Composer

Curious about instrumental music? Looking to make lunchtime musical? Try this bite-size, informal concert, performed by musicians from the LSO String Experience scheme.

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert

LSO St Luke's

Time stands still, and the whole world holds its breath as the great moments of sport unfold – both in reality, on the big screen and on the TV screen.

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Sports in Symphony

DR Koncerthuset

Shostakovich’s compositions faced pressure from the totalitarian Stalin regime, but he remained defiant and courageous. His piece Festive Overture, driven by thrilling brass fanfare, was written in three days to celebrate the anniversary of the October 1917 Russian Revolution. It is speculated that the work was influenced by the composer’s sense of relief and celebration after Stalin’s death. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, written for the same anniversary years prior, focuses on the transformation from emotional darkness to light, reflecting his struggles with the regime’s critics. The piece won massive praise, with a standing ovation for over thirty minutes after its premiere.

Prokofiev & Shostakovich

Buddy Holly Hall

Everyone wants to book him right now: Alexandre Kantorow, the pianist born in 1997 who, seven years ago, became the first French winner of the Gold Medal at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and received the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award in 2023. He has already performed with such world-class orchestras as the Berlin and New York Philharmonics and played Ravel’s Jeux d’eau in pouring rain at the opening of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games — an artist who captivates audiences with the poetry of his interpretations. For his Lucerne Festival debut, Kantorow turns to one of his favorite composers: Johannes Brahms, whose First Piano Concerto seems almost written for eleven or twelve fingers, so formidable are its challenges. But Kantorow fears neither the massive chords nor the filigree passagework. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck then present a milestone of the Russian repertoire: Dmitri Shostakovich’s multilayered Fifth Symphony. With this work, written after being publicly denounced by Stalin’s “cultural guardians,” Shostakovich attempted to step out of the line of fire and wrote a bombastic, triumphal finale. But the real message can be heard between the lines.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Manfred Honeck | Alexandre Kantorow

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

You can simply go to a concert at the Philharmonie, spontaneously, during your lunch break – and with free admission: every Wednesday at 13:00 between September and June. The programme lasts 40 to 50 minutes: chamber music, piano works or a percussion duo – everything from Tchaikovsky to tango. Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Karajan-Akademie regularly perform, as well as guests from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin music conservatories. As can be expected at a lunch concert, catering is available from 12 noon until shortly before the concert begins.

Lunch concert

Berliner Philharmoniker

Brass instruments have been around for thousands of years, featuring in military, religious and courtly ceremonies, marching bands, orchestra, chamber music and so much more.

Cocktail Hour with Brent Grapes

Sydney Opera House

With a thunderous entrance from the orchestra and piano chords that crash like waves, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto announces itself with total confidence.

Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto

For 25 years I’ve wanted to perform the Mendelssohn Octet in Newburyport. Finally, I’m getting the chance. One of the most adored works in all the repertoire, which is affectionately referred to by my colleagues as the “Mocktet” - not to be confused with Shostakovich’s own version known as the “Shocktet” - which opens the final concert. The two octets are a natural pairing and fitting conclusion to a celebration of all that chamber music can be. The Mendelssohn is one great movement after another and an astonishing mature piece of music from a composer who was, annoyingly, only 16 when he wrote it. The festival artists are joined by the Miró String Quartet, one of the world’s great ensembles with multiple Grammys and first prizes from international competitions under their belt.

Twenty-Five Years of NCMF

Immaculate Conception Church, Newburyport

It is always a good day when Jon Deak shows up on your doorstep. This concert marks his triumphant return (indeed, his third visit!) to Newburyport and the first appearance at NCMF of his friend and collaborator, legendary Metropolitan opera soprano Lucy Shelton. The concert begins with Lucy performing Cathy Berberian’s tour-de-force for solo soprano with a score written not in musical notation but as a cartoon (the score will be projected so the audience can follow along). Also featured on the program is Haydn’s B Minor quartet. Papa Haydn was famous for his sunny disposition but this is an unusually dark and enigmatic work. As long as we are flipping traditional roles, Shostakovich, known a bit as the king of despair, has, with his first quartet in C Major, a work that is warm and even sunny at times.

