Classical, June 2026-June 2027

Emanuel Ax will perform with New Jersey Symphony in New Brunswick, June 4; Princeton, June 5; Red Bank, June 6; and Newark, June 7.

June 4: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Program includes a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22; Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.

June 5: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Program includes a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22; Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.

June 6: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Program includes a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22; Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
June 6: Princeton Festival Opening Weekend Celebration at Morven Museum & Garden. With Princeton Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Rossen Milanov), soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, tenor Victor Starsky.
June 6: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Heritage Middle School, Livingston. “Pictures” program includes Stephen Paulus’ Voices From the Gallery; Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre; Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

June 6-7: Harmonium Choral Society at Morristown United Methodist Church. “Ride the Storm” program.

June 7: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Program includes a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22; Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
June 7: Orion Weiss, piano, Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. Program includes Grieg’s Two Improvisations on Norwegian Folk songs, op. 29; Dvořák’s Theme and Variations, op. 36 (1878) Dvorak; Tchaikovsky’s Grande Sonata in G major, op. 37.
June 7: Youth Performance Festival, presented by Ringwood Friends of Music at Community Presbyterian Church, Ringwood.

June 9: The Sebastians at Trinity Church, Princeton. Program features Bach cantatas. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 11: Telegraph Quartet (program includes works by Claude Debussy, Eleanor Alberga and Jerome Kern), Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
June 11: Twelfth Night at Trinity Church, Princeton. Program includes Handel’s Aminta e Fillide, HWV 83. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 12 and 14: Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 14: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison. “Many Mozarts” program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 (featuring Ron Levy) and works by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Joseph Martin Kraus, Leopold Mozart. Peter Toth, piano. “Bach and Friends” program includes music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons and friends.

June 18: Time for Three at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. Ranaan Meyer, double bass and vocals; Nick Kendall, violin and vocals; Charles Yang, violin and vocals. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 21: Princeton Symphony Orchestra featuring singer Julie Benko at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. Rossen Milanov, conductor. “American Fanfare” program. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 22: Max Richter at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

June 24: Masterwork Chorus, “Summer Sings” at Chatham United Methodist Church. Martin Sedek, conductor. Program includes Mozart’s Requiem.

June 25: “America 250: A Four-Hand Piano Celebration” featuring Madalina Danila and Hugh Sung at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. Program includes music by Gershwin, Copland and Bernstein.

July 2: Imperial Brass at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 5: Monica Ziglar, soprano, Songs on a Summer Afternoon series at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

July 8: Masterwork Chorus, “Summer Sings” at Chatham United Methodist Church. Sándor Szabó, conductor. Program includes Hayden’s Lord Nelson Mass.

July 9: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (program includes Robert Butts’ Lafayette Suite and works by Haydn, Handel, Mozart, William Billings and others), Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
July 9: “Horn-Pipes Celebrity Classics” featuring Joseph Alessi, trombone, and Gordon Turk, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 11: ArcoStrum (program includes music by Antonio Vivaldo, Astor Piazzolla, Polyphia, John Williams, Zhihui Li and others), Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

July 11-12: Gilbert & Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore,” presented by Light Opera of New Jersey at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.

July 12: Ronald Naldi, tenor, Songs on a Summer Afternoon series at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

July 15: Masterwork Chorus, “Summer Sings” at Chatham United Methodist Church. Anne Matlack, conductor. Program includes Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.

July 16: Solisti Ensemble, “Summer Serenade” at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 18: Ocean Grove Choir Festival at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 22: Masterwork Chorus, “Summer Sings” at Chatham United Methodist Church. Chris Shepard, conductor. Program includes Handel’s Judas Maccabeus.

July 23: Frances Duffy, harp, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. “Rhapsodic Splendor” program includes Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro.

July 25: Orpheus Chamber Players (program includes music by Mozart and Dohnanyi), Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

July 26: Laura Zahn, mezzo-soprano, Songs on a Summer Afternoon series at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

July 29: Masterwork Chorus, “Summer Sings” at Chatham United Methodist Church. Stephen Sands, conductor. Program includes Beethoven’s Mass in C.

July 30: Gordon Turk, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. “The King of Instruments” program.

Aug. 2: Great Auditorium Quartet at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. Songs on a Summer Afternoon series.

Aug. 6: Gordon Turk, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. “Bach-Fest” program.

Aug. 9: Justin Beck, bass, Songs on a Summer Afternoon series at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 13: Gordon Turk, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. “Tour de France” program.

Aug. 15: Tri-County Symphonic Band, Music in the Park at Rotary Park, Cape May.

Aug. 20: Eddie Zheng, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 23: MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra, annual Sacred Masterworks Concert at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. Jason Tramm, conductor; Great Auditorium Choir and Solo Quartet; Gordon Turk, organ. “Echoes of Eternity” program includes Mozart’s Requiem; Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass.

