Composer

John Adams doesn't just like to think big, he sometimes dreams big too. For example, of a supertanker rising from the sea like a gigantic rocket. Dream images like this inspired his large-scale orchestral work "Harmonielehre" (Theory of Harmony) as well as the whimsical scenery of his "Chairman Dances." The composer from Massachusetts is—somewhat against his will—considered part of the broader field of Minimal Music. His breathtakingly expansive "Harmonielehre," with its impressive percussion section, is both late-Romantic and expressive, as well as richly sensuous in its sound. But of course, it is also rhythmically captivating, even hypnotic—a typical Adams. It premiered exactly 40 years ago and has since been considered a touchstone for every orchestra, and the American conductor David Robertson, making his debut with the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), is regarded as a specialist in its interpretation. The percussion section also takes center stage in Bartók's work, acting as the third soloist in the Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra. Timpani and xylophone become melodic instruments, while the Jussen brothers are given free rein to unleash their percussive fury at the pianos. Indeed, the world is turned somewhat upside down in this program – and particularly grotesquely so in the exuberant revue number "The Chairman Dances" by John Adams: Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China, dances a foxtrot, accompanied by a US president on a bar piano – this is the bizarrely ironic setting of this effective orchestral piece.

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Harmony theory

Alte Oper

Prepare for a feast for the senses with this captivating programme. Star percussionist Alexej Gerassimez takes centre stage in Corigliano’s thrilling Concerto ‘Conjurer’, showcasing his artistry on a myriad of instruments, from marimba to cymbals. Each composer offers a unique orchestral palette: Corigliano highlights percussion, Stravinsky focuses on winds, and Bartók blends the full symphonic forces. United by the elemental sounds of wood, metal, skin, and wind, the music feels almost tangible. Under the dynamic baton of Tito Muñoz, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra delivers a performance that will leave you spellbound.

Concerto for percussion

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Concert in the Wiener Konzerthaus

Wiener Konzerthaus

Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna

Musikverein Wien

Artists in Residence Lucas & Arthur Jussen will be performing chamber music, presenting captivating works for two pianos or pianists. The program ranges from the vibrant and moving Schubert movements to the rhythmic fire of Béla Bartók and the Romanticism of Robert Schumann. Bartók impressively showcased the secret affinity between the sound of two pianos and percussion in his famous sonata. For piano four-hands, however, the early Romantic Schubert left behind more than any other great composer: among other things, the most monumental sonata movement for piano four-hands we know: a stormily beginning, almost grim Allegro, which later inspired the publisher to title it "Life's Storms." Yet here, too, the heavens open – with one of those harmonic turns with which the late Schubert repeatedly transports his listeners to another world. The same is true of his single Adagio Trio movement, in which time seems to stand still.

Life's storms

Hessischer Rundfunk

Making his debut, this astounding French accordionist has been described by Le Monde as having “a masterly technique and an inexhaustible wealth of phrasing.” Offering a tango-inspired program, Ould evinces his instrument’s rightful place in the classical repertory.

Théo Ould, accordion Union College

Union College

3rd Subscription Concert

Vienna Music Society

A concert in two halves with an intermission – and it will be a very athletic affair on an exciting playing field with numerous musical passes: Under the commands of Elim Chan, we will form an orchestral team for compositions that demand teamwork and coordination. But first, we will musically prepare the stage for the match – with a work "written with great pleasure" by Sofia Gubaidulina: It dates from 1971 and is a delightful story about a small piece of chalk. For Dvořák's Violin Concerto, first performed in 1883, we welcome the acclaimed violinist Augustin Hadelich as the driving star striker: For although the original composition is based on the idea of ​​the symphonic concerto, there is ample room for the soloist to showcase their talent – ​​especially in the fiery finale, which is based on the Bohemian folk dance "Furiant," meaning "the intoxicating one" or "the frenzied one." In the second half, our task remains the same: to move the musical ball back and forth between the different instrumental sections with great precision and unerring technique – in Bartók's popular Concerto for Orchestra from 1943, which, while essentially a disguised symphony, offers ample solo opportunities for individual members of our ensemble.

