Composer

The Danish String Quartet defies traditional notions of the genre, effortlessly moving between styles while maintaining impeccable standards in chamber music making. Lauded for their authentic expression and musical communication, they make their Prague debut with works by the Czech Philharmonic’s Composer-in-Residence Bryce Dessner and Ravel, as well as their own arrangements of Nordic folk melodies.

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Czech Chamber Music Society • Danish String Quartet

Rudolfinum

Childhood as a significant phase of life was a discovery of the 19th century. Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen (  Scenes from Childhood) is just as much a musical expression of the appreciation of children as Mussorgsky's Kinderstube (The Nursery) or Debussy's Children's Corner .

8th Philharmonic Concert

Konzerthaus Dortmund

Among Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's instrumental concertos, his Violin Concerto has held a particularly high status since its composition and premiere in the mid-1840s. As a work of great melodic qualities, harmonic finesse, and rhythmic intensity, it has not been without reason that it has garnered much admiration. Maurice Ravel's ballet music for Daphnis et Chloé , composed and premiered for the Ballets Russes in 1912 , is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of French Impressionism, featuring floating sounds and rich color nuances, as well as a wordless chorus. A story from Greek mythology is impressively relived with and through music.

Symphony Concert VIII

Bebelplatz

In his 2023 CSO subscription debut, Conrad Tao gave a “dazzling, staggering” performance of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, wrote the Chicago Tribune, in which Tao “carried his melodies masterfully.” As part of the CSO’s monthlong focus on American music, the Illinois native returns with a selection of Gershwin song arrangements interspersed with works by Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Schoenberg and Robert Schumann.

Conrad Tao

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Erin Yu, piano

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Sunmin Shin, piano

V21 Season Ticket - Dima Slobodeniouk

Opera House, A Coruña

Elegant for three

Bochumer Symphoniker

Audrey Zhou, saxophone

Symphonic Psalms and Myths

Travis Park United Methodist Church

Small ensembles of Minnesota Orchestra musicians perform chamber music on the Orchestra Hall stage.

Poulenc, Bartók and Ravel

Orchestra Hall Minneapolis

Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the San Francisco Symphony in a globe-hopping, toe-tapping program that’s bursting with rhythm and color. Among the highlights is Shift, a new trombone concerto by Lima native Jimmy López—performed by SF Symphony Principal Trombone Timothy Higgins—inspired by “the behavior of waves as observed through the Doppler effect.” The Spanish composer Joaquín Turina wrote his most famous work, Danzas fantásticas, in 1919, inspired by the novel La orgía by José Más. Printed on the score at the start of each dance are quotations from the novel, which convey the ecstatic splendor of Turina’s music. Born in the French Pyrenees to a Basque mother reared in Madrid, Maurice Ravel embraced a cross-cultural style. Rapsodie espagnole boasts Spanish-inflected castanets and tambourine, shadowy low winds, muted brass, and blazing instrumental colors.

Ravel & Music of the Americas

Davies Symphony Hall

Brahms’ First Piano Concerto awes with its grand scale, intense passion and unabashedly dramatic piano writing — the ideal showcase for Martin Helmchen, “who brings both freshness and expressive depth to everything he plays” (Chicago Classical Review). Works by Ravel and Richard Strauss evoke the romance and intrigues of Vienna’s bygone golden age.

Brahms, Strauss & Ravel La valse

Brendan Breen, trumpet

Isaiah Adams, piano

Amy Chu Yi Zhang, violin

William Scarrow, bass-baritone

Carmina Burana remains one of the most popular and dramatic masterpieces in orchestral repertoire. Conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni, this towering work based on a medieval collection of poems is a must-see. Ravel’s delicate orchestration in his Suite from Daphnis et Chloé, based on a Greek novel of the same name, is a lush musical adventure full of Impressionist colour. Finally, hear an exciting new ESO commission by leading Canadian composer Julien Bilodeau.

Carmina Burana

Winspear Centre

Celebrated French pianist Hélène Grimaud returns to the VSO to treat us to George Gershwin’s Concerto in F Major, brimming with enthusiasm and rhythm. English conductor Alexander Shelley summons the orchestra’s many musical colours in Ravel’s sensual ballet, Daphnis et Chloé. Peruvian composer Jimmy López’s Aino, hailed by The Chicago Tribune as “one of the most effective CSO commissions in recent seasons” receives its hotly anticipated Vancouver premiere.

