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Thursday, April 30

Dudamel Conducts Stravinsky’s Firebird & Ellen Reid

Thu, Apr 30 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Gustavo Dudamel — the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music & Artistic Director Designate — conducts Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and Earth Between Oceans, a new work by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Reid. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, previously scheduled to perform Bloch’s Schelomo, has had to withdraw from his New York Philharmonic appearances this season doing to his ongoing recovery from a finger injury. He is extremely disappointed to be unable to play with the New York Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel. He is grateful for the support and understanding he has received, and looks forward to returning to the New York Philharmonic. Updated repertoire for this program will be announced soon.

Dudamel Conducts Stravinsky’s Firebird & Ellen Reid

Thu, Apr 30 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Gustavo Dudamel — the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music & Artistic Director Designate — conducts Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite as well as Earth Between Oceans, a new work by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Reid. The program also features a choral work by Schubert and Wagner’s idyllic Forest Murmurs from his opera Siegfried. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, previously scheduled to perform Bloch’s Schelomo, has had to withdraw from his New York Philharmonic appearances this season due to his ongoing recovery from a finger injury.

Saturday, May 2

Take a Breath: Mindfulness and Deep Listening

Sat, May 2 · 1:00 PM

The Abyssinian Baptist Church · Upper West Side

Whether you are curious about the wellness benefits of music, seek calm, or hope to be part of an expansive listening community, this gathering will leave you more attuned, present, and inspired. Musicians from the New York Philharmonic perform in an event facilitated by Oneika Mays and a professional from Northwell Health. The program will be followed by an instrument tryout session led by New York Philharmonic Teaching Artists. This event is free; no ticket is required to attend. Part of Community Programs

Wednesday, May 6

Dudamel & the Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Wed, May 6 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

An unprecedented collaboration between two New York–based orchestras, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music & Artistic Director Designate. On the first half: Dudamel leads the Philharmonic in Latin-flavored works spanning a century from across the Americas, including a work by Gabriela Ortiz. On the second, they are joined by the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, a three-time Grammy-winning Salsa and Latin Jazz band led by Oscar Hernández.

Thursday, May 21

Janowski Conducts Mendelssohn’s Scottish

Thu, May 21 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Marek Janowski, who “conveyed a sense of long experience and expert certitude” (New York Classical Review) in his NY Phil debut in 2025, conducts works including Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, inspired by the composer’s visit to the ruins of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. NY Phil Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin is the soloist in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Mozart’s Serenata notturna opens the program.

Wednesday, May 27

Elim Chan Conducts Prokofiev

Wed, May 27 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Elim Chan conducts selections from Prokofiev’s Cinderella — a harmonically rich, at times whimsical ballet not often heard in an orchestral setting — plus the New York Premiere of Noriko Koide’s Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, with textures as delicate as the title suggests. Principal Cello Carter Brey also takes center stage in Saint-Saëns’s dramatic Cello Concerto No. 1. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, previously scheduled to perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto, has had to withdraw from his New York Philharmonic appearances this season doing to his ongoing recovery from a finger injury. He is extremely disappointed to be unable to play with the New York Philharmonic and Elim Chan. He is grateful for the support and understanding he has received, and looks forward to returning to the New York Philharmonic.

Saturday, May 30

Philharmonic Families: Strings

Sat, May 30 · 12:00 PM

Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center · Upper West Side

FOR AGES 3–5 Explore the sound world of the string family: violin, viola, cello, and bass!

Thursday, June 4

Semyon Bychkov Conducts Bruckner’s Eighth

Thu, Jun 4 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Bruckner’s Eighth is a symphony of vastness and grandeur, a sonic panorama of breathtaking vistas in the Austrian Alps. Using the strength of the full orchestra — with powerful brass, swirling strings, thundering timpani, and singing woodwinds — Bruckner creates a world unto itself. Semyon Bychkov conducts this triumphant finale to the subscription season.

Thursday, June 18

Disney’s Encanto In Concert

Thu, Jun 18 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and featuring original songs by Academy Award–nominated, Tony, and Grammy–winning songwriter-composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, Encanto tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family living in a magical house in the mountains of Colombia.

