Concerts
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February 2026
Leipzig, Germany – Gewandhaus Orchestra – Pärt, Bartók, Rachmaninov
Vasily Petrenko conductor Boris Giltburg piano Gewandhaus Orchestra Programme: Pärt: Greater Antiphons für Streichorchester (German Premiere) Bartók: 3. Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Sz 119 Rachmaninov: Sinfonische Tänze op. 45 VENUE NOTE To counter one’s own death, something so intangible and terrifying, with something beautiful, even optimistic, is a deeply human impulse and at the […]
Leipzig, Germany – Gewandhaus Orchestra – Pärt, Bartók, Rachmaninov
Vasily Petrenko conductor Boris Giltburg piano Gewandhaus Orchestra Programme: Pärt: Greater Antiphons für Streichorchester (German Premiere) Bartók: 3. Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Sz 119 Rachmaninov: Sinfonische Tänze op. 45 VENUE NOTE To counter one’s own death, something so intangible and terrifying, with something beautiful, even optimistic, is a deeply human impulse and at the […]
March 2026
Valladolid, Spain – Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León – Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León PROGRAMME Tchaikovsky: Francesca de Rimini, op. 32 Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op. 43 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, op. 100 VENUE NOTE Given his close relationship with the OSCyL, it seems difficult to imagine […]
Valladolid, Spain – Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León – Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León PROGRAMME Tchaikovsky: Francesca de Rimini, op. 32 Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op. 43 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, op. 100 VENUE NOTE Given his close relationship with the OSCyL, it seems difficult to imagine […]
Houston, TX USA – Houston Symphony – Newman, Mozart, Elgar
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano Houston Symphony PROGRAMME Newman: Wuthering Heights Suite Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271, Jenamy Elgar: Enigma Variations VENUE NOTE Mozart’s genius is on full display in his elegant and high-spirited Piano Concerto No. 9, and in the hands of Jan Lisiecki—recognized as one of today’s most astounding young […]
Houston, TX USA – Houston Symphony – Newman, Mozart, Elgar
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano Houston Symphony PROGRAMME Newman: Wuthering Heights Suite Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271, Jenamy Elgar: Enigma Variations VENUE NOTE Mozart’s genius is on full display in his elegant and high-spirited Piano Concerto No. 9, and in the hands of Jan Lisiecki—recognized as one of today’s most astounding young […]
Houston, TX USA – Houston Symphony – Newman, Mozart, Elgar
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano Houston Symphony PROGRAMME Newman: Wuthering Heights Suite Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271, Jenamy Elgar: Enigma Variations VENUE NOTE Mozart’s genius is on full display in his elegant and high-spirited Piano Concerto No. 9, and in the hands of Jan Lisiecki—recognized as one of today’s most astounding young […]
London, UK – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Mahler
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra PROGRAMME Mahler Symphony No.6 VENUE NOTE Art imitates life, they say. It isn’t meant to happen the other way around, and Mahler learned the hard way that you should be careful what you wish for. At the climax of his tragic Sixth Symphony, he portrayed an artist felled by […]
April 2026
Dresden, Germany – Dresdner Philharmonie – Adams, Gershwin
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Boris Giltburg, piano Dresdner Philharmonie PROGRAMME Adams: “The Chairman Dances” from “Nixon in China” Gershwin: Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra VENUE NOTE What happens when classical music meets jazz? George Gershwin achieved exactly that with his “Concerto in F.” A concert that sounds like New York in the 1920s: vibrant, […]
Dresden, Germany – Dresdner Philharmonie – Adams, Gershwin, Walton
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Boris Giltburg, piano Dresdner Philharmonie PROGRAMME Adams: “The Chairman Dances” from “Nixon in China” Gershwin: Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra Walton: Symphony No. 1 in B minor VENUE NOTE George Gershwin wrote his Concerto in F in 1925 amidst the pulsating New York City. The work combines the elegance of […]
London, UK – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Messiaen
Vasily Petrenko, onductor Cécile Lartigau, ondes martenot Steven Osborne OBE, Piano 1927 Mixed-media theatre company Royal Philharmonic Orchestra PROGRAMME Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie VENUE NOTE Imagine an explosion of love on a cosmic scale. Mix in some 1940s Hollywood glamour, a pounding rhythmic workout and the sounds of a Javanese gamelan, and then wash it all in […]
May 2026
London, UK – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Korngold, Mahler
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Ray Chen, violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra PROGRAMME Korngold: Violin Concerto Mahler: Symphony No.5 RPO NOTE A trumpet sounds an ominous fanfare, the orchestra cries out, and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony thunders into life. But that’s just the beginning – and, after all, this is Mahler! 68 minutes later, the whole orchestra is punching […]
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