The world premiere of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s Ittinkana' Taloowa' (Friendship Songs) will be presented at the Oregon Bach Festival on July 1 by new-music vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. Other composers on the program are Gabriela Ortiz and Leilehua Lanzilotti. https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/roomful-of-teeth
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,In a company premiere, Des Moines Opera will present Karol Szymanowski’s 1926 opera King Roger. Company premiere. Chas Rader-Shieber directs, with Alexander Birch Elliott in the title role. (July 4-17) https://desmoinesmetroopera.org/productions/kingroger/ | 3 events,The Aspen Festival Orchestra season opener takes place July 5, with an all-American program conducted by Robert Spano. Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, and the choir Kantorei will be on hand to sing selections from John Adams’ Nixon in China. The program also includes Copland’s Symphony No. 3. https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/calendar/aspen-festival-orchestra1 Karen Kamensek conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an Abraham Lincoln-themed program July 5 at Tanglewood. Works include Philip Glass’ Lincoln Symphony (No. 15), the Suite from John Williams’ Lincoln film score, and Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. https://www.bso.org/events/july-5-boston-symphony-orch?performance=2026-07-05-14:30 A multimedia event on July 5 at Oregon Bach Festival will celebrate the innovations of Leonardo da Vinci. Vivid musical invention and stunning video projections are designed to bring you into the restless mind of history’s greatest polymath. Meanwhile, the OBF Chorus and Modern Orchestra, conducted by Kathy Saltzman Romey, will play Jocelyn Hagen’s The […] |
| 0 events, | 2 events,This July 7 program at Bravo! Vail is the first of seven free recitals of Beethoven Piano Sonatas—by four different pianists. First up is Illia Ovcharenko, whose exact repertoire will be announced in late spring. Upcoming pianists in this series are Ilya Shmukler, Fei-Fei Dong, and Chaeyoung Park. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/community-concerts/communityconcerts-2/beethoven-piano-sonatas-i The innovative chamber orchestra Delirium Musicum will perform in Central Park on July 7 at the Naumburg Bandshell. The program, which concludes with “Winter” from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, also includes works by Zoltán Kodály, Saint-Saëns, Max Richter (his take on the Vivaldi), Gabriella Smith, Philip Glass, and Jessie Montgomery. https://naumburgconcerts.org/upcoming/deliriummusicum | 0 events, | 3 events,Opening night of Stratford Summer Music is July 9. The featured artist will be Ensemble Obiora, a dynamic and socially engaged classical music ensemble based in Montréal. Founded with the mission to bring diversity, discovery, and diffusion to the world of classical music, celebrating musicians from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and championing lesser-known repertoire. […] Opening night at the Toronto Summer Music Festival is July 9. On hand to celebrate will be early-music company Les arts florissants, performing Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers. This production is conducted by Les Arts Flo founder, William Christie, and directed by Marie Lambert-Le Bihan and Stéphane Facco, with Baroque-inspired choreography by Martin Chaix, https://torontosummermusic.com/event/opening-night-les-arts-florissants/ Cincinnati Opera will present the premiere of Lalovavi, a work in their commissioning arm, The Black Opera Project, which engages creators to develop new works celebrating Black stories. With music by Kevin Day and libretto by Tifara Brown, this Afrofuturist adventure is set 400 years in the future, telling the story of Persephone, who learns […] | 0 events, | 1 event,On July 11, Andris Nelsons will lead the Boston Symphony in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, featuring soprano Erin Morley. Emanual Ax is the soloist for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25. https://www.bso.org/events/july-11-boston-symphony-orch?performance=2026-07-11-20:00 | 2 events,A duo recital July 12 at Stratford Summer Music showcases the talents of cellist Cameron Crozman and pianist Meagan Milatz. They will play works by Enescu, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff, as well as a 1982 set of three pieces by Canadian composer Alexina Louie. https://www.stratfordsummermusic.ca/events/such-stuff-as-dreams Oregon Bach Festival’s season closer on July 12 is Haydn’s Creation. Jos van Veldhoven conducts the OBF Chorus and Classical Orchestra, with soloists Ilse Eerens, Julian Habermann, and Tobias Berndt. https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/haydn-the-creation |
