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In his third season as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Grammy® Award-winning “dynamic conductor” Kwamé Ryan (The Baltimore Sun) makes his LA Philharmonic debut, with returns to Dutch National Opera and the Cincinnati Symphony.
- Los Angeles, USA
- Walt Disney Concert Hall
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
OCTOBER 2, 3 & 4, 2026
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Copland: Symphony No. 3
Soloist: Bing Wang, Ben Ullery
- Charlotte, USA
- Belk Theater
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
OCTOBER 9 & 10, 2026
Taylor: One Foot After The Other
Barber: Piano Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Soloist: Orion Weiss
- Charlotte, USA
- Knight Theater
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
OCTOBER 23, 24 & 25, 2026
Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, “The Great”
Soloist: Raehann Bryce-Davis
- Cincinnati, USA
- Music Hall
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
OCTOBER 30 & 31, 2026
Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, The Great
Soloist: Gil Shaham
- Charlotte, USA
- Belk Theater
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
NOVEMBER 7, 2026
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Bruch: Violin Concerto
Soloist: Joshua Bell
- Charlotte, USA
- Belk Theater
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
NOVEMBER 20 & 21, 2026
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Soloist: Bella Hristova
- Charlotte, USA
- Belk Theater
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
January 15 & 16, 2027
Taylor: New Work (World Premiere, CBSO Co-Commission)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Soloist: Anne-Marie Mc Dermott
- Milwaukee, USA
- Bradley Symphoney Center
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FEBRUARY 13 & 14, 2026
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, The Great
Soloist: Marc André Hamelin
- Charlotte, USA
- Belk Theater
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
February 26 & 27, 2027
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Tsoupaki: Aurora (U.S. Premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Soloists: TBC
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nationale Opera & Ballet
Dutch National Opera
APRIL 16, 20, 22, 25, 29, 17, 20, 2027
MAY 2, 2027
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
Cast: Kristina Mkhitaryan, Ain Anger, Audun Iversen, Dumitru Mitu, Thomas Lehman, Jasurbek Khaydarov
- Charlotte, USA
- Knight Theater
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
MAY 21,22 & 23, 2027
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Soloists: Ran Dank, Soyeon Kate Lee
- Berkeley, USA
- Zellerbach Hall
BERKELEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
June 6, 2027
Heggie: Intonations: The Violins of Hope
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, “The Great”
Soloists: Sun-Ly Pierce, Benjamin Beilman
Behind the
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New Horizon
I’m thrilled to share that The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra has extended my contract as Music Director for four more years, ushering us into the orchestra’s 100th anniversary season. From the moment I arrived in Charlotte, I felt welcomed in a way that was immediate and genuine. The musicians
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