Pianist

Acclaimed as an “outstanding ensemble…cohesive yet full of temperament” (The New York Times), the Verona Quartet has firmly established itself amongst the most distinguished ensembles on the chamber music scene today. The group’s singular sense of purpose most recently earned them Chamber Music America’s coveted 2020 Cleveland Quartet Award, and a reputation for its “bold interpretive strength, robust characterization and commanding resonance” (Calgary Herald). The Quartet serves on the faculty of the Oberlin College and Conservatory as the Quartet-in-Residence. In addition to its position at Oberlin, the Quartet holds residencies at Nova Scotia’s Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance and North Carolina’s Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. As committed advocates of diverse programming, the Verona Quartet curates the UpClose Chamber Music Series on behalf of the COT, electrifying audiences from concert halls to craft breweries with their “sensational, powerhouse performance[s]” (Classical Voice America).

VERONA QUARTET with ALEXANDER FITERSTEIN, clarinet

Maverick Concert Hall

Lucinda Childs' Dance , an iconic testament to the choreographer's timeless genius; Alessandro Sciarroni's HØPE , a brand new, country music-inspired piece. The combination of the two swishes and blends images, themes and inspirations into a brand-new landscape.

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Opéra National De Lyon

Step into a nocturnal sound world where the hypnotic patterns of Philip Glass, one of America’s most influential minimalist composers, collide with the neon-soaked energy of 1980s New Wave hits.

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NEON STRINGS: Philip Glass and the 1980s New Wave

Odd Fellow Hall

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Dvořák’s New World Symphony, a Czech composer’s interpretation of the American folk songs and spirituals he had come to admire while living in the United States. Two works by prominent American minimalist composers open the program—John Adams’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers.

Dvořák New World Symphony

Millennium Park

The wind quintet WindSync embraces the classics and the growing contemporary repertoire with a fresh sensibility. Versatile and vibrant, the group plays “many idioms authoritatively, elegantly, with adroit technique, and with great fun” (All About the Arts). In the span of one performance, they can cover vast musical ground from revitalized standards to freshly inked works to folk and songbook, the common thread telling a compelling story about music history and our human selves.

Bronze Medalist at the 2025 Van Cliburn Competition, American pianist Evren Ozel has won numerous honors and awards; most recently Evren was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2023. Other accolades include second prize and special prizes for Best Mazurka and Best Polonaise at the 2020 U.S. National Chopin Competition, first prize at the 2016 Boston Symphony Concerto Competition, second prize and the Mozart and Chopin special prizes at the 2018 Dublin International Piano Competition, second prize at the 2016 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, and scholarships from the U.S Chopin Foundation and Young Arts Foundation.

WindSync with EVREN OZEL, piano

Hailed by The New York Times at its Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor,” the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst Quartet was founded by the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Organization in 2010. The ensemble  believes in the unity that can be achieved through music and imagine their programs and projects with this in mind, redefining and reimagining the classical music experience.

Catalyst Quartet

Delirium Musicum

Central Park

Witness history at the world premiere of Kennedy Center Honoree Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 15, “Lincoln,” a new work that brings one of America’s most iconic figures to life. Led by Grammy-winning conductor Karen Kamensek, the program continues with Barber’s poetic Violin Concerto and Gershwin’s enormously popular An American in Paris.

Philip Glass’ “Lincoln” Dalene plays Barber

Kennedy Center

Baroklyn, Simone Dinnerstein, & CONCORA

The Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has repeatedly explored the fascinating world of the Amazon and captured its beauty and threats in images. Now he has enriched this photographic project with a musical encounter: Together with conductor Simone Menezes, he combines his images with the sounds composed by his compatriot Heitor Villa-Lobos in 1958 as a tribute to the Amazon. Simone Menezes arranged Villa-Lobos' opulent "Floresta do Amazonas" for orchestra and soprano, and Salgado matched each musical sequence with the appropriate photograph. "A perfect connection, almost as if Villa-Lobos' music was written for Salgado's photos," describes Simone Menezes the result. The Dresden Philharmonic, under the direction of Simone Menezes, performs Villa-Lobos' powerful Rainforest Suite, while following Salgado's precise dramaturgy, the corresponding photographic works are shown on the large screen.

