XIAN ZHANG | MUSIC DIRECT OR
The Next Chapter Begins
MUSIC DIRECTOR XIAN
ZHANG
Join us for Opening Night as we celebrate an exhilarating new season at Benaroya Hall and toast the beginning of a new era with Music Director Xian Zhang.
XIAN CONDUCTS OPENING NIGHT
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, AT 5PM
OPENING NIGHT CONCERT & GALA
Xian Zhang conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano
Seattle Symphony
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Hymn for Everyone
GRIEG Piano Concerto
VERDI Overture to La Forza del Destino
SMETANA Šárka from Má vlast
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Music Director Xian Zhang begins her inaugural season with a powerful Opening Night Concert celebrating destiny, drama and the power of music. Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone is a meditation for orchestra. Bedřich Smetana depicts the female warrior Šárka, leading the way in a legendary uprising against men. Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner bring operatic intensity. And our opening night soloist, the charismatic Simon Trpčeski, performs Edvard Grieg’s heroic Piano Concerto.
Directly following the Opening Night Concert, it’s time to pop the champagne and celebrate the start of an exhilarating new season at Benaroya Hall. The Opening Night Gala is our signature black-tie event of the year — a must-attend evening of elegance and festivity. Together, we’ll toast Music Director
Xian Zhang’s first season at a dazzling post-concert cocktail reception before sitting down to enjoy a gourmet multi-course dinner in the beautifully transformed Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby. Join Xian and your Seattle Symphony for this unforgettable season kick-off!
Visit seattlesymphony.org/gala for information on Gala packages and benefits.
Music Director Xian Zhang is generously sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Lisa Simonyi and an anonymous donor. Xian Zhang’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
Symphonic Series
THURSDAYS AT 7:30PM OR SATURDAYS AT 8PM
SUNDAY MATINEES AT 2PM
FRIDAY MATINEES AT 12 NOON 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 8G 4A
THURSDAYS OR SATURDAYS
Discover exciting commissioned works from Christopher Theofandis and Artist in Focus Steven Mackey, alongside timeless symphonic classics. Music Director Xian Zhang starts the series with Mussorgsky’s famed Pictures at an Exhibition
THURSDAYS OR SATURDAYS
Explore everything from contemporary Peking opera to blockbuster symphonies. Music Director Xian Zhang takes on Qigang Chen’s dramatic Iris Unveiled and Beethoven’s enduring Ninth Symphony.
THURSDAYS OR SATURDAYS
Enjoy all the drama and passion of Romantic era works by Saint-Saëns, Mahler, Bruckner and more. Music Director Xian Zhang brings Mahler’s complex Seventh Symphony back to our stage — our first performances of it in 20 years.
SUNDAY MATINEES
Spend Sunday afternoons with the Symphony! Experience much-loved works by Beethoven, Gershwin, Mozart and more.
FRIDAY MATINEES
Start your weekend early with Friday matinees! Enjoy beautiful piano, violin and cello concertos with a stunning roster of soloists.
The GRAMMY-winning Seattle Symphony brings iconic symphonic works and exciting new music to the Benaroya Hall stage, telling fascinating musical stories as only live music can do.
Seattle Symphony
7-concert Symphonic series
THURSDAYS AT 7:30PM (7A) OR SATURDAYS AT 8PM (7B)
Music Director Xian Zhang is generously sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Lisa Simonyi and an anonymous donor.
Xian Zhang’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
SEPTEMBER 18 OR 20
XIAN CONDUCTS PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Xian Zhang conductor
Sphinx Soloists
Rubén Rengel violin
Melissa White violin
Celia Hatton viola
Gabriel Cabezas cello
Seattle Symphony
MICHAEL ABELS Delights and Dances
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Creative sparks fly as Music Director
Xian Zhang conducts Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky’s compelling imaginary walk through a startling art gallery. The energy continues with Michael Abels’ delightful showpiece featuring an outstanding string quartet from the Sphinx Organization.
7A/7B
OCTOBER 23 OR 25
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A SEA SYMPHONY
Gemma New conductor
Gabriel Cabezas cello
Wendy Bryn Harmer soprano
Jarrett Ott baritone
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
GABRIELLA SMITH Lost Coast
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Sea Symphony
Ralph Vaughan Williams gives voice to the drama of the ocean in A Sea Symphony, his only full choral symphony, while Gabriella Smith’s Lost Coast for cello and orchestra expresses wonder and grief about Earth’s last wildernesses.
NOVEMBER 20 OR 22
MACKEY SAXOPHONE CONCERTO
Lawrence Renes conductor
Timothy McAllister saxophone
David Gordon trumpet
Stefan Farkas English horn
Seattle Symphony
COPLAND Quiet City
STEVEN MACKEY Anemology: Concerto For Saxophone (Seattle Symphony Co-commission)
JOHN ADAMS Harmonielehre
Lawrence Renes conducts John Adams’ dazzlingly cinematic Harmonielehre; Steven Mackey’s brand-new Saxophone Concerto for worldrenowned soloist Timothy McAllister; and Aaron Copland’s melancholy urban fantasy, Quiet City
David Gordon’s position is generously underwritten as the Boeing Company Principal Trumpet.
JANUARY 29 OR 31
THE KANNEH-MASONS PLAY BEETHOVEN TRIPLE CONCERTO
Kahchun Wong conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Seattle Symphony
ARNOLD Peterloo Overture
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
Beloved cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns to Benaroya Hall with siblings Isata (piano) and Braimah (violin) to play Beethoven’s unique and vibrant Triple Concerto.
MARCH 5 OR 7
BACH, BUSONI & BRAHMS
Daniele Rustioni conductor
Francesca Dego violin
Seattle Symphony
J.S. BACH Ricercare a 6 (orch. Webern)
BUSONI Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)
Francesca Dego proves her power to fascinate with Busoni’s darkly Romantic Violin Concerto. The program also includes Schoenberg’s arrangement of Brahms’ masterful Piano Quartet No. 1 and Webern’s moody chamber orchestra arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Ricercare a 6 from The Musical Offering.
APRIL 9 OR 11
RACHMANINOV SYMPHONIC DANCES
Peter Oundjian conductor
Svet Stoyanov percussion
Noah Geller violin
Seattle Symphony
JOAN TOWER Suite from Concerto for Orchestra
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS Double Concerto (Seattle Symphony Co-commission, West Coast Premiere)
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances
Rachmaninov’s final orchestral work warmly evokes his own life and his lost homeland. With Peter Oundjian, the Seattle Symphony also presents Joan Tower’s exciting Concerto for Orchestra Suite as well as the West Coast premiere of Christopher Theofanidis’ Double Concerto for world-renowned percussionist Svet Stoyanov and Concertmaster Noah Geller. Noah Geller’s position is generously underwritten as the David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster.
MAY
28 OR 30
XIAN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN
Xian Zhang conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
Seattle Symphony
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
A feast of George Gershwin, opening with a pianistic tour de force — the Concerto in F, in the hands of the incomparable Hélène Grimaud. Porgy and Bess captures all the energy and poignancy of Gershwin’s famed opera, including Summertime and I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ An American in Paris depicts a stroll through Paris streets — any homesickness blown away by French exuberance and street noises, even the honking of Parisian taxis.
