, Beatrice Rana is sought-after worldwide for playing that has a delicate, almost weightless quality. Her gift for weaving gossamer textures comes to the fore in a program matched by a fearless technical address that blurs dreams and reality. In a recital that covers a kaleidoscopic range of colors and styles, Rana makes her PCMS recital debut with some of the most demanding and dazzling music written for piano.

Beatrice Rana, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

We’ve got the home side playing tonight – Royal Northern Sinfonia and their Artistic Partner, the brilliant Maria Włoszczowska, plus star pianist Martin Helmchen.

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

At just 18 years old, Russian pianist Alexandra Dovgan has a career that has already taken her all over Europe and as far away as Buenos Aires and Detroit. A protégé of Grigory Sokolov, who predicted "a great future" for her , she stands out with a sound of incredible beauty and precision, served by an authentic personality. After the darkest and most passionate of Schubert's last three sonatas, she takes on Franck's Prelude, Chorale and Fugue , a combined homage to Bach and Liszt, then to the young Prokofiev - just 21 years old - who wrote a 2nd Sonata already tending towards modernism.

Alexandra Dovgan

After a triumphant jump-in performance last season, we’re delighted to welcome back Guest Conductor Darko Butorac. Butorac’s program features a favorite piece of his, Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, a powerful work written near the end of World War II that captures the struggle and optimism of the human spirit amidst wartime. The program is balanced by Mozart’s sweet and pure 4th violin concerto played by young prodigy Karisa Chiu.

Masterworks 3: Darko

Martin Woldson Theater

BYSO partners with the Boston Ballet School for this family-friendly classic. Peter and the Wolf is a symphonic fairy tale told through distinct themes assigned to specific instruments that illustrate a story of adventure, teamwork, and bravery.

Peter and the Wolf | Family Concert 

Boston Symphony Hall

Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 is a folk tale for children written by Sergei Prokofiev, in which the instruments illustrate each character in the story. All ages welcome!

Peter & the Wolf

Herrick District Library

Called “a marvelously expressive interpreter with a keen sense of how to get to the emotional heart of a work” by Minnesota’s Star-Tribune, Beatrice Rana returns to Celebrity Series with a program that shows off her refinement and virtuosity. She brings her storytelling prowess and emotional expressiveness to two well-loved ballet suites: highlights from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, and selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite.

New England Conservatory of Music

"Opening this concert is Bernstein's Overture to Candide, which the BPYO will be playing for the first time. It was last played by the senior Boston Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001 at the Jazzical Gala.

Bernstein / Brahms / Prokofiev

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

Composed in 1943, Shostakovich's Eighth is the most tragic of his three war symphonies. Its sarcasm, despair, and violent outbursts, which maintain tension until the very end, nevertheless give way to a denouement full of hope and renewal. Violinist Lorenzo Gatto has charted a remarkable career since winning Second Prize at the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition. For his return to Liège, he will perform Prokofiev's moving First Concerto  (1923), a work of striking intensity, brilliantly combining profound lyricism with passages steeped in sarcasm.

Shostakovich 8

Grand Manège

There is a true world star on the program when we present a unique concert experience with the world-famous trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger, who will perform as both soloist and conductor this evening.


With a career spanning four decades, Hardenberger is known as one of the most prominent and innovative trumpet players in the world. He has collaborated with some of the greatest orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and he continues to set new standards for what can be achieved with the trumpet. This evening, Hardenberger presents, among other things, one of the greatest classics of trumpet literature, Haydn's Trumpet Concerto, which with its elegant melody and virtuoso challenges is a work that truly shows the many facets of the instrument.

Stardust on trumpet with Håkan Hardenberger

Alsion Concert Hall

On 21 October 1898, when Edward Elgar came home exhausted from work, after supper he sat down to the piano and began improvising. “What is that?” asked his wife Alice, who was captivated by the unknown motif. “Nothing,” he answered. “But it could be something.”

