The Chicago Symphony’s music director designate, Klaus Mäkelä, will treat concertgoers to a powerful dose of Gustav Mahler on Oct. 1-4. The program consists of the composer’s last completed symphony, the Ninth. https://cso.org/performances/26-27/cso/makela-conducts-mahler-9/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, | 1 event,The Cincinnati Symphony co-commissioned Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony No. 5, Liberty (2026), and will give its first CSO performance Oct. 2. In this program conducted by Cristian Mӑcelaru, Nicola Benedetti will be the soloist for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2627-cso-season/marsalis-premiere--bruchs-violin-concerto/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The Detroit Symphony will present an all-American program on Oct. 9-11. Peter Oundjian conducts music by Joan Tower, Aaron Copland, and John Adams. Peter Huang plays the violin solo part in Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato's Symposium). https://www.dso.org/events-and-tickets/events/26-27-fall/bernstein-and-appalachian-spring | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Kristiina Poska makes her St. Louis Symphony debut Oct. 16-17 conducting the orchestra in the U.S. premiere of fellow Estonian Ülo Krigul’s Proteus Pulse. Marie-Ange Nguci plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, and the program ends with Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, Rhenish. https://slso.org/event/mozart-and-schumann-scenes-from-the-rhine/ | 1 event,Pittsburgh Symphony’s PSO360 series puts the audience right onstage with the musicians. On Oct. 17 the series opens with cellist Alisa Weilerstein, joined by a chamber ensemble of Pittsburgh Symphony musicians. Repertoire TBA. https://pittsburghsymphony.org/production/108382/pso360-alisa-weilerstein | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Omar will get its Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere in a production by Kaneza Schaal. Issachah Savage sings the title role in this biographical tale about 19th-century Islamic scholar Omar ibn Said. (Oct. 23-28) https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2026-27/Omar/ Pianist/composer Conrad Tao has written a work called The Hand, meant has a companion to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Tao will play both works in the Indianapolis Symphony’s Oct. 23-24 program, conducted by Richard Egarr and concluding with Mozart’s 39th Symphony. https://www.indianapolissymphony.org/event/tao-beethoven-and-mozart/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,When the goddess of Death is cast down to Earth to live as a mortal named Laila Starr, the boundaries between the divine and the human begin to blur. That’s the setting for The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, a new opera by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Minita Gandhi. The Minnesota Opera presents the world […] | 0 events, |