Principal Trumpet David Gordon
Gemma New
Francesca Dego
7-concert Symphonic series
THURSDAYS AT 7:30PM (7C) OR SATURDAYS AT 8PM (7D)
Music Director Xian Zhang is generously sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Lisa Simonyi and an anonymous donor. Xian Zhang’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
7C/7D
OCTOBER 2 OR 4
XIAN CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV
Xian Zhang conductor
Alexander Malofeev piano
Seattle Symphony
MELISSA DOUGLAS Awaken
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2
Passionate, luxurious, melodic, yet dark and brooding — Rachmaninov’s style defines Romantic music. Music Director Xian Zhang is joined by the dazzling Alexander Malofeev, who takes on the fiery Rhapsody. Then we hear the composer’s epic Second Symphony.
NOVEMBER 6 OR 8
TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO
Sunny Xia conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Seattle Symphony
HOLMÈS La nuit et l’amour
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
Simone Lamsma makes her Benaroya Hall debut performing Tchaikovsky’s glorious Violin Concerto under the baton of Seattle Symphony Associate Conductor Sunny Xia. Dvořák’s folk melody-filled Eighth Symphony evokes the beauty of the composer’s native Bohemia. Sunny Xia’s position is generously underwritten as the Douglas F. King Associate Conductor.
MARCH 12 OR 14
LISZT & KODÁLY
Kevin John Edusei conductor
Haochen Zhang piano
Seattle Symphony
LISZT Les Préludes
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
KODÁLY Háry János Suite
Following the orchestra’s performance of Liszt’s triumphal Les Préludes, Haochen Zhang performs the composer’s high-spirited First Piano Concerto. Kodály’s Háry János Suite depicts comical folk tales, while Richard Strauss paints a portrait of a roguish icon in Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.
FEBRUARY 12 OR 14
XIAN CONDUCTS IRIS UNVEILED
Xian Zhang conductor
Meng Meng Peking opera singer
Yang Jin ( 杨瑾 ) pipa
Chang Jing zheng
Cathy Yang erhu
Seattle Symphony
QIGANG CHEN Iris Dévoilée (Iris Unveiled)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Xian Zhang introduces Seattle audiences to the complex, seductive music of Peking opera with Qigang Chen’s Iris Dévoilée (Iris Unveiled). Writing for Peking and Westernstyle singers and traditional Chinese instruments, he evokes Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow, and a vision of the “eternal feminine.”
APRIL 16 OR 18
MENDELSSOHN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Tess Altiveros soprano
Sarah Larsen mezzo-soprano
Seattle Symphony Chorale, Upper Voices
Seattle Symphony
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine
MENDELSSOHN Three Motets, Op. 39 (arr. McGegan)
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare and Felix Mendelssohn provide the perfect fusion of language and music in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Singers, actors and orchestra bring this famous comedy to life. Join us for the fun! The orchestra also performs Mendelssohn’s beautiful Three Motets for upper voices.
APRIL 30 OR MAY 2
XIAN CONDUCTS MOZART
Xian Zhang conductor
Benjamin Lulich clarinet
Seattle Symphony
ROSSINI Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” MOZART Symphony No. 39
A program of brilliant music by two prodigies of their respective eras: Mozart and Rossini. The Italian Girl in Algiers was a big hit for Rossini, rollicking along with good fun and humor.
Principal Clarinet Benjamin Lulich is our featured soloist in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, some of the most sublime music ever written. Mozart’s 35th and 39th symphonies bubble with dance-like rhythms and lightness.
Benjamin Lulich’s position is generously underwritten as the Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Clarinet.
JUNE 18 OR 20
XIAN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 9
Xian Zhang conductor
Alicia Olatuja mezzo-soprano
Steven Mackey electric guitar
Toni Marie Palmertree soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano
SeokJong Baek tenor
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
STEVEN MACKEY RIOT
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
The ultimate symphony — Beethoven’s Ninth — featuring an all-star cast. Revolutionary, epic and at 200 years old, still as driven as Beethoven’s own sense of our shared destiny. He crowned this music with a song for humanity, hope and joy. Music Director Xian Zhang pairs it with Artist in Focus Steven Mackey’s RIOT, a work that places race and resilience in the foreground with words by Tracy K. Smith — a celebration of perseverance and community.
Principal Clarinet Benjamin Lulich
Haochen Zhang
Associate Conductor
Sunny Xia
7-concert Symphonic series
THURSDAYS AT 7:30PM (7E) OR SATURDAYS AT 8PM (7F)
Music Director Xian Zhang is generously sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Lisa Simonyi and an anonymous donor. Xian Zhang’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
Daniil Trifonov
7E/7F
OCTOBER 16 OR 18
HANDEL MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS
Ivars Taurins conductor
Joseph Adam organ
Seattle Symphony
HANDEL Organ Concerto, Op. 7, No. 4
TELEMANN Wassermusik
HASSE Sinfonia in G minor
HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks
Ivars Taurins conducts a majestic program of German Baroque music, encompassing Handel’s bright-hued Music for the Royal Fireworks and stately Organ Concerto, as well as Telemann’s Wassermusik, a tribute to Hamburg. The Sinfonia in G Minor by Hasse stirs up a whirlwind with energetic strings.
The Seattle Symphony’s organ programming is generously supported by the Fluke | Gabelein Organ Endowment.
Yulianna Avdeeva
NOVEMBER 13 OR 15
BEETHOVEN & BRUCKNER
David Danzmayr conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
Seattle Symphony
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4
International star Yulianna Avdeeva returns to Benaroya Hall, fresh off her stunning solo recital debut with us last season, and tackles Beethoven’s stormy Piano Concerto No. 3. Then, Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony transports us into a Romantic era and a mythic medieval countryside.
JANUARY 8 OR 10
BERNSTEIN & RACHMANINOV
Alevtina Ioffe conductor
Vadim Gluzman violin
Seattle Symphony
BARBER Intermezzo from Vanessa BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3
Dive into the richly textured works of 20thcentury titans Leonard Bernstein and Sergei Rachmaninov. Bernstein’s Serenade, ranging from contemplative to jazzy and sprightly, showcases the virtuosity of violinist Vadim Gluzman. Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony offers mesmerizing contrasts of haunting folk melodies and playful, dancing flourishes.
FEBRUARY 19 OR 21
XIAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN & BEETHOVEN
Xian Zhang conductor
Jan Vogler cello
Seattle Symphony
NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA Primal Message
R. SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
His Fourth Symphony sees Beethoven at his sunniest, brimming with good humor and geniality. Robert Schumann insisted that his Cello Concerto was “jolly,” but its deeper drama reveals otherwise. Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s intriguing Primal Message was inspired by our 1974 interstellar radio message to the nearby Hercules cluster of stars.
MARCH 19 OR 21
STRAVINSKY THE FIREBIRD
Andrew Litton conductor
Janai Brugger soprano
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
POULENC Stabat Mater
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1945)
Andrew Litton conducts the classic Firebird Suite, drawn from the dazzling ballet that shot Stravinsky into the 20th-century classical music pantheon almost overnight. The Seattle Symphony Chorale joins the orchestra for Poulenc’s sumptuous, emotional Stabat Mater, written in response to the sudden death of his friend and inspired by his pilgrimage to the holy shrine of the Black Madonna of Rocamadour.
