At the Ravinia Festival on Sept. 5, Karen Ouzounian’s program called Mayrig explores three generations of mother voices in songs, stories. The work will be presented with immersive projected illustrations and feature cello, oud, viola, bass, piano, and electronics. https://www.ravinia.org/events/detail/karen-ouzounian-mayrig-260905#showing_744
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,On Sept. 11, National Sawdust presents the NYC premiere of an excerpt from harpist Lara Somogyi’s latest full-length work: a contemporary harp album constructing sonic environments, exploring how time is felt, shaped, and experienced through sound. Elements of the composition include “stacked tape machines, ambient processing, contemporary extended harp techniques, graphic scored symphonic language, string […] | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,The first New York Philharmonic subscription concert of Gustavo Dudamel’s tenure as music director offers a world premiere of a new work at Zosha De Castri. The Sept. 16-19 program opens with John Adams On the Transmigration of Souls and concludes with Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, which Dudamel also conducted at his NYPhil debut in 2007. […] The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal season opens with an all-Mahler program Sept. 16-17. Rafael Payare conducts Des Knaben Wunderhorn and Das klagende Lied with vocal soloists Miah Persson, Rose Naggar-Tremblay, Clay Hilley, and Matthias Goerne. https://www.osm.ca/en/concert/magnificent-mahler-an-epic-season-opener/ | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Toronto Symphony starts its season with a world premiere, Linda Catlin Smith’s The Horizon, on Sept. 24-27. Gustavo Gimeno conducts Debussy’s La mer, and pianist Yuja Wang is the soloist for Prokofiev’s Third Concerto. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/yuja-wang-plays-prokofiev The Boston Symphony Orchestra will play the (posthumous) world premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina and Elena Firsova’s Prologue for Orchestra on Sept 24-26 Andris Nelsons also conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. https://www.bso.org/events/sep-24-26-mahler-symphony-7?performance=2026-09-24-19%3A30 | 1 event,A world premiere opens the 2026-27 Philadelphia Orchestra season Sep. 25-27. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a new orchestration of the “Symphonic Rituals” from Bernstein’s Mass. In the first half of the program, Alexandre Kantorow will play Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2026-27-season/yannick-leads-symphonic-rituals-from-bernsteins-mass | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 3 events,On Oct. 1-4, the Atlanta Symphony opens a season spotlighting the music of Brahms. Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the composer’s Violin Concerto (featuring up-and-comer Johan Dalene) and the First Symphony. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/opening-weekend-with-nathalie-stutzmann-1 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/ Austin Opera has commissioned its first opera: Ofrenda, composed by Jorge Sosa with a libretto by John de los Santos, is “a celebration of family, cultural memory, and Día de los Muertos traditions.” Kristin Bilodeau and Mitch Jones star, with Timothy Myers on the podium. (Oct. 1-4) https://austinopera.org/shows-events/2026-2027-season/ofrenda/ | 3 events,The Dallas Symphony premiere of Kevin Puts’ triple conerto, Contact, will be performed Oct. 2-4, with Nicolas “Nick” Kendall and Charles Yang on violin and Ranaan Meyer double bass. Kevin John Edusei also conducts Symphony No. 2 in E minor of Rachmaninoff. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/rachmaninoff-time-for-three/ 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/ The Houston Symphony opens a two-program Rachmaninoff Festival on Oct. 2-4 with a program featuring baritone Aleksey Bogdanov, who will sing the cantata Spring. Juraj Valčuha will also conduct the Isle of the Dead and the Second Symphony. https://houstonsymphony.org/performance/rachmaninoff-festival-rachmaninoffs-second-symphony/ | 1 event,Bridgetower Project, on Oct. 3 at Carnegie Hall, celebrates the remarkable story of George Bridgetower, the Afro-European violin virtuoso for whom Beethoven originally wrote his Violin Sonata No. 9, long known as the “Kreutzer.” The Beethoven will be played by violinist Ilya Kaler. Also on the program is the world premiere of Paquito D’Rivera’s new […] | 1 event,In 1701 Peru, Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco’s La Púrpura de la Rosa became the first opera ever performed in the Americas. The libretto, written by a renowned Spanish poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca, recounts the tragic love story of Venus and Adonis. Music Before 1800 will present the ensemble Relic performing an instrumental […] |

























