Under Joseph Stalin’s brutal regime, being an artist meant extreme censorship, unimaginable pressure, and life-or-death stakes. No composer of the era embodied this more than Dmitri Shostakovich, and in his Symphony No. 10—the first of his symphonies to be composed after Stalin’s death—his newfound artistic freedom unleashed an explosive torrent of earth-shaking emotional power. Music Director Juraj Valčuha leads this extraordinary darkness-to-light journey, and Baiba Skride heats up Jones Hall with Britten’s fiery Violin Concerto.

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Journey to Light: Valčuha Conducts Shostakovich 10

Jones Hall

After a smashing success in Oslo Concert Hall in 2021, we welcome the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra back togehter with their chief conductor Andris Poga. Vadim Gluzman is the soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Dmitri Schostakovich

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21 - 23 Nov, 2025

Journey to Light: Valčuha Conducts Shostakovich 10 · Houston Symphony

Nov 2, 2023

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Andris Poga · Oslo Philharmonic

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