Romantic programme by the Korean National Symphony Orchestra

Eurasian Student Symphony Orchestra of the Kazakh National University of the Arts

Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Khatia Buniatishvili / Fabio Luisi

Glamorous appearance, outstanding talent, deep artistic seriousness: star pianist Khatia Buniatishvili effortlessly combines all of these facets – and delights audiences all over the world. With Sergei Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, she brings a work to the stage at her ProArte concert that is one of the most demanding in the Romantic piano literature. Deep emotion, dramatic outbursts, incredible virtuoso speed: »Rach 2« demands everything from its interpreters. No problem for Khatia Buniatishvili: she masters the technical and emotional demands of this Romantic masterpiece with ease. She is supported by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of its chief conductor Fabio Luisi – who celebrates nothing less than life itself in the second half of the concert with Carl Nielsen’s enchanting Fourth Symphony – subtitled »The Inextinguishable«.

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: An Alpine Symphony

Join Guildhall Symphony Orchestra for an awe-inspiring evening of music in Barbican Hall, conducted by alumnus Roberto González-Monjas.

El Sistema National Orchestra

El Sistema National Orchestra is a youth orchestra with members ranging in age from 11 to 19 years old, from arts schools and El Sistema programmes throughout Sweden. This autumn concert is traditionally the conclusion of a music camp held in Södertälje and Stockholm. The orchestra has now grown to over 60 members, supported by professional musicians from, among other ensembles, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. “Our vision is to show through the orchestra how far El Sistema in Sweden has come,” says Ron Davis Alvarez, conductor of the El Sistema National Orchestra. El Sistema is a model for choral and orchestral training that was developed in Venezuela. It is based on the vision of music’s capacity to help people grow socially, and to strengthen community as well as children and young people’s self-confidence and sense of identity. In Sweden, El Sistema has been present as an educational programme since 2009 and has continuously grown ever since.

National State Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine / Raphaela Gromes / Volodymyr Sirenko

The celebrated young cellist Raphaela Gromes and the National State Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine had planned their joint concerts, which kicked off in Kyiv, in the hope that peace would come soon. Now the war is still raging, making the concerts, which feature two of Antonín Dvořák’s most beautiful works and an overture by Mozart’s Russian-Ukrainian contemporary Dimitrij Bortnjanski, all the more a mission of peace. »I was deeply impressed by the solidarity of the Ukrainians, by their incredible courage and will to fight staunchly for freedom and democracy,« said Raphaela Gromes after her performance in Kyiv in December 2023. In Dvořák’s Cello Concerto she is accompanied by the National State Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine under the baton of long-standing chief conductor Volodymyr Sirenko, who have seen themselves as cultural ambassadors of their homeland since the orchestra was founded. With its vocal melodies and dramatic climaxes, it offers the soloist plenty of scope for virtuoso dexterity and unbridled passion. The many famous melodies from the composer’s subsequent Ninth Symphony, »From the New World«, are sure to resonate long after the concert, carrying the hope for peace from the concert hall out into the world.

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel

Gustavo Dudamel returns to the hall at the head of his ‘other’ orchestra: the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. There’s just one work, but Mahler’s mighty Symphony No 3 is a stand-alone masterpiece.

London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan

Albert Roussel and Maurice Ravel paint vivid portraits of the animal kingdom, Benjamin Britten conjures up a savage parade, and Joseph Haydn takes a trip to London for his final symphony.

London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan

Miracles and myths abound, from Bartók’s surreal ballet to Sibelius’s Finnish landscape – plus, a captivating new piece by Golfam Khayam.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Westdeutsche Konzertdirektion celebrate their long-standing artistic friendship with an opening concert for this year's anniversary season. Mutter, alongside the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, will perform Mendelssohn's captivating violin concerto, promising an unforgettable evening.