Grimaud Plays Gershwin

Orpheum

Solamada Pando Girard, baritone

JoAnn Falletta, the acclaimed conductor and longtime music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, leads the Juilliard Orchestra in a program that overflows with orchestral warmth and pastoral color.

Juilliard Orchestra Conducted by JoAnn Falletta

Lincoln Center

After writing two light but entertaining violin concertos, Saint-Saëns upped his game in 1880. In his Violin Concerto No. 3, he delivered a deliciously scored masterpiece characterised by its brilliant solo part, building intensity, room-stilling slow movement and finale inspired by the music of the country it was written in: Spain. Alexandra Conunova plays perhaps the greatest French violin concerto in between music that finds hope from grief: Ravel’s etched memorials to fallen comrades and the symphony in which Sibelius wrestles the most inspiring optimism from music born of tragedy.

Sibelius Symphony No. 2

University of Oxford

‘The virtuosic Fidelio Trio’ (Sunday Times) lead an acclaimed and diverse international performing and recording career. Here they bring together two of the most loved piano trios with a new work by Anna Clyne.

Fidelio Trio

Church of the Ascension

Samuel Hao, violin

Fazıl Say received minutes of standing ovation after his captivating recital at the Mozart Week 2025 in the sold-out Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation. The celebrated pianist and composer from Turkey likes to describe himself as a bridge-builder between East and West, between early and contemporary music, between classical and jazz. His role models are the virtuosos of the 18th and 19th centuries who captivated audiences at their concerts, including with their own works. Thus, in his masterpiece, he draws a fascinating arc from Mozart's piano sonata with the famous "Alla turca" to the Impressionists Debussy and Ravel, and finally to an impressive selection of his own compositions.

Master Concert: Fazıl Say

Mozarteum Foundation

Ravel and Gershwin

Fitzgerald High School

The Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra is the oldest continuously operating orchestra in the state of Oregon. From its inception in 1906 as a collegiate orchestra composed of nine members, the symphony has grown into a full symphonic orchestra performing 3 major classical concerts, a holiday concert, and a children’s concert each season. Professional musicians from throughout the Willamette Valley are joined by talented community members, OSU faculty, and OSU students representing a wide span of majors across campus. Repertoire from recent seasons includes Strauss’ Alpine Symphony, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe,” and Brahms’ Fourth Symphony.

Corvallis-OSU Symphony Spring Concert

Oregon State University

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 VIII

UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Museumsinsel

Violins of Hope

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Chu Wen (April) Ong, Percussion

The Juilliard School

Ensemble Renard, 2025 CMF Artists, devote themselves to showcasing the breadth of colour the wind quintet is capable of. Their dedication to the genre has taken them to prestigious venues and festivals across the UK and abroad, including return appearances at the Aldeburgh Festival, Folkestone New Music, and BBC Radio 3’s In Tune.

Ensemble Renard

Corn Exchange Newbury

Juraj Valčuha conducts three works that are distinctively French in their refinement, charm and ingenuity. Ravel’s “five children’s pieces” brim with delight and affection while Poulenc’s Gloria evokes, in his words, “frescoes with angels sticking out their tongues.” Saint-Saëns is simply epic in his Organ Symphony.

Poulenc Gloria & Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

Isata Kanneh-Mason, whose playing has been called “calmly commanding” and “unfailingly subtle” by The New York Times, makes her SLSO debut in a recital with music inspired by nighttime and daybreak. From the timeless opening notes of Beethoven’s “Moonlight” sonata to Dobrinka Tabakova’s starlight-hued Nocturne and Ravel’s haunting Gaspard de la Nuit (Gaspard of the Night), in the hands of Kanneh-Mason, the piano travels from sparkling to moody and contemplative.

Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital

Powell Hall

Three piano concertos in a single evening – each one building a bridge to the past. Maurice Ravel composed his Piano Concerto in G “in the spirit of Mozart,” yet it also shimmers with hints of jazz and Basque folk music. In Credo, Arvo Pärt draws on the famous C major Prelude from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, juxtaposing familiar tonality with avant-garde techniques. And György Kurtág – who celebrated his 100th birthday in February 2026 – looks back to the free associations of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Op. 27 piano sonatas in his mesmerizing spatial work … quasi una fantasia …, which positions the instruments all around the audience. These three strikingly different concertos are set alongside America – A Prophecy, a dark, apocalyptic vision by the British composer Thomas Adès, who conducts the performance himself. The work confronts the destruction of Mayan culture by the Spanish conquistadors, with a soprano cast in the role of a warning seer. And at the very start of the concert,  in György Ligeti’s Poème Symphonique, 100 metronomes will begin ticking at the same time. One by one, they gradually fall silent. When the last metronome stops, says Víkingur Ólafsson, it feels “like the end of life.”

Mahler Chamber Orchestra | MDR Radio Choir | Thomas Adès | Víkingur Ólafsson | Anna Dennis

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

We welcome back to the Festival Septura, the internationally renowned brass septet after their triumph in Newbury last year.

Septura

St Mary's Church

Joshua Lee, piano

Seen as the one of the most exciting chamber ensembles of their generation, the Paddington Trio, winners of the 2023 Parkhouse Award, have been recognised in international competitions and live performances for their fresh interpretations and exuberant energy. Like the famous bear of the same name, Finnish violinist Tuulia Hero, Irish cellist Patrick Moriarty and American pianist Stephanie Tang have made London their home. They are now considered one of the leading piano trios of their generation.

Paddington Trio

With its hypnotic power, Ravel’s Bolero is endlessly fascinating. This famous orchestral work grows by the minute, blossoming at last to the fullest in a magnificent climax. François Leleux conducts the orchestra and is the soloist in Haydn’s mysterious Oboe Concerto.

Ravel Bolero

Göteborgs Symfoniker

Orchestre de Paris / Bar Avni

Philharmonie de Paris

Giorgi Gigashvili is a Georgian pianist and winner of The Voice Georgia at age 13. A prize winner at the Rubinstein, Géza Anda, and Vigo competitions, he studied in Tbilisi, Geneva, and Berlin. Giorgi combines classical performance with folk, electronic, and experimental music. He is passionate about Georgian folksongs, which he enjoys arranging and singing. His acclaimed debut album Meeting my Shadow was released on Alpha Classics. A BBC New Generation Artist and ECHO Rising Star, he is a 2025 Steinway Artist.

Giorgi Gigashvili piano

The Bridgewater Hall

Following three acclaimed PCMS performances, including two with brother Sheku, Isata Kanneh-Mason—one of Britain’s most exciting young pianists—returns to Philadelphia for an imaginative solo recital. Her program encompasses Beethoven’s Moonlight and Waldstein sonatas, new works by Bulgarian-British composer Dobrinka Tabakova, and Ravel’s epic Gaspard de la nuit, one of the most demanding virtuoso works in the entire piano literature. “Kanneh-Mason realizes every expressive moment with sensitivity” (The Guardian).

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Becca Harrison, piano

A 2025 MacDowell Fellow and 2024 Yaddo Artist, composer-pianist Michael Stephen Brown performs recitals and concertos worldwide and is commissioned by leading orchestras, soloists, and chamber music festivals. Winner of the 2026 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award, an Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center, and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, he has appeared as soloist with the Seattle, Phoenix, North Carolina, Albany, and Maryland Symphonies, as well as the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra. His recital appearances include Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Louvre, Wigmore Hall, and Beethoven-Haus Bonn.

Michael Stephen Brown, piano

The Chapel Restoration

Micah Cortezzo, bassoon

On this musical journey to the city of love, the program includes works by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, as well as the rarely heard Quintet in A major by Jean Cras, who during his lifetime not only pursued a career as a composer but also as an admiral in the French Navy. Unfortunately, this concert had to be cancelled in October. We are all the more pleased to be able to present this program to you now.

Salon Paris

Casino Bern

"In memory of..." – that could also be the title of the final symphony concert of the season. Although it is sometimes questionable who or what follows the "in". Maurice Ravel is said to have been thinking of a Spanish princess when choosing the title of his Pavane for the deceased Infanta. Or was he simply concerned with the similarity of "infante" and "défunte"? We will probably never know.

