Superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti, praised as a “powerhouse musician” for her Szymanowski concerto with the TSO in 2017, returns with Prokofiev’s warm and spirited Violin Concerto No. 2, in this exciting program of music by Ukrainian and Russian composers. Hailed in The Telegraph as “an inspired architect” with “an energizing presence,” Kirill Karabits, the Ukrainian-born Chief Conductor of England’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, makes his TSO début. (Pictured: Nicola Benedetti, violin) On Saturday, September 29 ONLY at 6:45pm see the TSO…

Superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti, praised as a “powerhouse musician” for her Szymanowski concerto with the TSO in 2017, returns with Prokofiev’s warm and spirited Violin Concerto No. 2, in this exciting program of music by Ukrainian and Russian composers. Hailed in The Telegraph as “an inspired architect” with “an energizing presence,” Kirill Karabits, the Ukrainian-born Chief Conductor of England’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, makes his TSO début. (Pictured: Nicola Benedetti, violin) On Saturday, September 29 ONLY at 6:45pm see the TSO…

Mahler’s mighty Fifth Symphony charts a potent emotional arc from chilling darkness and thunderous despair to the blazing summit of joyous ecstasy. Its heart lies midway through the journey, in the lush, haunting Adagietto for strings and harp. Artistic Leader and Chief Conductor of the Trondheim Symfoniorkester Han-Na Chang makes her TSO conducting début, joined by the Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, whom London’s Sunday Times praised for his “utter brilliance.” (Pictured: Javier Perianes, piano) Program: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G…

Mahler’s mighty Fifth Symphony charts a potent emotional arc from chilling darkness and thunderous despair to the blazing summit of joyous ecstasy. Its heart lies midway through the journey, in the lush, haunting Adagietto for strings and harp. Artistic Leader and Chief Conductor of the Trondheim Symfoniorkester Han-Na Chang makes her TSO conducting début, joined by the Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, whom London’s Sunday Times praised for his “utter brilliance.” (Pictured: Javier Perianes, piano) Program: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G…

Pianist George Li, winner of the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, communicates all the fire, tenderness, and sardonic humour of Rachmaninoff’s breathtaking showpiece for piano and orchestra. For his TSO début, Uzbek conductor Aziz Shokhakimov offers the symphony that Czech composer Dvořák created while living in America. This much-loved work offers not only his heartfelt impressions of the bustling USA of the 1890s, but a touching love letter to his far-off homeland. (Pictured: George Li, piano) Order tickets today…

Pianist George Li, winner of the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, communicates all the fire, tenderness, and sardonic humour of Rachmaninoff’s breathtaking showpiece for piano and orchestra. For his TSO début, Uzbek conductor Aziz Shokhakimov offers the symphony that Czech composer Dvořák created while living in America. This much-loved work offers not only his heartfelt impressions of the bustling USA of the 1890s, but a touching love letter to his far-off homeland. (Pictured: George Li, piano) Order tickets today…

Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård returns to the TSO to lead a program that includes two different but equally beguiling French works—Debussy’s majestic portrait of the sea in all its moods, and a tart, playful fairy-tale dance score by Poulenc. Latvian violinist Baiba Skride brings her stirring artistry to the forceful concerto that Benjamin Britten composed as the Second World War loomed. (Pictured: Baiba Skride, violin) Order tickets today when you include this performance in a three-show package, from only $79!…

Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård returns to the TSO to lead a program that includes two different but equally beguiling French works—Debussy’s majestic portrait of the sea in all its moods, and a tart, playful fairy-tale dance score by Poulenc. Latvian violinist Baiba Skride brings her stirring artistry to the forceful concerto that Benjamin Britten composed as the Second World War loomed. (Pictured: Baiba Skride, violin) Order tickets today when you include this performance in a three-show package, from only $79!…

Praised as “nothing short of brilliant” for her début with The Cleveland Orchestra, Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova channels all the pulse-quickening drama, angelic sweetness, and elfin delicacy of Mendelssohn’s exquisite concerto. Russian maestro Andrey Boreyko, always a welcome guest conductor, has mined Tchaikovsky’s greatest ballet score to create a concert suite that presents all its finest pages, and revels in its sumptuous orchestration and symphonic richness. (Pictured: Alina Ibragimova, violin) PLEASE NOTE: October 28's concert will take place at George Weston Recital Hall.…

Praised as “nothing short of brilliant” for her début with The Cleveland Orchestra, Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova channels all the pulse-quickening drama, angelic sweetness, and elfin delicacy of Mendelssohn’s exquisite concerto. Russian maestro Andrey Boreyko, always a welcome guest conductor, has mined Tchaikovsky’s greatest ballet score to create a concert suite that presents all its finest pages, and revels in its sumptuous orchestration and symphonic richness. (Pictured: Alina Ibragimova, violin) PLEASE NOTE: October 28's concert will take place at George Weston Recital Hall.…

