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Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223

Salute to America


Blossom’s traditional, star-spangled celebration with the Blossom Festival Band returns with a mix of patriotic marches, Broadway favorites, an Armed Forces Salute, and more — ...

Rhapsody in Blue


BERNSTEIN   Three Dance Episodes from  On the Town GERSHWIN    Rhapsody in Blue  (trans. Fleck) BARBER   Overture to  The School for Scandal STILL ...

Rachmaninoff's Third Symphony


BORODIN   Polovtsian Dances from  Prince Igor ARUTIUNIAN   Trumpet Concerto RACHMANINOFF   Symphony No. 3 The Cleveland Orchestra Domingo Hindoyan,  conductor Michael Sachs,  trumpet Blossom ...

Beethoven's Seventh


MENDELSSOHN   Overture to  A Midsummer Night’s Dream MOZART   Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish” BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 7 The Cleveland Orchestra Antonello Manacorda,  ...

An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr.


Don’t miss the Tony and Grammy award–winning vocalist, songwriter, author, and actor, known for his breakout role as the original Aaron Burr in the smash ...

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony


SIBELIUS    Lemminkäinen’s Return WALTON   Cello Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH   Symphony No. 5 The Cleveland Orchestra Hannu Lintu,  conductor Mark Kosower,  cello With the Kent Blossom ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


HOWARD SHORE    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King  (film with live orchestra, chorus, and soloists) The Cleveland Orchestra Ludwig Wicki,  ...

An Evening with John Legend


The Cleveland Orchestra Anthony Parnther,  conductor John Legend,  piano and  vocals This special performance will feature songs and stories with 12-time Grammy winner John Legend. ...

Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony


R. SCHUMANN   Piano Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY   Symphony No. 5 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Víkingur Ólafsson,  piano Franz Welser-Möst returns to Blossom with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, which journeys from dark inner turmoil to an ...

Sinatra and Beyond


Singer/pianist/songwriter Tony DeSare takes on the legend of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself in a critically acclaimed tribute to the great Frank Sinatra that includes songs ...

Cirque Goes Broadway
Cirque Goes Broadway
8/31 - 9/1/2024


Dizzying acrobatic heights and eye-popping feats come together with top Broadway hits from  Les Misérables, Frozen, Miss Saigon,  and more. Fun for the whole family ...


RELATED STORIES

Audition Appointments Open for Cleveland Orchestra Choruses


by Stephi Wild - April 10, 2024

Audition appointments are now open for The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, the Blossom Festival Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus, and The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Choruses.  ...

BARBIE THE MOVIE IN CONCERT Will Embark on Tour This Summer


by Stephi Wild - March 04, 2024

Barbie the Movie: In Concert is hitting the road this summer! The tour kicks off on July 2 in Tampa, FL. Check out the full list of dates here!...

The Cleveland Orchestra to Present AN EVENING WITH JOHN LEGEND at Blossom Music Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 26, 2024

The Cleveland Orchestra will perform with multi-platinum, 12-time Grammy Award–winner John Legend at Blossom Music Center on Thursday, August 8. ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Announces 2024 Blossom Music Festival Lineup Featuring Leslie Odom, Jr. and More


by Blair Ingenthron - February 18, 2024

Learn more about the lineup of classical favorites and star-studded pops concerts for the 2024 Blossom Music Festival by The Cleveland Orchestra here!...

The Cleveland Orchestra Reveals Two New Musician Appointments


by Stephi Wild - December 19, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst announced the appointment of two new orchestra members. Assistant Principal Second Violin Jason Yu and Bass Trombone Luke Sieve will start on January 8, 2024. Yu will hold the James and Donna Reid Chair. ...

The Cleveland Orchestra to Perform the Scores From RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 06, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra has revealed its movie presentations for the 2024 Blossom Music Festival....

The Cleveland Orchestra Raises $1.2 Million At Annual Gala


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 03, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra raises $1.2 million at annual gala. Richard Smucker, Helen Rankin Butler, Franz Welser-Möst, Michelle Shan Jeschelnig, and André Gremillet pictured....

Review: AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center


by Roy Berko - August 21, 2023

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center?...

Review: WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center


by Roy Berko - July 27, 2023

What did our critic think of WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center? About ten minutes before the Blossom music complex was to be filled by glorious music, an announcement asked all attendees who were sitting on the lawn to come into the pavilion as bad weather was moving into the a...

Video: Cleveland Orchestra's Zlatomir Fung Discusses 'Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1'


by Stephi Wild - July 19, 2023

In a new video from the Cleveland Orchestra, Zlatomir Fung discusses his history with Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 and even plays a sample! Check out the video here!...