Aug. 24: John Walter Cape Community Band, Music in the Park at Rotary Park, Cape May.

Aug. 27: Gordon Turk, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. “Summer Faves” program.
Aug. 27: South Jersey Pops Orchestra, Twilight Concert Series at Jack Curtis Stadium, Cooper River Park, Pennsauken.

Sept. 3: Orpheus Chamber Players (“Night Revels” program includes music by Antonin Dvořák, Ludwig van Beethoven, Valerie Coleman, Paquito D’Rivera and others), Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Sept. 6: The Wind Symphony, Music in the Park at Rotary Park, Cape May.

Oct. 1: Brentano String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Haydn’s String Quartet in F-Major, Op. 50, No. 5 “The Dream”; Pēteris Vasks’
Meditation from Quartet No. 4; Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2.

Oct. 17-18: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Dmitry Shishkin, piano. Program includes Joan Tower’s Suite from Concerto for Orchestra; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.

Oct. 23: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Season Opening: Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ & Schubert’s ‘Great.’ ” Xian Zhang, conductor; George Li, piano. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C Major, ‘The Great.”

Oct. 24: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Season Opening: Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ & Schubert’s ‘Great.’ ” Xian Zhang, conductor; George Li, piano. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C Major, ‘The Great.”

Oct. 25: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Season Opening: Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ & Schubert’s ‘Great.’ ” Xian Zhang, conductor; George Li, piano. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C Major, ‘The Great.”
Oct. 25: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey at Patriots Theater at War Memorial, Trenton. Sebastian Grand, conductor. Program includes Oh God … Beautiful Machine by Vince di Mura and Yusef Komunyakaa.

Oct. 27: Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano, with Sean Shibe, guitar, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Schubert, Dowland, Bob Dylan, Thomas Adès, Laurie Anderson, Sasha Scott, Cassandra Miller, Linda Catlin-Smith, Nahre Sol.

Nov. 1: “Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen: In Conversation & Performance,” Music & Healing Series at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Nov. 5: Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, with Alexandre Tharaud, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Francis Poulenc, Johannes Brahms, Alban Berg, Franz Schubert, Benjamin Britten, J.S. Bach, Marin Marais, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré.

Nov. 7: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey.” Rick Steves, host. Program includes A Symphonic Journey accompanied by high-definition cinematography.

Nov. 8: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey.” Rick Steves, host. Program includes A Symphonic Journey accompanied by high-definition cinematography.

Nov. 12: Double Sens Orchestra, featuring and led by violinist Nemanja Radulović, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”), arr. Radulović; J.S. Bach’s Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004; Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade, Op. 35.

Nov. 14-15: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Simone Porter, violin. Program includes Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Overture in C; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5; Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 88.

Nov. 15: Opera (TBA) at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Nov. 19 and 22: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.” Eric Jacobsen, conductor; Christian McBride, double bass; Chris Komer, horn. Program includes Claude Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; George Duke’s Dark Wood: Bass Concerto for McBride; Christian McBride’s Fried Bacon; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.

Nov. 21: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.” Eric Jacobsen, conductor; Christian McBride, double bass; Chris Komer, horn. Program includes Claude Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; George Duke’s Dark Wood: Bass Concerto for McBride; Christian McBride’s Fried Bacon; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.

Dec. 3: Asmik Grigorian, soprano, with Lukas Geniušas, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Tchaikovsky and Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.

Dec. 9: Tony Siqi Yun, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. J.S. Bach/Busoni’s Prelude “Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ,” BWV 639; Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90; Franz Liszt’s “Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude” from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: J.S. Bach/s Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (arr. Busoni).

Dec. 18: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Handel’s Messiah.” Kedrick Armstrong conductor; Jessica Rivera soprano; Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano; Martin Bakari tenor; Adam Lau bass-baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.

Dec. 20: New Jersey Symphony at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark. “Handel’s Messiah.” Kedrick Armstrong conductor; Jessica Rivera soprano; Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano; Martin Bakari tenor; Adam Lau bass-baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.

Jan. 8: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Mozart & Ravel.” Valentina Peleggi, conductor; Blake Pouliot, violin. Program includes Anna Clyne’s Masquerade; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”; Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite; Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

Jan. 9: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Mozart & Ravel.” Valentina Peleggi, conductor; Blake Pouliot, violin. Program includes Anna Clyne’s Masquerade; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”; Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite; Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

Jan. 10: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Mozart & Ravel.” Valentina Peleggi, conductor; Blake Pouliot, violin. Program includes Anna Clyne’s Masquerade; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”; Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite; Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

Jan. 22-23: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Alexander Zemlinsky’s The Mermaid.