Czech Philharmonic • Evgeny Kissin

Rudolfinum

An original text brings this concert to life, where the confidences of a bird prelude the eternal enchantment of Peter and the Wolf. It's a cross-border journey for all the family! 

Peter, the Wolf and the Bird

Two extraordinary Bulgarian musicians are featured in this electrifying concert program. Young conductor Delyana Lazarova leads her compatriot Dobrinka Tabakova's Orpheus Comet. German violinist Clara-Jumi Kangnous leads us into a fabulous display of virtuosity and lyricism with Prokofiev's Second Concerto . The irresistible melody of the Andante assai opens a visual world echoed in Gustav Holst's fascinating Planets . Having inspired John Williams's Star Wars score , this unique score draws on astrology to paint a musical portrait of the planets.

Holst's Lights on the Planets

Grand Théâtre de Québec

Piano Recital

Royal Academy of Music

The classic orchestral fairy tale of an adventurous child and his encounter with a wolf.

This timeless tale of a young boy who confronts a menacing wolf with the help of his animal friends returns to the Winspear stage. Experience the ESO play the delightful score that cleverly introduces young audience members to the different musical instruments while the classic musical fable is narrated live. The whole family will love this charming story and wonderful musical experience.

Symphony For Kids concerts are designed to be the ideal child-sized introduction to orchestral music. Family-friendly activities are available in the lobby prior to each SFK concert, so be sure to arrive early – and, of course, there will be fresh popcorn!

Winspear Centre

Beatrice Rana brings her exquisite artistry to a program brimming with color and intensity. In Debussy’s Etudes, Book II, she demonstrates “a clear understanding of what can make that composer’s music so magical” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet enchant with vivid storytelling and virtuosity. The program concludes with Prokofiev’s bold and powerful Sonata No. 6, a 20th-century masterpiece.

Beatrice Rana

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

One of the world’s most extraordinary pianists, Nobuyuki Tsujii is renowned for his technical virtuosity and deeply emotional performances. With formidable technique and a natural gift for pianistic color, Tsujii transcends the boundaries of music with his unique ability to express the purest forms of emotion through the piano.

Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

One of the world’s most extraordinary pianists, Nobuyuki Tsujii is renowned for his technical virtuosity and deeply emotional performances. With formidable technique and a natural gift for pianistic color, Tsujii transcends the boundaries of music with his unique ability to express the purest forms of emotion through the piano. Despite being blind from birth, Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii (Nobu)’s breathtaking artistry and expressive power have earned him a place among the greatest musicians of his generation. Described by The Observer as the “definition of virtuosity,” his performances resonate with audiences worldwide, whether performing Chopin’s delicate nocturnes, the grandeur of Rachmaninoff, or his own interpretations of classical and contemporary works.

Nobuyuki Tsujii

A candlelit symphony of love! Tchaikovsky composes our first tale of love, the overture-fantasy based on Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.  This melodious theme of tragic love is one of the most splendid in Western Classical music. Step into the enchanted music of Prokofiev’s Cinderella where a fairy godmother sets true love’s destiny in motion with narration by Paris Schutz.

Romeo & Juliet | Cinderella

McAninch Arts Center

The nights are drawing in and the sea’s getting distinctly chilly – what better time for a concert full of summer sunshine from conductor Nodoka Okisawa and the London Philharmonic Orchestra? Ravel opens his book of fairytales, and conjures sounds of pure enchantment. The young Bizet pours all his genius into a symphony that seems to dance and glow with sun-kissed melody (you can tell that this is the composer of Carmen). And the phenomenal 19-year-old violinist Leia Zhu weaves her spell in Prokofiev’s shimmering First Violin Concerto: believe us, it’s going to be magical.

Leia Zhu plays Prokofiev

Brighton Dome

Congress Theatre

Back by popular demand, Peter and the Wolf returns to the Gunter Theatre for two enchanting performances! Delight in the melodies of Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 paired with an adventure-filled story about two children from the Carolina Mountains named RaeLynn and Luke. Sergei Prokofiev’s beloved Peter and the Wolf comes to life with a new twist on the old tale, narrated by Greenville’s own Mimi Wyche.