Elim Chan, Augustin Hadelich

Bamberger Symphoniker

Tonight, our string section takes centre stage. Written in 1939 as Europe teetered on the brink of war, Bartók’s Divertimento fuses Hungarian folk-rhythms with his signature spiky harmonies and driving momentum. This is furiously virtuosic music; technically demanding and intense, pulsing with energy.

Serenade for Strings

RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music)

Welcome to Masterpieces #3 and to an evening where we delve into the symphony orchestra's fascinating universe of timbres, roles and dynamic characters. Here we will experience well-known and popular classical highlights, ranging from the most delicate notes to the most dramatic climaxes, from the effervescent to the heartbreaking – making the symphony orchestra pulsate as if it were a living organism. The program includes captivating ear-hangers by Mozart and Rossini, gripping descriptions of love by Mahler and Wagner, and folk musical intricacies by Grieg, Bartok and Tchaikovsky.

Masterpieces #3

The Conservatory Concert Hall

Haslev-Halls

Stenhus Gymnasium

Ringsted Kongrescenter

Exiled in the United States, Bartók and Korngold poured their longing for home into their concertos—one steeped in Hungarian traditions, the other blending Viennese charm with Hollywood melodies. Showcasing the brilliant Simone Lamsma, this concert promises an enchanting journey full of emotion, cinematic splendour, and symphonic brilliance. A magical evening where mesmerizing melodies will allow you to discover a rich cultural heritage.

Echoes of Europe in Hollywood

Place des Arts

The DACAMERA audience favorites perform a characteristically intriguing and varied program. Haydn’s inventive classical works are daringly contrasted with 20th and 21st century quartets, including a recent work by award-winning composer/pianist Timo Andres.

Brentano String Quartet

The Menil Collection

Discover the Happy Symphonic Hour version of our December 3 program and be swept away by nostalgic European sounds and iconic Hollywood melodies. This 60-minute concert also offers a chance to meet comedian Philippe-Audrey Larrue-St-Jacques, who will be hosting the evening. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to discover—or rediscover—the incredible violinist Simone Lamsma, acclaimed for her outstanding performance in 2024.

From Europe to the Movies

CARION is a Danish/Swedish/Latvian wind quintet, which is both well-founded in the traditional classical wind quintet repertoire, but has also achieved enthusiastic reviews for their performances of lesser-known and newer repertoire within the wind quintet genre in many places in Europe, the USA, and Brazil. The quintet has collaborated with contemporary composers such as Jeppe Just, Renate Stivrina, Andris Szenitis, Britta Byström and Anders Nordentoft.

CARION Wind Quintet

MantziusLive

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

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

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

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Drawing inspiration from a childhood obsession listening to the improvisations of legendary clarinettist Benny Goodman, Nigel Westlake’s Rare Sugar unleashes the clarinet’s joyful quality, with whimsical character, surprising virtuosity and a delightful blend of classical and jazz influences.

Omega Ensemble: Rare Sugar

ACO On The Pier

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

Beethoven’s Seventh

Powell Hall

Opera and drama are rarely the focus of Thuringia's largest concert orchestra, which makes the program, which combines two stage works, all the more remarkable. Opening with Gabriel Fauré's incidental music for "Pelléas et Mélisande," the delicacy and tragedy of Maeterlinck's symbolic drama come alive in impressionistic soundscapes. The centerpiece of the evening is Béla Bartók's opera "Duke Bluebeard's Castle": an intense psychological drama in which Judith opens the locked doors of the castle and simultaneously uncovers her husband's secrets. 

