The latest news on performances of Classical Music in Boston.
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 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.
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 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.
The Lowell Chamber Orchestra has revealed the winners of its fourth international young artist competition.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2025–26 season running from September 17, 2025, through May 3, 2026.
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project will conclude its 28th season with a free concert at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall.
The Handel and Haydn Society has revealed details of its 2025-26 Season, the 211th consecutive season.
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.
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.
The Springfield Chamber Players will continue its 2025 Westfield Athenaeum season with the debut performance of the Springfield Chamber Players' Oboe Quartet, on Thursday, April 10, at 7PM.
Japanese pianist/composer Satoko Fujii and her Tokyo Trio stop in Massachusetts for three concerts as part of a spring tour of North America celebrating the March release of Dream a Dream, the ensemble's first studio recording.
The Boston Wagner Society has unveiled plans to transform its prestigious Boston Wagner Institute (BWI) into a landmark biennial program that will establish New England as America's premier hub for Wagnerian vocal training and artistic development.
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, led by guest conductor Alyssa Wang, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Ballet, will take Pro Arte and the audience on a dramatic journey from darkness to light in a concert titled The Passionate Viola.
The Boston Public Quartet (BPQ) will present A Radical Welcome: Source Code, a program celebrating the music of five landmark women composers from the late romantic period to the present, at The Strand Theatre on Thursday, May 22nd at 7:30pm.
MIT will present the Boston-area premiere of Golden City, Grammy Award-winning alto saxophonist/composer and MIT faculty member Miguel Zenón's powerful suite for large ensemble.
The Cape Ann Symphony's 73rd Concert Season will continue with Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven featuring the return of CAS audience favorite and Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Owen Young.
Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon announced 'A Quiet Celebration Tour,' a US Tour for this Spring and Summer 2025 where he will present the live-debut performance of his critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated album Seven Psalms, as well as perform a celebration of his timeless classics.
New England Conservatory has announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed bass Ricardo Lugo to its voice faculty.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Music Director Andris Nelsons have announced two programs as part of Carnegie Hall's 2025–26 season, each pairing vivid works by living composers with core favorites of symphonic repertoire.
The Tanglewood Popular Artist Series, which each year brings a star-studded lineup of musicians and performers to Tanglewood's Koussevitzky Music Shed, adds two exciting new concert dates to the 2025 season.
New Philharmonia Orchestra, under Music Director Jorge Soto will continue its 2024-25 season with concerts at Grace Church in Newton Corner.
This year is shaping up as an exciting one for rising star conductor Leonard Weiss as he works towards his 2026 debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Tanglewood has revealed details of its 2025 season, opening in late June.
The Jazz Studies department and the Intercultural Institute at NEC present a full-day event on Thursday, February 27 which includes a workshop, presentations, and a panel discussion followed by a concert featuring the NEC Jazz Orchestra and a mehter band (so-called “Ottoman Janissary Band”).
Join the Boston Pops for the 2025 season from May 8–June 7, celebrating Keith Lockhart's 30th anniversary as conductor.
Music Worcester welcomes two exemplary ensembles, Imani Winds and Boston Brass for a concert showcasing the variety of classical and contemporary music written for wind and brass instruments at Tuckerman Hall on Friday, February 14th at 8:00 pm.
The newest edition of Cherry Street Music's chamber music series will present Classical with a Twist: Love is All Around, on Sunday, February 2nd at The Allen Center in West Newton (MA).
With the return of Crossing the Deep, the Handel and Haydn Society is inviting audiences to explore and reflect upon the stories, themes, and musical traditions of European sacred music by George Frideric Handel.
Pianist Jeremy Denk and the Handel & Haydn Society are the headline attractions for Bach's Birthday Bash, a four-concert weekend presented by Music Worcester at Worcester's Mechanics Hall March 21-23, 2025.
This January, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons present a special monthlong festival, Beethoven & Romanticism.
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra will present a family- focused concert, Musical Super Heroes at War Memorial Hall.
Passim School of Music is setting independent musicians up for success with a 2025 career workshop, guiding artists with a roadmap to achieve their musical goals and aspirations for the new year.