Peace Center

The headline for Beatrice Rana’s 2019 Spivey Hall debut read, “Piano prodigy Beatrice Rana takes ‘Clara’ for a sumptuous ride at Spivey Hall.” She now returns firmly established as one of the supremely imaginative pianists of her generation. Winner of the Silver Medal and the Audience Award at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2013, her much-lauded 2017 CD of Bach’s Goldberg Variations garnered major awards and brought international renown. A performer as nuanced as she is powerful, Rana already has eight albums to her name and engagements with the top orchestras and great halls of the world.

Clayton State University

Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii—known to his legion of fans simply as Nobu—is that rare classical musician with a pop star’s following. Since winning the gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, he has gone on to a stellar international career, filling concert halls with his emotionally direct, charismatic interpretations.

Cal Performances

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Europe Tour 2025

Berliner Philharmonie

Müpa Budapest

Honored as Musical America’s “Musicians of the Year”, David Finckel and Wu Han are in high demand every season at the most prestigious chamber music concert venues across the US and abroad, with repertoire highlighting the most significant works for cello and piano.

David Finckel & Wu Han

Rice University

2018 WINNER OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

Dmitry Shishkin

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Renata is captivated by the vision of a fiery angel. Her obsession escalates as she tries to recreate this angelic figure in humans. Director Barbora Horáková makes her debut with Prokofiev's intoxicating opera at the Theater Bremen.

The fiery angel

Theater Bremen

The Wyoming Symphony Orchestra opens its 76th season with a dynamic program exploring themes of love and conflict. 
Selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet set a dramatic tone, followed by The Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto, a beloved work of Chinese classical music featuring guest violinist Na Sun. The evening concludes with Bernstein’s electrifying Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, a jazz- and Latin-infused reflection of Shakespeare’s tragic tale reimagined in 1950s New York.

Love

Natrona County High School

Discover the next generation of talent! On Oct 25, the OKC Philharmonic presents Oklahoma Stories: Celebrating Our Future, with Yihan Zhang, Kiegan Ryan, and the Oklahoma Youth Orchestra. Featuring music by Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Ryan, and Prokofiev.

Oklahoma Stories: Celebrating Our Future

Civic Center Music Hall

An unforgettable evening of passion, drama, and music, Star-Crossed Symphony brings to life some of the most poignant love stories in classical music, featuring powerful performances and stunning orchestral works. Augusta Holmes’s La Nuit e L’Amour is known for its lush musical texture. Concertmaster Genaro Medina will capture the longing and desire in Meditation from Thaïs by Massenet.

Professional actors Oliver Palmer and Cora Cadman will blend the power of Shakespeare with the beauty of orchestral sound in Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

Don't miss this captivating performance, where love and longing are expressed through the language of music.

Star-Crossed Symphony

Mishler Theatre

Mysticism, spirituality, human sacrifice, and a love-struck Russian composer’s violin concerto come together in a concert infused with sensuality, elemental power, and passion—all with France as the common thread.

Jacquot & Le Sacre du printemps

The Royal Playhouse and The Old Stage

We welcome acclaimed violinist Augustin Hadelich and rising star conductor Tabita Berglund for this celebration of the music, architecture, and nature of Nordic countries. Called “one of the most exciting violinists of his generation” by The New York Times, Hadelich shines in a performance of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto, and the orchestra sets off on a journey through the countryside in Sibelius’ sweeping Second Symphony. This performance takes place within the newly renovated Powell Hall, whose expansion was designed by the Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta and was inspired by the elegant shapes of orchestral instruments.

Prokofiev and Sibelius

Powell Hall

Music Director Jonathon Heyward welcomes Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego for Prokofiev's dark and brooding Violin Concerto No. 2. Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique evokes the passions of a tortured artist, while Mark Simpson's Israfel adds to the mysterious mood in homage to one of Baltimore's most famous residents: Edgar Allan Poe.