APRIL 23 OR 25
XIAN CONDUCTS DANIIL TRIFONOV
Xian Zhang conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
Seattle Symphony
FAURÉ Pavane
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2
FRANCK Symphony in D minor
Join Music Director Xian Zhang and superstar pianist Daniil Trifonov for an evening of French elegance. Saint-Saëns’ quick wit provides the perfect vehicle for one of the world’s greatest pianists. Fauré’s Pavane serves as a serene prelude. And Franck’s Symphony, his only one, reveals a composer questing to deliver music for the soul.
JUNE 11 OR 13
XIAN CONDUCTS MAHLER 7
Seattle Symphony
MAHLER Symphony No. 7
Mahler’s Seventh begins with a nighttime journey on the water, gliding through a world of feverish imagination. We pass twilight realms of fairytales, phantoms and serenading guitar, before emerging into sunlit day. Drawn by its emotional complexity, Music Director Xian Zhang wanted her first Mahler symphony in Seattle to be his Seventh — our first performances of it in 20 years.
Xian Zhang conductor
8-concert Symphonic series
SUNDAY MATINEES AT 2PM (8G)
Music Director Xian Zhang is generously sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Lisa Simonyi and an anonymous donor. Xian Zhang’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
8G
OCTOBER 5
XIAN CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV
Xian Zhang conductor
Alexander Malofeev piano
Seattle Symphony
MELISSA DOUGLAS Awaken
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2
Passionate, luxurious, melodic, yet dark and brooding — Rachmaninov’s style defines Romantic music. Music Director Xian Zhang is joined by the dazzling Alexander Malofeev, who takes on the fiery Rhapsody. Then we hear the composer’s epic Second Symphony, one of the greatest emotional journeys in all music. And opening the concert is Awaken, a soundscape of springtime in Melissa Douglas’ Australian homeland.
NOVEMBER 16
BEETHOVEN & BRUCKNER
David Danzmayr conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
Seattle Symphony
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4
International star Yulianna Avdeeva returns to Benaroya Hall, fresh off her stunning solo recital debut with us last season, and tackles Beethoven’s stormy Piano Concerto No. 3. Then, Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony transports us into a Romantic era and a mythic medieval countryside.
FEBRUARY 1
THE KANNEH-MASONS PLAY BEETHOVEN TRIPLE CONCERTO
Kahchun Wong conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Seattle Symphony
ARNOLD Peterloo Overture
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
Beloved cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns to Benaroya Hall with siblings Isata (piano) and Braimah (violin) to play Beethoven’s unique and vibrant Triple Concerto.
The Kanneh-Masons
FEBRUARY 15
XIAN CONDUCTS IRIS UNVEILED
Xian Zhang conductor
Meng Meng Peking opera singer
Yang Jin ( 杨瑾 ) pipa
Chang Jing zheng
Cathy Yang erhu
Seattle Symphony
QIGANG CHEN Iris Dévoilée (Iris Unveiled)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Xian Zhang introduces Seattle audiences to the complex, seductive music of Peking opera with Qigang Chen’s Iris Dévoilée (Iris Unveiled).
Writing for Peking and Western-style singers and traditional Chinese instruments, he evokes Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow, and a vision of the “eternal feminine.” Balancing this unique sound world is the dark drama and ecstatic finale of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony.
APRIL 19
MENDELSSOHN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Tess Altiveros soprano
Sarah Larsen mezzo-soprano
Seattle Symphony Chorale, Upper Voices
Seattle Symphony
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine
MENDELSSOHN Three Motets, Op. 39 (arr. McGegan)
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare and Felix Mendelssohn provide the perfect fusion of language and music in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Singers, actors and orchestra bring this famous comedy to life. Join us for the fun! The orchestra also performs Mendelssohn’s beautiful Three Motets for upper voices.
JUNE 21
XIAN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 9
Xian Zhang conductor
Alicia Olatuja mezzo-soprano
Steven Mackey electric guitar
Toni Marie Palmertree soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano
SeokJong Baek tenor
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
STEVEN MACKEY RIOT
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
Beethoven’s Ninth is the ultimate symphony. Revolutionary, epic and at 200 years old, still as driven as Beethoven’s own sense of our shared destiny. Music Director Xian Zhang pairs it with Artist in Focus Steven Mackey’s RIOT — a celebration of hope, perseverance and community.
MAY 3
XIAN CONDUCTS MOZART
Xian Zhang conductor
Benjamin Lulich clarinet
Seattle Symphony
ROSSINI Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” MOZART Symphony No. 39
A program of brilliant music by two prodigies of their respective eras: Mozart and Rossini. The Italian Girl in Algiers was a big hit for Rossini, rollicking along with good fun and humor.
Principal Clarinet Benjamin Lulich is our featured soloist in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, some of the most sublime music ever written. Mozart’s 35th and 39th symphonies bubble with dance-like rhythms and lightness.
Benjamin Lulich’s position is generously underwritten as the Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Clarinet.
MAY 31
XIAN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN
Xian Zhang conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
Seattle Symphony
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
A feast of George Gershwin, opening with a pianistic tour de force — the Concerto in F, in the hands of the incomparable Hélène Grimaud. Porgy and Bess captures all the energy and poignancy of Gershwin’s famed opera, including Summertime and I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ An American in Paris depicts a stroll through Paris streets — any homesickness blown away by French exuberance and street noises, even the honking of Parisian taxis.
4-concert Symphonic series
FRIDAY MATINEES AT 12 NOON (4A)
Music Director Xian Zhang is generously sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Lisa Simonyi and an anonymous donor. Xian Zhang’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
Simone Lamsma
4A
NOVEMBER 7
TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO
Sunny Xia conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Seattle Symphony
HOLMÈS La nuit et l’amour
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
Simone Lamsma makes her Benaroya Hall debut performing Tchaikovsky’s glorious Violin Concerto under the baton of Seattle Symphony Associate Conductor Sunny Xia. Dvořák’s folk melody-filled Eighth Symphony evokes the beauty of the composer’s native Bohemia with tempestuous passion and grace.
Sunny Xia’s position is generously underwritten as the Douglas F. King Associate Conductor.
FEBRUARY 20
XIAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN & BEETHOVEN
Xian Zhang conductor
Jan Vogler cello
Seattle Symphony
NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA Primal Message
R. SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
His Fourth Symphony sees Beethoven at his sunniest, brimming with good humor and geniality. Robert Schumann insisted that his Cello Concerto was “jolly,” but its deeper drama reveals otherwise. Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s intriguing Primal Message was inspired by our 1974 interstellar radio message to the nearby Hercules cluster of stars.
Jan Vogler
MARCH 13
LISZT & KODÁLY
Kevin John Edusei conductor
Haochen Zhang piano
Seattle Symphony
LISZT Les Préludes
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
KODÁLY Háry János Suite
Following the orchestra’s performance of Liszt’s triumphal Les Préludes, Haochen Zhang performs the composer’s high-spirited First Piano Concerto. Kodály’s Háry János Suite depicts comical folk tales, while Richard Strauss paints a portrait of a roguish icon in Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.
