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Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra Unveils Expanded 25th Anniversary Season
Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra will present a nine-performance season marking its 25th anniversary, featuring guest artists, choral masterworks, and repertoire spanning three centuries of music.
LA Phil Breaks Attendance Record for Classical Programming in 2026 Hollywood Bowl Season
The LA Phil revealed record-breaking attendance for the 2026 Hollywood Bowl season’s classical programming upon the conclusion of the summer season’s classical offerings.
SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL QUINTET: Celebrating America @ 250 is Coming to The Ellington Room
Composers Concordance will present new music by seven contemporary composers reflecting on American history and identity, featuring Gene Pritsker's song cycle set to African American poets.
Andris Nelsons And Wiener Philharmoniker Present Complete Mahler Recording, MAHLER: THE SYMPHONIES
Deutsche Grammophon will release the 12-CD box set Mahler: The Symphonies on October 23, 2026, featuring the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Andris Nelsons.
Manfred Honeck Will Conduct PASTORAL and ELEKTRA With the Hong Kong Philharmonic
Conductor Manfred Honeck will return to the Hong Kong Philharmonic for its 2026/27 season opening.
A TRAVES DE LA LUZ Will Come to Teatro Colon
The Teatro Colón will present A través de la luz as part of the Filarmónica de Buenos Aires' 80th anniversary season.
Caramoor to Offer Six Classes with Juilliard Extension
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts partners with Juilliard Extension to present continuing education classes exploring themes from the Rosen House Concert Series and Summer Season in Katonah, New York.
Joshua Bell to Return to bergenPAC With Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Violinist Joshua Bell will perform with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at bergenPAC in Englewood, New Jersey, with an opening performance by Elisabeth Morrow School students and SuperChamber soloists.
New Jersey Youth Symphony Sets Six Free Concerts at UCPAC This Fall
The NEW JERSEY YOUTH SYMPHONY will present six free concerts at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, featuring acclaimed guest artists and celebrating America's 250th anniversary and cultural diversity.
Thomas Nickell to Perform Solo Piano Recital at Tenri Cultural Institute
Composer-pianist Thomas Nickell will perform a solo recital featuring works by Amy Beach, Phillip Glass, Franz Liszt, and Charles-Valentin Alkan, along with his own Piano Sonata No.
The Belgian National Orchestra Will Perform KOBEKINA X DVORAK
The Belgian National Orchestra will present “Kobekina × Dvořák,” a program featuring cellist Anastasia Kobekina and conductor Vasily Petrenko, at venues across Belgium in October.
HOLIDAY POPS! and BEETHOVEN'S NINTH to Expand to Trenton
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra extends performances to Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton, featuring vocalist Scarlett Strallen and conductor Rossen Milanov with the Westminster Symphonic Choir.
Long Beach Symphony Will Perform FACES OF AMERICA AT 250
Long Beach Symphony will present an orchestral celebration featuring American masterworks and the Southern California premiere of VISIONS OF HUMANITY AND UNITY, a new five-movement cello concerto, with Grammy Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey.
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Will Perform Chinese New Year Concert
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the Year of the Goat with a program blending Chinese and Western classical masterworks, featuring percussionist Le Yu performing a marimba concerto by contemporary composer Ye Xiaogang.
San Francisco Symphony Reveals October 2026 Programming
The San Francisco Symphony will present orchestral series programs, special events, and performances featuring conductors Elim Chan, Karina Canellakis, and Santtu Matias-Rouvali, along with soloists including Renée Fleming and Lang Lang.
The Philadelphia Orchestra to Open 2026–27 Season with Beethoven and Hisaishi
The GRAMMY Award-winning Philadelphia Orchestra and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will present Beethoven's Ninth Symphony alongside the United States premiere of composer-in-residence Joe Hisaishi's Orbis at Marian Anderson Hall.
The Michael O’Neal Singers Present FEEL THE SPIRIT Featuring Soloist Indra Thomas
The Michael O'Neal Singers will present John Rutter's choral cycle celebrating African American spirituals at Roswell United Methodist Church, featuring internationally recognized soprano Indra Thomas.
Chara Percussion Will Present REFLECTIONS: THE WATERS OF LIFE in Brewster
Chara Percussion will present Reflections: The Waters of Life at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster on October 9 and 10, featuring music by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Philip Glass and more.
Chicago Violin Competition to Open Registration for 2026
The online international violin competition invites violinists ages 7-28 to register for its 2026 edition.
Baltimore Debuts Of Pablo Ferrández And Oak Trio are Coming to Shriver Hall Concert Series
Shriver Hall Concert Series will open its 61st season with cellist Pablo Ferrández performing Bach, Britten, and Cassadó, followed by the free Discovery Series presentation of the OAK Trio at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
League of American Orchestras Selects 20 Participants for Artistic Administration Intensive
Twenty rising orchestra professionals from the U.
BSO Names Jean-sébastien Vallée Director Of Choruses And Conductor Of The Tanglewood Festival Chorus
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has appointed Jean-Sébastien Vallée as Director of Choruses and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, effective the 2026-27 season.
TOP GUN: MAVERICK, FRANKENSTEIN and John Williams Concerts Will Be Performed By Nashville Symphony
The Nashville Symphony will present film-score concerts, a Tom Petty tribute, and works led by Leonard Slatkin, Ken David Masur, and Richard Kaufman in an upcoming lineup of performances.
MIRÓ QUARTET, Susanna Phillips to Headline Bridgehampton Chamber Music's Fall Series
Bridgehampton Chamber Music's autumn series will bring the MIRÓ QUARTET, soprano Susanna Phillips, and a Baroque holiday program to Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church on Long Island.
Matthew Hagle to Perform FROM PAGE TO PIANO at Nichols Concert Hall
Pianist Matthew Hagle will perform works by Brahms, Ravel, and Schumann in a program exploring the connection between music and literature at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston.
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American Composers Orchestra: New Virtuoso: Low End Theory at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (3/18-3/18) |
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NYFOS Next: This Now Naked Life The Theater at 150 W 17th Street (11/15-11/15) |
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Celebrate Beethoven!: Turning the Key Alice Tully Hall (9/17-9/17) |
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New York Festival of Song: First-Name Basis New York Festival of Song: First-Name Basis (10/20-10/20) |
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American Composers Orchestra: Hello, America: We Gather Here at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (10/27-10/27) |
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Carnegie Hall Presents: Santiago Cañón-Valencia and Victor Santiago Asuncion Carnegie Hall (11/10-11/10) |
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NYFOS Next: A Perfect Rose: Dorothy Parker Songs The Theater at 150 W 17th Street (9/27-9/27) |