Past Shows

  Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY


Blossom Festival Orchestra Arnie Roth,  conductor Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus Music from  FINAL FANTASY With high-definition video presentations from the FINAL FANTASY game developers, Square ...

Movie Night Live: Disney: The Sound of Magic


Join The Cleveland Orchestra for  Disney: The Sound of Magic,  a symphonic celebration of Disney music, animation, and memories — 100 years in the making! ...

Impressions of France and Spain


The Cleveland Orchestra Fabien Gabel,  conductor Simone Lamsma,  violin RAVEL  Alborada del gracioso SAINT-SAËNS  Violin Concerto No. 3 DE FALLA  Suite No. 2 from The ...

Fujita Plays Tchaikovsky


The Cleveland Orchestra Ryan Bancroft,  conductor   Mao Fujita,  piano   SHAW  Entr’acte DAWSON  Negro Folk Symphony TCHAIKOVSKY  Piano Concerto No. 1 A rising star ...

An Evening with Audra McDonald


The Cleveland Orchestra Andy Einhorn,  conductor Audra McDonald,  vocals Named one of  Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2015, Emmy, Grammy, and six-time Tony ...

Mozart in the Meadows


The Cleveland Orchestra Nicholas McGegan,  conductor Afendi Yusuf,  clarinet MOZART  Overture to The Marriage of Figaro MOZART  Clarinet Concerto LANGER  Suite from Figaro Gets a Divorce ...

Sibelius's First Symphony


The Cleveland Orchestra David Robertson,  conductor Conrad Tao,  piano With the Kent Blossom Chamber Orchestra SNIDER  Something for the Dark ADAMS  Century Rolls SIBELIUS  Symphony ...

Movie Night Live: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers


The Cleveland Orchestra Ludwig Wicki,  conductor Blossom Festival Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus SHORE    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers  (film with ...

Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?


The Cleveland Orchestra Keith Lockhart,  conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet,  piano Michael Feinstein,  piano and vocals Experience music from Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and more  when ...

Debussy's La Mer


The Cleveland Orchestra Kahchun Wong,  conductor Zlatomir Fung,  cello AKUTAGAWA  Music for Symphony Orchestra SHOSTAKOVICH  Cello Concerto No. 1 DEBUSSY  La mer Take a sonic trip to the ocean. ...

She's Got Soul


The Cleveland Orchestra Lucas Waldin,  conductor Capathia Jenkins,  vocals A wide-ranging revue of R&B classics.  The sensational Capathia Jenkins brings her powerhouse voice to soulful ...

Romantic Rachmaninoff


RACHMANINOFF  Piano Concerto No. 3 The Cleveland Orchestra Stanislav Kochanovsky,  conductor Nikolai Lugansky,  piano RACHMANINOFF  Symphony No. 1  A true test of will and artistry. ...

Movie Night Live: Jurassic Park


July 7-9 at 7 p.m. WILLIAMS    Jurassic Park  (film with live orchestral underscore) The Cleveland Orchestra Sarah Hicks,  conductor Welcome… to Jurassic Park!  Relive ...

Salute to America
Salute to America
7/2 - 7/4/2023


July 2-4 8:00 p.m. Blossom Festival Band Loras John Schissel,  conductor Great music, fireworks, and fun for the whole family! Blossom’s traditional, star-spangled celebration with ...

Beethoven's Ode to Joy


The Cleveland Orchestra Susanna Mälkki,  conductor Felicia Moore,  soprano Elizabeth DeShong,  mezzo-soprano Issachah Savage,  tenor Soloman Howard,  bass Blossom Festival Chorus WILLIAM GRANT STILL   Mother ...

Movie Night Live: Jurassic Park


July 7-9 at 7 p.m. WILLIAMS    Jurassic Park  (film with live orchestral underscore) Welcome… to Jurassic Park!  Relive the magic of  Jurassic Park  — ...

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
9/3 - 9/4/2022


Blossom Festival OrchestraAndy Einhorn, conductorVictoria Bussert, directorin collaboration with Baldwin Wallace UniversityRODGERS The Sound of MusicThe treasured musical by the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein. The ...

Vivaldi's Four Seasons


Orpheus Chamber Orchestra*Vadim Gluzman violinGEMINIANI (arr. Wiankco) La Follia VariationsHAILSTORK Sonata Da Chiesa for String OrchestraVIVALDI The Four Seasons (for violin and orchestra)Music that evokes ...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert


The Cleveland OrchestraJustin Freer, conductorCleveland Orchestra Youth ChorusWILLIAMS Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film with orchestral score performed live to picture)Experience the magic ...

