The Berner Symphonieorchester has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances.

Alevtina Ioffe conducts the Openair concert with Kiandra Howarth and Andeka Gorrotxategi in a program of music by Verdi, Puccini, Lara, Giménez, Bernstein, Ravel, and Humperdinck.

Performance Date: August 23, 2025

Krzysztof Urbański conducts an evening featuring music by Connesson, Morley, Debussy, Ligeti, and Ticheli. The Karol Szymanowski Quartett and Chor der Bühnen Bern perform.

Performance Dates: Nov. 27 & 28, 2025

Krzysztof Urbański conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Sarah Brady, Evgenia Asanova, Julian Hubbard, and Jonathan McGovern.

Performance Dates: Jan. 1 & 2, 2026

Aivis Greters and Claude Eichenberger team up for Alma Mahler, Strauss, and Zemlinsky.

Performance Dates: March 5 & 6, 2026

Alevtina Ioffe conducts Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Requiem with Diana Tishchenko, Regula Mühlemann, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Ian Matthew Castro, and William Meinert.

Performance Dates: March 26 & 27, 2026