Attendance that were not in my previous reviews, including Aida at Met Opera, Nina Stemme, Soprano, and Roland Pöntinen, Piano, at Carnegie Hall, Juilliard415 and Lionel Meunier, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano at Carnegie Hall, Antony and Cleopatra at Met Opera, Evgeny Kissin and Friends at Carnegie Hall, Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the Philadelphia Orchestra.The Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
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TIME:SPANS 2025
Attended four concerts at the 2025 TIME:SPANS Contemporary Music Festival in NYC, featuring Ensemble Nikel, Christopher Trapani, Bekah Simms, and more, showcased cutting-edge sound art and offered a glimpse of the present and future of global contemporary music.
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LA Phil classics on 2025-2056
Extensive symphonic experience and exceptional soloists at LA Philharmonic.
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The five must-see works at the Metropolitan Opera in 2025-26
The Met’s 2025–26 must-sees: Tchaikovsky’s Onegin with a world-renowned diva, Wagner’s Tristan under Yannick and Sharon’s new staging, Strauss’ poignant Arabella, Saariaho’s contemporary Innocence, and a fresh production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
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2025-2026 Carnegie Hall Concerts
The 2025–2026 season at Carnegie Hall features the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Lahav Shani and Pinchas Zukerman, pianist Sir András Schiff, the Estonian Festival Orchestra with Paavo Järvi, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with Tõnu Kaljuste, the Philharmonia Orchestra with Marin Alsop and Santtu-Matias Rouvali, accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, the Modigliani Quartet, and violinist Kyung Wha Chung with pianist Kevin Kenner, and more.
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2025 Met Opera
Now, the Metropolitan Opera is getting in the best shape after James Levine - New excellent principals, outstanding ensembles and solos even in the tutti, rich and precise tuttis, extensive connections to all top artists, and curious audiences (new and old) in the house. The conditions are about time. The lineup for the rest of this season through 2025 is as follows:
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Concerts 2024-2025
The season includes pianists Daniil Trifonov (Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Barber) and Yulianna Avdeeva (Chopin, Liszt), Mao Fujita (Yashiro, Scriabin, Beethoven, Liszt, Mozart), Mitsuko Uchida (Beethoven, Schubert, Kurtág, Schumann), Evgeny Kissin (Beethoven, Chopin, Shostakovich), and Nina Stemme with Roland Pöntinen (Elgar, Weill, Wagner). Major orchestras appear as well: the New York Philharmonic with Susanna Mälkki (Strauss, Francesconi, Ravel), Berlin Philharmonic with Hilary Hahn and Kirill Petrenko (Rachmaninoff, Korngold, Dvořák, Bruckner), Czech Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov (Dvořák, Janáček), Chicago Symphony with Riccardo Muti (Bellini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky), Vienna Philharmonic with Muti (Schubert, Bruckner, Stravinsky, Dvořák), London Symphony with Antonio Pappano (Walker, Bernstein, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Walton), Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst and Asmik Grigorian (Haydn, Strauss, Janáček, Puccini), and the Boston Symphony with Andris Nelsons plus Mitsuko Uchida and Yo-Yo Ma (Beethoven, Shostakovich). Chamber music highlights include Les Arts Florissants (Charpentier, Lully, Rameau), Concerto Copenhagen (Muffat, Handel, Bach), Yarn/Wire and Theatre of Voices with premieres by Wubbels, Iannotta, Gordon, Wolfe, and Adams, and an all-Shostakovich recital by Gidon Kremer, Maxim Rysanov, and Gautier Capuçon.
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Concert 2023-2024
The 2023–2024 concert season featured a stellar lineup of performers. Joyce DiDonato starred as Sister Helen Prejean and Ryan McKinny as Joseph De Rocher in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking at the Met, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Riccardo Muti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn, Strauss, and the New York premiere of Philip Glass’s The Triumph of the Octagon. Pianists Jonathan Ware, Sergei Babayan, Anna Vinnitskaya, Schaghajegh Nosrati, and Sir András Schiff showcased programs spanning Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, and Alkan. Joana Mallwitz conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Kodály, Tchaikovsky, and Schubert, bringing vibrant energy and interpretive insight. These performances highlighted both established and emerging artists, emphasizing technical mastery, emotional depth, and a commitment to blending classical masterpieces with contemporary works, creating a dynamic and engaging season.
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Balse Concerti 2025 LA
The LA Phil’s 2024–2025 season features Robin Ticciati with Lisa Batiashvili (Beethoven Violin Concerto, Dvořák Symphony No. 8), Susanna Mälkki (Schubert “Unfinished,” Saariaho HUSH, Strauss), Gustavo Dudamel with Sasha Cooke (Mahler songs and Symphony No. 5), and Joana Mallwitz with Augustin Hadelich (Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Schubert Symphony No. 9). Emmanuelle Haïm leads Le Concert d’Astrée in Handel’s The Triumph of Time and Disillusion, Esa-Pekka Salonen with Pierre-Laurent Aimard explores Boulez, Debussy, and La mer, and Evgeny Kissin gives a solo recital of Beethoven, Chopin, and Shostakovich.
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