Classical, June 2025-June 2026

BRANTLEY GUTIERREZ

Conrad Tao will perform with New Jersey Symphony in Morristown, June 5; Princeton, June 6; Red Bank, June 7; and Newark, June 8.

June 5: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

June 6: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

June 7: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.
June 7: Renée Fleming at Princeton Festival at Morven Museum & Garden. With the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov.

June 7-8: Harmonium Choral Society at Morristown United Methodist Church. Program includes Melissa Dunphy’s American Dreamers and works by Saunder Choi, Elizabeth Alexander and others.

June 8: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

June 12: Tessa Lark, violin, at Princeton Festival at Trinity Church. Works by Ysaÿe, Telemann, Bach and others.

June 13, 15 and 17: Puccini’s “Tosca” at Princeton Festival at Morven Museum & Garden. Sung in Italian with English titles. Cast includes Toni Marie Palmertree as Tosca, Victor Starsky as Cavaradossi, Luis Ledesma as Scarpia and others. Score performed by Princeton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rossen Milanov.

June 14: The Balourdet Quartet, Back Deck series at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
June 14: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Mt. Pleasant Middle School, Livingston.

June 18: New Jersey Symphony at Marine Park, Red Bank. Gregory D. McDaniel, conductor. Program includes Overture to The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “Silk Hat and a Walking Cane” from Dances in the Canebrakes, by Florence Price; Romanian Folk Dances, by Béla Bartók; Overture to William Tell, by Gioachino Rossini; Carousel Waltz, by Richard Rodgers; Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer), by Duke Ellington; Satchmo! (arr. Ricketts), by various composers; Highlights from Wicked (arr. Ricketts), by Stephen Schwartz; and Armed Forces Salute (arr. Lowden), by various composers. Part of North to Shore Festival.
June 18: The Sebastians at Princeton Festival at Trinity Church. Baroque ensemble. Program includes works by Corelli, Telemann, Vivaldi, Galuppi and Handel.

June 20: “Viva Vivaldi!” at Princeton Festival at Morven Museum & Garden. Featuring Daniel Rowland, violin and conductor; Maja Bogdanović, cello; and Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Program includes works by Vivaldi, Osvaldo Golijov and Max Richter.

June 21: New Jersey Symphony at Giralda Music & Arts Festival at Giralda Farms, Madison. Gregory D. McDaniel, conductor. Program includes Overture to The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “Silk Hat and a Walking Cane” from Dances in the Canebrakes, by Florence Price; Romanian Folk Dances, by Béla Bartók; Overture to William Tell, by Gioachino Rossini; Carousel Waltz, by Richard Rodgers; Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer), by Duke Ellington; Satchmo! (arr. Ricketts), by various composers; Highlights from Wicked (arr. Ricketts), by Stephen Schwartz; and Armed Forces Salute (arr. Lowden), by various composers.

June 22: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.
June 22: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison. Program includes music by Beethoven and Haydn.

June 24: New Jersey Symphony at Ocean County College, Toms River. Gregory D. McDaniel, conductor. Program includes Overture to The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “Silk Hat and a Walking Cane” from Dances in the Canebrakes, by Florence Price; Romanian Folk Dances, by Béla Bartók; Overture to William Tell, by Gioachino Rossini; Carousel Waltz, by Richard Rodgers; Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer), by Duke Ellington; Satchmo! (arr. Ricketts), by various composers; Highlights from Wicked (arr. Ricketts), by Stephen Schwartz; and Armed Forces Salute (arr. Lowden), by various composers.

June 25: New Jersey Symphony at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park, South Amboy. Gregory D. McDaniel, conductor. Program includes Overture to The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “Silk Hat and a Walking Cane” from Dances in the Canebrakes, by Florence Price; Romanian Folk Dances, by Béla Bartók; Overture to William Tell, by Gioachino Rossini; Carousel Waltz, by Richard Rodgers; Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer), by Duke Ellington; Satchmo! (arr. Ricketts), by various composers; Highlights from Wicked (arr. Ricketts), by Stephen Schwartz; and Armed Forces Salute (arr. Lowden), by various composers.

