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Join us for an unforgettable evening at Verizon Hall as critically acclaimed film director, producer, and screenwriter M. Night Shyamalan hosts "Night After Night - PhilOrch," a celebration of the iconic collaboration between Shyamalan and the Emmy and GRAMMY-winning composer and nine-time Oscar nominee, James Newton Howard. This special event is set to take place on Friday, September 20, 2024, at 8:00 PM.

The performance will spotlight Howard's evocative scores that have become synonymous with eight of Shyamalan's most eerie and mind-bending thrillers, including "The Sixth Sense," "Unbreakable," "Signs," "The Village," "The Last Airbender," and more. Under Howard's leadership, Your Philadelphia Orchestra will be joined by special guests, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and violinist Gil Shaham, for a one-night-only event that promises to be as haunting as it is mesmerizing.

Subscribers to the Philadelphia Orchestra will receive priority access to enhance their packages with this exclusive event, ensuring the best seats to experience the magic of Howard's music and Shyamalan's storytelling. Don't miss this opportunity to secure your favorite seats and explore subscription packages for an evening that will captivate and thrill.

Please note that programs, artists, dates, prices, and availability are subject to change. For assistance or more information, contact our ticket and subscriber services. Join us at Verizon Hall for a night that celebrates the power of music and cinema, brought to life by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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Night After Night

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

A new season begins with Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony under the baton of Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian. With its inspired use of Native American musical rhythms and African American spiritual influences, the beloved “New World Symphony” heralded a new dawn for 20th century American music and remains one of the most iconic compositions of all time.

Dvořák’s "New World Symphony" with Peter Oundjian

Denver Performing Arts Complex

This summer, the extraordinary young musicians of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) embark on a tour of South America with stops in Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires under the direction of celebrated conductor Marin Alsop. The esteemed ensemble will perform a program of works by Barber, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Gershwin, featuring world-renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist in Rhapsody in Blue. 

NYO-USA in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Teatro Municipal

NYO-USA in São Paulo, Brazil

Julio Prestes

NYO-USA in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Teatro Colón

NYO-USA in Montevideo, Uruguay

Auditorio Nacional del Sodre

One of the United States’ most renowned conductors, Marin Alsop leads the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America as part of Carnegie Hall’s World Orchestra Week (WOW!). The esteemed ensemble begins the concert with Barber’s Symphony No. 1, which condenses the traditional symphonic structure into a single captivating movement. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, a popular recitalist at Carnegie Hall, joins as soloist in Rhapsody in Blue as part of the iconic work’s centennial celebration. The performance concludes with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, a colorful concert staple based on One Thousand and One Nights.

National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America

Carnegie Hall

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is front and center in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, one of the most iconic works of the 20th century. Santtu-Matias Rouvali also conducts an overture by Farrenc and Dvořák’s cheerful Eighth Symphony.

Bravo! Vail: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Gershwin

Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater

Join us for an unforgettable evening as the New York Philharmonic, under the baton of Santtu-Matias Rouvali with special guest conductor Lisa Anderson, presents "Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue" at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 6pm. This special performance features the distinguished pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, bringing to life Gershwin’s jazz-inspired masterpiece alongside a program that includes Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and works by French composers Bizet and Farrenc.

The evening promises to be a highlight of Bravo Vail's Orchestral Series, concluding the series with a celebration of music that bridges the worlds of classical and jazz. The concert will take place at the scenic Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, located at 530 S Frontage Rd E, Vail, CO 81657, offering both the intimacy of a world-class performance and the majestic backdrop of Vail's natural beauty.

In addition to the main performance, attendees will have the unique opportunity to experience the concert via the lawn screen, enhancing the outdoor concert experience with a visual element that complements the live performance.

Program highlights include:
- BIZET: Los Toréadors from Carmen Suite No. 1
- FARRENC: Overture No. 2 in E-flat major
- GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
- DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8

Don't miss this exceptional blend of classical music and jazz performed by some of the most talented musicians in the world. Get your tickets now and be part of a musical journey that celebrates the legacy of George Gershwin and the enduring power of orchestral music.

Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue

Vail Recreation District Sports Department - Ford Park

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is front and center in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, one of the most iconic works of the 20th century. Santtu-Matias Rouvali also conducts an overture by Farrenc and Dvořák’s cheerful Eighth Symphony

Andris Nelsons conducts León, Khachaturian, and Tchaikovsky featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Tanglewood Music Center

Superstar pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Gershwin’s jazzy Piano Concerto in F. The season ends with Fate knocking on the door one more time when Jun Märkl conducts Beethoven’s immortal Fifth Symphony.

Beethoven’s Fifth & Thibaudet Plays Gershwin

Hilbert Circle Theatre

Superstar pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Gershwin’s jazzy Piano Concerto in F. The season ends with Fate knocking on the door one more time when Kevin John Edusei conducts Beethoven’s immortal Fifth Symphony. 

Beethoven's Fifth & Thibaudet Plays Gershwin

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings his customary joie de vivre to Saint-Saëns’ Egyptian Concerto, inspired by a trip down the Nile in 1896. Conductor Stéphane Denève unpacks the French fascination with Spanish culture in Debussy’s sultry Ibéria and Ravel’s ever-popular Boléro, with its sensuously hypnotic theme building to a volcanic climax.

Ravel Boléro

Symphony Center

Rafael Payare leads this brilliant Romantic-meets-Modern program that opens with Sofia Gubaidulina’s dynamic Fairytale Poem. Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings his dazzling style and theatricality to 20th-century composer Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto. The second half features Beethoven’s towering Symphony No. 3—an ode to heroism, revolution and freedom. The “Eroica” is considered by many to be the greatest of not just Beethoven’s symphonies, but the greatest symphony of all time.

Beethoven's Eroica

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center

Reserve your seats for this performance today and enjoy unbeatable savings by subscribing to New World Symphony’s Saturday One or Sunday One series. Starting at just $20 a concert, both series feature illuminating performances with Stéphane Denève, Michael Tilson Thomas, Lina González-Granados, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, trumpeter Pacho Flores and 87 of the world’s best young musicians.

MTT and Jean-Yves Thibaudet

New World Center

Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring scandalized listeners at its premiere in 1913, but the work has since stood the test of time as one of the composer’s finest creations and one of the greatest orchestral works of the 20th century. Klaus Mäkelä pairs this showpiece with Gershwin’s toe-tapping Concerto in F, performed by esteemed French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and a cheeky curtain-raiser by Milhaud.

The Rite of Spring

Severance Music Center

Gershwin’s orchestral music defined the American sound, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins us for our centennial celebration of Rhapsody in Blue plus his Piano Concerto in F. Gershwin is complemented by Florence Price and William Dawson, whose compositions stemmed from the Black American Experience. At its 1934 Carnegie Hall premiere, Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, based on spirituals and emphatically symphonic, brought audiences to their feet. And Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes is drawn from Black folk songs and dances of the 1920s and ‘30s.

Dawson, Price, and Gershwin's America

Shermerhorn Symphony Center

Often used to depict hauntings and Halloween, Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor opens the program, followed by Saint-Saëns’ glorified travelogue in his “Egyptian” piano concerto. Hear sounds of the Nile and other nods to the Middle East, played by the glamorously virtuosic Jean-Yves Thibaudet. 

The Voyage: Thibaudet Plays the “Egyptian"

Heinz Hall

In this special collaboration with the Gilmore Piano Festival, we welcome Jean-Yves Thibaudet back to the DeVos Hall stage for a program celebrating the piano with works by Ravel, Debussy, and Saint-Saëns!

The Gilmore in Grand Rapids: Jean-Yves Thibaudet

DeVos Performance Hall

Scriabin revels in multisensory psychedelia while Bartók uncovers one couple’s dark secrets with slow-burning inevitability.


Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

Davies Symphony Hall

Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 - NC Symphony

Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts

Singer Michael Feinstein, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and special guests come together for an extraordinary evening of intimate, specially arranged piano duos that celebrate George Gershwin and his musical world. From beloved songs to lesser-known gems, the program sheds new light on the composer and includes an original fantasy created by the artists that nods to Rhapsody in Blue—featured as part of Carnegie Hall’s centenary celebration of the masterpiece. The event also includes a variety of music by Gershwin’s contemporaries and successors, including Rodgers, Porter, Debussy, and Bernstein.

Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Audience favorite Jean-Yves Thibaudet applies his peerless technique and poetic touch to Ravel’s blues-tinged Piano Concerto in G. Music Director Juraj Valčuha and the orchestra perform the U.S. premiere of Pretty, a co-commission from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe. And, the Viennese waltz takes a walk on the wild side in Ravel’s showstopping La valse.

Ravel's La Valse

Jones Hall

Symphonic Dances Festival: Valčuha Conducts Ravel's La valse

Born of a serendipitous encounter where the two musicians discovered their common love for two-piano music and the Gershwin era, this event showcases each artist’s unique gifts for creativity, virtuosity, and joy. Feinstein is one of the leading authorities on the Great American Songbook, and he and Thibaudet dig deep into the extraordinary heritage of music from the 20th century that straddles the worlds of classical and popular, connecting the two with rich anecdotes and incredible musicality. The concert features piano duos, solos, and vocals, with Gershwin’s beloved Rhapsody in Blue, arranged for two pianos, as a centerpiece.

Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?

University of Michigan

Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian crafted his music with strong melodies, rich orchestration, and striking rhythms that bring to mind Rimsky-Korsakov or Mussorgsky. Gustavo Dudamel leads an exploration of Khachaturian’s distinct voice first with a suite from his ballet Spartacus—featuring the stirring Adagio—followed by the intense and heroic Piano Concerto with the help of Jean-Yves Thibaudet. After the U.S. premiere of Thomas Adès’ fanfare honoring Frank Gehry, Dudamel conducts Janáček’s lyrical and intense Sinfonietta.

Dudamel Leads Khachaturian

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Three exemplary musicians—each of them a major star in their own right—come together to perform works by Haydn, Ravel, and Felix Mendelssohn. The level of cohesion and artistic insight this trio achieves is rare for even such an all-star group, and this program highlights their individual and collaborative gifts. Hear one of Haydn’s later piano trios (a lively early standout of the genre), followed by two chamber-music masterpieces that showcase the piano trio as a uniquely powerful, distinctive form of musical expression.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano Lisa Batiashvili, Violin Gautier Capuçon, Cello

Three superstar virtuosos team up to perform piano trios spanning three centuries. Delight in the wit and virtuosity of Haydn, the exquisite colors and Basque folk rhythms of Ravel and the rich melodies of Mendelssohn. “What impressed most was the perfect balance between the three: Capuçon’s rich walnut tone, Batiashvili’s leaner, lyrical sweetness and Thibaudet’s lightly pedaled luminosity” (Bachtrack).

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lisa Batiashvili & Gautier Capuçon

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, violinist Lisa Batiashvili, and cellist Gautier Capuçon are longtime friends and well-matched musical partners who first came together to tour as an all-star trio in 2018. Despite their considerable individual star power as soloists, they drew praise for their insightful performances, canny repertoire selections, and musical blend as a trio. 

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lisa Batiashvili, Gautier Capuçon

New England Conservatory

 Three classical superstars join forces in this piano trio, born out of friendship, that creates a remarkable chemistry onstage. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet has performed worldwide for more than three decades and built a reputation as one of the greatest pianists of our age playing the great standard piano repertoire and non-classical transciptions alike.  His list of professional friendships spans the globe, and has led to innovative collaborations in visual art, fashion, and film. He appears as a soloist on the soundtrack of Wes Anderson’s 2021 film The French Dispatch, and can also be heard in the films Pride and Prejudice, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Wakefield, and Atonement. Thibaudet is a committed educator, and the first-ever Artist-in-Residence at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he makes his home. Thibaudet performed on Schubert Club’s International Artist Series previously with soprano Renée Fleming.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Lisa Batiashvili, violin; Gautier Capuçon, cello

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Settle in as the world’s most electrifying artists and ensembles converge at Davies Symphony Hall.

Batiashvili/Capuçon/Thibaudet

Three renowned artists enliven three captivating piano trios from three legendary composers.

