Boston Symphony Orchestra

Zubin Mehta and Carlos Simon both wear fancy suits with ornate pins their lapels. Mehta looks up to the sky and smiles, and Simon looks off camera and smiles widely.

Zubin Mehta Leads the BSO in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”

Conductor and 1958 TMC alumnus Zubin Mehta makes his BSO debut in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and James Burton conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s “Words and Prayers of My Fathers.”

Raquel González wears a white gown, shiny earrings, and pink lipstick. She smiles at the camera widely. Kazuki Yamada wears black tails tuxedo and a continental tie, and looks out a window wistfully.

Yamada Conducts Holst’s “The Planets” and Poulenc’s “Gloria” with González, at Tanglewood

Kazuki Yamada, Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, leads a program of Holst’s iconic suite The Planets and Poulenc’s emotionally evocative Gloria with soloist Raquel González and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

Thibaudet stands against the blue California sky in a black and gold suit. He wears a large silver pendant and stares at the camera powerfully.

Thibaudet and Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto, at Tanglewood

Superstar pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Dima Slobodeniouk in the Berkshires to perform Liszt on a program that also features two works by Sibelius and Threnody, an homage to the Finnish composer, written by William Grant Still.

Hadelich and Handler both wear concert black and look at the camera. Hadelich smiles softly, and Handler holders her baton close to her chin.

Handler’s Boston Symphony Debut with Hadelich, at Tanglewood

BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Handler makes her Tanglewood and BSO debuts conducting Brahms’s Tragic Overture, Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with GRAMMY-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich.

A collage of Jean-Guihen Queyras and Dima Slobodeniouk in violet pink hues. Queyras sits with his cello and smiles widely at the camera, and Slobodeniouk looks away from the camera and smiles softly.

Slobodeniouk, Queyras, and the BSO at Tanglewood

Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Tanglewood to conduct Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, featuring cello soloist Jean-Guihen Queyras in his BSO debut. The concert closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and its joyful fourth movement.

From left to right: cellist Yo-Yo Ma, composer Camille Pépin, and conductor Samy Rachid

Yo-Yo Ma, Samy Rachid, and Pépin’s “Un Monde nouveau” at Tanglewood

BSO Assistant Conductor Rachid leads an exciting program featuring the American premiere of Camille Pépin’s Un Monde nouveau, Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, and Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1, with soloist Yo-Yo Ma.

A collage of the two artists against leafy green backgrounds. Joshua Bell smolders at the camera, and Andrés Orozco-Estrada looks off camera and smiles widely.

Orozco-Estrada Conducts Dvořák’s “New World” at Tanglewood

Andrés Orozco-Estrada makes his Tanglewood debut conducting Dvořák’s much-beloved Ninth Symphony, and the inimitable Joshua Bell joins to play Lalo’s spirited Symphonie espagnole.

All three gentlemen wear blue suit jackets with colorful pocket squares. They stand shoulder to shoulder in an old brick building, smiling at the camera.

“Beethoven for Three” at Tanglewood

In a highlight of the season, a star-studded piano quartet comprised of pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform Beethoven’s Trio No. 4 in B-flat for piano, violin, and cello as well as his Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 3 with violist Antoine Tamestit.

Chan wears a bright red jacket and matching red lipstick. Her straight, brown hair covers part of her face as she turns to look at the camera.

Elim Chan’s Conducts Rachmaninoff and Korngold at Tanglewood

Chan makes her Tanglewood debut conducting Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 and Korngold’s virtuosic Violin Concerto, featuring acclaimed violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

Soprano Renée Fleming leans against a piano and looks left, smoldering. She has shoulder length, ashy-blonde hair and green eyes. She's wearing a black long-sleeved dress with a white and green floral design.

Strauss at Tanglewood, with Fleming and the BSO

Renée Fleming and the Boston Symphony perform a program of dynamic, graceful, and emotionally riveting works by Richard Strauss, including a suite from the opera “Der Rosenkavalier.”