1 event,This is the first of two recitals with Alicia Weilerstein playing the complete Bach Cello Suites (three in each program). At Bravo! Vail, July 13. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/small-ensembles/immersive-experiences/bach-cello-suites-i | 0 events, | 2 events,In its Bravo! Vail premiere July 15, John Adams’ The Rock You Stand On will be played by the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop. The program also includes violin prodigy Himari in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/orchestral-series/the-philadelphia-orchestra-2/alsop-and-himari-sibelius-violin-concerto Jeri Lynne Johnson makes her Grant Park Festival conducting debut July 15. She will lead the Grant Park Orchestra in Still’s Festive Overture, Ravel’s Piano Concerto (featuring Michelle Cann), and Price’s Symphony No. 3. https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/events/ravel-piano-concerto/ | 1 event,Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio will be performed at the Ravinia Festival in a production directed by Harry Silverstein. James Conlon conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Cast includes sopranos Kathryn Lewek and Sarah Dufresne and tenor Miles Mykkanen. (July 16-18) https://www.ravinia.org/events/detail/mozart-abduction-seraglio-26071618 | 1 event,Leonard Bernstein will be in the spotlight July 17 at the Aspen Music Festival. The program, conducted by Robert Spano, includes Bernstein’s Three Meditations from Mass (featuring cellist Darrett Adkins), Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah, and Serenade after Plato’s Symposium (with violinist Robert McDuffie). https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/calendar/aspen-chamber-symphony3 | 1 event,Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce’s acclaimed opera Fellow Travelers, about the “Lavender Scare” in the 1950s, will be presented at Glimmerglass Opera. The story follows two men whose love becomes a dangerous secret in an era of government surveillance and fear. The production is directed by Kevin Newbury and conducted by Kelly Kuo. (July 18-Aug. […] | 0 events, |
1 event,On July 20 and 22 at the Aspen Music Festival, Jane Glover will conduct a fully staged production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Anthony Roth Costanzo leads the cast in this production directed by Simon Godwin. https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/calendar/brittens-a-midsummer-nights-dream1 | 1 event,The Orchestra of St. Luke will play an all-Mozart program as part of the free Naumburg Orchestral Concerts series in Central Park on July 21. Highlights include a selection of arias sung by mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner and Eine kleine Nachtmusik. https://naumburgconcerts.org/upcoming/osl | 3 events,Poiesis Quartet will perform at Toronto Summer Music on July 22. Their program will include Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, as well as several modern works by Sky Macklay, Maya Irizarry Lambright, and Kevin Lau. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/poiesis-quartet/ The New York Philharmonic opens its Bravo! Vail season on July 22. The program offers James Ehnes in Korngold’s cinematically inspired Violin Concerto, Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Guest conductor Elim Chan leads the orchestra. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/orchestral-series/new-york-philharmonic-2/chan-and-ehnes-korngold-violin-concerto Pianist Gilles Vonsattel plans to perform all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas at Music@Menlo over the next two summers. The ambitious series opens July 22 with a lecture and performance of Sonatas 1, 4, and 25. https://musicatmenlo.org/event/beethoven-bundle-i/ | 0 events, | 1 event,Leonard Slatkin conducts an all-American program at the Colorado Music Festival on July 24. Njioma Grievous is the soloist for John Corigliano’s Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra from The Red Violin. The program also includes Copland’s Rodeo, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and works by Ron Nelson, Cindy McTee. https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/all-american-copland-gershwin-more/ | 0 events, | 2 events,The West Coast premiere of Stephen Hough’s Piano Quintet will take place at Music@Menlo July 26-28. The program, covering three centuries, also includes works by Telemann, Beethoven, Schumann, and Bartók. https://musicatmenlo.org/event/concert-program-iv-the-unfolding-of-music/ The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra returns to Caramoor on July 26 for a semi-staged production of Handel’s Tolomeo, re d'Egitto. The opera is led by their music director designate, Peter Whelan, and directed by James Darrah, with Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen in the title role. https://caramoor.org/event/handels-tolomeo-philharmonia-baroque-2026 |