MAY 29
XIAN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN
Xian Zhang conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
Seattle Symphony
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
A feast of George Gershwin, opening with a pianistic tour de force — the Concerto in F, in the hands of the incomparable Hélène Grimaud. Porgy and Bess captures all the energy and poignancy of Gershwin’s famed opera. An American in Paris depicts a stroll through Paris streets — any homesickness blown away by French exuberance and city noises.
13-concert Symphonic SEries
THURSDAYS AT 7:30PM (13A) OR SATURDAYS AT 8PM (13B)
13A/13B
Explore dramatic Romantic era works and iconic blockbuster symphonies. Music Director
Xian Zhang conducts Mahler’s complex Seventh Symphony and Beethoven’s enduring Ninth Symphony.
OCTOBER 2 OR 4
XIAN CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV
OCTOBER 16 OR 18
HANDEL MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS
NOVEMBER 6 OR 8
TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO
NOVEMBER 13 OR 15
BEETHOVEN & BRUCKNER
JANUARY 8 OR 10
BERNSTEIN & RACHMANINOV
FEBRUARY 12 OR 14
XIAN CONDUCTS IRIS UNVEILED
FEBRUARY 19 OR 21
XIAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN & BEETHOVEN
MARCH 12 OR 14
LISZT & KODÁLY
MARCH 19 OR 21
STRAVINSKY THE FIREBIRD
APRIL 23 OR 25
XIAN CONDUCTS
DANIIL TRIFONOV
APRIL 30 OR MAY 2
XIAN CONDUCTS MOZART
JUNE 11 OR 13
XIAN CONDUCTS MAHLER 7
JUNE 18 OR 20
XIAN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 9
Music Director Xian Zhang is generously sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Lisa Simonyi and an anonymous donor. Xian Zhang’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
21-concert Symphonic series
THURSDAYS AT 7:30PM (21A) OR SATURDAYS AT 8PM (21B)
21A/21B
Experience the complete Symphonic Series in Music Director Xian Zhang’s inaugural season. Add on Opening Night to see all of Xian’s concerts this season!
SEPTEMBER 18 OR 20
XIAN CONDUCTS PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
OCTOBER 2 OR 4
XIAN CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV
OCTOBER 16 OR 18
HANDEL MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS
OCTOBER 23 OR 25
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A SEA SYMPHONY
NOVEMBER 6 OR 8
TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO
NOVEMBER 13 OR 15
BEETHOVEN & BRUCKNER
NOVEMBER 20 OR 22
MACKEY SAXOPHONE CONCERTO
JANUARY 8 OR 10
BERNSTEIN & RACHMANINOV
JANUARY 29 OR 31
THE KANNEH-MASONS PLAY BEETHOVEN TRIPLE CONCERTO
FEBRUARY 12 OR 14
XIAN CONDUCTS IRIS UNVEILED
FEBRUARY 19 OR 21
XIAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN & BEETHOVEN
MARCH 5 OR 7
BACH, BUSONI & BRAHMS
MARCH 12 OR 14
LISZT & KODÁLY
MARCH 19 OR 21
STRAVINSKY THE FIREBIRD
APRIL 9 OR 11
RACHMANINOV SYMPHONIC DANCES
APRIL 16 OR 18
MENDELSSOHN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
APRIL 23 OR 25
XIAN CONDUCTS DANIIL TRIFONOV
APRIL 30 OR MAY 2
XIAN CONDUCTS MOZART
MAY 28 OR 30
XIAN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN
JUNE 11 OR 13
XIAN CONDUCTS MAHLER 7
JUNE 18 OR 20
XIAN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 9
Seattle Symphony
Artists in Focus
Steven Mackey is a GRAMMY-winning composer of chamber, orchestra, dance and opera works. He’s been a professor of music at Princeton University since 1985, mentoring young composers as director of the Edward T. Cone Composition Institute. Since 2022, he’s also been on the composition faculty at The Curtis Institute of Music, and in 2024, was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Department of Music. He last graced our stage in 2024 when he presented his poignant musical and theatrical work Memoir in the Octave 9 Series, and we are excited to welcome him back as a Seattle Symphony Artist in Focus for the 2025/2026 season.
Mackey is celebrated for his knack of incorporating rock ‘n’ roll vernacular
Composer Steven Mackey
into traditional classical compositions, merging his academic training with his rock guitar technique. This season, he offers up two such works for programs in our Symphonic Series First, in November, with conductor Lawrence Renes, it’s Anemology : Concerto For Saxophone, written for world-renowned saxophonist Timothy McAllister in a program of all American composers that culminates with John Adams’ moving Harmonielehre. Then, closing the season, Music Director Xian Zhang conducts his work that she commissioned with the New Jersey Symphony in celebration of its 100th year: RIOT, with mezzo-soprano, chorus and Mackey himself on electric guitar, in what he has called “a continuous flow of music that occasionally coalesces around the explicit images of a text,
like a river lapping around a chain of islands.” The text is by Mackey’s Princeton colleague, poet and librettist Tracy K. Smith. It is both celebratory while also placing race and resilience in the foreground, with references to the old spiritual Sometimes I feel … (like a motherless child), and six separate but related texts for each movement that trace a trajectory culminating in positive affirmation and a celebration of hope, perseverance, commitment and community. Fittingly, the work is paired with the ultimate symphony of joy — Beethoven’s Ninth.
Steven Mackey’s compositions are featured in the 7A/7B and 7C/7D subscription packages of the Symphonic Series. See pages 8–11 for details.
Cellist Gabriel Cabezas
A true 21st century musician, cellist Gabriel Cabezas is a prolific and sought-after soloist and collaborator. We are thrilled to feature him as a Seattle Symphony Artist in Focus for the 2025/2026 season. In 2016, Gabriel received the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, a career grant awarded to extraordinary classical Black and Latinx musicians who, early in their professional careers, demonstrate leadership and artistic excellence. Cabezas is a member of virtuosic chamber sextet yMusic, and recently co-founded the string quartet Owls. He is also a co-founder of Duende, a new music and contemporary dance collective, and has recorded extensively as a studio musician, appearing on releases by Phoebe Bridgers, John Legend, Rufus Wainright and Taylor Swift, among many others. Under the direction of Music Director Xian Zhang in the first concert of the Symphonic Series, Cabezas will perform Michael Abels’ Delights & Dances with three other Sphinx Soloists; the work was originally composed in 2007 for the Harlem Quartet, an ensemble of Sphinx Competition first-place laureates. He’ll return in October to perform Gabriella Smith’s Lost Coast concerto on a nautically themed program paired with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony. Smith wrote the work for Cabezas and he originally performed it on Smith’s 2021 Lost Coast album. Cabezas and Smith will also team up for the first Octave 9 Series program of the season — a duo collaboration featuring cello, voice, electronics and found percussion. Gabriel Cabezas is featured in the 7A/7B subscription packages of the Symphonic Series and also in the Series A/B packages of the Octave 9 Series. See pages 8 and 27 for details.