Return of Jon Deak

Keen-eyed observers will notice a common thread running through this summer’s program. Four composers feature throughout: Haydn, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, and Jon Deak. Together, they paint a broad, if not comprehensive, history of classical music. Josef Haydn (1732 – 1809), widely acknowledged as the inventor of both the symphony and the string quartet, codified much of the classical era. Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) was a true romantic and wore his heart on his sleeve. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) typified the complexities and contradictions of the 20th Century, his music touching upon emotions like irony or despair. Finally, Jon Deak (b. 1943), our Composer-in-Residence, has, in his unique and very 21st Century manner, blurred the line between music and theater.

Piano Recital

St. Paul’s Church

The Music Academy’s teaching artist roster is unmatched—artists who mentor at the highest level and shine in performance throughout the summer. Teaching Artist Showcases spotlight this extraordinary talent in concert, bringing our influential teaching artists to the stage in chamber music collaborations.

Teaching Artist Showcase: Shostakovich & Hahn

Lobero Theatre

The Fortuny Trio makes its debut at the Perelada Festival coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the formation, consolidated as one of the most solid and personal proposals of its generation. Formed by Joel Bardolet, Pau Codina and Marc Heredia, the trio has built its own language that combines rigor, complicity and a lively look at the repertoire.

Trio Fortuny

Església del Carme

Two charming works open this program, which is then brought to a fiery conclusion with one of the most powerful works in the chamber music repertoire. Getting things started is the lyrical late-18th-century Flute Trio, Op. 61, No. 5, by French Classical composer and flute virtuoso François Devienne, who was known in his day as “The Mozart of the Flute.” Next, violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Nicolas Namoradze play Schubert’s much-loved Arpeggione Sonata, whose nickname is a nod to the six-stringed, bowed guitar that was (briefly) popular in the early 19th century and that Schubert originally wrote the work for. To close out the evening, Alan Gilbert, on violin, leads Festival musicians in Shostakovich’s stunning Piano Quintet, which, being very much a product of its time, takes listeners on a wild emotional journey.

Schubert & Shostakovich

New Mexico Museum of Art

Dubbed a musician of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by The New York Times, Conrad Tao has been playing Gershwin’s 1924 rhapsody with orchestras across the country for nearly two decades. “It’s emblematic of the time and place, but it’s also timeless,” says Tao. “Improvisation is baked into Rhapsody in Blue. There are places in the score where the orchestra rests, and the pianist just takes off. That’s one of the reasons it continues to resonate with audiences today.”

Rhapsody in Blue & Shostakovich

Hollywood Bowl

Formed by alumni of the National Repertory Orchestra, this quartet brings together musicians whose shared roots at the NRO have evolved into dynamic professional careers. In this program, they draw from American narratives that play a critical role in the ongoing evolution of our nation’s history and musical character. Through works that reflect migration, identity, tradition, and transformation, the ensemble creates a throughline between past and present.

Chamber Concert

Riverwalk Center

Semyon Bychkov's performance is generously sponsored by James and Marguerite Rigby.



Brahms’s Fourth Symphony is a work of contrasts, veering from bold orchestral statements to exuberant dances and concluding with an homage to Baroque master J.S. Bach. Semyon Bychkov conducts this symphonic classic alongside Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto. Composed under the watchful eye of the Soviet Union, this virtuosic showpiece requires a violinist of Karen Gomyo’s caliber to probe its mysterious and emotional depths.

Brahms & Shostakovich

Blossom Music Center

Beloved Festival Orchestra member José González Granero moves from the woodwind section to the front of the stage to perform Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, one of the great composer’s last masterpieces.

Festival Orchestra: Shostakovich & Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto

Jackson Hole High School

Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look as Sir Donald Runnicles and the orchestra rehearse for the weekend Festival Orchestra concerts. This week, beloved Festival Orchestra member José González Granero moves from the woodwind section to the front of the stage to perform Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, one of the great composer’s last masterpieces. In contrast to Mozart’s meaningful late utterance are two more youthful works by important 20th century icons – a playful literary overture by American Samuel Barber, The School for Scandal Overture, and an incredibly precocious college graduation project by Dmitri Shostakovich, his Symphony No. 1.