6th Symphony Concert

Theater Nordhausen

House of Art

This evening, our concertmaster Ilian Garnetz will have the opportunity to showcase his talent on stage. His talent was nurtured from an early age: raised in an artistic family, he made his solo debut at the age of ten and later studied with, among others, Igor Oistrakh. Today, he is a prizewinner of major competitions and a sought-after chamber musician. For this chamber concert, he has compiled a richly evocative and captivating program, which he will present with great pleasure together with Stanislav Jar at the piano – a musical reflection of a vibrant era full of contrasts. The concert opens with a dazzling work by George Enescu, often called the "Romanian Mozart," who, as a violinist and composer, masterfully wove folkloric elements into his music. 

Chamber concert: Violin Piano

Bamberger Symphoniker

The future is now! The Reno Phil welcomes all four of its Youth Orchestras to the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts stage to showcase their hard work. See the Youth Strings Ensemble, Youth Strings Symphonia, Youth Concert Orchestra and Youth Symphony Orchestra perform as they play a variety of favorites.

RPYO Spring Showcase

Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts

"We want you to feel a part of that, because you are." These words from Nathalie Joachim’s Family resonate with the spirit of the SLSO’s 25/26 season. Our extraordinary year culminates with the lush soundscapes of Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé, collaborations with the IN UNISON and St. Louis Symphony Choruses, and music by two of the SLSO’s dearest friends. As nearly 300 musicians fill the stage and captivated audiences fill Powell Hall, we celebrate the transformative power of music and community.

Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé

Steven Sloane was General Musician of the Bochum Symphony Orchestra from 1994 to 2021. He was a member of the board of directors for "RUHR 2010 – European Capital of Culture" and performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, in Sydney, and Tokyo, among others. He conducted major orchestras in Israel and was Music Director of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.

Exhibition Hall 4

Experience a mesmerizing fusion of musical worlds as the legendary Wu Man brings the haunting beauty of the pipa to life in Zhao Jiping’s Trumpet Concerto. The pipa is a 2,000-year- old, lute-like instrument and Man, the world’s leading pipa player. Lan Shui leads the RPO in an exhilarating program featuring John Adams’ The Chairman Dances, Fauré’s evocative Pelléas et Mélisande, and the swirling intensity of Ravel’s La Valse. A night of rhythm, romance, and riveting orchestral color awaits!

Rhythm & Romance

Eastman Theatre

RPO: Rhythm & Romance

Inviting Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska guarantees beaming faces in both the orchestra and the audience. And a concert program that is never run-of-the-mill. Here, then: this year's celebrated composer, Maurice Ravel, in dialogue with the master of Polish modernism, Witold Lutosławski. Maurice Ravel is represented by two of his most dynamic works: "La valse," this grotesque lament for the Viennese waltz, which here spirals into the abyss with greater speed and intoxication. And the Piano Concerto in G major, with its jazz elements, entirely in keeping with the fashion of the 1930s. Breathless as the times themselves, this music is a relentless, frantic pursuit. Joining the hr-Sinfonieorchester at the piano is the Frenchman Bertrand Chamayou, for whom Ravel's music has been part of his DNA since his early days at the conservatory. Ravel himself was a regular guest in New York jazz clubs, and so Chamayou knows: This music should sound "like a great, ingenious improvisation." Rigor, yes; brittleness, no—that is the ideal of the pianist whose CD recordings of Ravel's complete piano works were hailed ten years ago as "his masterpiece" (FonoForum) and "a sensation" (Stereoplay).