Friday Concert No. 2

Volkshaus Jena

Great things come in small packages – it only takes four musicians to form a string quartet, but the emotions they can create are infinite. Eighteenth century eloquence and wit, untamed passions from the Hungarian countryside, and a Scottish seascape from the extraordinary imagination of Fergus Hall: anything’s possible when the Fibonacci Quartet returns to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Fibonacci Quartet

Bute Park

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 philharmonic concerts of the Hamburg State Orchestra become ZeitSpiele and transcend the boundaries of the ordinary: In this concert, Ella Milch-Sheriff's musical interpretation of the texts from Des Knaben Wunderhorn will be heard - as some of Mahler's songs are replaced by new compositions from her hand, inspired by the original. Mahler meets us today as a mirror of the past and at the same time, through Milch-Sheriff, as part of the here and now! This musical game without fear of contact opens up new perspectives on our musical culture, our way of thinking and being, on our way of receiving music.

3rd Philharmonic Concert MAHLER / MILCH-­SHERIFF

Elbphilharmonie

The Hamburg State Orchestra's Philharmonic Concerts become contemporary plays, transcending the boundaries of the ordinary. This concert features Ella Milch-Sheriff's musical interpretation of the texts from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" – some of Mahler's songs are replaced by new compositions by her, inspired by the original. Mahler confronts us today as a mirror of the past and, through Milch-Sheriff, as a part of the here and now. This unabashedly engaging musical play opens new perspectives on our musical culture, our thinking and being, and our way of receiving music.

Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Annika Schlicht / Benjamin Appl / Adam Fischer

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Violinist Benjamin Beilman has built an international audience of listeners enthralled by his golden tone, impeccable technique, and magnetic musicianship. Truly a violinist’s violinist, Beilman excels at whatever he plays, from classic to contemporary, with equal appeal. Partnering with Beilman for this special concert is pianist Gloria Chien, a long-time presence at CMS and one of today’s most sought-after collaborators.

An Evening with Benjamin Beilman and Gloria Chien

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Step into the haunting world of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, where suspense and drama unfold in the beautiful score. Led by Principal Conductor Ari Pelto, this darkly mesmerizing opera will transport you to a realm of mystery and psychological depth. Experience the intense power of Bartók’s music, live on stage.

The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera 2024-2025 Season and Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Ari Pelto are generously underwritten by the Nancy and Hank Fisher Family Fund.

Opera! Bluebeard’s Castle

Safe Credit Union Performing Arts Center

When Yuja Wang and Teddy Abrams last shared the stage in Louisville, it led to a Grammy win. Now, the longtime collaborators reunite for a night of electrifying virtuosity, diving into the bold sounds of Hungary.

Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 kicks things off with a whirlwind of fire and flair, followed by Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, a dazzling, shape-shifting masterwork that Wang navigates with “sly, jazzy exuberance” (Gramophone). Closing the program is Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, a tour-de-force that spotlights every section of the orchestra in a vibrant, folk-infused celebration.

Yuja Wang & Teddy Abrams Return

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

On the 21 November 1975, a group of pioneering musicians walked out onto the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall stage and the Australian Chamber Orchestra was born. Founded by the legendary Australian cellist John Painter, these musicians were driven by a shared mission to take control of their musical destinies: to become the country’s first truly national orchestra with an uncompromising commitment to elite performance, to represent Australia on the world stage, and provide opportunities to the country’s brightest young string players.

Celebrating the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Sydney Opera House

For more than ten years, the Montpellier Occitanie National Orchestra has been developing a close partnership with the Cité des Arts – Regional Conservatory of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole.

Tuba in light

La Cité des Arts

Opéra Comédie

A modern player with a signature sound and distinctive style, American cellist Mark Kosower embodies the international concept of the complete musician. He was a top prize winner in both the Rostropovich and Pablo Casals International Cello competitions. He has established a distinguished career as concerto soloist with symphony orchestras, in solo recitals, as an admired and sought-after chamber musician, and as a respected scholar and teacher. Formerly solo cellist of the Bamberg Symphony in Germany, he is now Principal Cello of The Cleveland Orchestra. His cello master classes at Hidden Valley Music Seminars in Carmel, California each summer draw professional-level participants from across the continent.

