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Andris Nelsons

  • A collage of the four artists. Relyea smolders at the camera against a black background. He has brown hair that's slicked back and gray stubble, with two different colored eyes. Brownlee laughs against a white background. He has a shaved head and wears a gray suit. Nelsons smiles and looks to the right of frame, standing against a gray background in a brown leather jacket. He has brown hair, a beard, and blue eyes. Bridges smolders at the camera against a gold background. She wears a golden off-the-shoulders dress, red lipstick, and braids that are swept up into a bun.
    The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Berlioz's "Romeo et Juliette"
    Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Berlioz's musical depiction of Shakespeare's tale of star-crossed lovers, with mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, tenor Lawrence Brownlee, bass-baritone John Relyea, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
  • Thomas Rolfs stands against a black backdrop wearing an entirely black suit. He's bald and has blue eyes. He holds his trumpet and smiles at the camera.
    Glanert's Trumpet Concerto with Rolfs and the BSO
    Thomas Rolfs is the soloist in Detlev Glanert’s eclectic and dramatic Trumpet Concerto, and Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony in works by Gubaidulina and Prokofiev.
  • Hilary Hahn stands against a white wall with a bright light shining on her. She has curly blonde and gray hair and wears a black dress. She has long green and gold earrings. The scroll of her violin is just barely visible from the bottom of the frame. She stares at the camera head on, looking confidently.
    Hilary Hahn, the BSO, and Brahms
    Hahn returns to Symphony Hall as the soloist in Brahms’s Violin Concerto, and Andris Nelsons conducts Mozart’s Symphony No. 33 and Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s "Archora," inspired by the primordial energy of her Icelandic homeland.
  • Yuja Wang, Andris Nelsons, and the Boston Symphony onstage at Symphony Hall during a performance of Messiaen's Turangalila-symphonie.
    Wang, Lartigau, and the BSO, in Messiaen's "Turangalîla-symphonie"
    Andris Nelsons leads the BSO, pianist Yuja Wang, and ondes Martenot player Cécile Lartigau in Olivier Messiaen's wildly kaleidoscopic expression of love, nature, and spirituality, "Turangalîla-symphonie."
  • A collage of Yefim Bronfman and Andris Nelsons. Bronfman (left) poses against a dark gray background in a navy suit and bowtie. He has dark hair hat's graying and brown eyes. He looks at the camera and smiles softly. Nelsons (right) poses against a black backgroundin a blue blazer and blue collared shirt. He has brown hair and a beard, and blue eyes. He looks camera left and smiles softly.
    Bronfman, Nelsons, and the BSO in "Prometheus, Poem of Fire"
    Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in a dazzling program of music by Liszt, Wagner, and Anna Clyne, culminating in Scriabin's depiction of human consciousness, "Prometheus, Poem of Fire," with pianist Yefim Bronfman.
  • Six-panel image of artists of the Boston Symphony's 2024-2025 season, including Carlos Simon, Mitsuko Uchida, Renée Fleming, Andris Nelsons, Ray Chen, and Christine Goerke
    Blog
    The Boston Symphony's 2024-2025 Season
    Brian McCreath
    The BSO's next season at Symphony Hall is anchored by Composer Chair Carlos Simon, major undertakings in works by Mahler, Beethoven, and Shostakovich with Music Director Andris Nelsons, and much, much more.
  • Clockwise from top left: Marina Prudenskaya, Klaus Florian Vogt, Amber Wagner, Christian Gerhaher
    The Temptations and Majesty of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” from Nelsons and the BSO
    In this encore broadcast, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a stellar lineup of soloists in highlights from Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser.
  • People crowd the lawn at the Koussevitzky Music Shed to enjoy the music and watch Andris Nelsons conduct the BSO on a large screen.
    Debussy, Sibelius, and More, from Tanglewood
    On WCRB In Concert with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Debussy's "La Mer" and Dima Slobodeniouk leads the TMCO in Sibelius's Second Symphony, part of a program of highlights from the summer of 2023 in the Berkshires.
  • Randall Goosby sits on a black couch against a caramel-colored wall. He wears a white, collared quarter zip with white pants. He has a black crewcut that's faded on the sides and chocolate-brown eyes. He hold his violin with both hands by the neck and looks off camera, smiling as if he's laughing.
    Randall Goosby's Boston Symphony Debut
    The youngest-ever winner of the Sphinx Concerto Competition is the soloist in Bruch’s spirited Violin Concerto No. 1, and Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in works by Felix Mendelssohn and Ethel Smyth.
  • The six artists smile at the camera. Several of them are in action shots like playing a violin or conducting.
    Blog
    The BSO and Tanglewood in 2024
    Brian McCreath
    The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its next summer season, anchored by Koussevitzky 150, a multi-dimensional celebration of the visionary BSO conductor behind the creation of the orchestra's iconic festival in the Berkshires.
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