Nicola Benedetti
IN Recital series
VARIOUS DAYS AND TIMES
See the world’s most acclaimed musicians in stunning solo recitals on the Benaroya Hall stage.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, AT 7:30PM
PIANIST
SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF IN RECITAL
Sir András Schiff piano
“Schiff’s playing is a marvel of clarity, balance, and control, with every note perfectly placed and every phrase beautifully shaped.”
– The Guardian
Sir András Schiff is an acknowledged titan of the piano world, known for coaxing mesmerizing musical colors out of any piece he plays. He returns to the Benaroya Hall stage to perform works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and more.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, AT 7:30PM
PIANIST PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD IN RECITAL
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
“[Aimard’s] interpretation is thoughtful and nuanced, revealing layers of complexity in Bach’s music that are often overlooked.”
– BBC Music Magazine
Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a renowned interpreter of both historical and contemporary repertoire. Here he performs the latter half of J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, showcasing the full harmonic spectrum of the keyboard.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, AT 8PM
AN EVENING WITH NICOLA BENEDETTI IN RECITAL
Nicola Benedetti violin
Alexei Grynyuk piano
“Benedetti is an absorbing musical storyteller. Like all the best, she leaves you wanting more.”
– Minnesota Star-Tribune
Sought-after violinist Nicola Benedetti presents a solo recital featuring Sarasate’s dazzling Carmen Fantasy, plus works by Bloch, Ponce, Maxwell Davies and more.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, AT 2PM
PIANIST CONRAD TAO IN RECITAL
Conrad Tao piano
“... with his interpretative prowess, fierce individuality and canny fusion of the old and the new [Conrad Tao] is an artist whose every step is worth following.”
– Seen & Heard International
Drawing inspiration from poetry and fairy tales, pianist and composer Conrad Tao combines Western classical tradition and contemporary musical storytelling for this dazzling solo recital featuring works by Brahms, Ravel and more.
Sir András Schiff
Conrad Tao
seattle POPs series
FRIDAYS OR SATURDAYS AT 8PM* OR SUNDAYS AT 2PM
SEATTLE POPS SERIES
Symphonic music meets pop culture with all your favorite tunes from movies, TV and the Billboard charts.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Children ages 5 and older are welcome at all Seattle Pops Series performances. All children need their own concert tickets.
OCTOBER 10, 11 OR 12
Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
George Daugherty conductor Seattle Symphony
This new edition of the beloved concert celebrates Bugs Bunny’s 85th Anniversary, and the concert’s 35th. Over a dozen classic Looney Tunes are projected on the big screen, while their iconic original scores are played live by the Seattle Symphony.
Created by George Daugherty & David Ka Lik Wong. LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements © & TM Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s25)
*Note: the October 11 performance will be a 2pm Saturday matinee.
DECEMBER 12, 13 OR 14
HOLIDAY
POPS
Stuart Chafetz conductor Seattle Symphony
There’s no place like Benaroya Hall for the holidays! Seattle favorite Stuart Chafetz returns to Benaroya Hall to conduct this dazzling program full of popular holiday favorites and yuletide cheer.
Stuart Chafetz with the Seattle Symphony
Tony DeSare
MARCH 27, 28 OR 29
PEANUTS 75TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPHONIC CONCERT
Seattle Symphony
Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends as they join the Seattle Symphony for a symphonic celebration of the Peanuts 75th Anniversary. With live actors, an animated backdrop and | Vince Guaraldi’s beloved and timeless music, you won’t want to miss this special celebration.
*Note: the March 28 performance will be a 2pm Saturday matinee.
JUNE 5, 6 OR 7 LET’S MISBEHAVE: THE SONGS OF COLE PORTER
Stuart Chafetz conductor
Tony DeSare piano & vocals
Aubrey Logan trombone & vocals
John Manzari tap dance & vocals
Seattle Symphony
Cole Porter’s songbook has inspired countless artists across the decades. Join Tony DeSare, Aubrey Logan and John Manzari as they reimagine hits like “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Anything Goes” and many more with the Seattle Symphony. Ready to bring along
Immerse yourself in new sound worlds as artists test the boundaries of creative possibility.
A 2024 performance with soprano Diana Newman and Seattle Symphony musicians
OCTAVE 9 series
Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center
FRIDAYS AT 7PM
(SERIES A) OR FRIDAYS AT 9PM (SERIES B)
OCTOBER 24
GABRIELLA SMITH & GABRIEL CABEZAS
Gabriella Smith voice, synthesizers, electronics & percussion
Gabriel Cabezas electric cello
This intimate program showcases composer Gabriella Smith and Artist in Focus Gabriel Cabezas at their most elemental during the same week he performs her Lost Coast concerto with the Seattle Symphony, paired with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in the Symphonic Series. Smith and Cabezas gravitated towards each other as students at the Curtis Institute of Music and have been collaborating ever since.
NOVEMBER
OF LOVE.
14
Curtis Stewart violin & electronics CURTIS STEWART of Love.
Violinist and composer Curtis Stewart’s GRAMMYnominated album of Love. is a personal requiem. Written and recorded in the childhood apartment he inherited after his mother’s passing, of Love. weaves a single poem of prayer into a sound influenced by music Stewart’s visionary mother taught him, from Greek folk songs and jazz standards to Brahms and Purcell. These works form a caregiver’s sonic grappling with grief — a requiem to cherish life, time and lifetimes.
FEBRUARY 27
MEMORY GAPS
Alex Weston piano
Cecilia Ruiz book & illustrations
Joshua William Gelb stagecraft & animation Seattle Symphony musicians
ALEX WESTON Memory Gaps
Composer/pianist Alex Weston presents a collection of darkly humorous mini-portraits based on Cecilia Ruiz’s The Book of Memory Gaps, with accompanying text and visuals illustrating characters with unique relationships to memory. The composer, joined by Seattle Symphony musicians, will present an evening of music, both whimsical and contemplative.
MARCH 27
THE PIANO // RE-IMAGINED
Natalie Tenenbaum piano, voice & electronics
Natalie Tenenbaum is a composer, pianist, music producer/director and singer-songwriter recognized equally on the stages of Carnegie Hall, SXSW and Broadway. Tenenbaum breaks the boundaries between classical composition, popular storytelling and improvisational jazz. This fun and invigorating post-classical piano recital is like no other — inspired by her second album Standard Repertoire Vol. 1, and featuring original music, sound design and reimaginings of works by Bach, Stravinsky, Debussy, Liszt and others.
Note: this program will be announced from stage.
APRIL
24
THROUGH HER WINDOW: PART II
Mary Lynch VanderKolk oboe
Demarre McGill flute
Paige Roberts Molloy piano
Principal Oboe Mary Lynch VanderKolk leads the second part of a program featuring works written for and with her as part of Through Her Window, an ongoing commissioning and performance project that brings together some of the most eloquent female-identifying musical voices of our time, with the goal of expanding the canon, sharing stories and reflecting on life in the world today. This program will feature world premiere Seattle Symphony commissions curated by renowned composer, flutist and founder of Imani Winds, Valerie Coleman.
Principal Oboe Mary Lynch VanderKolk’s position is generously supported by anonymous donors.