Mark Kosower & Tatiana Lokhina

Sunset Center

Experience an unforgettable evening of music with Regina’s own rising star, violinist Amy Hillis! This thoughtfully crafted program offers a unique and personal connection to the soloist, as Hillis curates the entire first half – a heartfelt musical playlist she’s chosen to share with her hometown.

Hillis Homecoming

Darke Hall

Hero's Journey - Symphony Orchestra

ISU Center for the Performing Arts

First United Methodist Church, Springfield

Music carries our stories. It holds memory, culture, and emotion, linking us to those who came before and those yet to come. Tian’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers opens the evening with a piece that reflects on history and tradition, full of quiet strength and deep feeling. Then, violinist Ray Chen takes us into the rich, romantic world of Bruch’s Violin Concerto—a piece that feels both deeply personal and universally moving. Finally, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra shines a light on every part of the ensemble, proving that music, like history, is built on many voices working together.

Ray Chen Plays Bruch

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Join us for a concert celebrating the sesquicentennial of Maurice Ravel's birth! Violinist Gabriel Richard and cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi present an inventive program that traces his far-reaching influence on chamber music from the early 20th century to today. At its heart is Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello, a work of radical clarity and contrapuntal innovation, composed in memory of Claude Debussy.

Violinist Gabriel Richard and cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi pair Ravel's masterwork with music by Béla Bartók, Jean Martinon, Augusta Read Thomas, and Alice Hong, each reflecting a different facet of the evolving modernist and postmodern chamber idiom.

Gabriel Richard and Jesús Castro-Balbi: “Tribute to Ravel” Recital

Duke University

Nikolai Medtner’s rarely performed Elegies, Op 59 are bookended by Bartók’s daring Three Studies, Op 18 and Ravel’s much-loved Gaspard de la nuit.

Katya Grabova

Wigmore Hall

The evening's program is framed by two works for the ensemble of piano, viola and clarinet, an ensemble for which Mozart was the first to write a work back in 1786, which was to have a significant impact on the spread of the clarinet as a classical instrument. It was a fairly new instrument in Mozart's time, but quickly found its place as a fully integrated and widely used instrument in both orchestral and chamber music.

Sabine Meyer, Nils Mönkemeyer & William Youn

Mogens Dahl Koncertsal

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

From Antonín Dvořák to Béla Bartók

Benaroya Hall

Due to the renovation of the Frankfurt Concert Hall, we are moving part of our chamber music series to the event hall of the Frankfurt Kleist Museum this season. This is a fitting opportunity for this Sunday matinee, as this museum will be opening the exhibition "Kleist and Music" in the fall of 2025. With this matinee, we are providing a piece of accompanying music to this show and to Kleist's era. The poet Heinrich von Kleist not only played the clarinet himself, but with Johann Baptist Vanhal and Iwan Müller, we have two of his contemporaries in the program. In Müller, we also have a clarinetist and composer who, as an instrument maker, made significant contributions to the further development of the clarinet.

2. Sunday Matinee

Kleist Museum

It is probably the country that currently poses the most difficult puzzles for all friends of a united Europe, but at least culturally it is one of the most exciting in the East: Hungary exerted a considerable influence on Central European musical history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Yet far from the much-performed Brahms dances, the program features three, partly relatively unknown, Hungarian composers, all born around the turn of the century.
Béla Bartók's "Pictures" of his homeland, which the Swiss conductor Simon Gaudenz introduces at the beginning, are still somewhat familiar.

Fire

Stadthalle Göttingen

Brace yourself for Mahler’s “Titan” Symphony—a whirlwind of nature’s awakening, a wedding procession, a funeral march, and a finale that could move mountains. With its vivid orchestration and emotional punches, this symphony stands as a testament to Mahler’s genius, blending folk influences with grandeur that will leave you breathless.