Open Rehearsal: Shostakovich & Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto

Conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson makes her Festival debut with William Grant Still’s celebratory Festive Overture, followed by Ravel’s jazz-inflected Piano Concerto featuring star pianist Michelle Cann. Florence Price’s sweeping Symphony No. 3 concludes the program in its first Festival outing.

Ravel Piano Concerto

Millennium Park

Chorin Music Summer 2026

Chorin Abbey

9.  Chamber Concert

Hoghehus Lübeck

We begin with Brahms’ ‘Tragic Overture’, which confronts darkness head-on. Composed in 1880 as the sombre counterpart to his ‘Academic Festival Overture’, it whips up a storm of emotional energy, embodying what Brahms called “the serious side of life”. 

Next is Sibelius’ haunting ‘Valse Triste’. Originally composed for a 1903 play, this melancholic waltz depicts a dying woman’s fevered dream, where she dances with memories and ghosts. At the end, four solo violins add a fragile, otherworldly coda. 

Shostakovich’s monumental Seventh Symphony completes the arc from despair to defiance. It was composed during the 1941 siege of Leningrad, a time of unimaginable suffering for citizens. This epic work transforms the nightmare of war – represented by the famous ‘invasion theme’ in the first movement – into ultimate victory. 

From Tragedy to Triumph

Smith Square Hall

Guest performance in Bad Kissingen | Kissinger Summer

Regentenbau

Dmitri Shostakovich's Second Violin Concerto is sonically intense and moving. Although it is in a minor key, it also radiates great hope. Shostakovich's concerto is a favorite work of Isabelle Faust, who is associated with the WDR Symphony Orchestra as Artist in Residence. This is no surprise, since her unique playing combines perfection and brilliance on the one hand, with tremendous depth on the other. As a highlight of the season's closing performance, Cristian Măcelaru conducts the Third Symphony by his Romanian compatriot George Enescu. This opulent work for orchestra and choir overwhelms with its power and strength.

Universes - Măcelaru & Isabelle Faust

Museum Ludwig

To conclude the season, the hr Symphony Orchestra is once again invited to perform a guest concert at the Kissinger Sommer festival. Under the direction of chief conductor Alain Altinoglu, Christian Tetzlaff will present Dvořák's Violin Concerto. The main symphonic work of the evening, to be performed in the Max Littmann Hall of the Regentenbau, is Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10.

Kissinger Summer

On the eve of the International Shostakovich Days, the Staatskapelle is exploring two key works by the Russian composer. Written for David Oistrakh in 1967, the Second Violin Concerto is a work full of inner tension that captivates with its austere tonal language and chamber music-like density. The Tenth Symphony, composed in 1953 shortly after Stalin’s death, is one of the most discussed orchestral pieces of the 20th century. Here Shostakovich truly makes his mark: featuring his musical monogram – the famous DSCH motif (i.e. D-Eb-C-B) – this work is also an existential cri de coeur. The Tenth has been interpreted as a denunciation of Stalinism, particularly the second movement, which is seen as a savage portrayal of the brutal dictator.

Special Concert International Shostakovich Festival Gohrisch

Palace of Culture

The season finale will be breathtaking: the cycle of all Brahms symphonies will be completed, and Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto delivers pure drama. A somber beginning, a frenzied scherzo, an epic passacaglia, and a furious finale—Shostakovich has arguably created one of the greatest solo concertos of the 20th century. This is music of existential importance that truly gets under your skin. The internationally renowned violinist Vadim Gluzman is the ideal soloist for this bravura piece. Brahms' Fourth Symphony completes his symphonic oeuvre. In his own words, he "wasn't at all eager to write a bad No. 4." And he wasn't—quite the opposite: the composer has created a milestone here. And just as the season began with Brahms, so it ends with him. Brahms, Bremen, and the Bremen Philharmonic belong inextricably together.

