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Igor Stravinsky

  • Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Tania León's 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," as well as Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, with soloist Seong-Jin Cho.
  • Seiji Ozawa leads the BSO in a magical ballet score for the season that expresses the innocence of childhood and the drama of transformation, sprinkled with musical delights and passion.
  • In an encore broadcast, renowned South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho is the soloist in Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in Caroline Shaw’s meditative "Punctum" and Stravinsky’s "Petrushka."
  • Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in György Ligeti's kaleidoscopic Piano Concerto in a celebration of the Hungarian composer's centennial, and Thomas Adès leads the BSO in Stravinsky’s "Orpheus," Franz Liszt’s "Les Préludes," and Adès's own "Tevot."
  • Andris Nelsons leads the BSO at Tanglewood in a program of Stravinsky's "Petruska," Julia Adolphe's "Makeshift Castle," and superstar Renée Fleming is the soloist in Strauss songs with orchestra.
  • In an encore Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast, Latvian violinist Baiba Skride is the soloist in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, and Andris Nelsons leads the orchestra in works by Pärt and Stravinsky, as well as Saariaho’s "Saarikoski Songs," with soprano Anu Komsi.
  • Kicking off the 2022 Tanglewood season, pianist Yuja Wang joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Andris Nelsons conducts Stravinsky’s timeless “The Rite of Spring."
  • In a timeless holiday season tradition, Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring to life Tchaikovsky's magical tale of Christmas, Sugar Plum Fairies, and one very handsome prince!
  • BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in two symphonies by Haydn plus his own O Albion, and Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Winds.
  • The superstar violinist is the soloist in the world premiere of John Williams’s Violin concerto No. 2, led by the composer, and Andris Nelsons conducts the BSO in 20th- and 21st-century pieces by Copland, Stravinsky, and Jessie Montgomery.