Wednesday, June 24

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi In Concert

Wed, Jun 24 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

In the climactic sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader readies the second Death Star to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. Luke Skywalker joins R2-D2, C-3PO, and Princess Leia to free Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt and launch a desperate attack upon the entire Imperial Fleet.

Wednesday, September 16

Dudamel Conducts Prokofiev’s Fifth

Wed, Sep 16 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Gustavo Dudamel opens the Orchestra’s subscription season. Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 — which marked Gustavo’s Philharmonic debut — glorifies the grandeur of the human spirit. This is prefaced by On the Transmigration of Souls, John Adams’s haunting memorial to those lost on September 11. A new work by Zosha Di Castri completes the program.

Friday, September 25

Dudamel Conducts Mahler & Tania León

Fri, Sep 25 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Mahler’s Fifth, which holds a distinguished place in the Philharmonic’s history, charts a vast emotional landscape. The World Premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León’s exploration of mixed-race images opens the concert.

Wednesday, November 4

Thibaudet Performs Liszt

Wed, Nov 4 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

The “superb pianist” (The New York Times) Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Rafael Payare and the Orchestra for Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with its tender opening giving way to an extroverted role for the solo piano culminating in a fiery finale. With his final symphony, unfinished at his death, Bruckner pushes the boundaries of 19th-century harmony in this work of tremendous emotional power.

Saturday, November 7

Young People's Concert

Sat, Nov 7 · 2:00 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Spark a lifelong love of music with our Saturday afternoon family concerts. At each fun-filled interactive performance, the Orchestra dives into beloved music, breaking down what makes each piece special. Pre-concert activities — where kids can try out instruments, meet musicians, and craft with teaching artists and their fellow attendees — begin at 1:00 PM. Artists and repertoire to be announced.

Thursday, November 19

Frank Huang Performs Mendelssohn

Thu, Nov 19 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Concertmaster Frank Huang is the soloist in Felix Mendelssohn’s lyrical Violin Concerto. Roberto González-Monjas also conducts Korngold’s sumptuous orchestral Theme and Variations and colorful Straussiana, an homage to Viennese waltz luminary Johann Strauss II. The heart of Vienna also beats strongly in the lilting waltzes of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier Suite.

Wednesday, November 25

Rouvali Conducts Schubert’s Great Symphony

Wed, Nov 25 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

The seamless flow of beautiful melodies, spirited rhythms, and colossal scale make Schubert’s Great Symphony one of the milestones of the Romantic period. Principal Bassoon Judith LeClair performs the World Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts’s Bassoon Concerto. Florence Price drew her inspiration from African American rhythms in her Dances in the Canebreaks.

Thursday, December 3

Bruce Liu Performs Tchaikovsky

Thu, Dec 3 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Chopin Piano Competition winner Bruce Liu returns, this time performing Tchaikovsky’s rarely heard Piano Concerto No. 2. Nielsen’s The Inextinguishable Symphony closes the concert with elemental force, raging with snarling brass and culminating in a thunderous duel of timpani. Conductor Ryan Bancroft makes his New York Philharmonic debut.

Wednesday, December 9

Handel’s Messiah

Wed, Dec 9 · 7:00 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Handel’s Messiah is always one of the holiday season’s high points. Handel tells a timeless biblical tale in music of tremendous power, including high-flying solo arias and dramatic choruses. Baroque specialist Jeanette Sorrell returns to conduct the Orchestra, a quartet of vocal soloists, and her chorus, Apollo’s Fire.

Friday, December 11

Sounds of the Season

Fri, Dec 11 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Our festive family-friendly concerts return to brighten your holiday. Programming to be announced.

Thursday, December 17

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ™ in Concert

Thu, Dec 17 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Relive the film that started it all. Watch the wand choose the wizard while the Orchestra performs John Williams’s iconic score.

Saturday, January 2

Anthony McGill, Copland & Mozart

Sat, Jan 2 · 2:00 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Principal Clarinet Anthony McGill spotlights the swinging jazz flavors at the heart of Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, a work commissioned by jazz icon Benny Goodman. Framing it, Daniele Rustioni conducts two symphonies separated by centuries yet kindred in their genial spirit: Mozart’s Haffner and Prokofiev’s Classical.

Joshua Bell Plays Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Sat, Jan 2 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Joshua Bell leads the Orchestra in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons — a violinist’s tour-de-force — and Felix Mendelssohn’s joyful Italian Symphony.