Symphonie Fantastique (Tales of Poe)

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

The Music Center at Strathmore

Scintillating pianist Yuja Wang joins returning conductor Domingo Hindoyan and the BSO in Sergei Prokofiev’s technically challenging Piano Concerto No. 2, a piece that combines the composer’s sardonic humor with his gift for soaring melody. Two American works from the 1940s bracket the concerto. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from his 1944 musical On the Town features music referencing such hits as “New York, New York” and the wistful “Lonely Town.” Aaron Copland’s Third Symphony, premiered by the BSO in 1946, includes the uplifting “Fanfare for the Common Man.”

Bernstein, Copland, and Prokofiev with Yuja Wang

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich completed his Tenth Symphony in 1953 – just after Stalin’s death – and the work is seen as a depiction of the Stalin years in Russia, where millions of people died and those who did not die lived in constant fear. This also applied to Shostakovich, who had difficulty sleeping, chain smoked and lived in constant fear of being deported to Siberia.

Shostakovich's 10th with Weilerstein

Aalborg Central Waterfront

The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo is a leading hub for young international talent. Musicians from top conservatories choose to refine their artistry at this prestigious private institution, and their excellence was once again proven during the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

MuCH – Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

 Among numerous early prizes, Gadjiev won 1st prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2021 and 2nd prize and the Krystian Zimerman Special Prize for his interpretation of a Chopin sonata at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.

Alexander Gadjiev piano

The Bridgewater Hall

The 174th Subscription Concert in Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

SHCS’s 60th season opens with the pioneering Sphinx Virtuosi, an 18-member self-conducted string orchestra and flagship ensemble of the Sphinx Organization. With “immeasurable power, unwavering command, and soulful beauty” (The Washington Post) these masterful players make their Baltimore debut with a program devoted to peace and the resilience of the human spirit. Acclaimed young cellist Sterling Elliott joins as soloist for American composer’s William Grant Still’s Suite, inspired by Harlem Renaissance sculptures.

Sphinx Virtuosi (Baltimore Debut) Sterling Elliott, cello

Johns Hopkins University

Violinist Phillip Levy and pianist Tae Yeon Lim present a captivating program to include  Beethoven’s Sonata in D Major, Prokofiev’s lyrical Five Melodies and the epic Sonata for Violin and Piano by the Belgian composer Guillaume Lekeu.

Phillip Levy & Tae Yeon Lim

St. Cross Episcopal Church

University of California, Irvine

State Street Ballet

Granada Theatre

Opening Night: Romeo & Juliet

Riverview Theatre

Take a journey into the woods with the beloved folk tale of Peter and the Wolf. Sergei Prokofiev’s inventive storytelling pairs all the fanciful characters with musical instruments to help young listeners identify the many sounds of the orchestra.

Benaroya Hall

It’s an evening with classical dance themes. We begin with Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta. Listen for the sounds of Russian folk tunes and castanets when violinist Stefan Jackiw performs Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto. The program finishes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, which Beethoven himself spoke of fondly as “one of my best works”.

Composer

Sergey Prokofiev

Events

Upcoming events

4 - 7 Dec, 2025

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Alexander Gadjiev / Gergely Madaras · Elbphilharmonie

Dec 5, 2025

Best of Classics: Romeo and Juliet · Dresdner Philharmonie

Dec 5, 2025

Prokofiev’s Cinderella · The Shepherd School of Music

5 - 6 Dec, 2025

Salonen, Jansen & Ligeti's Requiem · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

5 - 6 Dec, 2025

Salonen, Jansen & Ligeti's Requiem · Swedish Radio Choir

Past events

4 - 7 Dec, 2025

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Alexander Gadjiev / Gergely Madaras · Elbphilharmonie

Dec 2, 2025

Love Story · Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

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