Amazonia

Palace of Culture

Chamber Music/Visual Show

Sand Island Park

Our final chamber music open mic night of the season: We are delighted to present a program with an unusual instrumentation and an enchanting world of sound and rhythm. Four string players and the two percussionists from our ranks will perform a concert of fascinating works. This includes a brand-new piece by Gabriele Campagna – a violinist colleague from our orchestra who composes "on the side" and whose string quartet we premiered last season. We are eager to hear which facets of the diverse percussion arsenal he will explore today. A veritable acoustic choreography is the work by the American-born composer Andy Pape, who now lives in Denmark – the title playfully combines the words "cadence" and "dance.

Chamber concert: String quartet and percussion

Bamberger Symphoniker

Sit back and enjoy a journey through the stars with music from Interstellar and Star Wars. Acclaimed organist and music profile Anna Lapwood makes her debut in Gothenburg with an imaginative organ programme from the world of film.

Anna Lapwood: Music of the Stars

Göteborgs Symfoniker

Since forming their duo in 2016, saxophonist Huw Wiggin and harpist Oliver Wass have continued to develop and refine their programmes of music for this unusual pairing of instruments. Huw and Oliver have developed a reputation as warm communicators who draw audiences into their intimate and engaging performances.

The Highclere Concert

Highclere Castle

In May, ERSO welcomes conductor Dennis Russell Davies and pianist Maki Namekawa to the stage. With a distinguished career spanning over five decades, Davies has led some of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras, festivals, and opera houses. A long-time interpreter of Arvo Pärt’s music, Davies will conduct the composer’s Symphony No. 4 Los Angeles. Maki Namekawa, known for her dedication to contemporary music, will perform Philip Glass’s Mishima Piano Concerto, inspired by the score for Paul Schrader’s film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.

Pärt and Glass. Dennis Russell Davies

Estonia Concert Hall

In turbo speed from the 18th to the 20th century: The Sonic.Art Saxophone Quartet moves effortlessly from Bach's B Minor Suite to Bernstein's West Side Story in the space of half an hour, condensing the sound colours of an entire orchestra onto soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. In the lunchtime concert, the four musicians from Belarus, Australia, Japan and Germany show how these worlds can be brought together with virtuosity. Their stylistic confidence, joy of playing and technical as well as musical perfection have already earned these well-rehearsed musicians a number of important international awards. We are looking forward to their debut at the Alte Oper and combine the event with an invitation to a small lunch in our foyers after the concert.

sonic.art Saxophonquartett

Alte Oper

The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and Dance Kaleidoscope return to the Schrott Center for the Arts for a thrilling collaboration that brings together bold music and electrifying dance. Feel the pulse of John Adams’ Shaker Loops as choreographer Joshua Blake Carter translates the work’s driving rhythms and shimmering textures into a kinetic, mesmerizing display of movement. Then, step into the bustling streets of 1920s France with Gershwin’s An American in Paris, brought to life through the vibrant choreography of David Hochoy. The program also features the second movement of Glass Pieces by Philip Glass, a hypnotic and meditative work that evokes ritual and reverence, with choreography by Sean Aaron Carmon. This high-energy program blends contemporary and classic American voices in music and dance for a dynamic, can’t-miss experience.

American Sound with Dance Kaleidoscope

Butler University

Music by Philip Glass, Rhiannon Giddens, Kala Ramnath, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Glass, Giddens & More

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

Chamber Music OC

Music Academy of the West

At the centre of the programme is In C by Terry Riley, a revolutionary piece that forever changed the course of music. It’s built from a simple idea: short repeating musical cells layered by musicians in real time, creating something hypnotic, unpredictable and full of life. Riley’s work was deeply influenced by Indian classical traditions and we bring it into even closer conversation with those roots here featuring sitar, tabla and our full orchestra.

Fantasia Orchestra with Jasdeep Singh Degun

Smith Square Hall

After a career spanning 60 years, Philip Glass still sits at the cutting edge of music. He's influenced generations of classical composers, as well as David Bowie and The Talking Heads. He's worked with Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, and Leonard Cohen. Grammy® award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh returns to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to play what’s been called the "best concerto of the last 50 years" (ClassicFM.com), Philip Glass' Violin Concerto No. 1. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra welcomes the return of local favorite Jerry Hou, a rising star on the contemporary music scene, to conduct a world-premiere composition by the jazz-inspired composer Nicky Sohn. The evening goes out with a bang in Rachmaninoff's galloping Symphony No. 1.