June 27: New Jersey Symphony at Branch Brook Park, Newark. Gregory D. McDaniel, conductor. Program includes Overture to The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “Silk Hat and a Walking Cane” from Dances in the Canebrakes, by Florence Price; Romanian Folk Dances, by Béla Bartók; Overture to William Tell, by Gioachino Rossini; Carousel Waltz, by Richard Rodgers; Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer), by Duke Ellington; Satchmo! (arr. Ricketts), by various composers; Highlights from Wicked (arr. Ricketts), by Stephen Schwartz; and Armed Forces Salute (arr. Lowden), by various composers. Part of North to Shore Festival.

June 29: New Jersey Symphony at Liberty State Park, Jersey City. Gregory D. McDaniel, conductor. Program includes Overture to The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “Silk Hat and a Walking Cane” from Dances in the Canebrakes, by Florence Price; Romanian Folk Dances, by Béla Bartók; Overture to William Tell, by Gioachino Rossini; Carousel Waltz, by Richard Rodgers; Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer), by Duke Ellington; Satchmo! (arr. Ricketts), by various composers; Highlights from Wicked (arr. Ricketts), by Stephen Schwartz; and Armed Forces Salute (arr. Lowden), by various composers.

July 9: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Preview Concert” at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Gregory D. McDaniel, conductor. Program will include Selection from Symphony No. 5, by Ludwig van Beethoven; Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Pavane, by Gabriel Fauré; The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), by Felix Mendelssohn; Romanian Folk Dances, by Béla Bartók; and Finlandia, by Jean Sibelius.

July 10: Frisson Winds, Back Deck series at Morris Museum, Morris Township. Program will include music by Mozart, Gershwin, Scott Joplin and others.

July 11-13: “The Pirates of Penzance,” presented by Light Opera of New Jersey at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.

July 19: “New Scores: The Cone Composition Institute Concert” featuring New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Christopher Rountree, conductor; Steven Mackey, host. Program will include Agita, by Claire Cope; Kairosclerosis, by Max Eidinoff; Fractured Transformations, by Hannah Ishizaki; as the garden bows, by Nicole Knorr; and Tonic, by Steven Mackey.

Aug. 3: Andrew Blanch, guitar, and Maria Eugenia Nieva, mezzo-soprano at Grace Church. “Spanish Romance” program features works by Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Gardel, Isaac Albéniz and others.

Aug. 7: Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Back Deck series at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Aug. 8: Bizet’s “Carmen” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Part of New Jersey Lyric Opera’s Summer Opera Festival.

Aug. 9, 2 p.m.: Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Part of New Jersey Lyric Opera’s Summer Opera Festival.

Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m.: Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Part of New Jersey Lyric Opera’s Summer Opera Festival.

Aug. 10: Puccini’s “La Bohème” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Part of New Jersey Lyric Opera’s Summer Opera Festival.

Aug. 23: Tesla Quartet, Back Deck series at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Sept. 11: Black Oak Ensemble, Back Deck series at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Sept. 25: Takács String Quartet with Jordan Bak, viola, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515, and String Quintet No.4 in G Minor, K.516.

Sept. 30: Abel Selaocoe, cello, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes new works by Michel van der Aa and Ben Nobuto, and more.

Oct. 5: TwoSet Violin with New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Oct. 10 and 12: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Opening: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Joyce Yang, piano. Program also includes Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8.

Oct. 11: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Opening: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Joyce Yang, piano. Program also includes Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8.

Oct. 19: Capitol Philharmonic at New Jersey State Museum Theater, Trenton. Vinroy D. Brown, Jr., and Ruth Ochs, conductors; Heather Hill, soprano; Keith Spencer, baritone; Westminster Symphonic Choir (Donald Nally, director). Program includes Joan Tower’s Made in America; Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America; George Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess.

Oct. 23: New Jersey Symphony, “Fantasia in Concert” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor. Program includes music heard in “Fantasia” (1940) and “Fantasia 2000” (1999), accompanied by footage from the films.
Oct. 23: Belcea String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”; a new work by Brett Dean composed for the Belcea Quartet; and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135.

Oct. 25: New Jersey Symphony, “Fantasia in Concert” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor. Program includes music heard in “Fantasia” (1940) and “Fantasia 2000” (1999), accompanied by footage from the films.

Oct. 25-26: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Aubree Oliverson, violin. Program includes Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orpheus’ Comet; Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53; Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 (orch. Arnold Schoenberg).

Oct. 26: New Jersey Symphony, “Fantasia in Concert” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor. Program includes music heard in “Fantasia” (1940) and “Fantasia 2000” (1999), accompanied by footage from the films.

