Swedish composer Hannah Helgegren’s The Nordic Seasons will receive its New York premiere at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 23, played by the Camerata Nordica Octet. Chamber works by Shostakovich and Mendelssohn are also on the program. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/02/23/Camerata-Nordica-Octet-0800PM
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1 event, | 1 event,Throughout the season, the Madison Symphony Orchestra presents a substantial Organ Series on the Overture Concert Organ. The Feb. 24 program features Felix Hall playing his own arrangement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 as well as works by Mozart and Barber. https://madisonsymphony.org/event/felix-hell-organist/ | 0 events, | 3 events,On Feb. 26-28 flutist Emmanuel Pahud will join the Detroit Symphony for a performance of Samy Moussa’s Flute Concerto, a DSO co-commission. The program, which ends with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, will be conducted by Fabian Gabel. https://www.dso.org/events-and-tickets/events/25-26-winter/symphonie-fantastique Reena Esmail’s new double concerto (featuring violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Orli Shaham) will receive its world premiere Feb. 26-28 with the National Symphony under David Robertson. The program opens with Nielsen’s Helios Overture and closes with the Sibelius Fifth Symphony. https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2025-2026/robertson-shaham/ Featuring a Spring theme, the Baltimore Symphony’s Feb. 26 – March 1 program begins the orchestra’s EARTH/Songs Festival. Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Boulanger's Of a Spring Morning explore the vernal theme. BSO Principal Percussionist Edouard Beyens will solo in Tan Dun's The Tears of Nature, while Jonathon Heyward conducts. https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/19603 | 3 events,The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra will give the world premiere of Jens Ibsen’s “metal-inspired” Scene Symphony, a work commissioned by the SFCO. The Feb. 27-March 1 program, conducted by Jory Fankuchen, also includes Philip Glass’ Concerto for Harpsichord (featuring Jory Vinikour) and Haydn’s Symphony No. 49. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mainstage-3-seeing-double-tickets-1425938142369?aff=oddtdtcreator The Phoenix Symphony marks America’s 250th birthday in a special program Feb. 27-March 1, conducted by Mélisse Brunet. Works by Copland, Ives, and Mason Bates, along with Gershwin’s Concerto in F, featuring pianist Stewart Goodyear. https://www.phoenixsymphony.org/shows/celebrating-america-at-250-gershwin-copland-more/ As part of its multi-program Brahms Festival, the San Diego Symphony will perform the composer’s First and Second Symphonies on Feb. 27-March 1. Rafael Payare conducts. https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/brahms-festival-symphonies-1-2/?performance=9673 | 1 event,Pittsburgh Opera will perform the world premiere of Time to Act, a new opera with music by Laura Kaminsky and a libretto by Crystal Manich. The plot: A group of high school students prepares for a production of Sophocles’ Antigone, joined by a new student, Alona, who comes with a formidable secret. (Feb. 28-March 8) https://pittsburghopera.org/season/time-to-act | 1 event,WindSync wind quintet will join with pianist Daniel Anastacio on March 1 for a program presented by the San Antonio Chamber Music Society. The concert includes works by Elliott Carter, Kenji Bunch, Quincy Jones, and George Gershwin. https://www.sacms.org/windsync-daniel-anastasio-piano |
| 0 events, | 1 event,On March 3, the Portland Chamber Orchestra’s new artistic director, Deanna Tham, will conduct a program of powerful, vibrant works to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Lion & Lotus: A Festival of Music and Dance features pieces by Oswald Huỳnh, Bright Sheng, and Delius, plus traditional Asian music. The White Lotus Lion Dancers join the […] | 0 events, | 2 events,Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša, leading the Cleveland Orchestra on March 5-8, will perform works by two fellow countymen, composers Bohuslav Martinů and Vítězslava Kaprálová. The program opens with Brahms’ Symphony No. 3. https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2526/severance/wk-16-brahm/ Music Toronto presents the Leonkoro Quartet on March 5. The program features the little-known 1927 string quartet by Dutch composer Henriëtte Bosmans. Bookending that rarity are familiar works for quartet by Haydn and Schubert. https://musictorontoconcerts.com/concerts/leonkoro-quartet | 1 event,The world premiere of Jacob Bancks’ The Greatest Show on Earth will be played March 6-8 by the Pittsburgh Symphony under the direction of Manfred Honeck, who will also conduct Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. Emanuel Ax is the soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. https://pittsburghsymphony.org/production/99023/ax-plays-brahms | 2 events,On March 7, a concert of new works from the Los Angeles Philharmonic: Inspired by Judy Baca’s mural The Great Wall of Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel and Gabriela Ortiz bring together 7 composers—Juhi Bansal, Nicolás Lell Benavides, Viet Cuong, Estevan Olmos, Xavier Muzik, and Nina Shekhar—to create a symphonic tribute to the city’s people and history. Includes an original film by […] The entire 2025-26 season at Symphony NH will be conducted by finalists for the role of music director. Among those is Adam Kerry Boyles, whose March 7 program is a tribute to the influence of Leonard Berstein, including works by Carl Nielsen, Ruth Crawfuld Seeger, and David Diamond. Representing composers who influenced Bernstein will be […] | 1 event,The Baltimore Symphony’s EARTH/Songs Festival continues March 8 with the world premiere of a new work by Grace-Evangeline Mason. Jonathon Heyward conducts the program, which includes Mahler’s Song of the Earth, with vocalists Russell Thomas and Sasha Cooke, as well as Dvořák’s In Nature’s Realm. https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/19604 |
