Classical Music Newsroom

Riverside Symphony will open its 43rd season with a widely varied program of works for string orchestra on Saturday evening, January 25th at W83 Ministry Center.

In 2025, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI) continues to offer a wide range of programming initiatives that harness the power of music to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

Early Music Vancouver will present Bach Ties the Knot, a captivating exploration of J.S. Bach’s wedding-related works on February 15, 2025 at 3pm, at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church.

The Utah Symphony's upcoming performance of Brahms' Violin Concerto on January 9, 10, and 11, 2025, offers an evening of orchestral music, featuring guest violinist Augustin Hadelich and guest conductor Elim Chan.

The Dallas Bach Society will continue its Aldredge House Concert Series with a recital showcasing lute music of John Dowland (c. 1563 - 1626). Learn where and when the performance will take place and see how to purchase tickets.

Parthenia, New York's premiere viol consort, will present Continental Connections, a concert at The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

Ensemble Connect kicks off the sixth season of its Up Close series in collaboration with Carnegie Hall's Debs Composer's Chair Gabriela Ortiz on Monday, January 27 at 7:30 PM in the Weill Music Room of Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing.

The Calgary Philharmonic, Jones & Jones Group, and Arts Commons Presents have announced the world premiere of A Tribute to Bob Marley on February 8, 2025, at the Jack Singer Concert Hall.

Grammy-winning conductor Fabio Luisi and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) embark on a winter/spring season that includes four world premieres, including works by Pulitzer Prize-winning Native American composer Raven Chacon.

The Orchestra Now (TŌN) begins its winter/spring, 10th anniversary season led by music director Leon Botstein on February 8, and continues through May 18.

This month, Music of Remembrance will honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which coincides in 2025 with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Learn more!

Syracuse Opera has officially ended its 50-year run, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-December. The move follows the company’s cancellation of the remainder of its 2023-24 season and the furlough of all staff last November.

The Jupiter String Quartet will be presented in concert by Adelphi University at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center in February. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

GRAMMY Award-winning American organist Paul Jacobs will appear as soloist in the Poulenc Organ Concerto with the Seattle Symphony under the baton of conductor Jun Märkl in January. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Pianist Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the 2024 Gilmore Artist Award, appears throughout the United States in both concerto performances and in recital from late January to early February 2025.

Mainly Mozart is launching a new chamber music series to launch in Fall 2024 at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Sarasota is truly a gem when it comes to the arts scene! It's no wonder that it's known as the Cultural Center for the State of Florida. John Ringling's vision of making Sarasota a hub for the arts in the Southeast has truly come to life.

The Daniel Pelton Collective will release Violins of Hope on January 27, 2025. This powerful collection of three compositions captures the profound experiences of the Holocaust, serving as a poignant reminder of the atrocities committed and a call to ensure they are never forgotten.

Hailed as one of this era’s most adventurous interpreters of the classical organ repertoire, leading female organist Gail Archer tours a Concert for Ukrainian Relief February-May 2025. 

Watch an excerpt from Bach's Mass in B Minor, conducted by Karl Richter, now available to stream on the online platform Carnegie Hall+ in the video here.

Choral Artists will present the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert & Sullivan where absurdities reach logical conclusions, this January. Learn more about the concert here!

Ending on a a fervent note, spurring the audience to go forth and enjoy their holidays in the best way possible: with music in their hearts and minds

Theatrical Artist's Prep will present 'Godspell' through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI) January 24th and 25th at 7:00 pm at the Hamilton Stage in Rahway, NJ featuring a live orchestra.

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra welcomes the Capital University Chapel Choir as well as three world-class vocal soloists for its first-ever performance of Mendelssohn’s powerful symphony-cantata, “Lobgesang”(“Hymn of Praise”). Led by Music Director David Danzmayr, Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 takes the Southern Theatre stage on Jan. 25 and 26 at 7:00 p.m.

Palm Beach Symphony will ring in the holidays with the Sounds of the Season, highlights from festive holiday concerts over the last four years, that will be broadcast on Sinclair Broadcast Group stations in the West Palm Beach.