Nov. 2: Richardson Chamber Players at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Nov. 5: Kyung Wha Chung, violin, with Kevin Kenner, piano at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Program includes Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, L. 140; Franz Schubert’s Fantasie in C Major for Violin and Piano, D. 934 interval; Arnold Schoenberg’s Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47; César Franck’s Violin Sonata in A Major.

Nov. 6: Paul Lewis, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515, and String Quintet No.4 in G Minor, K.516. Program includes Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1; Thomas Larcher’s Piano Sonata (new commission); Schubert’s Piano Sonata No.21 in B-flat Major, D. 960.

Nov. 6 and 8: New Jersey Symphony, “Rhapsody in Blue” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Tito Muñoz, conductor; Michelle Cann, piano. Program includes Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement; George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; Carlos Simon’s Zodiac (Northeast premiere; New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid.

Nov. 7: New Jersey Symphony, “Rhapsody in Blue” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Tito Muñoz, conductor; Michelle Cann, piano. Program includes Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement; George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; Carlos Simon’s Zodiac (Northeast premiere; New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid.

Nov. 8-9: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Maxim Lando, piano. Program includes Gioachino Rossini’s Overture to L’italiana in Algeri; Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian”; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44.

Nov. 9: New Jersey Symphony, “Rhapsody in Blue” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Tito Muñoz, conductor; Michelle Cann, piano. Program includes Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement; George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; Carlos Simon’s Zodiac (Northeast premiere; New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid.

Nov. 13: Ruckus Early Music Band with Emi Ferguson, flute, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program features new arrangements of Bach’s flute sonatas and keyboard works.

Nov. 15: Bizet’s “Carmen” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Dec. 3: Peter Sellars, “Mourning Through Music” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes conversation plus live performances. Part of the Music & Healing series.

Dec. 10: Théo Ould, accordion, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes works by Bach, Piazzolla, Bartók, Villa-Lobos, Rameau and others.

Dec. 13: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. John Devlin, conductor; Princeton High School Choir (Vincent Metallo, director). Holiday Pops! program.

Dec. 19: New Jersey Symphony, “Holiday Singalong” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Sing-along of songs and carols with the Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).

Dec. 19-20: New Jersey Symphony, “Handel’s Messiah” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Anthony Parnther, conductor; Caitlin Gotimer, soprano; Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano; Orson Van Gay II, tenor; Shyheim Selvan Hinnant, bass-baritone; Montclair University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).

Dec. 21: New Jersey Symphony, “Handel’s Messiah” at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark. Anthony Parnther, conductor; Caitlin Gotimer, soprano; Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano; Orson Van Gay II, tenor; Shyheim Selvan Hinnant, bass-baritone; Montclair University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).

Jan. 8: New Jersey Symphony, “Randall Goosby Returns” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin. Program includes Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, “Ukrainian.”

Jan. 9: New Jersey Symphony, “Randall Goosby Returns” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin. Program includes Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, “Ukrainian.”

Jan. 10: New Jersey Symphony, “Randall Goosby Returns” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin. Program includes Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, “Ukrainian.”

Jan. 10-11: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Bella Hristova, violin. Program includes Andreia Pinto Correia’s Ciprés; Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10.

Jan. 11: New Jersey Symphony, “Randall Goosby Returns” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin. Program includes Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, “Ukrainian.”

Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 1: New Jersey Symphony, “Romeo & Juliet” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (performing excerpts from play). Program includes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Sergei Prokofiev’s Selections from Romeo and Juliet.

Jan. 31: New Jersey Symphony, “Romeo & Juliet” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (performing excerpts from play). Program includes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Sergei Prokofiev’s Selections from Romeo and Juliet.

Feb. 5: Benjamin Bernheim, tenor, and Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes works by Henri Duparc, Ernest Chausson, Frederic Mompou, Alberto Ginastera, Giacomo Puccini, Joseph Kosma, Charles Trenet and Jacques Brel.

Feb. 6: Emanuel Ax, piano at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Feb. 7: New Jersey Symphony, “Lunar New Year Celebration Concert” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Sunny Xia, conductor; Haochen Zhang, piano; Peking University Alumni Chorus. Program TBA.

Feb. 7-8: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Kenneth Bean, conductor; Michelle Cann, piano. Program includes Jessie Montgomery’s Records from a Vanishing City; Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36.

Feb. 12: Marmen String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Haydn’s String Quartet in B-flat Major Op. 76, No. 4 “Sunrise”; Cassandra Miller’s Leaving (2011); Bartók’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor; Debussy’s String Quartet.