Markus Poschner conducts Mahler's "Titan" Symphony

Salt Palace Convention Center

A radiant force in the new generation of pianists, Avery Gagliano brings insight, imagination, and a bold interpretive voice to the stage. Hailing from Washington, D.C., Gagliano is a recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and a mentee of Sir András Schiff at the Kronberg Academy in Germany. Lauded by The Philadelphia Inquirer as “a pianist who conveys a vivid musical personality and bold imagination,” Gagliano is a familiar and beloved presence on Washington Performing Arts stages. Her program traverses Romantic fervor, American lyricism, Hungarian fire, and the introspective intensity of late-Romantic Russian works—each piece a canvas for her expressive brilliance.

Avery Gagliano, piano

Washington Performing Arts

Honorary conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Gustav Mahler's contrast-filled Symphony no. 5 , which begins with a mourning march and ends in a jubilant ending. Tabea Zimmermann is a soloist in Béla Bartók's Brass Concerto , which the composer wrote entirely on the stamp of life.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste Tabea Zimmermann

Oslo Concert Hall

Orchestra della Svizzera italiana

LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura

This year, the series of impressive orchestral concerts conducted by Ion Marin continues at the Haus für Mozart. On October 21, the maestro will perform two important and well-known works of orchestral literature with the Junior Symphony Orchestra of the Mozarteum University Salzburg. On October 22, the program will be heard in the Max Schlereth Hall under the direction of conducting students.

Symphony orchestra concert with conducting students

Mozarteum University Salzburg

Symphony orchestra concert with Ion Marin at the Haus für Mozart

House for Mozart

Concerto, Concerto

Jackson Theater, Sonoma Country Day School

Vilde Frang with ANPO

Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall

Ravel called his 1912 ballet Daphnis et Chloé a “choreographic symphony.” “My intention,” he wrote, “was to compose a vast musical fresco in which I was less concerned with archaism than with reproducing faithfully the Greece of my dreams.” The sumptuous, dreamlike music, conducted here by Jun Märkl in his SF Symphony debut, enchanted listeners from the start. Violinist Leonidas Kavakos joins the Symphony for a passionate performance of Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2, an exercise in radical simplicity. Bartók’s endlessly fertile five-note figure spawns hook after hook, each more captivating than the last.

Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé

Davies Symphony Hall

The first in a series of three concerts featuring the two-time Grammy® Award-winning Attacca Quartet, a true quartet for modern times. Gliding through traditional classical repertoire to electronica, video game music, and a who’s who of contemporary collaborations, they are one of the world’s most innovative and respected ensembles.

Attacca Quartet (Contemporary Chamber/Herbst)

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Zoltán Kodály’s colourful Variations on a Hungarian Folksong sets the tone for this folk-inspired program. WASO’s own Principal Viola, Daniel Schmitt, takes centre stage for Bartók’s Viola Concerto, his final, elegiac work, full of the folk-music influences which so fascinated him. The sheer number of unforgettable melodies that fill Dvořák’s New World Symphony has ensured its timeless popularity.

Asher Fisch Conducts Dvořák 9

The University of Western Australia

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Boulez’s Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna (“the most sensuously appealing score of Boulez’s career,” The New Yorker) in an immersive production featuring L.A. Dance Project and choreography by the renowned French dancer Benjamin Millepied. Salonen also leads a pair of works Boulez championed during his tenure as the NY Phil’s Music Director: Bartók’s kaleidoscopic Concerto for Orchestra and Stravinsky’s Octet for winds.

Salonen Conducts Boulez & Bartók

David Geffen Hall

Guest Concertmaster Alexandra Preucil and violist Antoine Tamestit lead a thrilling exploration of Hungarian music and culture with the raw passion of Bartók's duos, the folk-infused charm of Weber's Andante e Rondo ungarese, the dazzling virtuosity of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, and the fiery rhythms of Brahms' Hungarian Dances.

