Sergei Rachmaninoff

Daniil Trifonov sits in a fancy train car and looks out the window. Sun streams in onto a notebook in front of him.

Opening Night at Tanglewood, with Daniil Trifinov!

Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony kick off the 2025 Tanglewood season in an All-Rachmaninoff program including his Third Piano Concerto, featuring soloist Daniil Trifonov.

Eun Sun Kim leans against a white wall in a black suit jacket. She has long, dark brown hair and brown eyes. She looks at the camera and smiles softly. Inon Barnatan poses in front of a bright yellow wall. He wears a leather jacket and has hazel eyes. He leans forward and looks at the camera, smiling softly.

Rachmaninoff and Bartók with Eun Sun Kim and Inon Barnatan

Star pianist Inon Barnatan returns to Symphony Hall to take on one of Bartók’s final works, and Eun Sun Kim makes her BSO debut.

A picture of Yuncham Lim mid performance. He wears a black suit and plays an opened piano with the audience behind him. He has shaggy dark brown hair that's whipping up in the air in this action shot. His eyes are closed and his mouth is slightly open. The music is moving through him.

Rachmaninoff's Dazzling Third Piano Concerto, with Yunchan Lim and the BSO

In an encore broadcast, the youngest-ever Gold Medalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, lead by Tugan Sokhiev.

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," on demand.

The Hermitage Piano Trio stands in front of a carved, stone building. The cellist stands in front wearing a purple shirt, and the pianist and violinist lean against a doorframe in the background wearing blue shirts. Yehudi Wyner has his chin in his hand, leaning on top of a piano. He's smiling and wearing a suit with a pink tie. Wendy Putnam stands by a window in a black suit jacket holding her violin by the neck. She softly smiles at the camera.

The Hermitage Piano Trio and More, from the Concord Chamber Music Society

On WCRB In Concert with the Concord Chamber Music Society, the Hermitage Piano Trio performs Turina, Rachmaninoff, and Perelló, and Yehudi Wyner and Wendy Putnam perform Wyner's own music, along with that of Price and Schubert.

Gautier Capuçon faces the camera with his cello in front of a cord of wood

An American Premiere with Gautier Capuçon and the BSO

In an encore broadcast, French cellist Gautier Capuçon takes center stage with the Boston Symphony for the American premiere of Thierry Escaich’s new work for cello and orchestra, and Andris Nelsons conducts Ravel’s "Alborada del gracioso" and Rachmaninoff’s romantic Symphony No. 2.

Dance Night with the BSO at Tanglewood

In an encore broadcast, Karina Canellakis returns to the Berkshires to lead the Boston Symphony in Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances,” and Emanuel Ax is the soloist in Chopin’s dramatic Piano Concerto No. 2.

Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet," with Jordan and the BSO

In an encore Boston Symphony broadcast, Philippe Jordan makes his BSO debut conducting an all-Russian program of Borodin, a suite from Prokofiev’s "Romeo and Juliet," and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist Yefim Bronfman.

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A Czech Musical Postcard, with Jakub Hrůša

The Czech conductor returns to Symphony Hall to lead the BSO in a celebration of Czech music through Janáček’s "Jealousy" and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 6, juxtaposed with Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring the BSO debut of Lukáš Vondráček.

Sergei Rachmaninoff

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