Friday, January 8

Eva Ollikainen Conducts Sibelius

Fri, Jan 8 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Finland’s natural beauty and national pride are evoked in Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, especially in its breathtaking finale with a portrayal of swans soaring majestically over the landscape. Håkan Hardenberger, whom The Times of London called “the best trumpet player in the galaxy,” is the soloist in World Premiere of a new concerto by Unsuk Chin, in a program also featuring Tchaikovsky’s colorful Italian snapshot, Capriccio italien. Eva Ollikainen conducts.

Saturday, January 16

Young People's Concert

Sat, Jan 16 · 2:00 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Thursday, January 21

Gražinytė-Tyla Leads Shostakovich, Elgar & Britten

Thu, Jan 21 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Julia Hagen (an “exceptional musical talent,” according to Berlin’s Tagesspiegel ) is the soloist in Elgar’s elegiac Cello Concerto, a work memorializing the lost lives and a world forever changed by World War I. Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony conveys the plight of four suffering artists through the expressive power found of its superb text-setting and dramatic intensity. Roiling waves and emotional turmoil are vividly depicted in the Four Sea Interludes from Britten’s Peter Grimes.

Thursday, January 28

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla & Yuja Wang

Thu, Jan 28 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Yuja Wang joins Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the Philharmonic for Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a work of sweeping breadth and hushed intimacy. Haydn’s Le Midi features numerous solo opportunities for strings and winds, while Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel Symphony closes the program with dark obsessive intensity.

Thursday, February 4

John Adams & Víkingur Ólafsson

Thu, Feb 4 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson joins composer-conductor John Adams in After the Fall, a brilliantly eclectic concerto Adams wrote especially for him. This all-Adams concert, marking the composer’s 80th birthday, also features The Chairman Dances and the monumental Harmonielehre, works that affirm his place among the definitive American voices of our time.

Thursday, February 11

Leif Ove Andsnes Premieres Missy Mazzoli

Thu, Feb 11 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

The New York Times called Leif Ove Andsnes “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight.” Andsnes brings all these qualities to the premiere of a new concerto by the innovative Missy Mazzoli, winner of the Kravis Prize for New Music. Daniel Harding also conducts music from Wagner’s opera Parsifal and ecstatic suites from Ravel’s ballet Daphnis et Chloé.

Thursday, February 18

Rouvali Conducts Carmina burana

Thu, Feb 18 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Santtu-Matias Rouvali returns with Orff’s electrifying Carmina burana. As preface to that work’s primal power, Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks’s Distant Light, performed by violinist Vadim Gluzman, offers an ethereal meditation.

Thursday, February 25

Emanuel Ax Performs Beethoven

Thu, Feb 25 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 4, a radiant work whose hushed opening gives way to an ebullient finale. Semyon Bychkov conducts George Walker’s solemn Lyric for Strings to open the program, which concludes with Mussorgsky’s vivid Pictures at an Exhibition.

Wednesday, March 3

Gustavo Santaolalla’s El Payador perseguido

Wed, Mar 3 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Academy Award–winning Argentine composer and Artist-in-Residence Gustavo Santaolalla joins Gustavo Dudamel for a groundbreaking collaboration integrating music, poetry, and imagery into a moving tribute to the human spirit.

Wednesday, March 10

Gustavo Dudamel & Marina Abramović

Wed, Mar 10 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Artist-in-Residence Marina Abramović, an acclaimed performance art pioneer, brings her singular directorial vision to two musical tales — Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale and Falla’s El Amor brujo — with Latin vocal music icon Pasión Vega and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Part of Artists in Residence Part of Artist Spotlight

Saturday, March 13

Young People's Concert

Sat, Mar 13 · 2:00 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Friday, March 19

Alexandre Kantorow Performs Brahms

Fri, Mar 19 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Alexandre Kantorow, a “fire-breathing virtuoso” (Gramophone), performs Brahms’s monumental Romantic concerto, beloved for its central Adagio, which Brahms called “a gentle portrait” of Clara Schumann. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s blend of comedy and romance is brilliantly captured in Mendelssohn’s music, from the braying donkey in the Overture, fairies in the Scherzo, to joyous newlyweds in the famous wedding march. Iván Fischer conducts.