Lisa Batiashvili • Gautier Capuçon • Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Jonathon Heyward celebrates his arrival as Music Director with vibrant studies of the United States, culminating with Dvořák’s epic Ninth Symphony (“From the New World”) that draws on spirituals and indigenous melodies. Gershwin’s feisty concerto brings the excitement of the Jazz Age into the concert hall, featuring the “brilliant and stylish pianist” Jean-Yves Thibaudet whose interpretation is “alive with incisive rhythms, Ravelian colorings, telling intricacy, and refreshingly cool restraint” (The New York Times). Baltimore’s own James Lee III taps into Black and Native traditions in his evocative answer to Dvořák’s American vision.

New World Symphony With Heyward

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Jonathan Heyward illuminates a night of enchanting French music, starting with Lili Boulanger’s vibrant evocation of a spring morning and ending with Berlioz’ radical fantasy about an artist consumed by love, passion… and opium-induced fever dreams. French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins the orchestra for Ravel’s Concerto in G, which offers a depth of emotion and feeling beneath its light-hearted and glittering surface.

Symphonie fantastique

Hollywood Bowl

Experience music from Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and more when two of today’s most celebrated artists — Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein — join forces for the first time. This innovative program for two pianos celebrates the captivating music and world of George Gershwin, including Rhapsody in Blue. Feinstein, a renowned vocalist/pianist/conductor, offers his expertise as the leading authority on the Great American Songbook, while Cleveland favorite Thibaudet brings his sparkling virtuosity as one of today’s finest pianists.

Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More

Blossom Music Center

Two of today’s most celebrated artists—Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein—join forces for the first time in Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?, an innovative program celebrating the music of George Gershwin and his world.

Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More at Tanglewood

“Song of love, hymn to joy, time, movement, rhythm, life and death.” So Messiaen described his Turangalîla-symphonie — an extravagant, ecstatic piece that seeks and celebrates humanity’s place in the natural and the spiritual realms. Featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and ondes martenot soloist Cynthia Millar. 

Donor Rehearsal: Turangalîla-Symphonie

Lincoln Center

Two of today’s most celebrated artists—Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein—join forces for the first time in Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?, an innovative program celebrating the music of George Gershwin and his peers. Be among the first to hear brand-new arrangements that focus this enduring music through a fresh lens, reminding us all that some things will never go out of style. Don’t miss this showcase of the Great American Songbook with America’s Orchestra!

Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More at the Pops

Boston Symphony Hall

Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Debussy

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

In 1937 at the height of the Stalinist purges, Shostakovich was in disgrace — an outcast who feared for his life. (He slept in the stairwell outside his apartment so that his family might be spared if he were arrested.) In these darkest moments, he somehow found the courage to write his Fifth Symphony, publishing it with the ironic subtitle “A Soviet Artist’s Reply to Just Criticism.” Its unsettling opening movement captures the shifting, uncertain mood of the time, and leads to an exultant finale proclaiming that all is heroic, bright, and beautiful. The work was both critical and political salvation for the composer.

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony

Two-time Grammy-nominated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to Orange County.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano

Soka Performing Arts Center

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Join us in 2022-23 for a season of vibrant musical experiences.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

“Song of love, hymn to joy, time, movement, rhythm, life and death.” So Messiaen described his Turangalîla-symphonie — an extravagant, ecstatic piece that seeks and celebrates humanity’s place in the natural and the spiritual realms. Featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and ondes martenot soloist Cynthia Millar.

Turangalîla-Symphonie

Two of today’s most celebrated artists — Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein — join forces for the first time in an innovative program for two pianos celebrating the music of George Gershwin and his world. Born of a serendipitous encounter between the two artists at Festival Napa Valley 2021, Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More, showcases each artist’s unique gifts for creativity, virtuosity and sheer joy of music making. Feinstein is the renowned vocalist/ pianist/conductor and the leading authority on the Great American Songbook, while Thibaudet has built a 30-year reputation not only as one of the today’s finest pianists, but has also for his imaginative partnerships in film, fashion, and visual art. Together, Feinstein and Thibaudet form a uniquely prodigious artistic and creative force.