Rachmaninoff's First Symphony

The Woodruff Arts Center

Hear Philip Glass’ operas inspired by the films of Jean Cocteau, reimagined as suites for two keyboards and performed by Katia and Marielle Labèque with a scenography designed by Nina Chalot and Cyril Teste.

Glass' Cocteau Trilogy Katia and Marielle Labèque

Walt Disney Concert Hall

A true symphonic feast in the best sense — this program showcases three timeless audience favorites that never fail to inspire and delight.

Galveston Symphony Orchestra

The Grand 1894 Opera House

Discover anew Schubert’s glorious Cello Quintet, considered by many the most beautiful work in all of chamber music. The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet, one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation, opens their program with the ferocious intensity of Beethoven and the minimalism of Philip Glass, setting the stage for a fascinating dialogue with Schubert’s time-suspending masterpiece.

Parker Quartet; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Saturday Concert No. 4

Volkshaus Jena

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra plays in Stockholms Konserthus together with principal conductor Pekka Kuusisto and singer Katarina Barruk.

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra plays in Stockholm

Stockholm Concert Hall

When Jean Sibelius was working on his intensely beautiful and dramatic Fifth Symphony, he already sensed he was creating something remarkable. “I’ve received a wonderful theme,” he noted in his diary. The inspiration came from seeing sixteen swans in flight – a moment that gave rise to the magnificent theme of the symphony’s final movement. “One of the great experiences of my life! My God, what beauty.”

Sibelius and Songs from the Northern Wilds

Konserthuset Stockholm

A concert about the power of language with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Sámi singer Katarina Barruk, whose incredible stage presence combines folk tunes and pop in symphonic dress. Pekka Kuusisto leads the orchestra in Sibelius’ versatile Symphony No. 5.

Beyond Words with Kuusisto and Barruk

"Masterpieces New & Old"

Christ Lutheran Church in Allentown

In Jean Cocteau's novel, the "enfant terribles" are named Paul and Élisabeth. They are brother and sister, teenagers and orphans. Alone in a society they reject, they transform their room into an imaginary kingdom, a sanctuary of a symbiotic relationship where love borders on obsession and conceals a latent violence. When two friends, Gérard and then Agathe, intrude upon their private world, the threat of losing Paul draws Élisabeth into a vicious cycle of dangerous games, jealousy, and manipulation. In this short novel published in 1929, the author illuminates the fragility of adolescence, the impossibility of suspending time, and the disastrous consequences of an all-consuming passion.

The Terrible Children

Lille Opera

Celebrated for its innovative and imaginative programming, the Manchester Collective repeatedly succeeds in uncovering exciting thematic threads and establishing unexpected connections. In their new program, "Albion, Now," they take the audience on a journey through the contemporary British music scene. Christian Mason's vibrant "Sardinian Songbook" encounters Errollyn Wallen's lyrical sound language of "Five Postcards," Anna Meredith's wild swarm of flies in "Tuggemo," in which strings and electronica buzz around each other, and other discoverable new creations from Great Britain—formerly known as Albion. The Manchester Collective thus draws on the rich world of myth and legend of old England and transforms it into a contemporary soundscape.

Manchester Collective

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Members of the QCSO present an intimate evening of expressive beauty from Beethoven’s elegant Sixth String Quartet to contemporary masterpieces by Caroline Shaw and Philip Glass.

Up Close with Blueprint

Figge Art Museum

This astonishingly original presentation of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast blurs the distinctions between film and live opera, merging Jean Cocteau’s classic 1946 romantic fantasy with Philip Glass’ mesmerizing 1994 score. Glass composed the music as a new soundtrack to the film, transforming the original spoken French dialogue into sung libretto.

