Past Events

The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists presents a concert by the leading young classical musicians in Canada. Hear the stars of tomorrow!

The Orchestra brings together the cream of Cape-Verdean musicianship and vocalists to honour the late and legendary Cesária Évora.

In the year 1492 three caravels set sail from Spain. In the search for new trade routes, the discovery of the Americas had far-reaching consequences and profoundly affected both European societies and the Indigenous communities of the “New World”.

“A Born Communicator” (Le Temps), Joshua Weilerstein is the Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne who enjoys a flourishing guest conducting career. He has been praised for “intense, eloquently moving and spectacularly knife-edge” performances (Classical Source).

Celebrate Lunar New Year in style with your Toronto Symphony Orchestra!

John Williams’s GRAMMY® Award–winning score takes flight when your Toronto Symphony Orchestra performs the soundtrack to Superman live to picture in its 45th-anniversary year.

Be transported back in time and “across the pond” with the TSYO’s winter concert, which will showcase the best of Britain through classic works by Holst, Elgar, and Debussy.

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ice Maiden inspired Stravinsky’s ballet The Fairy’s Kiss, the score of which is an homage to his childhood hero, Tchaikovsky.

Does music truly have the power to stir our emotions? Baroque composers believed so and strove to excite the passions of the soul through their works.

Sultry sounds celebrate Spanish compatriots in this performance highlighting our Music Director’s homeland, featuring preeminent composer Manuel de Falla.

Travel through France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Spain with two guest stars

Alexander Shelley leads the combined forces of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and Orchestre symphonique de Québec, paying homage to one of Canada’s most original voices, Jacques Hétu, with a performance of his final work, the Fifth Symphony, originally commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Founded at The Royal Conservatory in celebration of the sesquicentennial, KUNÉ - Canada's global orchestra - explores and celebrates Canada's cultural diversity through the shared language of music.

Dan Brown, #1 New York Times best-selling author of publishing phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, has unleashed his latest surprise: Wild Symphony, the new illustrated children’s book and orchestral music recording by the writer himself.

Ashley Brown débuted on Broadway as Belle in Disney’s theatrical production of Beauty and the Beast, before originating the title role in Mary Poppins in the Broadway opening.

CBC’s hit series Murdoch Mysteries returns to the TSO for an all-new performance!

Winners of the Taylor Academy’s Junior Concerto Competition perform Baroque and Classical concerti in Mazzoleni Concert Hall.

Guest conductor Ryan Bancroft leads a programmatic tour de force that explores the complexities of the human experience.

“It’s no wonder so many of Mackay’s creations have been performed for audiences around the world—there’s really nothing like them” (The Globe and Mail).

Scandinavia reigns supreme as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra welcomes the return of internationally renowned Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä to lead the compelling Second Symphony of his compatriot Jean Sibelius.

Aaron Schwebel returns to our stage to perform the entire The Four Seasons Recomposed by Richter whose re-writing of Vivaldi’s work moves it away from being the omnipresent piece of muzak that it has become.

Join the original voice cast members of Animaniacs for a zany, animany and totally insaney musical adventure that’s fun for the whole family!

Performances fuelled by the fantastical and formidable await when Richard Strauss’s masterful musical narration of Don Quixote takes the stage.

Undoubtedly one of the most popular forms in Early Music, the madrigal was perhaps the prime musical expression of the Italian Renaissance and the basis of much of what was to emerge.

Musical treats by Mozart, Mercadante and Mozetich plus a lyrical premiere

Music moves us in many ways, emotionally and especially physically. Across the globe, there are musical traditions that fuse music and movement in distinct ways.

Experience a bold and uplifting concert with Orchestra Toronto’s fourth concert of the season, “A Brave New World.” This concert celebrates the influence of music in the United States, showcasing the power of music to bring people together, inspire hope, and drive positive change. The program includes Valerie Coleman’s “Umoja: Anthem of Unity,” a stirring piece that celebrates the power of togetherness and community, and Hindemith’s “”Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes by Carl Maria von Weber,”” which showcases the bohemian style…

The Force is strong with this one, as your Toronto Symphony Orchestra transports you to a galaxy far, far away with John Williams’s Academy Award–winning music from all nine films in the Skywalker saga.

Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, and best-selling recordings.

18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova.

Experience the glorious and invigorating music of J.S. Bach!

Two master composers provide inspiration for this concert. Schafer’s work is concerned with the last days of Robert Schumann, from the time of his first hallucinations until his death in the Endenich asylum in 1856.