Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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

In an encore broadcast, 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.

Jean Yves Thibaudet wears a black dress shirt and stands in a white spotlight. He has blondish gray hair and blue eyes, and he smiles at the camera softly.

Thibaudet and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood

In an encore broadcast, Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the soloist in Khachaturian’s vibrant, colorful Piano Concerto, part of a program that also includes Tania León's Pulitzer prize-winning "Stride" and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique.”

Teddy Abrams has glasses and short curly hair. He stands in front of a wall painted with peach and pink stripes and smiles softly at the camera. Dashon Burton has an afro and a beard. He stands outside in the sun and smiles widely at the camera. Ray Chen wears his black hair in a quiff, and stands holding his violin in the playing position. He poses in front of ornate, golden wallpaper, and stares down the camera.

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto & Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"

Ray Chen plays Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto, and the BSO performs Bernstein’s love letter to New York: the Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story."

Composer Gabriela Ortiz, conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, and cellist Alban Gerhardt

"Revolución diamantina" with The Crossing, Giancarlo Guerrero, & Alban Gerhardt

Saturday, March 1st, 2025 at 8:00pm, Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Gabriela Ortiz’s "Revolución diamantina," and the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's tumultuous "Francesca da Rimini."

The Boston Symphony and Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker"

In an encore broadcast, 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.

Jan Lisiecki looks off to the upper left corner of the frame. He has short, curly brown hair and bright blue eyes. He leans against stone wall, casting a long, blue shadow.

Lisiecki, Jordan, and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique”

Jan Lisiecki is the soloist in Mozart’s mysterious and stormy Piano Concerto No. 20, and conductor Philippe Jordan leads the BSO in Tchaikovsky’s emotionally harrowing Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.”

Steven Banks sits against a dark gray backdrop surrounded by four saxophones of different sizes. He wears a cerulean blue suit with a white shirt and silver tie. He has short black hair that's faded on the sides and he wears round glasses. He looks off to the right of frame, smiling as if he's just laughed.

Steven Banks's BSO Debut

In an encore broadcast, Banks is the soloist in Henri Tomasi’s sultry, atmospheric Saxophone Concerto, and Earl Lee conducts two works that explore the power of fate, César Franck’s Le Chasseur maudit, or "The Accursed Huntsman," and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.

Joana Mallwitz conducts Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Anna Vinnitskaya and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The BSO Debuts of Mallwitz and Vinnitskaya

In an encore broadcast, Joana Mallwitz conducts Kodály’s "Dances of Galánta" and Schubert's Symphony No. 9, and Anna Vinnitskaya, also in her debut, is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 1.

Daniil Trifonov performs the Brahms First Piano Concerto with Andris Nelsons and the BSO

Trifonov, Nelsons, and the BSO

In an encore broadcast from the 2023 Tanglewood season, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Wynton Marsalis's "Herald, Holler, and Hallelujah," Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, and pianist Daniil Trifonov joins for Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3.

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