Feb. 22: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano, and Time for Three (violinists Nick Kendall and Charles Yang and bassist Ranaan Meyer) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Kevin Puts’ Emily — No Prisoner Be (semi-staged song cycle written for DiDonato and Time for Three based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson).

Feb. 26: New Jersey Symphony, “Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Markus Stenz, conductor. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin. Kevin Puts’ Contact (performed by Time for Three); Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

Feb. 27 and March 1: New Jersey Symphony, “Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Markus Stenz, conductor. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin. Kevin Puts’ Contact (performed by Time for Three); Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

March 1: Castalian String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No.2 “Intimate Letters”; Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3.

March 7-8: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord; Aubry Ballarò, soprano; Nicholas Nestorak, tenor; Joseph Barron, bass. Program includes Viet Cuong’s Extra(ordinarily) Fancy; Julian Grant’s Vaudeville in Teal for harpsichord and small orchestra (world premiere); Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella.

March 12: New Jersey Symphony, “Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Eva Gevorgyan, piano. Program includes Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Concerto for Orchestra; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

March 13: New Jersey Symphony, “Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Eva Gevorgyan, piano. Program includes Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Concerto for Orchestra; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

March 14: New Jersey Symphony, “Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Eva Gevorgyan, piano. Program includes Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Concerto for Orchestra; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

March 15: New Jersey Symphony, “Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Eva Gevorgyan, piano. Program includes Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Concerto for Orchestra; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

March 19: Tabea Zimmermann, viola, and Javier Perianes, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke Op. 73; Johannes Brahms’ Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2; Benjamin Britten’s Lachrymae, Op. 48; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147.

March 26: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin, with Princeton University Chapel Choir and Richardson Chamber Players at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Dies Irae (multimedia work conceived by Kopatchinskaja usings music by Giacinto Scelsi, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, George Crumb, Jimi Hendrix, Antonio Lotti, John Dowland and Galina Ustvolskaya.

March 27-28: New Jersey Symphony, “Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Juan Esteban Martinez, clarinet. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 and Clarinet Concerto; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral.”

March 29: New Jersey Symphony, “Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Juan Esteban Martinez, clarinet. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 and Clarinet Concerto; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral.”

April 8, 2026: Ébène String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421; Ravel’s String Quartet; Brahms’ String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2.

April 10 and 12: New Jersey Symphony, “Xian Conducts Prokofiev & Strauss” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Francesca Dego, violin. Program includes Anton Webern’s Im Sommerwind; Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2; Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben.

April 11: New Jersey Symphony, “Xian Conducts Prokofiev & Strauss” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Francesca Dego, violin. Program includes Anton Webern’s Im Sommerwind; Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2; Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben.

April 16 and 18: New Jersey Symphony, “Mozart’s Requiem” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Mei Gui Zhang, soprano; Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano; Eric Ferring, tenor; Dashon Burton, bass-baritone; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane; Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem.

April 18-19: Steven Mackey at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Performers include arx (percussionists Mari Yoshinaga and Garrett Arney); narrator Natalie Christa Rakes. Program includes Mackey’s “Memoir.”

April 19: New Jersey Symphony, “Mozart’s Requiem” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor; Mei Gui Zhang, soprano; Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano; Eric Ferring, tenor; Dashon Burton, bass-baritone; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane; Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem.

April 23: Australian Chamber Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Franz Schubert’s “Quartettsatz” in C Minor, D. 703; a new work by John Luther Adams; Ralph Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending; Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12.

April 29, 2026: Lisa Batiashvili, violin, “Sounding Defiance: Georgia & Ukraine” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Conversation with music (also featuring pianist Giorgi Gigashvili). Part of Music & Healing series.

April 30, 2026: Lisa Batiashvili, violin, and Girogi Gigashvili, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3; Bartók’s Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz.75; a new work by Josef Bardanashvili; Franck’s Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano.

May 9-10, 2026: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Maja Bogdanović, cello. Program includes Aaron Copland’s Letter From Home; Camille Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33. Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100.

May 14 and 16, 2026: New Jersey Symphony, “Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ ” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) and Symphony No. 4, “Italian”; Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.

May 15, 2026: New Jersey Symphony, “Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ ” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) and Symphony No. 4, “Italian”; Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.

May 17, 2026: New Jersey Symphony, “Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ ” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) and Symphony No. 4, “Italian”; Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.

June 4, 2026: 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, 2026: 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, 2026: 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 7, 2026: 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.

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