3 events,At the opening concert of the Sun Valley Music Festival, July 27, Alasdair Neale will conduct the Festival Chamber Orchestra. After playing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the orchestra will launch into Rossini’s rarely heard overture to La scala di seta (The Silken Staircase). Orion Weiss will then be the soloist for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in […] July 27 opens the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music with a program called Nordic Boomers. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in his own Cello Concerto (featuring Senja Rummukainen) plus works by fellow Scandinavians Hans Abrahamsen and Anders Hillborg. https://www.bso.org/events/july-27-tmco-fest-cont-music?performance=2026-07-27-20:00 Innovative electronic music is the focus of Gabriel Kahane and Pekka Kuusisto’s recital at Toronto Summer Music on July 27. Kahane’s own songs and chamber works will be performed on piano, voice, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonium, loops, violin, voice, harmonium, four-string electric violin, loops, and electronics. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/council/ | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 3 events,The Music@Menlo program called “Resonance” on July 31-Aug. 1 offers a varied selection of emotionally arresting works, including Josef Suk’s Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn, David Serkin Ludwig’s Three Yiddish Dances, and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. https://musicatmenlo.org/event/concert-program-v-resonance/ Eight top-notch chamber musicians will join forces July 31 at Toronto Summer Music for a program culminating in Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70. Also on offer are works by Tournier, Debussy, and Kodály. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/souvenir-de-florence/ Carlos Simon’s Good News Mass will receive its Midwest premiere July 31 at the Ravinia Festival. Marin Alsop conducts the Chicago Symphony and the Adrian Dunn Singers, plus vocal soloists Kymberli Joye and Zebulon Ellis. Also on the program: Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9. https://www.ravinia.org/events/detail/dvorak-new-world-simon-good-news-260731 | 4 events,Stratford Summer Music will celebrate the birthday of pianist Janina Fialkowska on Aug. 1 with a solo recital by the birthday girl herself. Fialkowska is scheduled to play works by Schubert, Liszt, Grieg, and Chopin. https://www.stratfordsummermusic.ca/events/janina-fialkowska At Tanglewood on Aug. 1, Andris Nelsons will conduct the Boston Symphony in a semi-staged performance of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Soloists include Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano (Countess); Nikola Hillebrand, soprano (Susanna); Eden Bartholomew, soprano (Barbarina); and Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano (Cherubino). https://www.bso.org/events/august-1-boston-symphony-orch?performance=2026-08-01-20:00 On Aug. 1 violinist Njioma Grevious will play a recital at Caramoor with pianist Andrew Goodridge. The wide-ranging program includes works by Bach, Prokofiev, Electra Perivolaris, Clarence Cameron White, and others. https://caramoor.org/event/njioma-grevious-andrew-goodridge-2026 Aspen Music Festival celebrates America’s 250th birthday on Aug. 1 with a program conducted by Teddy Abrams. Yuja Wang will play Barber’s Piano Concerto, and Fleur Barron and Davóne Tines will be the vocal soloists in David Lang’s the wealth of nations. https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/calendar/aspen-chamber-symphony5 Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano | 3 events,Robin Hood, a family-friendly opera by Ben Moore and Kelley Rourke, will be performed by Glimmerglass Aug. 2-7, giving local youth performers the opportunity to collaborate with Festival artists and creative teams. Kimberley-Ann Bartczak conducts. https://glimmerglass.org/events/robin-hood/ Conductor Gemma New and clarinetist Ricardo Morales are guests at the Colorado Music Festival on Aug. 2. Morales will solo in Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, and New conducts Prokofiev’s First Symphony and works by Rossini and Ravel. https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/prokofiev-copland-rossini-ravel/ The Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music in Maine starts its run of five public concerts on Aug. 2. Pianist Steven Beck joins the Cassatt String Quartet for works by Bond, Tower, Forest, Sonenberg, Korde and Hayden Byrne. http://www.sealbayfestival.org/concerts.html |

























