Xian Zhang conductor American music swings into summer with hits from Gershwin’s pathbreaking opera, Porgy and Bess. Letting their instruments do the singing, the New Jersey Symphony soars through “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and other glories of Gershwin’s masterpiece. Only one way to top that: superstar pianist Daniil Trifonov playing Brahms with the New Jersey Symphony last season was a revelation, so we are thrilled at his return to wrap our season with a bang in Gershwin’s dance-filled Concerto in F. The New Jersey Symphony premieres an all-new commission from Resident Artistic Catalyst Daniel Bernard Roumain. A master storyteller, DBR will continue to wow New Jersey audiences with his genre-bending music. Gershwin/arr. Bennett Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture Daniel Bernard Roumain’s commission is generously sponsored in part by Judith Musser.
Daniil Trifonov piano
New Jersey Symphony
Daniel Bernard Roumain Autumn Days and Nights (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Gershwin Concerto in F
Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University is at 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ.
Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich (6/6/25-6/6/25)
Xian Conducts Mozart (5/16/25-5/16/25)
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 (3/14/25-3/14/25)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel (1/10/25-1/10/25)
Handel's Messiah (12/21/24-12/21/24)
Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade (11/1/24-11/1/24)
New Scores: The Cone Composition Institue Concert (7/20/24-7/20/24)
Beethoven’s “Eroica” (5/17/24-5/17/24)
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony (3/15/24-3/15/24)
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Chicago the Musical
Mayo Performing Arts Center (1/16 - 1/18) | |
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The Wolves
Old Library Theatre (12/12 - 12/14)
PHOTOS
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What the Constitution Means to Me
Pioneer Productions Company (1/31 - 2/8) | |
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Randall Goosby Returns
Richardson Auditorium (1/9 - 1/9) | |
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Freestyle Flashback Concert 2026
State Theatre New Jersey (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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What Became of Us
George Street Playhouse (3/17 - 4/5) | |
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™ in Concert
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (3/7 - 3/7) | |
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New Jersey Ballet's The Nutcracker with New Jersey Symphony
Mayo Performing Arts Center (12/12 - 12/27) | |
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Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn's
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (5/16 - 5/16) | |
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