McCallum Theatre

Israeli conductor Lahav Shani, making his Symphony Hall debut, and elegant French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet perform Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian, a brilliantly virtuosic but tuneful Romantic-era work for which Thibaudet is an ideal interpreter. Sergei Prokofiev’s delightful First Symphony was conceived as a 20th-century successor to works by Wolfgang Mozart and Joseph Haydn. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s ingeniously constructed, brilliantly colorful Symphonic Dances was his last finished work.

Lahav Shani conducts Prokofiev, ﻿Rachmaninoff, and Saint-Saëns with ﻿Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

MTT & Jean-Yves Thibaudet

After the sensuousness of Debussy’s Prelude, Michael Tilson Thomas leads the sometimes lively, sometimes dreamy early Messiaen work with hints of birdsong, featuring the theremin-like ondes martenot and the treble voices of the Los Angeles Master Chorale singing the composer’s own mystical Christian words. Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Debussy’s remarkable Fantaisie, an Impressionist piano concerto. The LA Master Chorale again joins forces with the LA Phil in Heitor Villa-Lobos’ most performed of his 14 Chôros, a dramatic work filled with Latin percussion and rhythms.

Debussy and Messiaen with MTT

Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music. For this special performance in Hill Auditorium, he brings together pianists Emanuel Ax and Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Juilliard String Quartet for a mixed chamber music program.

Itzhak Perlman and Friends

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is hailed as one of the best pianists in the world for his profound artistry, poetic musicality and dazzling technical prowess. A beloved Seattle favorite, he returns to the Benaroya Hall stage to perform Debussy’s stunning Préludes, a picturesque collection of 24 vignettes that showcase the composer’s colorful approach to connecting sound, mood and image.

Benaroya Hall

Sparks will fly when one of the world’s reigning divas performs with one of the world’s finest pianists. Renée Fleming and Jean-Yves Thibaudet bring a marvelous mixture of favorites and rare gems as their music making soars throughout Walt Disney Concert Hall in an unforgettable recital.

Renée Fleming Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Musical fireworks abound as two French virtuosos collaborate in a showcase of exhilarating musicality. Praised for his “mellifluous tones” (The Times), acclaimed cellist Gautier Capuçon is lauded “among the greatest of cellists” (The Arts Desk). Capuçon joins forces with two-time Grammy-nominated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who is widely regarded as “the most soulful of players” (Gramophone).

Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Gautier Capuçon

Irvine Barclay Theatre

At the height of the pandemic, the phenomenal Jean-Yves Thibaudet joined Gustavo and the LA Phil for Gershwin’s quintessential Rhapsody in Blue recorded in an empty Bowl. The artists reunite for the same piece, performed in the electric environment created by a live audience. In this all-Gershwin program, Dudamel leads An American in Paris and Cuban Overture, and astonishing countertenor John Holiday shows off his remarkable range and delivery. 

Dudamel Conducts Gershwin

This is the long awaited, triumphant opening night concert of The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park that you can't afford to miss! The starry evening combines a world premiere San Diego Symphony commission from celebrated American composer Mason Bates, delicious classical excerpts, world-class guest artists (like pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and rising young bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green), heart-pounding song selections and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, all led by Music Director Rafael Payare in his public concert debut at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park® Opens: A Celebration with Rafael Payare and The San Diego Symphony

The incredible Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays one of his specialties, Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto. Former Dudamel Conducting Fellow Ruth Reinhardt serves up energetic Dvořák in her Bowl debut with a selection of Bohemian-inspired Slavonic Dances and the entrancing Seventh Symphony.

Liszt Second Piano Concerto & Dvořák Seventh Symphony

Every detail of Olivier Messiaen's sensual and opulent orchestral lovefest will be delineated by Susanna Mälkki – an unforgettable and overwhelming sonic experience.

Turangalîla Symphony | Feat. Jean Yves Thibaudet

French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings dazzling elegance to Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, which distills the turbulent essence of Romanticism. Italian-British conductor Antonio Pappano also leads two works asking deep questions of humanity while expanding the range of the orchestra. Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, with its immediately recognizable opening “sunrise,” is a musical response to Friedrich Nietzsche’s metaphysical novel of the same name. Hannah Kendall uses unusual orchestral techniques and music boxes in her recent O flower of fire, inspired by the work of Guyanese-British poet Martin Carter.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Kendall, Liszt, and Strauss with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

A reigning virtuoso of the violin returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall with a distinguished group of collaborators: internationally celebrated pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Emanuel Ax and the Juilliard String Quartet, who plays “magically, like a single four-voiced instrument” (Broad Street Review).