La valse

Alte Oper

Anyone who invites the Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska will be met with beaming faces in the orchestra and the audience. And a concert programme that never comes off the peg. Here now: the jubilarian of the year Maurice Ravel in dialogue with the master of Polish modernism Witold Lutosławski. Maurice Ravel is represented with two of his most fast-paced works: ‘La valse’, this grimacing swan song to the Viennese waltz, which spirals into the abyss with great speed and intoxication. And with the Piano Concerto in G major, with its jazz stylistic elements, entirely in keeping with the fashion of the 1930s. This music is as breathless as the times, a non-stop chase. The hr-Sinfonieorchester's guest pianist is the Frenchman Bertrand Chamayou, whose DNA has included Ravel's music since his first days at the conservatory. Ravel himself was a regular guest in New York jazz clubs, and so Chamayou knows: This music should sound ‘like a great, ingenious improvisation’. Rigour yes, brittleness no, that is the ideal of the pianist, whose CD recordings of Ravel's complete piano works were described ten years ago as ‘his masterpiece’ (FonoForum) and ‘a sensation’ (Stereoplay). (hr-Sinfonieorchester)

hr Symphony Orchestra

Maxine Silverstein is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis. Maxine has a major in mathematics with a minor in music, focusing on music composition and voice. Their musical journey began in elementary school, where they experimented with the piano and violin before settling on the cello. They discovered their passion for voice in the theater, participating in several musicals throughout their middle and high school years. For the past four years, they have been studying voice under Nathan Ruggles, with a focus on classical voice. They have had the privilege of performing in masterclasses with Lawrence Brownlee, Marques Jerrell Ruff, and Dr. Bethany Worrell. Maxine wants to extend their gratitude to their family, friends, and mentors who have supported their endeavors at WashU.

Maxine Silverstein, Senior Minor Recital, voice

560 Music Center

Only two of the evening's four composers are actually American, but French Maurice Ravel wrote his piano concerto in the wake of a very successful American tour, and Martinů lived in the United States for a number of years – also when he composed The Rock. The work is a symphonic poem that shows Martinů's fascinating ability to use the rich sound possibilities of the orchestra. Ravel combines several styles in his work – including jazz, but it all ties together, and the piano concerto appears as a divinely beautiful kaleidoscopic journey through timbres and sensual rhythms.

The American composers

Aalborg Central Waterfront

Stephen Joven-Lee, piano

Anya Liu, piano

Katherine Fisfis, soprano

Visit to the nursing home: Intimate letters – Chamber music concert

Erich Bähner House, Pforzheim

Concert 4

Schaap Center for the Arts

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.

Beethoven's Thrilling 5th Symphony

La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church

Intimate Letters – Chamber Music Concert #3

Stadtmuseum Pforzheim

One of the most controversial of all concert pieces, Ravel’s Boléro (1928) is both an incomparable feast for the ears
– languid, modal melodies, crooning saxophones, Spanish dance rhythms – and a puzzle for the brain, as it is a work
whose marvelous variety and sensational climax are built on mechanistic repetition. The composer himself once
half-jokingly characterized it as “a crescendo without music.” This evening, the famous Boléro is matched with
Rachmaninov’s riveting, perennially popular Symphonic Dances for orchestra, and the Variaciones concertantes of
Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera, in which a lyrical theme for cello and harp is taken on a tour of the whole
orchestra.

Boléro

Von Braun Center

The Sacramento Youth Symphony Premier Orchestra celebrates its 70th Anniversary with a landmark concert event. The 75-piece orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Ryan Murray, will perform Aaron Copland’s spirited, folk-inspired ballet suite Rodeo, featuring the instantly recognizable final movement, “Hoe-Down.”

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The program also includes Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, Nos. 5 and 6, alongside two outstanding student concerto performances. Emrys Tu will perform Maurice Ravel’s vibrant, jazz-influenced Piano Concerto in G Major (Allegramente), while Leanna Kim takes the stage with Brahms’ monumental Violin Concerto in D Major (Allegro non troppo), a tour de force that blends grandeur and intensity with moments of profound lyricism.

Sacramento Youth Symphony 70th Anniversary Concert

Folsom Lake College

This will be a great joy, as we'll be igniting four sonic fireworks. Our energy will be further fueled by two Spaniards – the conductor Roberto González-Monjas and the pianist Javier Perianes. We'll begin with a humorous role-playing exercise: Manuel de Falla's ballet "El sombrero de tres picos" ("The Three-Cornered Hat") from 1919 is set in a small Andalusian town – and for this turbulent comedy of errors, we can create witty onomatopoeia and lively dances. Equally atmospheric is his piece "Nights in Spanish Gardens," completed in 1916: enchanting impressions for piano and orchestra with which the composer wanted to "evoke places, moods, and feelings." This also resonates with Debussy, who preferred to listen to the wind for his music, "which tells us the story of this world" – and who even initially wanted to become a sailor. 