Jan. 23-24: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Christine Goerke, soprano. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder; more.

Jan. 24: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Alexander Zemlinsky’s The Mermaid.Stephen Hough, PianoStephen Hough, PianoS

Jan. 28: Stephen Hough, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Schubert, Brahms, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Beethoven, Schumann, Richard Sherman/Stephen Hough.

Jan. 30: New Jersey Symphony, “2027 Lunar New Year Celebration” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Naomi Woo, conductor; Sophia Liu, piano. Program TBA.

Feb. 3: Junction Trio (Stefan Jackiw, violin; Jay Campbell, cello; Conrad Tao, piano) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 63; and a new work by Andrew Norman co-commissioned by Princeton University Concerts.

Feb. 10: Danish String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Gabriella Smith’s Carrot Revolution; Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Major, Op. 142 (arr. Danish String Quartet); Nordic Folk Music.

Feb. 13-14: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Joshua Roman, cello. Program includes Michael Abels’ Liquify; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1; Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird: Suite (1919).

Feb. 18: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Gil Shaham Plays Dvorák.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Program includes Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3; Antonín Dvorák’s Violin Concerto and Carnival Overture.

Feb. 20: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Gil Shaham Plays Dvorák.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Program includes Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3; Antonín Dvorák’s Violin Concerto and Carnival Overture.

Feb. 21: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Gil Shaham Plays Dvorák.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Program includes Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3; Antonín Dvorák’s Violin Concerto and Carnival Overture.

March 3: Isabelle Faust, violin, with Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by J.S. Bach, Johann Jakob Froberger, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.

March 6-7: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. John Devlin, conductor; Maxim Lando, piano. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave); Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”; Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1.

March 11: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. ;“Joshua Bell Leads Beethoven.” Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 7.

March 12: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Joshua Bell Leads Beethoven.” Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 7.

March 13-14: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Joshua Bell Leads Beethoven.” Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 7.

March 19: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.” Christoph König, conductor; Gabriel Cabezas, cello. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Cello Concerto (East Coast Premiere; New Jersey Symphony Commission); Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.

March 20: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.” Christoph König, conductor; Gabriel Cabezas, cello. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Cello Concerto (East Coast Premiere; New Jersey Symphony Commission); Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.

March 21: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.” Christoph König, conductor; Gabriel Cabezas, cello. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Cello Concerto (East Coast Premiere; New Jersey Symphony Commission); Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.

March 31: Ébène String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18; String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18; and String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127.

April 1 and 4: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Xian Zhang Conducts Mozart.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gregory LaRosa, timpani. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 and Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”; Joseph Pereira’s Timpani Concerto.

April 15 and 17: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Neruda Songs and Poulenc’s Gloria.” Ludovic Morlot conductor; Liv Redpath soprano; J’Nai Bridges mezzo-soprano; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs; Francis Poulenc’s Gloria; Maurice Ravel’s Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé.

April 18: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Neruda Songs and Poulenc’s Gloria.” Ludovic Morlot conductor; Liv Redpath soprano; J’Nai Bridges mezzo-soprano; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs; Francis Poulenc’s Gloria; Maurice Ravel’s Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé.

April 26: Hilary Hahn, violin, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, Benjamin Grosvenor, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Beethoven’s Seven Variations in E-flat Major for Cello and Piano on Mozart’s “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen,” WoO 46; Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2; and Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2.

April 29: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano. Program includes Jean Sibelius’s Karelia Overture; Gabriela Montero’s Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

April 30 and May 2: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano. Program includes Jean Sibelius’s Karelia Overture; Gabriela Montero’s Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

May 1, 2027: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano. Program includes Jean Sibelius’s Karelia Overture; Gabriela Montero’s Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

May 8-9, 2027: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” with Westminster Symphonic Choir.

May 11, 2027: Mitsuko Uchida, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Haydn’s Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6; Schoenberg’s Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19; Mozart’s Rondo in A Minor, K. 511; Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 22 in A Major, D. 959.

May 14, 2027: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Xian Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky.” Xian Zhang, conductor. Program includes Steven Mackey’s Concerto for Orchestra (East Coast Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.

May 15, 2027: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Xian Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky.” Xian Zhang, conductor. Program includes Steven Mackey’s Concerto for Orchestra (East Coast Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.

May 16, 2027: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Xian Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky.” Xian Zhang, conductor. Program includes Steven Mackey’s Concerto for Orchestra (East Coast Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.

June 10 and 13, 2027: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Season Finale: Ravel’s Boléro with Xian Zhang.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar. Program includes Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide; Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez; Alberto Ginastera’s Four Dances from Estancia; Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.

June 11, 2027: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Season Finale: Ravel’s Boléro with Xian Zhang.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar. Program includes Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide; Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez; Alberto Ginastera’s Four Dances from Estancia; Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.

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