Join us for an unforgettable evening at the Walt Disney Concert Hall as the legendary Itzhak Perlman takes the stage with an ensemble of world-renowned musicians for the "Itzhak Perlman and Friends" Colburn Celebrity Recital. This one-night-only event, scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 8:00 PM, promises to be a showcase of classical music mastery.

The evening's program will feature a selection of classical masterpieces, beginning with Leclair's Sonata for Two Violins in E minor, Op. 3, No. 5, followed by Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, K. 493. After an intermission, the concert will conclude with Chausson's Concert for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, offering a rich tapestry of sounds and an exploration of musical virtuosity.

Itzhak Perlman, a reigning virtuoso of the violin, will be joined by internationally celebrated pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Emanuel Ax, along with the Juilliard String Quartet. The quartet, known for playing "magically, like a single four-voiced instrument" (Broad Street Review), includes Areta Zhulla and Ronald Copes on violins, Molly Carr on viola, and Astrid Schween on cello. This distinguished group of collaborators brings together some of the most respected and talented musicians in the classical world for an evening of unforgettable performances.

This concert is part of the Colburn Celebrity Recitals series, generously supported by the Colburn Foundation, and represents a unique opportunity to experience live performances by classical music's finest in the acoustically and architecturally stunning Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Please note that programs, artists, dates, prices, and availability are subject to change. All sales are final, and ticket limits may apply. Don't miss this extraordinary gathering of musical giants in a performance that promises to be a highlight of the concert season.

Itzhak Perlman and Friends Colburn Celebrity Recital

Settle in as the world’s most electrifying artists and ensembles converge at Davies Symphony Hall. Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman takes the stage with an all-star team of collaborators: pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Emanuel Ax and the Juilliard String Quartet.


Itzhak Perlman & Friends

Experience the mesmerizing orchestral journey of Ravel's Boléro, performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of the internationally renowned conductor Juanjo Mena. This captivating event will take place at the prestigious Meyerson Symphony Center, with performances scheduled from Thursday, November 14, 2024, through Sunday, November 17, 2024. The concert series promises an unforgettable evening featuring not only Ravel's iconic Boléro, known for its hypnotic rhythm and climactic intensity, but also Gershwin's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, showcasing the showstopping talents of pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Additionally, audiences will be treated to the DSO's first-ever performance of Bartók’s The Wooden Prince, a fairytale brought to life through lyrical and sensuous music.

The concert dates are as follows:
- Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 7:30pm
- Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 7:30pm
- Sunday, November 17, 2024, at 3:00pm

Subscriptions for the 24/25 season are currently available, offering a chance to secure seats for this and other remarkable performances. Single tickets will be available for purchase in late June. For those eager to be the first to receive updates and special offers, signing up for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's email listing is highly recommended.

Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the powerful performances of Gershwin, Bartók, and Ravel, brought to life by the exceptional talents of Juanjo Mena, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Ravel's Boléro

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

State Theatre New Jersey

Princeton University

Come hear what audiences in London, Helsinki and Dresden have all been delighted by from one of the most imaginative young composers today, Korea’s Donghoon Shin.

French pianist extraordinaire Jean-Yves Thibaudet will perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major.  Chicago Classical noted, “Few keyboard artists embody Ravel’s blend of supple elegance and unbridled bravura so naturally and effortlessly.”  Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony has an overwhelmingly uplifting, enthusiastic spirit that is steeped in wartime patriotism.