Hungarian Dances

Orpheum Theater

Üdvözöljük! A real eye-catcher, this accumulation of umlauts, and also the perfect opening for our season's opening concert. In German, this Hungarian word means "Welcome!", and not only our new, interim General Music Director Gábor Hontvári comes from Hungary, but also the horn soloist László Gál. Not to mention Béla Bartók, the figurehead of Hungarian music par excellence, who died in exile in the USA 80 years ago. One of his last compositions was the Concerto for Orchestra: a foray through musical history, with sprinkles of Renaissance and jazz, folklore and dance, as well as a feast of timbres in which virtually every orchestral instrument is put in the spotlight. It's hard to believe that the 62-year-old was already terminally ill when he wrote this brilliant piece...

1st Symphony Concert

Theater Nordhausen

House of Art

Start the 2025/26 season right with a journey from Elegance to Decadence. First, enjoy the beautiful Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Debussy. Inspired by a poem which translates to Afternoon of a Fawn, it spotlights the fine first flute of the Philharmonic. Next, experience firsthand the then (1924) controversial pantomime by Bartok, The Miraculous Mandarin Suite. The evening finishes with Brahms’ only Violin Concerto, considered one of the greatest of all time, featuring the talented soloist James Ehnes.

Opening Night - From Elegance to Decadence

Purdue University Fort Wayne

What better way to celebrate the Orchestra’s 125th anniversary than with the commissioning and world premiere performances of a new work by preeminent American composer John Adams? Adams has seized the public imagination with music that transforms concert halls and opera stages. Featured in this program is a “one-in-a-million talent” (Dallas Morning News): The youngest ever to win the coveted Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medal, pianist Yunchan Lim transfixes fans with his virtuosic gifts. 

Marin Alsop and Yunchan Lim

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Menacing timpani rolls set the tone for Rossini’s solemn Overture to Semiramide, a deceivingly upbeat narration of family rivalries. Bartók’s Dance Suite—featuring five original Hungarian folk soundscapes composed for the 50th anniversary of the merger of Buda and Pest—offers a vibrant musical journey. Chopin’s poetic Piano Concerto No. 1 stands as a sparkling showcase of virtuosity.

Fabio, Folklore & Fantasy

Kleinhans Music Hall

Hear global piano sensation Lang Lang for the first time ever in Calgary as he brings his charismatic virtuosity to Bartók's vibrant Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the composer's final works and a gift for his wife Ditta Pásztory. Conductor Ramón Tebar also leads the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's emotional Fourth Symphony — a powerful testament to the indomitableness of the human spirit.

An Evening with Lang Lang

Arts Commons

Be in the audience for a world premiere as the Oklahoma Chamber Symphony debuts a brand-new work by our Composer-in-Residence — written just for us and performed for the very first time!

Orchestra Concert 1 - Season Premiere · Rhythm & Dance

First Church OKC

Redwood Symphony is delighted to begin its fifth decade by celebrating the 100th birthday of – and with – our friend, Kirke Mechem, featuring his “The Jayhawk, Magic Bird Overture!” The orchestra is also celebrating the power of virtuosity and showmanship with two superstar vehicles: Prokofiev’s powerful Second Piano
Concerto with Daniel Glover and Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra.

Virtuosi!

Cañada College

The 25/26 season kicks off with a thrilling blend of jazz, drama, and orchestral storytelling! Paul Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, made famous by Fantasia, sets the stage with its enchanting chaos, followed by Bartók’s suspenseful Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin—performed by HSO for the first time in over 20 years.

Gershwin, Marsalis & Bartók

The Bushnell

HSO Masterworks Series: Gershwin, Marsalis & Bartók

Maxwell M. & Ruth R. Belding Theater

Béla Bartók was being treated for leukemia in a New York hospital and was all but bankrupt when contemporary music champion Serge Koussevitzky persuaded him to write his Concerto for Orchestra. The reluctant Bartók composed an orchestral showpiece that many would say was the highlight of his career.

Søndergård and Ross

Orchestra Hall

In addition to his enormous successes in the USA and his native Czech Republic, Antonín Dvořák was also highly revered in Great Britain. Commissioned by England, he wrote the gruesome cantata "The Ghost Bride" for his British fans in 1885. This powerful choral work perfectly captures the dramatic mood of the story in music and was met with rapturous acclaim. Dvořák's fellow countryman, conductor Jakub Hrůša, will continue the Czech-British friendship as Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starting in September 2025. Their first joint tour will include a stop at the Elbphilharmonie.

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Jakub Hrůša

An ambassador for living and inclusive music, Alizé Léhon graduated brilliantly from the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMD) in 2024, the same year she was selected for Malko's young conductors' competition and awarded the Neeme Järvi Prize at the Gstaad Conducting Academy.

Orchestra for All #1

Listening to live music is a wonderful experience. In the »Klangzeit« (Sound Time) concerts, you can close your eyes and escape everyday life for a moment. In the entertaining, hour-long concerts featuring the string players of Ensemble Resonanz, you can listen in a relaxed atmosphere, express yourself, sing along to well-known songs and move freely. Here, everyone can be themselves. This makes the format particularly suitable for people with dementia and their relatives. All venues are accessible.

Klangzeit

Enjoy your first look at all the 2025-26 Fellows in their debut orchestra concert of the season – this is the new New World Symphony!

Tianyi Lu Conducts Bartók & Brahms

New World Center

The Montpellier Occitanie Orchestra is pleased to present a series of open-air concerts, in the parks and gardens of Montpellier, but also in the heart of neighborhoods, in the Maisons pour tous. Whether you come alone, as a couple, with family, or with friends, these concerts will offer you the opportunity to share unique musical moments, outside of our traditional concert halls.

To garden and to courtyard #2

Maison Pour Tous Albert Camus

The Montpellier Occitanie Orchestra is pleased to present a series of open-air concerts, in the parks and gardens of Montpellier, but also in the heart of neighborhoods, in the Maisons pour tous. Whether you come alone, as a couple, with family, or with friends, these concerts will offer you the opportunity to share unique musical moments, outside of our traditional concert halls. These events are a privileged opportunity for our musicians to strengthen the bonds forged with the public over the years and to meet new spectators by making music ever more accessible to all.

To garden and to courtyard #1

Kiosque Bosc

NDR Chamber Concert

How deceptive outward appearances can sometimes be: In the photos that exist of him, Johannes Brahms always looks so serious, so stern, so aloof into the camera. But the man with the impressive bushy beard evidently also possessed wit and humor. "I've never written anything so sad, so plump: the score must appear with a black border," he announced to his publisher, who was waiting for the master's Second Symphony to be completed.

Lucky find

Cologne Philharmonie

Our first guest artist of the 25-26 concert season, pianist Evren Ozel, recently competed in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Ozel came away with two awards: Best Performance of the Mozart Concerto Award, and the Bronze Medal for the overall competition – bravo!! We are thrilled to have him perform at our season opener on September 13 and are pleased to partner with Opening Nights at FSU to offer audiences an additional chance to hear his talent. At this special recital, Evren Ozel will perform some of his favorite solo piano works in the more intimate setting of Opperman Music Hall.

Special Recital with Evren Ozel, Piano

College of Music at Florida State University

Our 45th anniversary season kicks off in grand style with celebrated works of Bartok and Rachmaninoff. 2025 Cliburn Competition Bronze Medalist Evren Ozel, known for his thoughtful interpretations, will join the TSO for Bartok’s lyrical and graceful Piano Concerto No. 3. Our new Maestro leads the orchestra in a performance of Rachmaninoff’s ravishing Second Symphony, which embodies the composer’s signature Romantic style.

Composer

Béla Bartók

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 16, 2025 - Jun 16, 2026

NDR Chamber Concert · Elbphilharmonie

Dec 14, 2025

Stravinsky and Bartók on Sunday morning · Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Jan 8, 2026

Hungarian · Beethoven Orchester Bonn

8 - 9 Jan, 2026

BalletX ensemble132 · Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Jan 9, 2026

Past and Future · Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Past events

Dec 12, 2025

Harmony theory · Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Dec 12, 2025

Concerto for percussion · Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

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