BOSTON CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS COVERAGE

The Boston Chamber Symphony will present Classical Romantics on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., featuring Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 alongside the Boston-area premiere of Arthur Foote’s Cello Concerto....

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project has announced its upcoming winter-spring season, featuring a series of premieres and new recordings. The season promises a lineup of performances, showcasing both contemporary compositions and classical masterpieces....

Composer Michael Gandolfi will present a lecture on 'THE GARDEN OF COSMIC SPECULATION' on February 28 at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster, exploring intersections between music and various disciplines....

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) has announced the wide-ranging program of its Winter-Spring 2026 season, approaching its 30th year. Season’s highlights include Boston performances of a trio of monodramas, the revival of a neglected opera, and the world premiere of three BMOP-commissio...

Music Worcester will present the Refugee Orchestra Project in concert at Mechanics Hall. Led by conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, the program features works by composers who experienced displacement, alongside a world premiere by Milad Yousufi....

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra will present a concert for the entire family titled A Musical Menagerie on Sunday, January 18 at Newton City Hall's War Memorial Auditorium....

Music Worcester will present the American Spiritual Ensemble in concert on Saturday, January 10 at Worcester's historic Mechanics Hall. The performance launches an eighteen month-long residency featuring concerts, community events, and educational initiatives throughout Worcester...

The Boston Civic Symphony will present its annual Family Holiday Concert on December 14 at the Boston Latin School Auditorium. The program will unite the orchestra with the Boston Latin School Concert Choir....

The Boston Civic Symphony launches its 101st season on November 9, 2025, at Jordan Hall under the direction of Music Director Francisco Noya. The 2025–26 season includes four concerts blending classical masterworks with contemporary pieces....

Kendall Square Orchestra has elected David McCue as its new President. Learn more about the appointment of McCue and about McCue's prior experience here! ...

Cherry Street Music at The Allen Center in Newton will present a trio of chamber music events from November 13 to December 18, 2025, featuring The Lydian String Quartet, Boston Symphony musicians, and acclaimed violinist Stefan Jackiw....

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra has launched its 2026 International Call for Scores, inviting composers of all ages and nationalities to submit new works for chamber orchestra....

The Boston Chamber Symphony (BCS) will open its 2025–26 season on Saturday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic First Church in Cambridge, performing a program of classical masterworks featuring violinist Joshua Brown, winner of the 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant. ...

As a dramatic soprano, Alexandra LoBianco is accustomed to performing some of the most challenging roles in the repertoire, including Leonore in “Fidelio,” with the Vienna State Opera and North Carolina Opera, Brünnhilde in “Die Walküre,” Minnie in “La fanciulla del West,” with Des Moi...

Seth MacFarlane returns to Symphony Hall to perform with the Boston Pops on December 31 in a special New Year’s Eve concert conducted by Joel McNeely. Tickets go on sale October 9....

Boston Chamber Symphony, under the direction of Avlana Eisenberg, has announced its 2025–26 season, opening November 15, 2025, with works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Bruch. ...

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra (LCO) has announced a new commission from composer Ryan Suleiman, furthering its mission to champion living artists and keep classical music accessible to all....

The NEC Jazz Orchestra, directed by Ken Schaphorst, will present Dreamkeeper: Music of Carla Bley on October 16, 2025, at Jordan Hall in Boston. The free concert features works including “Awful Coffee,” “Greasy Gravy,” and “Jesus Maria.” ...

Music Worcester is set to launch Year 2 of its unprecedented initiative, THE COMPLETE BACH, an 11-year undertaking to present live performances of every known work by Johann Sebastian Bach. Learn more! ...

Emmy-winning composer and master of traditional Vietnamese instruments Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a fall concert tour making stops in Houston, Chicago, Boston, and Worcester....

Newton’s Allen Center has unveiled the first events of its 2025–26 music season—its “Lucky 13th” year—featuring new collaborations, an expanded Cherry Street Music Series, and a mix of classical, jazz, and chamber programs in the Center’s intimate hall....

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has announced its 2025–26 Community Chamber Concerts, a free chamber music series that will run from October 12, 2025, through March 29, 2026. ...

Cape Ann Symphony kicks off Season 74 at 2:00 PM on Sunday, September, 28, 2025 with The Virtuoso Orchestra Concert! featuring music from Gustav Holst and Modest Mussorgsky, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. The Cape Ann Symphony performs at Manchester-Essex Regional High School Auditorium on 3...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will launch its 2025–26 season with two free concerts at Symphony Hall: Concert for the City on September 17, featuring the BSO, Pops, and Tanglewood Festival Chorus with guest artists including pianist Clayton Stephenson and the Veronica Robles Mariachi Band; and Mus...

The Lobster Cove String Quartet embarks on its third season with a performance at the Annisquam Village Church, Sunday, September 7 at 7:00pm. The program's title, In Search of Lost Time, is a nod to the novel of the same name by Marcel Proust, and the ways memory, art, history, and inner life inter...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will expand its 2025–26 season with the launch of a four-concert Explorer Series and a special solo organ recital by internationally acclaimed organist James McVinnie....

The Handel and Haydn Society has announced the selection of emerging instrumentalists Eliana Estrada (violin) and Sarah Ghandour (cello) as Stone Fellows for the 2025-2027 seasons, following a competitive live audition process....

The Handel and Haydn Society and Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen have revealed the new appointments for the 2025-26 season. Learn more about the musicians here!...

Cherry Street Music, the chamber music program of The Allen Center presents Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Musical Celebration featuring the Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University (HGC), with a guest appearance by singer Donna McElroy, Thursday June 19th at 4pm at The Allen Center in Newton...

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra will welcome James Burton, conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, to lead Serenade for Spring at the Second Church in Newton, MA, on Sunday, June 8th, at 3:00 PM....

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival revealed the 2025 summer concert season. The Festival will present ten live performances in five venues across Cape Cod. Learn more!...

The Boston Pops will once again turn to the music and stars of Broadway when the orchestra opens its 139th spring season at  Symphony Hall on May 8 with Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winner Cynthia Erivo (“The Color Purple”) as special guest....

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra has unveiled its seventh season, promising an ambitious lineup of performances that continue to challenge the conventional boundaries of classical music. Learn more! ...

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra has revealed the winners of its fourth international young artist competition. Learn more about the competition and the winners here!...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2025–26 season running from September 17, 2025, through May 3, 2026. Learn more about the season programming here! ...

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project will conclude its 28th season with a free concert at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

The Handel and Haydn Society has revealed details of its 2025-26 Season, the 211th consecutive season. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets here!...

Four iconic artists join the 2025 Tanglewood Popular Artist Series, which each year brings a star-studded lineup of musicians and performers to Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed. See the lineup and learn more!...

On Sunday May 11, Kendall Square Orchestra (K2O), a volunteer ensemble of musicians from Boston's world-renowned science and technology community, will present its fifth Symphony for Science, transforming Symphony Hall into a stage for powerful stories and soaring music. ...

THE COMPLETE BACH, Music Worcester's 11-year project to present live performances of all known works by J.S. Bach wraps up its first season on Sunday April 27th at 4pm with an afternoon of all-organ music, Moveable Feast: Bach Organ Recital....