Palm Beach Symphony Presents Jean-yves Thibaudet, Piano

Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall

Jean-Yves Thibaudet combines his “unfaltering control of texture and sonority” (Classical Voice) with his consummate flair and sense of style. In a single performance, the French pianist elegantly traverses the magical colors and crystalline textures of Debussy’s 24 preludes.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot returns to the podium with our continuing Ravel celebrations this season as we mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Benjamin Attahir’s newly commissioned work for pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Principal Harp Valerie Muzzolini is inspired by sketches Ravel made for Morgiana, an Arabian Nights ballet. Then, two Ravel jewels. Firstly, a showcase for harp in the Introduction and Allegro, which he wrote to demonstrate the capacities of a new, modern harp design. And then the beloved Mother Goose, performed here in its entirety. Ravel captures all the vivid enchantment of fairytale scenes — from dazzling Chinese pagodas to the comically stilted conversation between the elegant but timid Beauty (clarinet, of course!) and the gruff, bassoon-voiced Beast.

Ravel Mother Goose

Two phenomenal French stars return for a spirited evening of Russian masterworks. Stéphane Denève opens the program conducting Connesson’s Maslenitsa, written in celebration of the sunny Slavic folk festival. Then, powerhouse pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Khachaturian’s pyrotechnic Piano Concerto. To close, Ravel’s majestic orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition carries us through a gallery of soul-stirring emotion.

Stéphane Denève conducts Pictures at an Exhibition | Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Khachaturian

Kennedy Center

With its extreme contrasts, ranging from dramatic climaxes to tender, poetic moments, Franz Liszt's 2nd Piano Concerto is a virtuoso and interpretative challenge for soloists. The French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, known for his brilliant playing and the emotional depth of his interpretations, takes on the solo part. The piano concerto is framed by Strauss twice. Josef Strauss composed his "Dynamiden Waltz" in 1865 for the Industrialists' Ball in the Redoutensaal of the Vienna Hofburg, venturing into compositional realms that are not usually touched upon by dance music. No wonder Richard Strauss plagiarized this waltz gem for his "Rosenkavalier". The famous waltz melody is of course not missing from the "Rosenkavalier Suite", which Philippe Jordan recomposed. The selected key musical passages of the opera allow the audience to experience the plot in a concentrated form and bring the famous arias of the Marschallin, Octavian and Baron von »Ochs« to life, even when there are no singers on stage.

Strauss Liszt Strauss

Gasteig HP8

Beloved pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to the desert for the first time since 2018 with the Pacific Symphony and Carl St.Clair. This program features Camille Saint-Saëns final and most exotic piano concerto, his Piano Concerto No. 5, which he composed while staying in the temple town of Luxor, Egypt. Beethovens Symphony No. 7 was regarded by Beethoven himself as one of his best works, and its timeless dance rhythms and melodies have helped this symphony secure its place as a favorite to many listeners.

Pacific Symphony

Beloved pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to the desert for the first time since 2018 with the Pacific Symphony  and Carl St.Clair. This program features Camille Saint-Saëns’ final and most exotic piano concerto, his Piano Concerto No. 5, which he composed while staying in the temple town of Luxor, Egypt. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 was regarded by Beethoven himself as one of his best works, and its timeless dance rhythms and melodies have helped this symphony secure its place as a favorite to many listeners.

This one-of-a-kind chamber music experience is exclusively designed for 100 audience members. As you arrive at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, you'll be greeted by an elevated VIP Experience made just for you, complete with specialty beverages and flavorful small bites. Then, you'll be escorted to your seats on stage in Helzberg Hall, where your senses will come alive in an immersive performance, packed with artistry and adrenaline. Just feet away from your host, Matthias Pintscher, world-renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and your very own Kansas City Symphony musicians, On Stage empowers you to experience the music closer than ever before.

On Stage with Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Music Director Matthias Pintscher is joined by visionary pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in this concert that traverses the world. A renowned virtuoso, Thibaudet debuts with the Symphony in a tour de force: Saint-Saën’s remarkable Piano Concerto No. 5, sometimes called “Egyptian” for its exotic sounds — and the fact that Saint-Saëns composed it while wintering in Egypt. Superbly crafted, the concerto places extreme technical demands on the pianist due to its breathtaking blizzard of notes cloaked in sophisticated melodic garb. You’ll love the rich harmonies and beguiling romantic themes.

Classical Series Concert #10

Before Holst’s classic portrayal of the solar system, we will hear Manu Martin’s Cosmic Rhapsody, based on a narrative created by Susan Lim and Christina Teenz Tan. In the piece, the quest for solutions to Earth's environmental crisis intertwines with elements of suspense, drama, romance, intrigue, and scientific exploration. 