JUNE
12
THE MUSIC OF JEROD IMPICHCH A ACHAAHA' TATE
Jerod Impichchaachaahaʹ Tate narration Seattle Symphony musicians
JEROD IMPICHCHA ACHAAHAʹ TATE
Talowaʹ Hiloha (Thunder Song)
MoonStrike
Dream World
Abitahántaʹ: The Hunter Who Was Not So Great Jerod Impichchaachaahaʹ Tate (Chickasaw) is a classical composer and pianist who expresses his Native culture in symphonic music, ballet and opera. This intimate evening showcases his chamber music works, with points of inspiration from Pacific Northwest tribes, and integrates nature photography, artwork and narration by the composer himself. Audiences are invited to celebrate and consider the 250th anniversary of our nation through shared connection and unforgettable music.
Curtis Stewart
Gabriella Smith & Gabriel Cabezas
Chamber series
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall
TUESDAYS AT 7:30PM
NOVEMBER 4
FROM ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK TO BÉLA BARTÓK
Seattle Symphony musicians
DVOŘÁK Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 1 in A minor Dvořák features in our Symphonic Series this week and also here in our Chamber Series with his gorgeous Terzetto — a rich and complex trio famously composed in just one week. We pair it with a lively string quartet by Bartók. One of his first published pieces, the quartet pulses with rhythmic energy and momentum.
MARCH 10
FROM HEINRICH KAMINSKI TO WILL LANGLIE MILETICH
Seattle Symphony musicians
WILL LANGLIE MILETICH Bully Mammoth
HEINRICH KAMINSKI Quartet for Piano, Clarinet, Viola & Cello
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major
Our own Assistant Principal Bass Will Langlie Miletich features as performer and composer in his own new piece, Bully Mammoth. Kaminski’s music, sadly neglected after being banned in Germany in the 1930s, rewards the listener with its energy and drive. Lastly, a string quartet of towering genius from Beethoven’s visionary later years.
APRIL 7
FROM RUTH GIPPS TO VIVIAN FUNG
Seattle Symphony musicians
GIPPS Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio
HINDEMITH Morgenmusik
KEVIN DAY Ignition
VIVIAN FUNG Frenetic Memories for Clarinet and String Quartet
Discover pioneering English composer Ruth Gipps’ lyrical combination of woodwinds and strings, then a very different treatment of similar forces in the hands of Canadian composer Vivian Fung. Rounding out the program, we present a rare Chamber Series appearance by our lower brass musicians, performing works by Paul Hindemith and Kevin Day.
MAY 12
FROM ERIC EWAZEN TO AMANDA HARBERG
Seattle Symphony musicians
AMANDA HARBERG Trio for Bassoon, Horn and Piano
ERIC EWAZEN Trio for Bassoon, Horn and Piano
BRAHMS String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
A brand-new Trio from Amanda Harberg comes to our stage, together with Eric Ewazen’s Trio, both for bassoon, horn and piano. And to complete the evening, Brahms shifts between inspiration from Bach and vigorous dance rhythms in his expansive Second String Quartet.
In this self-curated series, Seattle Symphony musicians select exciting and challenging works to perform together in small ensembles.
Seattle Symphony musicians
tiny toTS series
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall
AGES 0–5 | FRIDAYS AT 10:30AM OR SATURDAYS AT 9:30, 10:30 & 11:30AM
Begin your musical adventure with Tiny Tots! These joyful 30-minute concerts will introduce you to all the instruments of the orchestra.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: The Tiny Tots Series is designed for ages 0–5. Children of all ages are welcome at Tiny Tots performances. All ages need a concert ticket, including babies in arms.
FREE PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES: All Tiny Tots performances include FREE pre-concert activities 30 minutes before the performance. Join us for instrument exploration, reading station, crafts and percussion play area in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby.
The Arakawa Foundation proudly supports the Seattle Symphony’s Community Partnerships for Youth and Education. Additional support is provided by Delta Air Lines.
OCTOBER 3 OR 4
THE BRASS: AROUND THE WORLD
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony brass quintet
It’s the first stop of the Tiny Tots Series! Time to put on your walking shoes and go globetrotting with the brass family.
DECEMBER 12 OR 13
THE WINDS: WINTER WONDERLAND
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony wind quintet
Celebrate the holiday season through song and dance with the wind family!
FEBRUARY 27 OR 28
THE STRINGS: TRAVEL THROUGH TIME
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony string quartet
Join the string family as they embark on a musical journey throughout the ages.
MAY 1 OR 2
THE PERCUSSION: RHYTHMS OF THE WILD
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony percussion quartet
Explore the sights and sounds of the animal kingdom with the percussion family.
JUNE 12 OR 13
TINY ORCHESTRA: ALL TOGETHER NOW!
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony musicians
Join us for a big musical party as all the families of the orchestra — the brass, the winds, the strings and the percussion — come together to perform!
Host John Turman
FAMILY CONCERTS series
AGES 6–12 | SATURDAYS AT 11AM
Explore more musical adventures with Family Concerts! These engaging 50-minute concerts will spark your imagination with stories featuring all the instruments of the orchestra.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: The Family Concerts Series is designed for ages 6–12. Children of all ages are welcome at Family Concerts performances. All ages need a concert ticket, including babies in arms.
FREE PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES: All Family Concerts performances include FREE pre-concert activities 60 minutes before the performance. Join us for crafts and instrument exploration in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby.
Sunny Xia’s position is generously underwritten as the Douglas F. King Associate Conductor.
The Arakawa Foundation proudly supports the Seattle Symphony’s Community Partnerships for Youth and Education. Additional support is provided by Delta Air Lines.
OCTOBER 18
PETER AND THE WOLF
Sunny Xia conductor
Seattle Symphony
Take a journey into the woods with the beloved folk tale of Peter and the Wolf. Sergei Prokofiev’s inventive storytelling pairs all the fanciful characters with musical instruments to help young listeners identify the many sounds of the orchestra.
DECEMBER
6
THE SNOWMAN
Sunny Xia conductor
Seattle Symphony
Celebrate the holidays with our beloved family tradition — the classic children’s film The Snowman. A young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him on an adventure to the North Pole.
FEBRUARY
7
THE ORCHESTRA SWINGS
Sunny Xia conductor
Seattle Symphony
Get ready to swing along with the jazzy rhythms of the orchestra! We’ll explore this distinctive musical style with songs by George Gershwin, Wynton Marsalis, Duke Ellington and more in a joyful, jazzfilled program curated by Carnegie Hall.
MAY 9
The Orchestra Swings was created by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
PHILHARMONIA FANTASTIQUE
Sunny Xia conductor
Seattle Symphony
Follow a magical sprite on a musical journey where animation meets live action! This special multimedia concerto portrays the four families of the orchestra alongside a charming animated film, demonstrating how all the diverse instruments come together to make an orchestra. Philharmonia Fantastique was written by composer Mason Bates, and co-created with director Gary Rydstrom and animation director Jim Capobianco.
Open Captions are provided at all Family Concerts Series performances. Please contact the Ticket Office at tickets@seattlesymphony.org or call 206.215.4747 for appropriate seating locations.