La Belle et la Bête

University of California, Berkeley

A new presentation of the classic fairytale La Belle et la Bête blurs the boundaries of film and opera, fusing Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film with a powerful and arresting score by Philip Glass, thus honoring two of the great artistic minds of modern times. Opera Parallèle is the first company to present performances of all three operas Glass wrote in homage to Cocteau, having performed Orphée in 2011, Les Enfants Terribles in 2017, and La Belle et la Bête in 2022

Cal Performances

Opera Parallèle

This will be a dazzling performance on our very own queen of instruments! Our guest is the Spaniard Juan de la Rubia, organist at the famous Sagrada Família cathedral in Barcelona. He begins his multifaceted program with the magnificent overture to Handel's 1743 psychological drama "Samson." A superb example of French Renaissance music is Eustache du Caurroy's 1610 Fantasia on the then-popular and enchanting song "Une jeune fillette." Profound emotion stands alongside explosive outbursts in Bach's legendary Chaconne in D minor. Charles Tournemire never wrote down his choral improvisations, such as the one on the Easter sequence "Victimae Paschali Laudes"—they survive only because he recorded them as early as 1930. Jehan Alain, who died young in World War II, wrote impressive variations on a folk song by the 16th-century master Clément Janequin.

Organ concert: Juan de la Rubia

Experience the magic that happens when musical voices across time and style come together in perfect synergy. From the classical sparkle of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik to the lush, romantic richness of Teresa Carreño’s Serenade for Strings, and the hypnotic drive of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 3, this concert is a celebration of unity through contrast. Each work shines on its own—yet when heard together, they reveal surprising connections and a shared spirit of invention. Join us for an unforgettable evening where tradition meets innovation, and strings sing with one voice across centuries.

Finding Synergy

University of Redlands

In the years before the Millennium Steve Reich and Philip Glass transformed the way we listen – creating music as energising as it poetic, and as modern as it is timeless. In Reich’s 90th birthday year, the Carducci Quartet plays one of his most haunting masterpieces, alongside Philip Glass’s Third Quartet and something brand new from the incredible, dancing imagination of Vincenzo Lamagna.

Carducci Quartet: Different Trains

Bute Park

Hailed by critics and beloved by audiences, this eagerly anticipated revival transports you to Ancient Egypt in Philip Glass’s enthralling portrait of a trailblazing pharaoh. Countertenor John Holiday is the titular Akhnaten, determined to lead Egypt into a new age even as his plan to abandon the old gods puts his kingdom (and his life) in peril. Mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce is his queen Nefertiti, soprano So Young Park is the powerful dowager Queen Tye, and Grammy winner Zachary James reprises his memorable role as Amenhotep III, leading the audience through the ritualistic action on the stage.

Director Phelim McDermott revives his visually arresting production, replete with soaring acrobats, astonishing jugglers, and towering sets. With a libretto drawing on ancient texts like The Book of the Dead and a hypnotic, atmospheric score, Akhnaten portrays a doomed visionary with all his feats and foibles. Finland’s Dalia Stasevska makes her company debut conducting this tribute to one of the most transformative chapters in Egyptian history.

Akhnaten

The Music Center

In a first for the SFCO, internationally acclaimed harpsichordist, Jory Vinikour, joins Music Director Jory Fankuchen and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra in Philip Glass’ mesmerizing Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra. Mr. Vinikour brings his commanding musicianship and effortless technique to Glass’ homage to the Baroque. In another nod to the pre-Classical style, Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 49, La Passione, fuses Baroque sound and form with the dramatic Sturm and Drang movement of the 18th century in a fiery and tumultuous work. Our program opens with Scene Symphony, an SFCO commission by the brilliant young composer Jens Ibsen.

Seeing Double

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto

San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center

The Hermann Levi Academy introduces itself

UN:ERHÖRT – Chamber Concert of the Hermann Levi Academy

Alte Pinakothek

GRAMMY-winning Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo began performing professionally at the age of 11 and has since appeared in opera, concert, recital, film, and on Broadway. He is the General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, and the Artistic Director of SongStudio at Carnegie Hall. He has with appeared many of the world’s leading opera companies and orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Real, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, and NDR at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, among others. He has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Versailles, Madison Square Garden, The Hollywood Bowl, Kabuki-Za Tokyo, The Guggenheim, The Park Avenue Armory, and Little Island. As a producer, he has created projects for The Paris Opera, The New York Philharmonic, The BBC Proms, WQXR, and St. Ann’s Warehouse among others. Costanzo graduated with honors from Princeton University, and Manhattan School of Music, where he is now on the board of trustees along with being on the board of National Black Theater. A winner of the Met Opera Competition and Operalia, Costanzo also has an Honorary Doctorate from Manhattan School of Music, a History Makers Award from the New York Historical, has been a visiting fellow Oxford University, and a distinguished visiting scholar at Harvard. He has been in a Merchant Ivory film and has a forthcoming book for Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Great Artists Series '26: Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor and Bryan Wagorn, piano

