2025-26 is the final season for the Milwaukee Symphony’s music director, Ken-David Masur. He kicks of his last round on Sept. 13-14 with a program featuring Stewart Goodyear playing ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and concluding with Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben. https://www.mso.org/concerts/season-opener-heros-life/65826/
35 events found.
U.S. Midwest
Events
Calendar of Events
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Opera Columbus presents Rappaccini’s Daughter, composed by Daniel Catán and adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s haunting short story set in Padua. Sung in Spanish. (Sept. 19-21) https://www.operacolumbus.org/rappaccini/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,It’s rare to hear the two Ravel piano concertos side by side, but the Chicago Symphony is offering just that on Sept 25-28, with pianist Alice Sara Ott conducted by Mikko Franck. The program opens with Camille Pépin’s Celestial Waters and closes with Bizet’s Carmen Suite. https://cso.org/performances/25-26/cso-classical/ravel-piano-concertos-and-suite-from-carmen/ | 4 events,The Cleveland Orchestra’s season opener, Sept. 26-28, includes the U.S. premiere of Urworte (Original Words) by Bernd Richard Deutsch, featuring the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Franz Welser-Möst conduct this program, which continues with "Salome’s Dance" from Strauss’ Salome and concludes with Ravel’s Boléro. https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2526/severance/wk-01-ravel/ The Minnesota Orchestra will play the world premiere of Steve Heizeg’s EcoSaga, subtitled Concerto in Three Landscapes. Conducted by Thomas Søndergård, this Sept. 26-27 program will feature cellist Anthony Ross playing Three Meditations from Bernstein’s Mass, as well as Bartók’s beloved Concerto for Orchestra. https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/classical/sondergard-and-ross St. Paul Chamber Orchestra will perform some recent commissions by their artistic partner Abel Selaocoe on Sept. 26-28, blending South African musical traditions in the Xhosa and Zulu languages with Selaocoe’s own original compositions. Works by Chicago-based composer Shawn Okpebholo and Norwegian Ola Gjeilo fill out the program. https://content.thespco.org/events/hymns-of-bantu-with-abel-selaocoe/ On Sept. 26-27, the Grand Rapids Symphony will present a program with the theme “The French Masters." Marcelo Lehninger conducts orchestral works by Ravel, Tailleferre, and Debussy, while Sergei Babayan solos in Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2. https://www.grsymphony.org/the-french-masters | 1 event,On Sept. 27-28, the contemporary-music ensemble Eighth Blackbird will join the Des Moines Symphony’s season opener for Viet Cuong’s Vital Sines. The program begins with Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and ends with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. https://www.dmsymphony.org/concerts-events/season-debut-triumph-tchaikovsky-5/ | 1 event,In a program called “A Ravel Birthday Celebration” on Sept. 28, musicians from Toledo Symphony will perform three of the composer’s chamber works: the Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet; the String Quartet; and the Piano Trio. https://www.artstoledo.com/events/2025/09/28/toledo-symphony/a-ravel-birthday-celebration/276/#BuyTickets |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Cristian Măcelaru makes his debut as the Cincinnati Symphony’s new music director on Oct. 3-4. He will conduct a program that includes Anna Clyne’s Abstractions, Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F Major (featuring Hélène Grimaud), and Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier Suite. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2526-cso-season/cristian-mcelarus-debut/ Holland Performing Arts Center in Omaha is turning 20, and the Omaha Symphony is helping to throw it a birthday party on Oct. 3. Other participants include River City Mixed Chorus, Salam Church Choir, Markey Montague, Dani Cleveland, and more. https://www.omahasymphony.org/concerts/holland-20th-anniversary | 0 events, | 0 events, |