Trifonov Plays Rachmaninoff


The Cleveland OrchestraGiancarlo Guerrero, conductorDaniil Trifonov, pianoRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2ADAMS HarmonielehreHauntingly beautiful, heartrendingly emotional, and unabashedly romantic. Rachmaninoff wrote of his Second Piano Concerto, ...

All Beethoven


The Cleveland Orchestra Jahja Ling, conductor with the Kent Blossom Chamber Orchestra BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Conductor ...

Grieg's Piano Concerto


The Cleveland OrchestraJonathan Berman, conductorCdric Tiberghien, pianoGRIEG Piano ConcertoSCHMIDT Symphony No. 4From its grand opening arpeggios to tour-de-force finale, Griegs masterpiece is one of the ...

Broadway Legends: Webber, Sondheim, Bernstein, and More!


The Cleveland OrchestraRichard Kaufman, conductorHugh Panaro, vocalistDee Roscioli, vocalistScarlett Strallen, vocalistBroadway mega hits. Star vocalists. A night to remember. Pack a picnic and enjoy a ...

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto


The Cleveland Orchestra Ruth Reinhardt, conductor (Blossom Music Festival debut) Alexi Kenney, violin (Cleveland Orchestra debut) BACEWICZ Overture MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 5 ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring™ in Concert


The Cleveland OrchestraLudwig Wicki, conductorBlossom Festival Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children's ChorusSHORE The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film with orchestral score ...

Pines and Fountains of Rome


The Cleveland OrchestraJader Bignamini, conductorAaron Diehl, pianoPaul Sikivie, bassAaron Kimmel, drumsMikaela Bennett, sopranoMARY LOU WILLIAMS Zodiac SuiteRESPIGHI Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome)RESPIGHI Pini di ...

Paul Simon Songbook


The Cleveland OrchestraJeff Tyzik, conductorPaul Loren, Daniel Berryman, and Emily Drennan, vocalistsAn evening of music by the legendary Paul Simon. One of the most successful ...

Scheherazade


The Cleveland OrchestraElim Chan, conductorBenjamin Grosvenor, pianoWEBER Overture to Der FreischtzLISZT Piano Concerto No. 1RIMSKY-KORSAKOV ScheherazadeOne of the most magical scores in all symphonic music, ...

A Salute to America
A Salute to America
7/3 - 7/4/2022


Blossom Festival Band Loras John Schissel, conductor Great music, fireworks, and fun for the whole family! Blossoms traditional star-spangled celebration with the Blossom Festival Band ...

Fanfare for the Common Man


The Cleveland OrchestraVinay Parameswaran, conductorMark Kosower, celloGULDA Concerto for CelloCOPLAND Symphony No. 3A jubilant symphony and a Fanfare for the Common Man. Coplands third symphony ...

Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles


The Cleveland OrchestraMartin Herman, conductorwith Classical Mystery TourThe best of the Beatles like youve never before heard them: with symphony orchestra accompaniment. Sensational tribute band ...

Beethoven's Seventh Symphony


BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7The Cleveland OrchestraHerbert Blomstedt, conductorGarrick Ohlsson, piano: Barbara MerrittOne of Beethovens greatest and most admired symphonies, the Seventh ...

From The New World


PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2DVOK Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)The Cleveland OrchestraRafael Payare, conductorStefan Jackiw, violinExperience the beauty of America through an outsiders ...

The Great American Songbook


The Cleveland Orchestra Lucas Waldin, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist A treasure trove of American songs overflowing with the very best of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, ...

Mozart in the Meadows


MOZART Divertimento for Strings in D major MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor The Cleveland Orchestra Jane Glover, conductor ...

An American Celebration
An American Celebration
7/3 - 7/4/2021


BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide WATKINS Soul of Remembrance (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) PRICE Concerto in One Movement (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) HAILSTORK An American Fanfare(Cleveland Orchestra premiere) ...

Videos


The Magic Lens: A Photographic Journey by Chuck Stewart in Cleveland The Magic Lens: A Photographic Journey by Chuck Stewart
Severance Music Center (4/11 - 5/26)
Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony in Cleveland Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony
Blossom Music Center (8/17 - 8/17)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER in Cleveland SIGNIFICANT OTHER
Dobama Theatre (4/26 - 5/19)
Here on The Flight Plath in Cleveland Here on The Flight Plath
The Youngstown Playhouse (5/10 - 5/19)
School of Rock in Cleveland School of Rock
Cassidy Theatre (6/7 - 6/23)
Rhapsody in Blue in Cleveland Rhapsody in Blue
Blossom Music Center (7/6 - 7/6)
Conrad Tao in Recital: Power and Influence in Cleveland Conrad Tao in Recital: Power and Influence
Severance Music Center (5/17 - 5/17)
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