560 Music Center

Destined to be one of the great choral events of the decade, the world-renowned Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC), led by esteemed founder and conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, returns to Toronto for a tribute to Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday. A favourite of Toronto audiences, the EPCC has captivated listeners under Soundstreams’ auspices since 2000, with concerts that regularly sell out. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience their luminous sound in the acoustic splendor of Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. The program features some of Pärt’s most celebrated works, alongside works by Philip Glass, Evelin Seppar, Luciano Berio, and others. It also includes the world premiere of a new Soundstreams commission by Estonian-Canadian composer Riho Esko Maimets — adding a special local touch to this celebration of the legendary Estonian composer.

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir: Arvo Pärt at 90

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church

On Valentine’s Day, VSO welcomes Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh to perform Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 1 in an eclectic concert mixing American and Romantic music. A student of VSO’s fourth music director Jaime Laredo during her studies at the Curtis Institute, Koh is a hugely in-demand performer of contemporary violin repertoire with premieres of more than 100 works composed especially for her. Glass’ Violin Concerto, one of the composer’s most often performed works, is preceded by Frank Zappa’s fast-paced, riveting piece from his 1993 album The Yellow Shark. For the romantic at heart, lush orchestral suites from Georges Bizet’s Carmen and music by 19th C. French composer Augusta Holmès complete the afternoon concert.

VSO: Love Notes

The Flynn

On Valentine’s Day, VSO welcomes Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh to perform Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 1 in an eclectic concert mixing American and Romantic music. A student of VSO’s fourth music director Jaime Laredo, Koh is a hugely in-demand performer of contemporary violin repertoire with premieres of more than 100 works composed especially for her. Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 1, one of the composer’s most often performed works, is preceded by Frank Zappa’s fast-paced, riveting piece from his 1993 album The Yellow Shark. For the romantic at heart, lush orchestral suites from Georges Bizet’s Carmen and music by 19th C. French composer Augusta Holmès complete the afternoon concert.

VSO at the Flynn: Love Notes

Philip Glass's La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) is a groundbreaking opera that seamlessly merges live performance with cinematic magic.

la BELLE et la BETE

Charleston Heights Arts Center

Almost exactly nine years ago, the Elbphilharmonie organ was played for the first time in a solo concert. Since then, titular organist Iveta Apkalna, who was also at the console back then, has presented ever-expanding organ repertoire with exciting programs—this time including minimal music by Philip Glass and music by organ favorites Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, and Pēteris Vasks.

Iveta Apkalna, Orgel

Let yourself be captivated by the suggestive repetitions that shape this minimalist-inspired evening. Philip Glass borrowed three songs from the 50th anniversary album Low, David Bowie’s experiment with pop in classical forms, and further developed them into the powerfully minimalist Symphony No. 1. The concert also coincides with David Bowie’s 80th birthday.

Philip Glass & Bowie

Malmo Live Concert AB

The RPO’s Dance Festival kicks off with an electric program led by Aram Demirjian and featuring Garth Fagan Dance, who dazzled Kodak Hall two seasons ago in Rite of Spring. Bernstein’s On the Town: Three Dance Episodes bursts with jazz-infused energy, while Philip Glass’ hypnotic Days and Nights in Rocinha evokes the vibrant pulse of Brazil. The evening culminates in Copland’s majestic Symphony No. 3, a sweeping celebration of American spirit, featuring the iconic Fanfare for the Common Man.

DANCE FESTIVAL: American Masters With Garth Fagan Dance

Eastman Theatre

RPO: American Masters with Garth Fagan Dance

Two Grammy-winning virtuosi join forces for an intimate evening of violin and guitar, in a breathtaking marsh-front setting at The Amelia River Club.

Anne Akiko Meyers, violin | Jason Vieaux, guitar

Amelia River Club

In early January, the focus of “Audiospaa” series will be on ERSO’s cello section, joined on stage by the renowned vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis. The programme, curated by ERSO cello principal Theodor Sink, creates a compelling dialogue between the works of Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass. Glass’s minimalist sound world is represented by Façades, Secret Agent, and Attack and Fall, while Pärt’s meditative pieces include Missa brevis, Silouan’s Song, and L’abbé Agathon. The evening concludes with Hanging D, a reflective work by Dutch composer and pianist Joep Beving. The concert is conducted by Kaspar Mänd.