Holst, Gershwin and Martin with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Barbican Centre

Considered one of the finest pianists of today, Jean-Yves Thibaudet takes the Jacobs Music Center stage to perform his acclaimed interpretation of Camille Saint-Saëns' final piano concerto, written while he was vacationing in Cairo, Egypt. Then Rafael Payare and the Symphony tackle Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, Leningrad. The first performance of the Leningrad took place in August 1942, a year into the 30-month blockade of the city by Axis powers, and was broadcast throughout the city as a show of defiance against German forces. Since then, the symphony has become a powerful international symbol of human resistance to brutality, barbarism and injustice.

Elegant to Epic: Saint-Saëns and Shostakovich

Jacobs Music Center

Settle in as the world’s most electrifying artists and ensembles converge at Davies Symphony Hall. Two effervescent musicians with a love of jazz and popular song come together with the SF Symphony for a night of sheer fun. Who could ask for anything more?

Thibaudet & Feinstein With The Sf Symphony 

Immerse yourself in an unforgettable evening of music at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the "Gershwin & Strauss" concert, featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Teddy Abrams. This spectacular event takes place on Friday, May 23, 2025, at 8:00 PM, with additional performances on Saturday, May 24, at 8:00 PM, and a matinee on Sunday, May 25, at 2:00 PM.

The concert will showcase the extraordinary talents of pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who will dazzle the audience with his interpretation of Gershwin's joyful Concerto in F. Thibaudet's relationship with this piece began at the tender age of 14, and over four decades, his performances have deepened in love and jazz-infused interpretations, promising a performance that exudes utter joy and leaves everyone with a smile.

The program also features Strauss' epic "Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30," a symphonic poem inspired by Nietzsche and made famous by its use in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Beyond the iconic sunrise theme, the piece is a marvelous exploration of nature, science, and the unseen world, led masterfully by Teddy Abrams.

Adding to the weekend's performances, Caroline Shaw's "The Observatory" will be performed on Saturday and Sunday. Inspired by Shaw's experiences at Griffith Observatory, this piece reflects on the shape of Los Angeles and the night sky, promising a unique and inspiring addition to the concert series.

This event is not only a celebration of music but also an opportunity to experience the joy and depth of Gershwin's and Strauss' compositions, brought to life by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the exceptional soloists. Join us for a night of unforgettable music and be part of the legacy of these great composers at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Pianist

Events

Upcoming events

24 - 26 Oct, 2024

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Kendall, Liszt, and Strauss with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano · Boston Symphony Orchestra

Oct 27, 2024

Boston Symphony Chamber Players · Boston Symphony Orchestra

Nov 6, 2024

Itzhak Perlman and Friends · The Music Center

Nov 6, 2024

Itzhak Perlman and Friends Colburn Celebrity Recital · Los Angeles Philharmonic

Nov 10, 2024

Itzhak Perlman & Friends · San Francisco Symphony

Past events

Sep 20, 2024

Night After Night · Philadelphia Orchestra

Sep 13, 2024

Dvořák’s "New World Symphony" with Peter Oundjian · Colorado Symphony

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Piano in Turangalîla Symphony by Messiaen

New York Philharmonic

Piano in Concerto in F by Gershwin

Nashville Symphony

Piano in Piano Concerto in G by Ravel

San Diego Symphony

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 2 by Liszt

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Piano in Piano Quartet No. 2 by Mozart

University Musical Society

Piano in Fantaisie for piano and orchestra by Debussy

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Egyptian) by Saint-Saëns

San Diego Symphony

Piano in Piano Concerto by Khachaturian

National Symphony Orchestra

Piano in Piano Concerto by Gershwin

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

Piano in Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet by Chausson

University Musical Society

Piano in Piano Concerto in G Major by Ravel

State Theatre New Jersey

Piano in Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin

New York Philharmonic

Piano in Preludes by Debussy

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Piano in Lim Cosmic Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra by Martin

Barbican Centre

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major by Saint-Saëns

Kansas City Symphony

Piano in Concerto for Piano & Harp by Attahir

Seattle Symphony

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