1 event,Lise Davidsen sings Isolde in a new Metropolitan Opera production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, staged by Yuval Sharon, with tenor Michael Spyres as Tristan. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes his role debut as King Marke, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the opera for the first time. (March 9-April 2) https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/tristan-und-isolde/ | 0 events, | 2 events,Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, America Composers Orchestra’s Hello America: Letters To Us, From Us focus on artists’ musical open letters to America, which reflect narratives around the summer homes of turn-of-the-century Black folk, rituals of celebration, and the connection between the historic and current patriotism of Black American women. March […] The American Composers Orchestra’s March 11 Carnegie Hall program is called “Hello, America: Letters to Us, from Us,” part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival. The ACO will play premieres by composers Joseph C. Phillips Jr., Suzanne Kite, Shelley Washington, Jessie Montgomery, and Brittany J. Green. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/03/11/American-Composers-Orchestra-0730PM | 6 events,Gianandrea Noseda will conduct the National Symphony in the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s Double Concerto for violin (Hilary Hahn) and cello (Seth Parker Woods) on March 12-14. Brahms Symphony No. 3 concludes the program. https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2025-2026/noseda-hahn/ Washington National Opera will present a new production of Scott Joplin’s 1910 opera, Treemonisha. This powerful work reimagines the incomplete piece with direction by mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, musical arrangement and orchestrations by composer Damien Sneed, and additional dialogue and lyrics by playwright Kyle Bass. (March 12-22) https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2025-2026/treemonisha/ Ruth Reinhardt will conduct the New Jersey Symphony in a program of Bartók and Chopin on March 12-15. Two orchestral works by Bartók bookend the evening: the Romanian Folk Dances and the Concerto for Orchestra. Eva Gevorgyan will be the soloist for Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2. https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/bartoks-concerto-for-orchestra Francisco Coll’s Lilith was inspired by the fiery, rebellious spirit of the mythological female figure. The work will receive its North American premiere with the Toronto Symphony March 12-14, under the baton of Gustavo Gimeno. Two Dvořák works round out the program: the Othello Overture and the Cello Concerto (featuring Pablo Ferrández). https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/dvoaks-cello To mark America’s 250th anniversary Gustavo Dudamel leads the world premiere of a new orchestration (by a team of important composers) of Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated. Rzewski’s work echoes the defiant spirit of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, which opens the March 12-17 program. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/dudamel-conducts-eroica-and-the-people-united/ - Early-music ensemble Le Consort makes its New York City debut on March 12 at 92NY. The four-person group will play music by Albinoni, Telemann, Bach, and some lesser-known Baroque composers. https://www.92ny.org/event/le-consort | 1 event,Houston Grand Opera will present Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men, starring Sam Dhobhany as George and Demetrious Sampson, Jr. as Lennie. Benjamin Manis conducts and Kristine McIntyre directs. (March 13-15) https://www.houstongrandopera.org/on-stage/of-mice-and-men | 1 event,Polish conductor Anna Sułkowska-Migoń will make her debut with the St. Louis Symphony on March 14-15, leading Leila Josefowicz in Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto. The orchestra will open with an Overture by fellow Pol Grażyna Bacewicz and close with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. https://shop.slso.org/8645 | 1 event,The world premiere of Daniel Godfrey’s Piano Concerto, featuring Gloria Cheng, will be performed by the New England Philharmonic on March 15. The other two works are Jason Huffman’s Alleles and Curtis Hughes’ Symphony in 3 Movements. https://nephilharmonic.org/concerts/new-music-new-england-2026 |