Thursday, April 1

Hilary Hahn Premieres David Lang’s Concerto

Thu, Apr 1 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Hilary Hahn premieres a new violin concerto by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer David Lang. Elim Chan also conducts a pair of 20th-century masterworks: Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Stravinsky’s Firebird.

Saturday, April 3

Young People's Concert

Sat, Apr 3 · 2:00 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Thursday, April 8

Zubin Mehta & Yefim Bronfman

Thu, Apr 8 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Former Music Director Zubin Mehta returns to join Yefim Bronfman in Mozart’s sublime Piano Concerto No. 24. Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony, an opulent work of sweeping majesty, anchors the program.

Thursday, April 15

Zubin Mehta Conducts Sibelius and Dvořák

Thu, Apr 15 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Former Music Director Zubin Mehta returns to conduct Sibelius and Dvořák. The young Sibelius aspired to become a violin virtuoso, and his intimate knowledge of the instrument makes his concerto thrilling. The soloist takes flight with a daunting, virtuosic first movement cadenza in a work that seduces with its lush themes. A somber mood permeates much of Dvořák’s Seventh but is mitigated by a richly melodic slow movement and exuberant Czech folk dance-inspired Scherzo.

Thursday, April 22

Beatrice Rana Plays Prokofiev

Thu, Apr 22 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Beatrice Rana brings her incandescent virtuosity to Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Czech conductor Jakob Hrůša reveals the folk influences in countryman Janáček’s Taras Bulba and unleashes the blazing power in the rarely performed Sinfonietta.

Thursday, April 29

Francesco Piemontesi Performs Rachmaninoff

Thu, Apr 29 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

The Times praised the “easy grace and limpid flow” of Francesco Piemontesi’s playing. The Swiss pianist brings these gifts to Rachmaninoff’s luxuriously scaled, technically daunting, and hyper-Romantic Piano Concerto No. 3. Each movement of Hindemith’s colorful Mathis der Maler is inspired by Renaissance painter Matthias Grunewald’s religious art, while Ravel’s hypnotic La Valse vividly depicts a frenzied waltz. Joana Mallwitz conducts.

Wednesday, May 5

Salonen Conducts Strauss Tone Poems

Wed, May 5 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Richard Strauss’s heroic Don Juan was his first great triumph and a turning point in the young composer’s career. Also sprach Zarathustra was famously used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey; its iconic opening, rapturous violin solo, stirring melodies, and vibrant orchestral color are thrilling. A superb fusion of lyricism and solo pyrotechnics makes Lindberg’s Violin Concerto a thrilling experience. Lisa Batiashvili, who premiered the work in 2006, is the soloist, and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.

Wednesday, May 19

Mitsuko Uchida Plays Beethoven

Wed, May 19 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida returns to join Gustavo Dudamel and the Philharmonic for Beethoven’s luminous Piano Concerto No. 2, alongside Mahler’s arrangement of Beethoven’s Serioso Quartet and the World Premiere of a song cycle by Gonzalo Grau on texts by Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas.

Friday, May 28

Dudamel Conducts Beethoven’s Egmont

Fri, May 28 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

While the Overture has long stood in the foreground, Beethoven’s complete incidental music to Goethe’s Egmont reveals the full scope of the composer’s vision. Gustavo leads this score of unyielding intensity, featuring an English text adaptation by playwright Jeremy O. Harris. It follows Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp minor as arranged by former Philharmonic Music Director Dimitri Mitropoulos.

Thursday, June 3

Dudamel & Beethoven’s Ninth

Thu, Jun 3 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Beethoven’s epic Ninth, with its muscular orchestral writing and choral finale, heralded a new age for the genre of the symphony and joyously affirmed our shared humanity. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Ninth alongside Leonard Bernstein’s arrangement of Beethoven’s final String Quartet.

Wednesday, June 9

Dudamel & Bernstein’s MASS

Wed, Jun 9 · 7:30 PM

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side

Bernstein’s epic MASS finally receives its New York Philharmonic premiere under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. Loosely inspired by the Christian liturgy, this bold theatrical work — part prayer, part protest — represents Bernstein’s searing response to war and injustice, grappling with faith and doubt, and inviting audiences to imagine a better world to come.

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