Associate Conductor
Sunny Xia
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SPECIALs
VARIOUS DAYS AND TIMES
Music Director Xian Zhang is generously sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Lisa Simonyi and an anonymous donor. Xian Zhang’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, AT 5PM OPENING NIGHT CONCERT
Xian Zhang conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano
Seattle Symphony
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Hymn for Everyone
GRIEG Piano Concerto
VERDI Overture to La Forza del Destino
SMETANA Šárka from Má vlast
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Music Director Xian Zhang begins her inaugural season with a powerful opening night concert celebrating destiny, drama and the power of music. Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone is a meditation for orchestra. Smetana depicts the female warrior Šárka, leading the way in a legendary uprising against men. Verdi and Wagner bring operatic intensity. And our opening night soloist, the charismatic Simon Trpčeski, performs Grieg’s heroic Piano Concerto. For Opening Night Concert & Gala details, see page 5.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, AT 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH SEONG-JIN CHO IN RECITAL
Seong-Jin Cho piano
Dazzling pianist Seong-Jin Cho returns to the Benaroya Hall stage for a solo recital that showcases the Romantic sound worlds of Chopin, Schumann and more.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, AT 8PM
AN EVENING WITH LANG LANG IN RECITAL
Lang Lang piano
The inimitable Lang Lang returns to Seattle for a one-night-only solo engagement in the astounding acoustics of Benaroya Hall. In this program, he pairs classical piano repertoire from Mozart and Beethoven with the sounds of Spain.
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, AT 8PM
XIAN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 9
Xian Zhang conductor
Alicia Olatuja mezzo-soprano
Steven Mackey electric guitar
Toni Marie Palmertree soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano
SeokJong Baek tenor
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
STEVEN MACKEY RIOT
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
The ultimate symphony — Beethoven’s Ninth — featuring an all-star cast. Revolutionary, epic and at 200 years old, still as driven as Beethoven’s own sense of our shared destiny. He crowned this music with a song for humanity, hope and joy. Music Director Xian Zhang pairs it with Artist in Focus Steven Mackey’s RIOT, a work that places race and resilience in the foreground with words by Tracy K Smith — a celebration of perseverance and community.
Simon Trpčeski with the Seattle Symphony
Lang Lang
HOLIDAY SPECIALS
VARIOUS DAYS AND TIMES
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, AT 8PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, AT 8PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, AT 2PM
HOLIDAY POPS
Northwest Boychoir
THURSDAY DECEMBER 18, AT 7:30PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, AT 8PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, AT 2PM
HANDEL MESSIAH
Nicolas Ellis conductor
SEATTLE POPS SERIES
Stuart Chafetz conductor
Seattle Symphony
There’s no place like Benaroya Hall for the holidays! Seattle favorite Stuart Chafetz returns to Benaroya Hall to conduct this dazzling program full of popular holiday favorites and yuletide cheer.
Myriam Leblanc soprano
Andrew Haji tenor
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition. The exquisite choral writing and the wildly famous “Hallelujah” chorus — featuring the Seattle Symphony Chorale and a strong cast of vocal soloists alongside the orchestra — honor
Handel’s greatest work.
Handel’s Messiah is generously sponsored by Stephen Whyte in memory of Gwendolyn Jones Whyte.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, AT 7:30PM
A FESTIVAL OF LESSONS & CAROLS
Jacob Winkler conductor
Northwest Boychoir
Vocalpoint! Seattle
Northwest Sinfonia
The remarkably talented and endearing Northwest Boychoir returns to Benaroya Hall for a beloved tradition of lessons and carols. In this program, they present the story of the Nativity through readings, choral settings and audience carols.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, AT 9PM
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT & PARTY
Seattle Symphony
Dress to impress and join us at Benaroya Hall for one last concert to close out 2025! Directly following the concert, stay for our New Year’s Eve party with dancing, champagne and revelry in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby as we count down to midnight and ring in 2026 together.
Stuart Chafetz with the Seattle Symphony
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2025/2026 SEASON
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 13
OPENING NIGHT CONCERT & GALA
Xian Zhang conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano
Seattle Symphony
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Hymn for Everyone
GRIEG Piano Concerto
VERDI Overture to La Forza del Destino
SMETANA Šárka from Má vlast
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
SEPTEMBER 18 & 20
XIAN CONDUCTS
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Xian Zhang conductor
Sphinx Soloists
Ruben Rengel violin
Melissa White violin
Celia Hatton viola
Gabriel Cabezas cello
Seattle Symphony
MICHAEL ABELS Delights and Dances
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
OCTOBER
OCTOBER 2, 4 & 5
XIAN CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV
Xian Zhang conductor
Alexander Malofeev piano
Seattle Symphony
MELISSA DOUGLAS Awaken
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2
OCTOBER 3 & 4
THE BRASS: AROUND THE WORLD
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony brass quintet
OCTOBER 10, 11 & 12
Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
George Daugherty conductor
Seattle Symphony
OCTOBER 16 & 18
HANDEL MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS
Ivars Taurins conductor
Joseph Adam organ
Seattle Symphony
HANDEL Organ Concerto, Op. 7, No. 4
TELEMANN Wassermusik
HASSE Sinfonia in G minor
HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks
OCTOBER 18
PETER AND THE WOLF
Sunny Xia conductor
Seattle Symphony
OCTOBER 23 & 25
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A SEA SYMPHONY
Gemma New conductor
Gabriel Cabezas cello
Wendy Bryn Harmer soprano
Jarrett Ott baritone
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
GABRIELLA SMITH Lost Coast
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Sea Symphony
OCTOBER 24
GABRIELLA SMITH & GABRIEL CABEZAS
Gabriella Smith voice, synthesizers, electronics & percussion
Gabriel Cabezas electric cello
OCTOBER 29
PIANIST SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF IN RECITAL
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 4
FROM ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK TO BÉLA BARTÓK
Seattle Symphony musicians
DVOŘÁK Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 1 in A minor
NOVEMBER 6, 7 & 8
TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO
Sunny Xia conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Seattle Symphony
HOLMÈS La nuit et l’amour
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
NOVEMBER 11
PIANIST PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD IN RECITAL
NOVEMBER 13, 15 & 16
BEETHOVEN & BRUCKNER
David Danzmayr conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
Seattle Symphony
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4
NOVEMBER 14 OF LOVE.
Curtis Stewart violin & electronics
CURTIS STEWART of Love.