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 | Marko Letonja

The Bell, Bremen

Following our captivating performance at Halifax Minster in 2025, we are delighted to return to Halifax as part of our ongoing commitment to Culturedale and our work with UNESCO’s Seeds of Hope initiative.

As echoes of The Lark Ascending continue to resonate across the town, we look forward to bringing another vibrant programme of string repertoire to the Victoria Theatre, celebrating the very best of English music alongside inspiring works from around the world. The programme includes Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves, Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, and Grieg’s much-loved Holberg Suite.

We are especially pleased to premiere a new arrangement of Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances and to share the stage with talented young musicians from the Calderdale Music Youth Ensemble. This special concert provides a wonderful opportunity to showcase our award-winning work with schools and community groups across the region before we return to Calderdale again in August.

Close Encounters: Beyond the Lark

Victoria Theatre Halifax

Beethoven / Šostakovič

Imperial Baths

Percussive bombast suggests an advancing army in Haydn’s Military Symphony No. 100 in this thrilling program conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. After Julia Perry’s energetic Short Piece, young cello virtuoso Oliver Herbert joins the Grant Park Orchestra for Shostakovich’s lively Cello Concerto No. 1.

Haydn Military Symphony

We join RNCM student conductors and International Artist Diploma musicians for an afternoon of extraordinary music making in the BBC Philharmonic Studio.

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and RNCM: International Artist Diploma Performance 1

MediaCityUK

In the second symphony concert, we welcome another outstanding concert soloist: the Swedish soprano Maria Bengtsson, who has performed at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and the Berlin State Opera, among others, under the baton of Kirill Petrenko, Daniel Barenboim, Simone Young, Philippe Jordan, Vladimir Jurovsky, Riccardo Muti, Sebastian Weigle, and many others. Bengtsson will perform Alban Berg's "Seven Early Songs" with the Symphony Orchestra: the song cycle, which combines texts by forgotten poets such as Paul Hohenberg and Carl Hauptmann with Rilke, Lenau, and Storm, tells the story of a great love.

Symphony Concert 2

University of Music in Detmold

Following the conclusion of our 25/26 subscription season, join us for “A Community Gift and Dream — for the Love of Music” June 13-14, 2026.

A Community Gift and Dream — for the Love of Music

Overture Center for the Arts

You can’t have missed the buzz around The Kanneh-Masons; one of Britain’s most musical families.

Steinway Special: The Kanneh-Masons

Bute Park

Chamber Concert “In memoriam”

Evangelische Akademie Tutzing

Munich Residence

Based on Slavic folklore, this music evokes a world of enchanted princesses, wicked sorcerers and a mythical creature whose flight brings the story to a spellbinding close. It’s no wonder this music catapulted Stravinsky to global fame.

Stravinsky’s The Firebird

We have been searching for the right opportunity to perform Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony for a long time, until conductor Case Scaglione came up with this desire. After two years, Hungarian virtuoso Gábor Boldoczki also returns to the Prague Symphony to reunite two old friends: Dmitri Shostakovich and Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

Gábor Boldoczki & Case Scaglione

Municipal House

Čajkovskij & Rachmaninov

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

The chamber music ensembles of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole

Gregory Hughes, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, leads a bold and invigorating program that pairs two revolutionary symphonies. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9, full of wit, irony, and unexpected charm, opens the evening with a satirical twist on traditional symphonic form. In contrast, Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” closes the program—an enduring masterpiece that forever changed the course of classical music with its heroic scale, emotional depth, and sheer power.

Hughes Conducts Beethoven

Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture

Brothers Demarre and Anthony McGill give a world premiere by jazz piano icon Billy Childs reflecting on America's 250th. Rachmaninoff unapologetically captures the Russian musical spirit in his Symphony No. 3, while Shostakovich elicits a celebratory mood.

Rachmaninoff 3

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

The Music Center at Strathmore

The FIFA 2026 World Cup comes to Santa Clara County, but before any of the globe’s greatest soccer players hit the pitch, Symphony San Jose’s all-star musicians will showcase a line-up of international greats of their own.