Praised as “nothing short of brilliant” for her début with The Cleveland Orchestra, Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova channels all the pulse-quickening drama, angelic sweetness, and elfin delicacy of Mendelssohn’s exquisite concerto. Russian maestro Andrey Boreyko, always a welcome guest conductor, has mined Tchaikovsky’s greatest ballet score to create a concert suite that presents all its finest pages, and revels in its sumptuous orchestration and symphonic richness. (Pictured: Alina Ibragimova, violin) PLEASE NOTE: October 28's concert will take place at George Weston Recital Hall.…

Praised as “nothing short of brilliant” for her début with The Cleveland Orchestra, Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova channels all the pulse-quickening drama, angelic sweetness, and elfin delicacy of Mendelssohn’s exquisite concerto. Russian maestro Andrey Boreyko, always a welcome guest conductor, has mined Tchaikovsky’s greatest ballet score to create a concert suite that presents all its finest pages, and revels in its sumptuous orchestration and symphonic richness. (Pictured: Alina Ibragimova, violin) PLEASE NOTE: October 28's concert will take place at George Weston Recital Hall.…

The TSO commemorates the passing of a century since the conclusion of the First World War by paying tribute to all those who have given their lives in defence of freedom. Bramwell Tovey directs a cast of acclaimed soloists, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and the Toronto Children’s Chorus in Benjamin Britten’s soul-searching masterpiece, the War Requiem. Combining the traditional Latin Requiem text with poignant verses by the British First World War poet Wilfred Owen, and ingeniously scored for forces both…

The TSO commemorates the passing of a century since the conclusion of the First World War by paying tribute to all those who have given their lives in defence of freedom. Bramwell Tovey directs a cast of acclaimed soloists, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and the Toronto Children’s Chorus in Benjamin Britten’s soul-searching masterpiece, the War Requiem. Combining the traditional Latin Requiem text with poignant verses by the British First World War poet Wilfred Owen, and ingeniously scored for forces both…

One of the great orchestral showpieces, the pulse-quickening crescendo that is Ravel’s Boléro crowns this appealingly varied program led by Finnish conductor John Storgårds. Kirill Gerstein, whom The New York Times has praised as “one of the most respected pianists of his generation,” takes centre stage for Beethoven’s most lyrical piano concerto. The TSO brings back City Noir, John Adams’s jazz-tinged evocation of 1940s Hollywood cinema, which premièred to acclaim in 2011. (Pictured: Kirill Gerstein, piano) Program: John Adams: City Noir (TSO…

One of the great orchestral showpieces, the pulse-quickening crescendo that is Ravel’s Boléro crowns this appealingly varied program led by Finnish conductor John Storgårds. Kirill Gerstein, whom The New York Times has praised as “one of the most respected pianists of his generation,” takes centre stage for Beethoven’s most lyrical piano concerto. The TSO brings back City Noir, John Adams’s jazz-tinged evocation of 1940s Hollywood cinema, which premièred to acclaim in 2011. (Pictured: Kirill Gerstein, piano) Program: John Adams: City Noir (TSO…

One of the great orchestral showpieces, the pulse-quickening crescendo that is Ravel’s Boléro crowns this appealingly varied program led by Finnish conductor John Storgårds. Kirill Gerstein, whom The New York Times has praised as “one of the most respected pianists of his generation,” takes centre stage for Beethoven’s most lyrical piano concerto. The TSO brings back City Noir, John Adams’s jazz-tinged evocation of 1940s Hollywood cinema, which premièred to acclaim in 2011. (Pictured: Kirill Gerstein, piano) Program: John Adams: City Noir (TSO…

Eminent American conductor David Robertson marshalls all the heroic sweep of Symphony No. 2 by Finnish giant Jean Sibelius. Violinist Leila Josefowicz—hailed in Gramophone magazine as “a fantastic talent”—illuminates the clear-textured neoclassical concerto by Stravinsky. The program opens with the concert suite from Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, with its saucy original version of the pop-song standard, “Mack the Knife”. (Pictured: Leila Josefowicz, violin) David Robertson, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin

Eminent American conductor David Robertson marshalls all the heroic sweep of Symphony No. 2 by Finnish giant Jean Sibelius. Violinist Leila Josefowicz—hailed in Gramophone magazine as “a fantastic talent”—illuminates the clear-textured neoclassical concerto by Stravinsky. The program opens with the concert suite from Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, with its saucy original version of the pop-song standard, “Mack the Knife”. (Pictured: Leila Josefowicz, violin) David Robertson, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin

Eminent American conductor David Robertson marshalls all the heroic sweep of Symphony No. 2 by Finnish giant Jean Sibelius. Violinist Leila Josefowicz—hailed in Gramophone magazine as “a fantastic talent”—illuminates the clear-textured neoclassical concerto by Stravinsky. The program opens with the concert suite from Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, with its saucy original version of the pop-song standard, “Mack the Knife”. (Pictured: Leila Josefowicz, violin) David Robertson, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin