Orpheus Chamber Orchestra to Launch 2026/27 Season With Carnegie Hall Programs and European Tour
Anne Akiko Meyers joins as artistic partner, with Branford Marsalis and Isata Kanneh-Mason among featured collaborators.
The conductorless GRAMMY-Award winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has revealed its 2026/27 season, reflecting its signature style of musical democracy, new collaborations, and fresh commissions, shared across local and global audiences. The season features collaborations with Branford Marsalis, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Lucas and Arthur Jussen, Anthony McGill, Garrick Ohlsson, Paul Huang, and Nobuyuki Tsuji.
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With GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers as its new Artistic Partner, Orpheus will launch its upcoming season at its New York home with three Carnegie Hall programs spotlighting the next generation of musical stars. The lineup includes commissioned world premiere scores from acclaimed composers Brian Nabors and Katie Jenkins, and a bespoke arrangement of Dvořák's "American" String Quartet by Orpheus cellist and Artistic Director Jim Wilson. The Carnegie Hall programs also feature a modern classic, Shimmer, by composer Elena Ruehr, and the season proudly welcomes dynamic new partners, with violinist Paul Huang performing Beethoven, and pianists Isata Kanneh-Mason and brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen (for the season's first Orpheus for All concert) playing revitalized Mozart classics.
At performances hosted by New York's 92NY, the new season celebrates the orchestra's reunions with two musical titans-clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Garrick Ohlsson. McGill last performed with Orpheus in Copland's clarinet concerto in 2023. Their coming collaboration features the beloved and challenging Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Garrick Ohlson's connection with Orpheus began just after he won the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition and joined an inspired group of New Yorkers who launched Orpheus Chamber Ensemble in 1972.
The upcoming season includes a tour throughout Europe and Japan, where saxophone legend Branford Marsalis and Orpheus revisit their longtime collaborations in a program where jazz, classical, and global-music traditions intersect. The program features a concerto by the renowned film composer/jazz trumpeter Jeff Beal, Flamenco music from Afro-Cuban pioneer Ernesto Lecuona, and the symphonic jazz of Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. The performance in Spain features Sahun Sam Hong's arrangement of Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata in C-sharp minor.
October 16–17, 2026
PHRASING A FAMILY
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos
October 16, 2026 - Easton, PA
October 17, 2026 - Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall @ 4 PM ET - New York, NY
Orpheus for All
November 7, 2026–February 21, 2027
HOME, SUITE HOME
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
November 7, 2026 - Davis, CA
November 8, 2026 - Stanford, CA
November 11, 2026 - Santa Barbara, CA
November 12, 2026 - Santa Monica, CA
November 13, 2026 - Seattle, WA
November 15, 2026 - Denver, CO
November 17, 2026 - Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall @ 7:30 PM ET - New York, NY
February 12, 2027 - Madison, WI
February 13, 2027 - Detroit, MI
February 15, 2027 - Sarasota, FL
February 16, 2027 - Edmond, OK
February 17, 2027 - Lincoln, NE
February 19, 2027 - Morristown, NJ
February 21, 2027 - Fairfax, VA
December 16, 2026
92Y
Anthony McGill, clarinet
December 16, 2026 - 92Y @ 7:30 PM ET - New York, NY
March 6–23, 2027
EUROPE TOUR
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
March 6, 2027 - Valencia, Spain
March 7, 2027 - Madrid, Spain
March 8, 2027 - Barcelona, Spain
March 9, 2027 - Vienna, Austria
March 12, 2027 - Antwerp, Belgium
March 13, 2027 - Geneva, Switzerland
March 14, 2027 - Brussels, Belgium
March 15, 2027 - Berlin, Germany
March 17, 2027 - Dusseldorf, Germany
March 18, 2027 - Ferrara, Italy
March 20, 2027 - Lugano, Switzerland
March 21, 2027 - Budapest, Hungary
March 23, 2027 - Hamburg, Germany
April 16–18, 2027
MAGNIFICENCE MAGNIFIED
Paul Huang, violin
April 16, 2027 - Purchase, NY (TBD)
April 17, 2027 - Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall @ 7 PM ET - New York, NY
April 18, 2027 - Rockport, MA
May 16, 2027
92Y
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
May 16, 2027 - 92Y @ 2 PM ET - New York, NY
July 9–19, 2027
JAPAN TOUR
Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano
July 9, 2027 - Niigata, Japan
July 10, 2027 - Matsumoto, Japan
July 11, 2027 - Sendai, Japan
July 13, 2027 - Tokyo, Japan
July 14, 2027 - Tokyo, Japan
July 15, 2027 - Hiroshima, Japan
July 17, 2027 - Fukuoka, Japan
July 18, 2027 - Nagoya, Japan
July 19, 2027 - Osaka, Japan
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