Boston Symphony Orchestra

A colorful collage of conductor Hannu Lintu and the four soloists.

Beethoven’s Ninth with Lintu and the BSO

Conductor Hannu Lintu leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a cast of fabulous soloists in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and its “Ode to Joy.”

Bruce Liu, the BSO, and Chopin at Tanglewood

The winner of the 2021 International Chopin Competition, Liu makes his BSO debut as the soloist in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in a program led by Ryan Bancroft, also in his BSO debut, that includes Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations.

Earl Lee wears concert black and stands in front of a black background. He holds his baton and smiles at the camera softly. Yo-Yo Ma wears an oxford button-down and sits in front of a black background. He holds his cello and bow in one hand, and he smiles at the camera warmly.

Yo-Yo Ma, the BSO, and Schumann at Tanglewood

In a Boston Symphony concert live from Tanglewood, Yo-Yo Ma is the soloist in Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto, and BSO Assistant Conductor Earl Lee leads the orchestra in Carlos Simon’s “Fate Now Conquers” and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.

Midori wears a black dress with lace sleeves. Her dark hair is slicked back into a bun, and a pearl hangs from her ear. She holds her violin across her chest, and she smiles softly at the camera.

Midori at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

BSO Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid leads the orchestra for the first time in an all-Russian program that includes Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and the blazing Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky.

Elena Villalón wears a black dress that hangs on one shoulder. Her dark hair tumbles down that shoulder. She has a beauty mark on her cheek and she stares down the camera, softly smiling. James Gaffigan wears a white, collared shirt and wears his brown hair slicked back. He has blue eyes and a beard, and he gazes at the camera wistfully.

Villalón, Gaffigan, and the BSO at Tanglewood

Conductor James Gaffigan makes his Boston Symphony debut in a program that includes arias from Mozart’s “Idomeneo” and “The Marriage of Figaro” and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, with soprano Elena Villalón, as well as Anna Clyne’s “Sound and Fury.”

Dalia Stasevska wears blue and red robes and leans her head against her head. She has long, wavy,light brown hair and brown eyes. Leila Josefowicz wears a black shirt and a gold chain, and her ear is decorated with many shiny hoops and studs. She has brown eyes and long, light brown hair that is being blown back behind her. Both musicians look at the camera and smile.

Stasevska Conducts Sibelius & Stravinsky at Tanglewood

In her Boston Symphony debut, conductor Dalia Stasevska leads a program that includes Sibelius’s Canzonetta and Symphony No. 5, as well as Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Leila Josefowicz.

Sunlight pours into an industrial-looking room. Between concrete walls, Kirill Gerstein sits on a wooden chair and plays an antique grand piano.

Gerstein Plays Rachmaninoff at Tanglewood

Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s passionate and technically daunting Piano Concerto No. 3, and Alan Gilbert leads the Boston Symphony in Stravinsky’s exhilarating - and timeless - “The Rite of Spring.”

Gerstein wears a navy suit jacket and smiles at the camera. He has a short beard and brown eyes. Bell and Isserlis both wear black shirts. Bell smiles at the camera, tossing his shaggy, brown hair back. Isserlis looks left of camera and doesn't smile. He has long, curly gray hair.

Bell, Gerstein, and Isserlis at Tanglewood

In a Boston Symphony concert led by Alan Gilbert, violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Kirill Gerstein, and cellist Steven Isserlis are the soloists in Beethoven's Triple Concerto, part of a program that also includes the same composer’s buoyant Symphony No. 4.

John Williams conducts the BSO at Tanglewood in front of a giant film screen, playing the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

John Williams’ Film Night, Live from Tanglewood!

From Hollywood’s Golden Age to John Williams’s iconic scores, Film Night with the Boston Pops returns to Tanglewood with a special celebration of Henry Mancini’s 100th birthday, all led by conductors Ken-David Masur and David Newman.

Andris Nelsons, dressed in concert black, has his baton and arms raised above the orchestra, who are all dressed in white.

Strauss at Tanglewood, with Nelsons and the BSO

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