Eight Cellos and Vox Clamantis. Pärt and Glass

American composer Philip Glass’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) is a bold fusion of opera and film — a genre-defying concert augmentation of Jean Cocteau’s 1946 cinematic masterpiece. In this mesmeric production, Fort Worth Opera singers and musicians perform Glass’s hypnotic score live on stage, perfectly synchronized to the surrealist fairy tale projected behind them on the big screen at the historic Ridglea Theater. With expressive singers and a unique musical ensemble replacing the film’s original dialogue and soundtrack, the experience blurs the line between cinema and stage — delivering a visually stunning, musically intricate, and utterly one-of-a-kind experience.

La Belle et La Bête

Ridglea Theater

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

Experience familiar classics through a fresh lens as the Artelize Orchestra pairs beloved masterpieces with striking contemporary works. Each piece on tonight's program takes an unexpected turn—whether through innovative orchestration, surprising musical pairings, or bold new compositions that twist classical traditions.

The Classics - Twisted

Artelize Hall

A reimagining of the classic fairytale, for film and ensemble, fuses Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film with a powerful score.  Innovative composer Philip Glass removed the original soundtrack (including dialogue) and replaced it with an opera score to be performed live to the film. The unlikely love story of the dreamy beauty and the elegant beast unfolds in rare and unexpected ways as the chemistry between the early film and the modern sensibilities of Glass’s score create an emotional landscape of humor, tragedy, and ultimately of redemption.

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Dive into greatness with Twyla Tharp’s iconically athletic In The Upper Room, Dani Rowe’s heartbreaking The Window, and a world premiere from PNB Company dancers Christopher D’Ariano and Amanda Morgan. A whirl of music, dance, and fog, this collection features custom scores by Philip Glass and Shannon Rugani and will leave you marveling at the skill of PNB Company dancers.

In the Upper Room

Seattle Center

An infinite cosmos of colors and sounds, deep darkness and dazzling light, untamed, mysterious landscapes, the largest forest area on earth: the wilderness of the Amazon jungle in South America is a place of overwhelming beauty and biodiversity. Inspired by the shimmering nature of the jungle with all its fascinating facets, the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos created a powerful symphonic cantata.

Cologne Philharmonie

Experience the Carnegie season’s first performance by the intrepid chamber orchestra The Knights, led by artistic directors Eric Jacobsen and Colin Jacobsen. In an inspired new collaboration, they intersperse Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 3—one of the composer’s most traditionally “classical” works—with original poetry by prizewinning poet and multidisciplinary artist J. Mae Barizo. Even in its original form, this would be Carnegie Hall’s first performance of Glass’s symphony—but in the hands of The Knights, it’s something no audience has heard before. In the program’s second half, The Knights perform a timeless orchestral staple: Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, a work of complex dualities and grand Romanticism.

The Knights at Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Feel the magic of Delirium Musicum as they take the Main Stage for a performance that will leave you spellbound! Delirium Musicum envisions a world inspired by the ecstatic interpretation of music. Led by visionary violinist Etienne Gara, Delirium Musicum pushes the boundaries of classical music with electrifying energy and boundless creativity.

Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center

Rancho Campana High School

We welcome back this great orchestra for what is sure to be a memorable concert.

Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

The Anvil

Rachmaninoff’s ultra-Romantic Symphony No. 2 enfolds you with sweeping melodies, lush orchestrations, and inspired lyrical passages. The composer himself said: “Music is born only of the heart and it appeals to the heart. It is love.” You’ll need no further proof than this gorgeous work. Opening our concert is a piece by a titan among minimalists, Philip Glass. Our new Artist-in-Residence Simone Porter launches the Concerto with propulsive force, then invites you to lose yourself in the harmonies of the Adagio, and leaves you breathless in the sensational last movement—but gives you a final moment to dream about the journey you’ve just taken.

Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

The ancient worlds of Jacobus Clemens Non Papa and the master musician of Elizabethan England, John Dowland, meet the modern minimalists Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt across the centuries.