| 0 events, | 1 event,Portland’s Friends of Chamber Music will host a two-night residency by the Pavel Haas Quartet. The second of these programs, on March 17, will feature an all-Czech lineup of music by Martinů, Dvořák, and Vítězslava Kaprálová. https://focm.org/concerts/2025-26-season/pavel-haas-quartet-25-26/6491/ | 0 events, | 1 event,Gustavo Dudamel will lead the New York Philharmonic in the world premiere of David Lang’s the wealth of nations on March 19-22. The soloists for this oratorio inspired by economist Adam Smith’s 1776 magnum opus will be mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and bass-baritone Davóne Tines. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/dudamel-and-david-langs-the-wealth-of-nations/ | 5 events,Houston Symphony music director Juraj Valčuha conducts the world premiere of a new concerto for timpani by Andy Akiho, written for HSO principal timpanist Leonardo Soto. The second half of the program is Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. (March 20-22) https://houstonsymphony.org/performance/beethoven-fifth-symphony-timpani-premiere/ Marin Alsop conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in the city’s premiere of a work by Ukrainian composer Iryna Aleksiychuk on March 20-22. Rachmaninoff’s blazing Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini will be performed by pianist Haochen Zhang, and Schumann’s Second Symphony ends the program. https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/marin-and-the-many-moods-of-schumann The Colorado Symphony will play the world premiere of American composer Christopher Theofanidis’ new double concerto for violin and percussion, featuring Yumi Hwang-Williams and Svet Stoyanov. The March 20-22 program also includes Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. https://tickets.coloradosymphony.org/7401 Boston Lyric Opera + Community Studios will present a semi-staged version of Mahler’s Song of the Earth in its chamber arrangement by Arnold Schoenberg. Conducted by David Angus, and directed by Anne Bogart. (March 20-29) https://blo.org/song/ The 50th anniversary of the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus will be marked in grand and solemn style on March 20-21 with a performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. Ken-David Masur conducts the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (the latter directed by Cheryl Frazes Hill), plus tenor soloist Patrick Grahl. https://www.mso.org/concerts/bachs-st-matthew-passion/65857/ | 0 events, | 1 event,In 2022, the Arkansas Symphony commissioned the work Pasajes from Tania León. On March 22, the orchestra will play it again, under the baton of Geoffrey Robson. Soloist Julian Rhee will play Britten’s Violin Concerto No. 1, and the program ends with Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. https://www.arkansassymphony.org/events/pictures-at-an-exhibtion/ |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Ukranian pianist Illia Ovcharenko makes his Symphony Nova Scotia debut March 26 with Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Also on the program are Raven Chacon’s Ashdla’ and Mahler’s First Symphony. https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/rebecca-cohn-auditorium/mahlers-titan-symphony/ The Doric Quartet will play Andrea Tarrodi’s 2014 Quartet #3, Light Scattering, on March 26, in a program presented by Chamber Music Houston. Also included are Haydn’s Op. 20, No. 5 and Beethoven’s Op. 74, The Harp. https://chambermusichouston.org/concerts/2026-03-26-doric-quartet/ | 2 events,Natalie Tenenbaum is a composer, pianist, music producer/director and singer-songwriter who breaks the boundaries between classical composition, popular storytelling and improvisational jazz. In her recital March 27, under the auspices of the Seattle Symphony, she will feature original music, sound design, and reimaginings of works by Bach, Stravinsky, Debussy, Liszt and others. https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2025-2026/25octave4 Sibelius is in the spotlight March 27-29 when the Houston Symphony plays two works by the Finnish composer plus one he inspired, William Grant Still’s Threnody: In Memory of Jean Sibelius. In keeping with the Scandinavian theme, the program ends with Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite. Dima Slobodeniouk conducts. https://houstonsymphony.org/performance/griegs-peer-gynt/ | 1 event,Saskatoon Symphony, under conductor Andrew Crust, will play the North American premiere of Rebecca Dale’s Night Season, featuring cellist Stéphane Tétreault and the Greystone Singers/Aurora Voce. The March 28 concert concludes with Brahms’ First Symphony. https://saskatoonsymphony.org/event/night-seasons/ | 1 event,On March 29, members of the New World Symphony will present a program called Percussion: Americans Got Rhythm. Michael Linville conducts, with percussionist and NWS alum Charles Settle as special guest. The program includes works by Henry Cowell, Julia Perry, Alejandro Viñao, and George Hamilton Green. https://www.nws.edu/events-tickets/concerts/2025-2026/percussion-americans-got-rhythm/#/program/pulse |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Under the baton on Kent Nagano, the Montreal Symphony will perform Brahms’ A German Requiem as it was presented in 1868 in Bremen, Germany. This historic recreation includes excerpts from Baroque masterpieces such as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Handel’s Messiah, which offer insight into Brahms’ artistic heritage and underscore his profound connection to the rich German musical […] | 0 events, | 0 events, |