Roberto González-Monjas, Javier Perianes

An evening of music presented by Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Harp Haley Rhodeside. Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of the harp with a program that showcases its breathtaking beauty and versatility with pieces by Lizotte, Burtos, and Corelli. From delicate, shimmering cascades to rich, resonant harmonies, the harp’s celestial voice takes center stage in a work by Renié for harp, violin, and cello. Experience the instrument’s elegance and expressive power as it weaves intricate melodies and dreamy textures, transporting you to a world of serenity and wonder.

A Night of the Harp

Colonial Plaza

Experience the brilliance of the Ébène Quartet in a whole new light – the warm, inviting glow of candlelight. Known for their versatility and electrifying stage presence, the Ébène will present a program that showcases their mastery of the string quartet repertoire. Hear Beethoven's joyfully spirited String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2, Ravel's colorfully sensuous Quartet in F Major, and Brahms' lyrical and expansive String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2. The candlelight will create an intimate and immersive atmosphere, allowing you to connect with the music on a profound level.

Ébène Quartet

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

To close out the year, this program is a showcase of the exceptional students of the School of Music. George Gershwin's wonderfully colorful inspired work, American in Paris, will kick things off. Winners of the Dean's Concerto Competition will solo with the orchestra-highlighting both graduate and undergraduate talent. The evening closes with an orchestral showpiece for every instrument, Ravel's Bolero.

LSU Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin & Ravel

Louisiana State University

With the 2025 Chatelain Young Artist winner, UMKC Choirs, Village Presbyterian Chorus, and guest soloists. Bolero (Ravel), Adagio in G Minor (Remo), Requiem in D minor (Faure).

Musical Paradise

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Diana Tishchenko likely still has fond memories of her last performance with the Duisburg Philharmonic : In June 2024, the Ukrainian-born violinist, who was born in Crimea, played a violin concerto by the Ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych – and received enthusiastic applause from the audience for this politically powerful statement. Now she returns as a chamber musician and, together with her piano partner José Gallardo, who returns after his Duisburg debut in the 2024/2025 season, will present European composers who have played with the soundscape of America. The Frenchman Ravel incorporated elements of jazz, which was still new and exciting at the time, into his violin sonata. Jazz harmonies and sophisticated rhythms can also be heard in the concert fantasy that Igor Frolov compiled on themes from George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess," including the catchy tune "Summertime." César Franck, for his part, composed his violin sonata—still a classic in the repertoire today—as a wedding gift for the Belgian violin virtuoso and fellow composer Eugène Ysaÿe. Ysaÿe, too, dedicated his sonata to a famous colleague: the Romanian composer George Enescu, with whom he once performed together.

Sound worlds between Europe and America

CityPalais

Distinguished pianist Inna Faliks joins the Sunday Morning Music / Santa Monica series with a dynamic program of beloved classics and a world premiere, and a unique interactive element as the second half of the program will be determined by audience vote!

Inna Faliks

The Broad Stage

MSO First Associate Concertmaster Ilana Setapen commands the stage with Arturo Márquez’s folk-infused violin concerto Fandango. “I had known this music since I was a child,” says Márquez, “listening to it in the cinema, on the radio, and listening to my father, a mariachi violinist (Arturo Márquez, Sr.) interpret huastecos and mariachi music.” Márquez says Fandango adheres to his “seven capital principles: tonality, modality, melody, rhythm, imaginary folk tradition, harmony, and orchestral color.” Guest conductor Asher Fisch leads this vivid program, which concludes with two Spain-inspired pieces by Ravel, as well as Turina’s Danzas fantásticas; Turina’s trio of evocative dances are set in the Aragon, Basque, and Andalusian regions of Spain.

Fandango & Rapsodie

Warner Grand Theater

Undercurrents | Frost Symphony Orchestra

University of Miami

Experience our season finale concert, an evening brimming with captivating music that spans centuries and styles, featuring masterful works by contemporary and classic composers.