Symphonic World Cup

California Theatre

Experience our end-of-season Concertino event up close in an informal setting. At the general rehearsal, our supporters can gain an insight into the preparation process.

Meeting point in the foyer of the Liszt Academy between 9:30 and 9:50. Attendance at the general rehearsal is free of charge for members of our BFO Patrons club, but subject to prior registration. Registration is available on the website after logging in.

Concertino: C.P.E. Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Shostakovich, Beethoven

Liszt Academy

This electrifying Australian group, founded in 2007 by brothers Daniel Kowalik (violin) and Karol Kowalik (cello), and friends Thomas Chawner (viola) and David Dalseno (violin), is one of the most exciting string quartets of its generation. Known for their engaging performances, they inspire reviews like this one from the Canberra CityNews: “incredible passion, fire and intensity. The audience erupted in thunderous applause and cheers. It was an electric and enthralling evening of the finest music making.”

Orava Quartet

St. John's Episcopal Church Portsmouth

The energetic ensemble performs Bacewicz's String Quartet no 3 and Shostakovich's much-loved eighth string quartet, alongside a new work by Oscar Jockel.

ECHO Rising Stars: Javus Quartett

St Giles Cripplegate

Luke Wejman, cello

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Chamber music icons in the former Rothschild orangery. The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester) presents three captivating trios by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, and Schubert at the premiere of its "Chamber Flicker" series in the historic pavilion in Frankfurt's Günthersburgpark. An early stroke of genius by the young Shostakovich meets a musical gem from the late Schubert and Rachmaninoff's melancholic "Trio élégiaque No. 1." Shostakovich was just 17 when he composed his Piano Trio, which was only published from his posthumous manuscripts in 1983. Schubert's Piano Trio is one of his last and most mature works, which, according to Robert Schumann, swept over the musical scene of the time "like an angry apparition from heaven."

Trio élégiaque

Orangerie

35th Season Finale

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Tristen Johnson, cello

For our final program, Maestro Haimor has chosen Valerie Coleman’s anthem of unity Umoja to begin, followed by the return of Bay Area native and Marin favorite, cellist Oliver Herbert, performing Shostakovich’s virtuosic and exciting Cello Concerto No.1. We close our season with Dvořák’s optimistic, triumphant Eighth Symphony.

Masterworks 4: Shostakovich & Dvořák

College of Marin

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

Northwestern University

Osborne brings his love of both genres to the fore, performing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (for piano and trumpet soloists) alongside his favourite jazz standards, arranged specially for this programme. 

We’re also joined by the brilliant trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo, whose playing moves effortlessly from the mellow charm of Gershwin to the raw intensity of Shostakovich. 

Fantasia Orchestra with Steven Osborne

While the Napoleonic Wars raged, Ludwig van Beethoven composed one of his most radiant works: the Fifth Piano Concerto. With its heroic, optimistic character, it faces the challenges of the time, yet also transports the listener with transcendent melodies to better worlds. Víkingur Ólafsson is the soloist. Semyon Bychkov then conducts Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, composed in the shadow of Stalinist terror. At first glance monumental and triumphant, it reveals an ironic double meaning – a subversive work that feigns jubilation while simultaneously undermining it.

Semyon Bychkov and Víkingur Ólafsson with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5

Three of the world’s most celebrated musicians perform three powerful, idiosyncratic piano trios. The first half of the program is steeped in Jewish music and memory, pairing Rosowsky’s rarely performed Fantastic Dance on Hebrew Themes for Piano Trio with Shostakovich’s devastating Piano Trio No. 2, a searing expression of both intense personal grief and freshly discovered horrors perpetrated during World War II. Tchaikovsky’s immense, sole Piano Trio follows. A wide-ranging and folk-infused musical elegy, it is a notable predecessor to Shostakovich’s trio, and yet it remains one-of-a-kind in its fascinating, masterful construction.

Evgeny Kissin, Piano, Joshua Bell, Violin, and Steven Isserlis, Cello

Folly Theater

Šostakovič - Symphony No. 5

William Johnson, cello

Stravinsky’s extravagant Song of the Nightingale is based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. John Adams’s work was inspired by the colors, shapes, and sounds of Stravinsky’s piece. Stories of fanciful birds continue with music from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and DSO Principal Cello Wei Yu performs Shostakovich’s moving concerto.

Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and Other Tales

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Three times Shostakovich, and three times a completely different facet: first in a thrillingly exhilarating orchestral overture, then in the powerfully fresh sonic shower of the Second Piano Concerto with its warm, jewel-like middle movement, and finally in the Fifth Symphony, which triumphs in an almost surreal way. Kahchun Wong, who in 2016 became the first Asian to win the prestigious Mahler Competition of the Bamberg Symphony, takes the podium of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra for the first time. He will delve deep into Shostakovich's world, together with a pianist who knows his way around it like few others. "I'm addicted to Shostakovich's music, to this raw power," says Boris Giltburg, whose CD recording of the Shostakovich piano concertos is among the best currently available. What Giltburg observes for himself also defines the listening experience: "This is music that makes you tremble.

Pure Shostakovich

Hessischer Rundfunk

Having already conducted two hugely popular works from the symphonic canon this season – Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Bruckner's 7th Symphony – Stefan Blunier 's third guest appearance presents compositions we don't often encounter in concert. Dmitri Shostakovich may be one of the 20th century's most important composers, but with "Two Pieces by Domenico Scarlatti for Wind Orchestra" we experience him at the very beginning of his career, before he was banned by the Soviet cultural watchdogs. The program then features Paul Hindemith, ostracized by the Nazis, one of Duisburg-born Frank Peter Zimmermann 's favorite composers . His recording of Hindemith's Violin Concerto has even been praised in the music press as a new benchmark recording: a work that shows the composer less as a feared "public enemy," but rather exposes his accessible, lyrical side. The final movement of Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 4 offers a spectacular "duel" between two timpani. Here, the horrors of the First World War resonate, to which the composer counters the "inextinguishable" in the hymn-like chorale at the end: the elemental will to live, as Nilsen himself interpreted the title.

The Indelible

CityPalais

Explore how music and poetry unite to amplify powerful voices of dissent, resistance, and hope with the Portland Chamber Orchestra. Banner & Burden: Music and Spoken Word is a bold collaboration with the Oregon Poetry Association, featuring original spoken word performances by emerging young poets whose words illuminate the tribulations—and triumphs—of our community.

This moving program showcases evocative works by composers who have used their music to speak truth to power, including the vibrant, contemporary voice of Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman’s celebration of identity and unity, and the deeply expressive music of Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in the shadow of political oppression.

Banner & Burden: Music and Spoken Word

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

New Voices is Trio con Brio's new three-year concert series, which Aarhus Musikforening shares with Boulez-Saal Berlin and Diamanten in Copenhagen. Two of the concerts fall in the 25/26 season, and each concert program includes a world premiere, an important 20th-century piano trio, and one of the great piano quintets.

Trio con Brio - New Voices 2

Lille Sal Musikhuset

An uplifting program of resilience, remembrance, and inspiration. Featuring stirring works like Fanfare for the Common Man, selections from Shostakovich’s mighty Fifth Symphony, and the moving Song of Hope. Trumpet soloists Dan Marbes, Adam Gaines, and Kevin Short, along with student and community brass players, join the Civic Symphony of Green Bay to celebrate the power of music to unite and heal. Concertmaster Taylor Giorgio will be featured on Schindler’s List.

Harmonies for Hope

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

It seems strange to suggest that Hana Chang is at the beginning of a great career. But a glance at her diary shows that this young artist is already at the centre of international concert life. She performs with orchestras such as the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Recitals have taken her to America, Europe and Asia. Her chamber music partners include Janine Jansen, Daniel Müller-Schott and Francesco Piemontesi. Hana Chang's competition successes are equally impressive: she has won prizes at the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the International Louis Spohr Competition, the Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition and many others. In the Debut Series, Hana Chang, who is currently receiving the finishing touches as an outstanding performer with Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy, will also be making her debut at the Alte Oper.

