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Andris Nelsons

  • A shot of the stage from the audience's perspective. Nelsons conducts the full orchestra on a podium, in front of Symphony Hall's golden pipe organ.
    Shostakovich, Stravinsky and World Premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Saturday, April 26th, 2025 at 8:00pm, the BSO continues their "Decoding Shostakovich" series with his Symphony No. 6, and Stravinsky’s "Symphony of Psalms."
  • Mitsuko Uchida sits at the piano and leans against it, turning out towards the camera. She has shoulder-length, wavy hair and wears a white turtleneck. She looks at the camera with an amused expression.
    Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven with the BSO
    Saturday, April 19th, 2025 at 8:00pm, the Boston Symphony Orchestra welcomes back pianist Mitsuko Uchida for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, and Andris Nelsons conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15 in the second concert of the BSO's "Decoding Shostakovich" series.
  • Under the shade of a large tree, the velvety green lawn of Tanglewood stretches outwards towards the horizon.
    The Sounds of Summer, with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
    On WCRB In Concert with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Strauss's "Also sprach Zarathustra" and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Emanuel Ax, among other highlights from the 2024 Tanglewood season.
  • Christine Goerke has long blond curls. She wears bright pink lipstick and an off-the-shoulders black dress. She smiles and looks over her shoulder at David Butt Philip, who has dark brown hair and a short beard. He wears a blue button-up and a dark blazer, and smiles softly at the camera.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Korngold’s “Die tote Stadt”
    Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a cast headlined by Christine Goerke and David Butt Philip in Erich Korngold’s opera “Die tote Stadt” (“The Dead City”), a longing farewell to the Romantic Era.
  • Clockwise from top left: María Dueñas, Kristine Opolais, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, Elim Chan, Carlos Simon
    Blog
    The 2025 Tanglewood Season
    The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its next summer season in the Berkshires, highlighted by Puccini's "Tosca," a new concerto by John Williams, and a celebration of Keith Lockhart's 30th anniversary as Boston Pops Conductor.
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 8 and 9, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
    The Boston Symphony’s Beethoven cycle, led by Music Director Andris Nelsons, culminates with the playful Symphony No. 8 and the Symphony No. 9, featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a stellar cast of soloists in its iconic final movement, the “Ode to Joy.”
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 6 and 7, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
    The Boston Symphony’s Beethoven journey reaches the Symphony No. 6, the Pastoral Symphony, and the rhythmically charged Symphony No. 7.
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 4 and 5, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    The BSO and Two Sides of Beethoven
    In a special Friday night broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven’s lyric and joyful Symphony No. 4 and the mighty Symphony No. 5.
  • A close-up on the ornate, golden proscenium of Symphony Hall. The name "Beethoven" is in the keynote position, surrounded by flourishes of cornucopias and leaves as well as the numbers 1, 2, and 3, printed in an art-nouveau font.
    Beethoven’s Revolutionary Early Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, & 3
    Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the first part of an epic journey through all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies, including the transformative "Eroica."
  • Collage of details from 5 classical albums released in 2024, on a blue watercolor background.
    Blog
    Our Top Classical Albums of 2024
    It's been a terrific year for classical music. From passionate piano solos to lush orchestral works and beyond, here are our favorite classical recordings released in 2024!
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