Season Finale: Ravel & Rachmaninoff

Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations

Journey through elegance and emotional depth in a richly textured program that offers a celebration of musical storytelling. The evening opens with Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, a shimmering tribute to French Baroque style and the memory of fallen World War I soldiers, blending grace and poignancy in equal measure. Next, the WFSO proudly presents a new work by acclaimed composer Brittany Green, whose music is known for its bold textures and powerful commentary—this dynamic piece promises to challenge and inspire. After intermission, the orchestra brings to life one of the most beloved symphonies in the repertoire: Dvořák’s New World Symphony, a sweeping, heartfelt exploration of American spirit and longing, infused with Bohemian soul.

Music from the New World

First Baptist Church Wichita Falls

Pianist and composer Conrad Tao is widely celebrated for his boundary-defying artistry as well as his powerful performances of traditional repertoire. Described by New York Magazine as “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music,” and praised by The New York Times for his “probing intellect and open-hearted vision,” Tao appears regularly as a soloist with leading orchestras and at major venues across the world.

Conrad Tao, piano

The most famous motif of the Fifth Symphony of Sibelius comes in the final movement. Often drawing inspiration from nature, Sibelius’s connection with the Finnish landscape was integral to his identity. “Today at ten to eleven I saw sixteen swans,” he wrote in his diary in 1915. “One of my greatest experiences! Lord God, what beauty! They circled over me for a long time. Disappeared into the solar haze like a gleaming silver ribbon.” This moment was the inspiration for what he would call the “Swan Hymn,” the swinging horn motif that evokes the graceful beating of the swans’ wings as the woodwinds’ countermelody suggests their call.

Gleaming Glow

Southern Oregon University

Grants Pass High School

Collier Center for the Performing Arts

Sir Stephen Hough: a pianist whose effortless brilliance at the keyboard has been described as little short of genius. John Wilson: the Newcastle-born conductor who knows how to make an orchestra sound like a million dollars. Put them together and sparks will fly – whether in Rachmaninov’s showstopping concerto, Ravel’s sumptuous dream waltz or Vaughan Williams’ glorious technicolor portrait of a great city in all its bustling, glittering life. Trust us: this is going to be special.

Stephen Hough Plays Rachmaninov

Usher Hall

Seduction is the subtext in this program that pairs Richard Strauss’s portrait of the famous fictional philanderer and Ravel’s Bolero, whose relentless pulse mirrors the beat of desire. Beyond the bedroom, we turn our gaze to galaxies far, far away, as Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’sContact imagines encounters with other beings.

Bolero and Don Juan

Sir Stephen Hough: a pianist whose effortless brilliance at the keyboard has been described as little short of genius. John Wilson: the Newcastle-born conductor who knows how to make an orchestra sound like a million dollars. Put them together and sparks will fly – whether in Rachmaninov’s showstopping concerto, Ravel’s sumptuous dream waltz or Vaughan Williams’ glorious technicolour portrait of a great city in all its bustling, glittering life. Trust us: this is going to be special. 

Sir Stephen Hough Plays Rachmaninov

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Music Hall, Aberdeen

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

The MSU Symphony Orchestra closes the season with a high-energy program of dance-inspired music from around the world. Highlights include Strauss’s elegant Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Juan Pablo Contreras’s vibrant Mariachitlán, Carlos Simon’s jazz-infused Hellfighters’ Blues, and Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro. Also included is a Sam and Mary Austin Fanfare composed by an MSU College of Music student. Join us for a season finale where rhythm and movement ignite orchestral brilliance. Octavio Más-Arocas, conductor.

Composer

Maurice Ravel

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NDR Chamber Concert · Elbphilharmonie

Dec 21, 2025 - Jul 19, 2026

Waves And Circles · Bayerische Staatsoper

Feb 22 - Jul 7, 2026

6th Philharmonic Concert · Staatsoper Hamburg

Jun 14, 2026

The Four Seasons · Opera North

Jun 14, 2026

Junior Opera · Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

Past events

Jun 10, 2026

Czech Chamber Music Society • Danish String Quartet · Czech Philharmonic

9 - 10 Jun, 2026

8th Philharmonic Concert · Dortmunder Philharmoniker

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