Hana Chang, Violin

Alte Oper

The concerts of the Gewandhaus Orchestra are the centrepieces of Frankfurt's Opera Square. It goes without saying that great symphonic music is on the programme at the regular dates of the orchestra with its significant history. On the podium: Andris Nelsons, who has been Gewandhauskapellmeister since 2018. This time, Nelsons and the Leipzig orchestra will be performing two powerful masterpieces that give a glimpse into the soul of their creators: One theory about Dmitri Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony is that he worked through times of deep suffering after Stalin's death. The theory is controversial, but it cannot be denied that the composer gave a harrowing testimony to himself with this work. Sergei Rachmaninov composed himself back to life from a severe creative crisis with his second piano concerto. For Yulianna Avdeeva, music is also a spiritual indicator: ‘With the piano, you share your innermost feelings and thoughts that you often can't put into words.’

Gewandhaus Orchestra

Season Finale 2026

The Independence School

Guest performance in Dortmund

Konzerthaus Dortmund

With the performance of Shostakovich’s 5th symphony, the Diablo Symphony remembers this great composer in his 50th anniversary season. The difficulties under which Shostakovich composed permeate the deep and complex emotions of this extraordinary and brilliant work. Performed alongside works by two American composers which celebrate the joys and bravery of everyday existence, this program explores the whole gamut of human emotions. Don’t miss this powerful finale to our season!

Season Finale: Shostakovich 5

Lesher Center for the Arts

His Fifth Symphony depicts "the development of personality," explained Dmitri Shostakovich. But the highly emotional music from 1937 also documents his threatening situation during the Stalin era. At times pleading, at times hectically overexcited, the music culminates in an overwhelming finale. Franz Liszt's First Piano Concerto is similarly captivating. It is a welcome challenge for the up-and-coming Israeli pianist Yoav Levanon, making his debut with the WDR Symphony Orchestra. The conductor is the Greek Constantinos Carydis. He opens the evening with a work by his fellow countryman Periklis Koukos: a sonorous prologue to Homer's "Odyssey."

Between the Lines - Shostakovich's Fifth

The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program: American Composers Orchestra and League of American Orchestras have established two 30-orchestra consortiums, each supporting commissions by six women and nonbinary EarShot alumni. Each composer writes a 6–8 minute orchestral work and develops an educational or community-focused program presented in partnership with each orchestra. In the 2025–26 season, composers have their works performed by nineteen orchestras across the U.S.

Virginia B. Toulmin Commission by Karena Ingram with Asheville Symphony

First Baptist Church of Asheville

Violins of Hope

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Join Maxim and the SCO musicians for an electrifying and emotional conclusion to the Season – with one of the most cherished symphonies of them all.

Dvořák 'New World' Symphony

Usher Hall

City Halls

Perth Concert Hall

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

Corn Exchange Newbury

Join Maxim and the SCO musicians for an electrifying and emotional concert featuring one of the most cherished symphonies of them all.

Perth Concert Series: Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Dvořák 'New World' Symphony

Join us as the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra offers a festive preview of some of the upcoming season's musical highlights. Look forward to a potpourri of exuberant excerpts and movements, presented in an inviting format that whets the appetite for all that awaits.

Preview: Season 26/27

Aarhus Music Hall

Reimagined brings familiar works into unexpected instrumental settings, offering a fresh perspective on well-known repertoire. Featuring Franck’s Violin Sonata arranged for saxophone and piano, Martin’s Ballade, and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 1, the program explores new colours, contrasts, and dialogue between instruments, bringing energy and character to these timeless masterpieces.

Composer

Dmitri Shostakovich

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 17, 2026

On Tour in Beijing · London Symphony Orchestra

Sep 17, 2026

Season Opening Concert: Unveiling the Enigma · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Sep 17, 2026

Fractured Light: Joel Munday and Julian Trevelyan · London Symphony Orchestra

17 - 20 Sep, 2026

Strauss & Shostakovich · The Cleveland Orchestra

Sep 20, 2026

On Tour in Jiangsu · London Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Sep 11, 2026

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert · London Symphony Orchestra

10 - 12 Sep, 2026

Sports in Symphony · Danish National Symphony Orchestra

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