NOVEMBER 20 & 22
MACKEY SAXOPHONE CONCERTO
Lawrence Renes conductor
Timothy McAllister saxophone
David Gordon trumpet
Stefan Farkas English horn
Seattle Symphony
COPLAND Quiet City
STEVEN MACKEY Anemology: Concerto For Saxophone (Seattle Symphony Co-commission)
JOHN ADAMS Harmonielehre
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 6
THE SNOWMAN
Sunny Xia conductor
Seattle Symphony
DECEMBER 12 & 13
THE WINDS: WINTER WONDERLAND
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony wind quintet
DECEMBER 12, 13 & 14
HOLIDAY POPS
Stuart Chafetz conductor
Seattle Symphony
DECEMBER 18, 20 & 21
HANDEL MESSIAH
DECEMBER 22
A FESTIVAL OF LESSONS & CAROLS
DECEMBER 31
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT & PARTY
AT A GLANCE
JANUARY
JANUARY 8 & 10
BERNSTEIN & RACHMANINOV
Alevtina Ioffe conductor
Vadim Gluzman violin
Seattle Symphony
BARBER Intermezzo from Vanessa
BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3
JANUARY 20
AN EVENING WITH SEONG-JIN CHO IN RECITAL
JANUARY 29 & 31, FEBRUARY 1
THE KANNEH-MASONS PLAY BEETHOVEN
TRIPLE CONCERTO
Kahchun Wong conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Seattle Symphony
ARNOLD Peterloo Overture
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
JANUARY 30
AN EVENING WITH NICOLA BENEDETTI IN RECITAL
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 7
THE ORCHESTRA SWINGS
Sunny Xia conductor
Seattle Symphony
FEBRUARY 12, 14 & 15
XIAN CONDUCTS IRIS UNVEILED
Xian Zhang conductor
Meng Meng Peking opera singer
Yang Jin ( 杨瑾 ) pipa
Chang Jing zheng
Cathy Yang erhu
Seattle Symphony
QIGANG CHEN Iris Dévoilée (Iris Unveiled)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
FEBRUARY 19, 20 & 21
XIAN CONDUCTS
SCHUMANN & BEETHOVEN
Xian Zhang conductor
Jan Vogler cello
Seattle Symphony
NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA Primal Message
R. SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
FEBRUARY 27 & 28
THE STRINGS: TRAVEL THROUGH TIME
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony string quartet
FEBRUARY 27
MEMORY GAPS
Alex Weston piano
Cecilia Ruiz book & illustrations
Joshua William Gelb stagecraft & animation
Seattle Symphony musicians
ALEX WESTON Memory Gaps
MARCH
MARCH 5 & 7
BACH, BUSONI & BRAHMS
Daniele Rustioni conductor
Francesca Dego violin
Seattle Symphony
J.S. BACH Ricercare a 6 (orch. Webern)
BUSONI Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)
MARCH 8
PIANIST CONRAD TAO IN RECITAL
MARCH 10
FROM HEINRICH KAMINSKI
TO WILL LANGLIE MILETICH
Seattle Symphony musicians
WILL LANGLIE MILETICH Bully Mammoth
HEINRICH KAMINSKI Quartet for Piano, Clarinet, Viola & Cello
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major
MARCH 12, 13 & 14
LISZT & KODÁLY
Kevin John Edusei conductor
Haochen Zhang piano
Seattle Symphony
LISZT Les Préludes
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
KODÁLY Háry János Suite
MARCH 19 & 21
STRAVINSKY THE FIREBIRD
Andrew Litton conductor
Janai Brugger soprano
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
POULENC Stabat Mater
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1945)
MARCH 20
AN EVENING WITH LANG LANG IN RECITAL
MARCH 27
THE PIANO // RE-IMAGINED
Natalie Tenenbaum piano, voice & electronics
MARCH 27, 28 & 29
PEANUTS 75TH ANNIVERSARY
SYMPHONIC CONCERT
Seattle Symphony
APRIL
APRIL 7
FROM RUTH GIPPS TO VIVIAN FUNG
Seattle Symphony musicians
GIPPS Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio
HINDEMITH Morgenmusik
KEVIN DAY Ignition
VIVIAN FUNG Frenetic Memories for Clarinet and String Quartet
APRIL 9 & 11
RACHMANINOV SYMPHONIC DANCES
Peter Oundjian conductor
Svet Stoyanov percussion
Noah Geller violin
Seattle Symphony
JOAN TOWER Suite from Concerto for Orchestra
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS Double Concerto (Seattle Symphony Co-commission, West Coast Premiere)
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances
APRIL 16, 18 & 19
MENDELSSOHN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Tess Altiveros soprano
Sarah Larsen mezzo-soprano
Seattle Symphony Chorale, Upper Voices
Seattle Symphony
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine
MENDELSSOHN Three Motets, Op. 39 (arr. McGegan)
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
APRIL 23 & 25
XIAN CONDUCTS DANIIL TRIFONOV
Xian Zhang conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
Seattle Symphony
FAURÉ Pavane
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2
FRANCK Symphony in D minor
APRIL 24
THROUGH HER WINDOW: PART II
Mary Lynch VanderKolk oboe
Demarre McGill flute
Paige Roberts Molloy piano
APRIL 30, MAY 2 & 3
XIAN CONDUCTS MOZART
Xian Zhang conductor
Benjamin Lulich clarinet
Seattle Symphony
ROSSINI Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
MOZART Symphony No. 39
MAY
MAY 1 & 2
THE PERCUSSION: RHYTHMS OF THE WILD
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony percussion quartet
MAY 9
PHILHARMONIA FANTASTIQUE
Sunny Xia conductor
Seattle Symphony
SYMPHONIC SERIES IN RECITAL SERIES
SEATTLE POPS SERIES
OCTAVE 9 SERIES
CHAMBER SERIES
MAY 12
FROM ERIC EWAZEN
TO AMANDA HARBERG
Seattle Symphony musicians
AMANDA HARBERG Trio for Bassoon, Horn and Piano
ERIC EWAZEN Trio for Bassoon, Horn and Piano
BRAHMS String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
MAY 28, 29, 30 & 31
XIAN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN
Xian Zhang conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
Seattle Symphony
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
JUNE
JUNE 5, 6 & 7
LET’S MISBEHAVE: THE SONGS OF COLE PORTER
Stuart Chafetz conductor
Tony DeSare piano & vocals
Aubrey Logan trombone & vocals
John Manzari tap dance & vocals
Seattle Symphony
JUNE 11 & 13
XIAN CONDUCTS MAHLER 7
Xian Zhang conductor
Seattle Symphony
MAHLER Symphony No. 7
JUNE 12
THE MUSIC OF JEROD IMPICHCH A ACHAAHA' TATE
Jerod Impichchaachaahaʹ Tate narration
Seattle Symphony musicians
JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHAʹ TATE
Talowaʹ Hiloha (Thunder Song)
MoonStrike
Dream World
Abitahántaʹ: The Hunter Who Was Not So Great
JUNE 12 & 13
TINY ORCHESTRA: ALL TOGETHER NOW!
John Turman host
Seattle Symphony musicians
TINY TOTS SERIES
FAMILY CONCERTS SERIES
SPECIALS
HOLIDAY SPECIALS
JUNE 18, 19, 20 & 21
XIAN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 9
Xian Zhang conductor
Alicia Olatuja mezzo-soprano
Steven Mackey electric guitar
Toni Marie Palmertree soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano
SeokJong Baek tenor
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
STEVEN MACKEY RIOT
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
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Photos:
Brandon Patoc: pp. 4–5, 26, 34, 37
Carlin Ma: front cover, pp. 2–3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18–19, 29, 30–31, 33, 37
Everything Time Studio: p. 37
Karya Schanilec: p. 9
James Holt: p. 24
Jonathan Pendleton: 11, 32, 34, 35
Add-on concerts
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