In 1909, Igor Stravinsky was a skinny 28-year-old no-name who got the chance of a lifetime. He took it. He wrote the score for a ballet called The Firebird and became a giant of 20th-century music overnight.

Stravinsky's ballet was an assignment by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev for a Russian...

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra kicks off its first Delta Classical concert of 2025 with the symphonic tone poem Winter Bells, a “gorgeous novelty” by one of music’s rising stars, the young American-based Russian composer Polina Nazaykinskaya. Aziz Shokhakimov conducts.

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• POLINA ...

Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov joins the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Rachmaninoff’s show-stopping Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a pianistic favorite delivering sweeping Romantic melodies and sizzling virtuosity. Aziz Shokhakimov conducts.

Full Concert:
• POLINA NAZAYKINSKAYA: Winter Be...

Warrior women, jealous rage, a dragon and a magic sword—Richard Wagner’s "The Ring of the Nibelung" electrified 19th-century audiences. But it’s hard to imagine a better age for this epic fantasy than 2024. From "Game of Thrones" to Minecraft to "The Lord of the Rings," our world is hungry for th...

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra welcomes cellist Edgar Moreau, who made his Atlanta debut “with dazzling accuracy and insouciant wit” (ArtsATL). Moreau joins the Orchestra for one of the great masterpieces for the cello, Robert Schumann’s enigmatic Cello Concerto. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts.

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French pianist Cédric Tiberghien makes his Atlanta Symphony Orchestra debut with a delightful mélange of music in in George Gershwin’s irresistible Classical-meets-jazz mashup, Rhapsody in Blue.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra presents a world premiere by Atlanta’s own Joel Thompson, an Emmy Award-winning composer working at the intersection of art and social justice.

Guest conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados makes her Atlanta Symphony Orchestra debut with a delightful mélange of music from the Americas in Gabriela Lena Frank’s musical travelogue, Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra.

In the piano world, it’s known as the “Rach Three,” a moniker that comes with reverence, a quickening of the heart, and a dash of terror. Among the most difficult of all the popular piano concertos, this Piano Concerto No. 3 was written by one of the greatest pianists who ever lived: Sergei Rachm...

Music Director Laureate and longtime leader of the ASO, Robert Spano, returns to Symphony Hall and brings with him an old friend of the Orchestra, Emmy Award-winning composer Adam Schoenberg and his “Picture Studies,” a modern take on Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Says Schoenberg, “My ...

Russian choirmaster-turned-conductor Dmitry Matvienko leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the fragrant Symphony No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Full Concert:
• BRITTEN: Piano Concerto
• RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
Dmitry Matvienko, conductor
Yeol Eum Son, piano
May 3, 2024 | Atlanta Symphon...

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra welcomes Korean virtuoso Yeol Eum Son, a pianist with “power and passion, fireworks and drama aplenty” (Limelight), in her first Atlanta performance with this rare treat, the sassy Piano Concerto written by 25-year-old Benjamin Britten. Dmitry Matvienko conducts.

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The spellbinding German‑Canadian cellist Johannes Moser returns to Symphony Hall for the ravishing cello concerto Tout un monde lointain... (A Whole Distant World) by Henri Dutilleux. Guest conductor Alpesh Chauhan makes his Atlanta debut.

Widely regarded as one of the great pianists of our time, Portuguese virtuoso Maria João Pires makes her ASO debut as she joins Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann and the Orchestra in Beethoven’s sublime Piano Concerto No. 4.

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts this musical postcard written by the 20-year-old Mendelssohn while in Scotland. The Hebrides Overture paints an enigmatic portrait of a sea cave in the Inner Hebrides Islands.

Led by Nathalie Stutzmann, Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 offers a feverish flight through intense lyricism and bravura.

He was one of the greatest melodists of all time; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky turned his magic quill upon the fairytale classic of "Sleeping Beauty" and produced an enchanting ballet and inspiration for Disney’s beloved 1959 animated feature film. Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty leans into the sec...

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Dvořák’s timeless Symphony No. 9, From the New World, a musical postcard written by the homesick composer while living in New York City. One of the best-loved symphonies of the Romantic age, Dvořák’s New World offers a tender English horn solo that later became the Gos...

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Dvořák’s timeless Symphony No. 9, From the New World, a musical postcard written by the homesick composer while living in New York City. One of the best-loved symphonies of the Romantic age, Dvořák’s New World offers a tender English horn solo that later became the Gos...

Cacophony of Spirits: A Cinematic Tone Poem by rising-star film composer Chanda Dancy.

The full program from this recorded concert is listed below and currently streaming on ASO: Behind the Curtain.
CHANDA DANCY: Cacophony of Spirits: A Cinematic Tone Poem
JOHN WILLIAMS: The Five Sacred Trees*
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Selections by Brahms featuring

An all-Brahms program featuring Nänie, Schicksalslied and Gesang der Parzen. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

The full programming for this concert is below and available to view on ASO Behind the Curtain.
BR...

This program was curated by Grammy-nominated composer Carlos Simon and carefully designed to spotlight local artists, including the Spelman and Morehouse College Glee Clubs. Simon is known for imbuing a powerful social conscience into his works and exploring contemporary life in Black America. Co...

As a long-term Hollywood bassoonist, Anthony Parnther has played on many of the Star Wars soundtracks and visits Symphony Hall to conduct a bassoon concerto by film legend John Williams. Ever the visual composer, Williams’s Concerto for Bassoon, titled The Five Sacred Trees, draws its inspiration...

Amjad Ali Khan has been a tireless campaigner for peace and understanding between communities. He has upheld these values in his own life. While he is a Muslim, his wife, Subhalakshmi Khan, once a prominent Indian Classical Dancer, is a Hindu. Their children were raised in both traditions. Amjad ...