Attacca Quartet: Dowland, Glass & Pärt

Southbank Centre

We begin at the beginning, with luminous spirituality from 12th-century visionary Hildegard of Bingen. We end with the insistent pulse of Philip Glass’s Third Symphony. And in between, we’re all over the map: in Estonia with Arvo Pärt (the classic Fratres), in Seattle with Nirvana, in Restoration England with Henry Purcell…

O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

The Bridgewater Hall

Let's briefly recall the main plot of this ambiguous myth. The Titan Prometheus stole fire from the gods, one of the attributes of their power over the world, to make its benefits available to ordinary mortals and contribute to the development of humanity. Offended by this sacrilege, Zeus decided to take cruel revenge on both the brave man and humanity. He chained Prometheus to the rocks of the Caucasus and daily sent an Eagle to eat the condemned man's liver by day. At night, the liver would grow back, and Prometheus's suffering would begin anew. Simultaneously, the ruler of Olympus decided to test humanity. He ordered the creation of a woman named Pandora, whom the gods endowed with dazzling beauty and many talents, and Zeus gave her a mysterious Box as a dowry for her future husband. However, the gift was subject to a prohibition against opening it. The gullible Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus, married Pandora, who, yielding to her curiosity, opened the Box, releasing all the misfortunes that have befallen humanity ever since. Fortunately, Hope was also hidden within Pandora's Box, which remains there to this day as a solace for humanity.

Prometheus

Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

Tanglewood Recital Series: Brooklyn Rider

Tanglewood Music Center

The Kronos Quartet teams up with a Summermusik string quartet and CCM Prep students at our A Little Afternoon Musik series.

Visions for the Future

University of Cincinnati

ko - yaa - nis - qatsi (from the Hopi language), n.
1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life out of balance. 4. life disintegrating. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.

Koyaanisqatsi (1982) is a documentary without dialogue, examining the contrasts between our technologically advanced urban life and vast natural landscapes. Director Godfrey Reggio and minimalist composer Philip Glass transcended language barriers through the universally accessible mediums of video and music, inviting each viewer to interpret the film as they choose.

Experience the full film on the big screen as the acclaimed Philip Glass Ensemble performs the soundtrack live to picture.

Koyaanisqatsi: Live with Philip Glass Ensemble

Benaroya Hall

The Knights join forces with mandolinist, composer, and singer Chris Thile for a program including his brilliant songwriting and storytelling, instrumental virtuosity, and ever-present sense of humor.

The Knights & Chris Thile

Venetian Theater at Caramoor

The Knights join forces with mandolinist, composer, and singer Chris Thile at Caramoor’s Venetian Theater for a program including his brilliant songwriting and storytelling, instrumental virtuosity, and ever-present sense of humor.  

The Knights at Caramoor with Chris Thile

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

We conclude the concert season with Bernstein, Gershwin, and Glass, three icons of American music. Bernstein's first musical from 1944 is brimming with edgy rhythms, jazzy harmonies, and blues-tinged melancholy—the dances are the musical essence. Before Bernstein, Gershwin had not only chosen a revolutionary theme in his opera "Porgy and Bess"—it's about love and survival in a Black neighborhood—but also incorporated the music of his protagonists, such as spirituals, blues, and jazz, into the composition. Morton Gould arranged this "American Folk Opera" for the concert hall. In 2023, the MDR Symphony Orchestra and Maki Namekawa premiered Philip Glass's new piano concerto with great success—it can now also be heard in Suhl and Leipzig.

America

Gewandhaus

Congress Centrum Suhl

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

Next season the Organist Iveta Apkalna and the Alinde Quartett have played in their philharmonic »Porträt«-Konzerten begeistert. Zum Abschluss präsentieren sich Organistin und Quartett nun zusammen. Quer durch die Musikgeschichte geht es dabei – bis hin zu a new Werk, das der mit dem »Hindemith-Preis« ausgezeichnete Regensburger SJ Hanke für Orgel und Streichquartett geschrieben hat.

Pianist

Philip Glass

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 16, 2026

Powaqqatsi – Philip Glass ensemble · Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone

24 - 27 Sep, 2026

Caroline Shaw, Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass at Wylam Brewery · Royal Northern Sinfonia

Sep 28, 2026

Liverpool String Quartet · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Oct 17, 2026

Masterworks No.1: Paris, Passion & Celebration · Longmont Symphony Orchestra

23 - 25 Oct, 2026

Life After Death · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Past events

Sep 6, 2026

VERONA QUARTET with ALEXANDER FITERSTEIN, clarinet · Maverick Concerts

5 - 10 Sep, 2026

Icons · Opéra National De Lyon

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