Xian Zhang conductor Russian fireworks to close our season: Shostakovich’s blazing triumph of a symphony written after a frightening threat to his life; and Rachmaninoff’s own triumph of the soul, his Piano Concerto No. 2, created as he recovered from a shattering setback. A beloved guest artist, pianist Conrad Tao, returns for Rachmaninoff’s epic masterwork. Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Conrad Tao piano
New Jersey Symphony
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University is at 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ.
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)
Daniil Trifonov Plays Gershwin (6/7/24-6/7/24)
Beethoven’s “Eroica” (5/17/24-5/17/24)
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony (3/15/24-3/15/24)
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The Wolves
Old Library Theatre (12/12 - 12/14) | |
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The Hook
The Hook (5/15 - 5/15) | |
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Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (3/28 - 3/28) | |
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Randall Goosby Returns
Richardson Auditorium (1/9 - 1/9) | |
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Circus Quixote
McCarter Theatre Center (3/4 - 3/15)
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Lee Brice
State Theatre New Jersey (1/23 - 1/23) | |
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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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Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
Mayo Performing Arts Center (3/29 - 3/29) | |
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