In 2024, the award-winning, celebrated violinist James Ehnes released Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra. This recording includes the composer’s only violin concerto, which Ehnes will also perform in this concert with the CSO. Conductor Keitaro Harada leads two American ensembles, the Savannah Philharmonic and the Dayton Philharmonic (as of the 2025-26 season), in addition to his role as the Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.

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Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony

Gaillard Center

Behold the brilliance in this program featuring Beethoven’s groundbreaking 5th Symphony and the incredible prize-winning pianist George Li performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. The highly accomplished Multiple GRAMMY-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta, acclaimed by American Public Media as “a mighty figure on the global music scene,” returns to lead the CSO.

Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

Make history with the Charleston Symphony as we take on the world’s most renowned stage! Joined by the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra and the College of Charleston Orchestra, click here for full details about HOLY CITY IN THE BIG APPLE!

A Charleston Celebration

Carnegie Hall

Father and son Gerard and Julian Schwarz return to Charleston following their crowd-pleasing performance with the CSO during the 2022-23 season. In this concert, the CSO will present favorites from Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák – two immensely talented composers who were friends.

Schwarz Conducts Brahms

Join us for the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra’s final performance of the season on Monday, May 29 at 11am at the Charleston Music Hall. Admission is free and all are welcome!

The Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestras showcases nearly one hundred young musicians from over twenty schools throughout the Lowcountry. CSYO and CSYS engage and inspires young musicians in a collaborative environment, where students strive for excellence with the highest quality performing arts education and offers unique opportunities for growth through mentorship from Charleston Symphony musicians.

CSYO Piccolo Spoleto Festival Concert

Charleston Music Hall

Join the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestras live at the Gaillard Center on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at 2:00 pm! 

Performances by Charleston Symphony Youth Strings (CSYS) and Charleston Symphony Youth Sinfonietta (CSYO) will showcase over 100 young musicians from the Tri-county! This performance is open and free to the public; come support our young musicians!

Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra Side-by-Side concert

Lowcountry roots run deep, and they often form lasting connections. Jonathon Heyward is no stranger to Charleston; having grown up here, he was a shining star of the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra (CSYO) and was mentored by the late CSO Music Director David Stahl. Since then, he has made a name for himself conducting both internationally and stateside for the London Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Grant Park Music Festival, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the National Symphony Orchestra—just to name a few. With this homecoming concert featuring works by masters of the classical music repertoire, he is making his much-anticipated conducting debut with the Charleston Symphony. We are thrilled to congratulate Maestro Heyward for his recent appointment as Music Director Designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Beethoven and Tchaikovsky

Join the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestras live at the Gaillard Center on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at 1:00 pm! 

Performances by Charleston Symphony Youth Sinfonietta (CSYS) and Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra (CSYO) will showcase over 100 young musicians from the Tri-county! This performance is open and free to the public; come support our young musicians!

Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra

6 - 7 Feb, 2026

Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony

7 - 8 Mar, 2025

Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra