Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has made a profound impact with his remarkable combination of highest level musicianship and visionary programmes. His recordings for Deutsche Grammophon - Philip Glass Piano Works (2017), Johann Sebastian Bach (2018), Debussy Rameau (2020) and Mozart & Contemporaries (2021) - captured the public and critical imagination and led to album streams of over 260 million. The New York Times dubbed him “Iceland’s Glenn Gould.”

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Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Bach's Goldberg Variations

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach's Goldberg Variations

Led by music director Johannes Müller Stosch, the Orange County Youth Symphony celebrates a triumphant season of musical growth and camaraderie. Hear the profound talent of the Concerto Competition winners as they serve as featured soloists during the Orange County Youth Symphony’s finale concert.

Orange County Youth Symphony & String Ensemble Finale

Soprano Larisa Martinez and violinist Joshua Bell present a new concert program, Voice and the Violin, an evening of beloved romantic arias and modern classics.

Voice & the Violin: Joshua Bell & Larisa Martinez

Grammy-nominated violinist Tessa Lark and virtuoso composer/bassist Michael Thurber team up in a phenomenal program spanning Bach to bluegrass. The classically trained duo brilliantly bring together their bluegrass roots (Tessa) and jazz composition roots (Michael) for a unique blend of classical, folk and original music, including Bach’s Inventions arranged for violin and bass.

Bach Meets Bluegrass: Tessa Lark & Michael Thurber

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Grammy-nominated pianist Gabriela Montero joins “A shining feature in L.A.'s cultural landscape” (Los Angeles Times), the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, for a mesmerizing performance.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra With Gabriela Montero

Keith Fiddmont and Jeremiah Selvey, Co-Directors. Using excerpts from Duke Ellington’s three Sacred Concert settings as the centerpiece — and accompanied by showcase performances from each of the ensembles — the SMC Music Department presents a collaboration among two conductors, four music ensembles, and guest soloists in a performance that celebrates the merging of music from the jazz club with the profundity of sacred ideals.

SMC Jazz Ensemble, SMC Chamber Choir, SMC Concert Chorale, and SMC Jazz Vocal Ensemble: “SMC Sings Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts”

Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center

Led by principal conductor Edward Gardner, the London Philharmonic Orchestra performs a new piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León. Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja joins the orchestra for Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony takes listeners on an emotional journey with moments of anguish to pure ecstasy. From plucking strings, to rushing scales, and a celebratory ending, this rousing performance will bring you to your feet!

London Philharmonic OrchestraTchaikovsky & Shostakovich

Famous for its energy and passion, Paris-based Modigliani Quartet brings a stylish precision to its performances of the most exquisite chamber music in the string quartet repertoire. Add in Italian pianist Fabio Bidini, known “as a master teacher, chamber musician, and among the best concert pianists of his generation” (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) to the ensemble, and you have a night of chamber music bliss.

Modigliani Quartet & Fabio Bidini

Internationally acclaimed violinist Ray Chen performs a crowd-pleasing recital with pianist Julio Elizalde. Hailed by the Washington Post as “a phenomenal talent,” Chen showcases why he’s sought out to perform in concert halls globally.

Ray Chen

Nothing beats Southern California weather, but if you want to experience all Four Seasons, there’s no better way than with Vivaldi’s most popular work. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, mandolin superstar Avi Avital, and multi-Grammy Award-winning soprano Estelí Gomez unite for an evening of delightful baroque and barcarolle music. 

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Soka Performing Arts Center

With its opening clarinet glissando, bluesy piano riffs, and syncopated rhythms, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue quickly became an American masterpiece and audience favorite. Now, 100 years after its 1924 premiere, we celebrate the work’s vibrant flair with both original and reimagined versions!

Conrad Tao & Friends Rhapsody in Blue at 100!

Put on your holiday socks! An Orange County favorite, Canadian Brass return to the Irvine Barclay Theatre for a concert of seasonal favorites, holiday classics, and more. Make this concert part of your holiday tradition.

The Holidays with Canadian Brass

A special evening awaits audiences with a performance by a cappella sensation, Voctave. Known for their harmonies and vocal versatility, the 11-member group will fill the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall with the songs of the season. The perfect concert for the entire family!

Voctave

Itzhak Perlman, reigning virtuoso of the violin, presents his collection of traditional klezmer music, In the Fiddler’s House. Released more than 25 years ago, the album became a PBS special that earned Perlman his third Emmy Award. Perlman comes back to this project, offering audiences the opportunity to witness his masterful technique and remarkable artistry, but also “to see and hear a gifted musician experiencing the pleasure of getting in contact with his roots” (Los Angeles Times). 

Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House

Decorated artists, musicians, and good friends Emanuel Ax and Anthony McGill come together in a special recital featuring a diverse program of great music. With a mix of pieces by living composers and those of the past, this recital is sure to be a treasured experience for all who attend.

Emanuel Ax & Anthony McGill

Experience first-hand the Danish String Quartet continues to assert its preeminence among the world’s finest string quartets. The ensemble returns to flaunt their impeccable musicianship and artistry with a program of classical and folk music.

Danish String Quartet

In “Warabe,” Kodo looks to its classic repertoire and aesthetics from the ensemble’s early days. This production blends simple forms of taiko expression that celebrate the unique sound, resonance, and physicality synonymous with Kodo—forever children of the drum at heart. Come and experience the soul-stirring rhythm of life firsthand.

KODO: Warabe

Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed. She works often in collaboration with other, as producer, composer, violinist, and vocalist, which won her the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music and three Grammy Awards. Caroline has written over 100 works in the last decade including for Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Flemming, and Dawn Upshaw, and has contributed to films and podcasts such as Beyonce’s Homecoming, Tár, and Dolly Parton’s America, among others.

LBMF Night One Caroline Shaw & Friends

Laguna Playhouse

Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion dissolve the boundaries between classical and pop, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as James Joyce, ABBA, American roots music, and Christian hymns. 

LBMF Night Two Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion

After more than a decade of musical friendship, composer-performers Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane embark on their first large-scale collaboration, orbiting a new work inspired by Jorge Luis Borges’ story, “The Library of Babel.” In this jointly-written song cycle, Shaw and Kahane invite audiences to contemplate the joy, grief, wonder, and bewilderment that spring from life in a world oversaturated with information. 

LBMF Night Three Caroline Shaw & Gabriel Kahane

Sir Antonio Pappano, Musical America's 2024 Conductor of the Year, leads a breathtaking program of lyrical might! Winner of the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Concerto, Yunchan Lim takes the stage to debut his brilliance with the heartfelt and romantic Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2. Mahler’s First Symphony develops from the faintest of sounds into a lighthearted melody that echoes and crescendos all the way through its exhilarating finale.

London Symphony Orchestra Mahler's Titan Symphony

Audiences are in for a treat when the Vienna Philharmonic performs concert number two! Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the exuberant Symphony No. 3 by Schubert. Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony masterfully blends the sounds of Indigenous, Black, and Bohemian musical themes, creating an anthem that represents the richness of America. The perfect way to say Auf Wiedersehen to California.

Vienna Philharmonic From The New World Symphony 

Praised by The New York Times for its “dramatic, energetic playing,” the Tetzlaff Quartet performs a dynamic concert of chamber music of Mendelssohn, Widmann, and Dvořák.

Tetzlaff Quartet

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has been one of Israel’s oldest and most influential cultural treasures. For over 80 years, the orchestra has created a global community for musicians, performing concerts for millions of audiences both at home and worldwide. IPO and Music Director Lahav Shani continue that tradition with a stop in Orange County!

Israel Philharmonic

Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra makes its Orange County debut. Brian Raphael Nabors’ Pulse is an episodic rhapsody that explores several phases and colorful variants of rhythm. Experience two works by father-daughter composers, Avril and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Aaron Azunda Akugbo performing Haydn's grand Trumpet Concerto.

Chineke! Orchestra Haydn and Coleridge-Taylor

At age 13, violinist Randall Goosby performed with the New York Philharmonic in a Young People’s Concert earning him a rave review from The New York Times, “…his performance won him a deserved standing ovation for its sheer virtuosity.” The San Diego native returns to take audiences on a musical journey. 

Randall Goosby

Cédric Tiberghien and Alina Ibragimova first met in 2005 as members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Creating a unique partnership shortly after, the duo has gone on to perform throughout Europe and in North America, appearing at major venues including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, and the San Francisco Performance Series. 

Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien

Good things come in threes! Anne-Sophie Mutter is joined by her protégé Pablo Ferrández and longtime friend Yefim Bronfman for an evening of star-studded music making.

Mutter-Bronfman-Ferrandez Trio

Fate always finds a way! Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony opens with a fate motif in the woodwinds and low strings, making its way through the orchestra only to be interrupted by a rich and tender horn solo. The fate motif returns to meet its triumphant and dramatic brassy ending. Plus, a special performance of Joseph Pereira’s Percussion Concerto.

Philharmonic Society of Orange County

May 2, 2024

Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Bach's Goldberg Variations

May 2, 2024

Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach's Goldberg Variations

May 4, 2024

Orange County Youth Symphony & String Ensemble Finale

May 5, 2024

Voice & the Violin: Joshua Bell & Larisa Martinez

May 14, 2024

Bach Meets Bluegrass: Tessa Lark & Michael Thurber

Philharmonic Society of Orange County

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