If you want to do justice to the broad spectrum of Jonathan Stockhammer's musical work and his cross-genre curiosity, you have to leave the usual pigeonholes and classifications behind. Born in Los Angeles, the conductor who consistently pushes musicals limits devotes himself to the classical and contemporary repertoire with the same passion. This is the driving force behind his work: to understand and appreciate music in its universality. He loves opera, ballet and modern dance theatre, experimental premieres and unconventional concert formats that break down encrusted structures in favour of new listening experiences. Thanks to his astonishing talent for explaining music and understanding the audience not only as a resonating space but as a dialogue partner, he makes music newly understandable, newly experienceable.

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Portrait concert by Capell-Compositrice Unsuk Chin

Festspielhaus Hellerau

Han-Na Chang conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, Deutsch’ Phantasma, and Richard Strauss’ Don Quixote featuring soloists from the orchestra.

Han-Na Chang conducts Beethoven and Strauss

The Concertgebouw

News from the north: The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and Alan Gilbert will premiere a new work by Alex Paxton on February 7. The MDR Radio Choir and NDR Vokalensemble will be part of the second part.

Elbphilharmonie Visions: Gilbert conducts Paxton and Deutsch

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

We are indebted to Jennifer Johnston for stepping in to perform Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer in tonight's concert. It is with regret that Adela Zaharia has had to withdraw due to illness.

The Divine Poem

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami residency was launched in partnership with the Adrienne Arsht Center in January 2007 during the Center’s inaugural season. Over the course of 15 seasons, The Cleveland Orchestra has served the Miami-Dade community with an array of musical presentations, including a series of subscription concerts, education programs, and community engagement activities. Since 2007, The Cleveland Orchestra has presented free daytime concerts and education programs to nearly 56,000 Miami-Dade County Public School District students — engaging with them through performances, coaching, mentorship opportunities, and special music programs. The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami residency is supported through the generosity of music lovers from across Florida who believe in the power of great orchestral music for adults and young people alike. Each season of The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami concerts is presented in partnership with the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

Marking 25 years as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst leads a rousing program of music spanning a century and a half. The expansive opening of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger gives way to the propulsive soundscapes of Bernd Richard Deutsch’s Intensity. The evening closes with Richard Strauss’s Symphonia domestica, an intimate portrait of the composer’s family life, from the mundane to the passionate to the playful.

Welser-Möst Conducts Strauss

Severance Music Center

Hamburg, Germany

Linz, Austria

Brucknerhaus

Experience the sights and sounds of an all-day Alpine hike in Richard Strauss’s vivid tone poem, featuring waterfalls, pastures, a massive thunderstorm, and an unforgettable view from the summit. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst conducts this symphonic favorite alongside Bernd Richard Deutsch’s mesmerizing Intensity — written specifically for The Cleveland Orchestra — and Julius Eastman’s Second Symphony, an elegy for a broken relationship.

Bernd Richard Deutsch

Events

Upcoming events

Aug 27, 2026

Welser-Möst Conducts Strauss · The Cleveland Orchestra

2 - 3 Oct, 2026

Hamburg, Germany · The Cleveland Orchestra

Oct 11, 2026

Linz, Austria · The Cleveland Orchestra

May 28, 2027

Strauss’s Alpine Symphony · The Cleveland Orchestra

Past events

Nov 6, 2025

Portrait concert by Capell-Compositrice Unsuk Chin · Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Jun 19, 2025

Han-Na Chang conducts Beethoven and Strauss · Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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