Joyce DiDonato, Ying Fang & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Hightlight Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

The Philadephia Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts Handel’s Messiah with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir. Performance Dates: Dec. 12-14, 2025 Dalia Stasevska conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Joélle Harvey. The concert also includes violinist Augustin Hadelich and such pieces as Adams’ “Short Ride in a Fast {…}

Dec 5, 2024

iSING! Festival 2024 Review: Mason Bates’s ‘Spring River Flowers by Moonlight’

For the first generation of singers who traveled to China in 2011, I SING BEIJING was something new and adventurous, but also a bit of a lark. That has changed over the intervening years. On November 2, 2024, the iSING! Festival, as it is now known, and the Philadelphia Orchestra performed under the baton of Marin Alsop at Beijing’s National {…}

Oct 31, 2024

The Philadelphia Orchestra to Tour China For First Time Since 2019

The Philadelphia Orchestra is set to tour through China starting on Oct. 31 through Nov. 10, 2024. The organization, which last toured China in 2019, will make stops in Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu, and Haikou throughout the trip. Leading the tour will be newly appointed Guest Conductor Marin Alsop. “The Philadelphia Orchestra’s journeys to China demonstrate a belief in the possibility {…}

May 17, 2024

Philadelphia Orchestra Announces Free Pride Celebration at Marian Anderson Hall

The Philadelphia Orchestra is set to present a free Pride Celebration concert on June 25, 024 at Marian Anderson Hall. The event will be conducted by Marin Alsop and hosted by Sapphira Cristál. It features the ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir, the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Philadelphia Voices of Pride. The program includes music by LGBTQ+ composers and allies {…}

Feb 28, 2024

Philadelphia Orchestra to Rename Verizon Hall to Marian Anderson Hall

The Philadelphia Orchestra President and CEO Matías Tarnopolsky and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin has announced that Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will be rededicated as Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the legendary contralto, civil rights icon, and Philadelphian. The news was announced on the day after what would have been Anderson’s 127th {…}

Jan 18, 2024

Joyce DiDonato, Leah Hawkins, Joshua Hopkins & Nina Stemme Lead Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Joyce DiDonato as the featured soloist. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-5, 2024 Riccardo Muti conducts Verdi’s Requiem with soloists Juliana Grigoryan, Isabel De Paoli, Giovanni Sala, and Maharram Huseynov. Performance Dates: Oct. 24-26, {…}

Jan 9, 2024

Marin Alsop Named Principal Guest Conductor of Philadelphia Orchestra

Marin Alsop has been appointed as Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra for a three-year term beginning in the 2024–25 season. Alsop will lead the orchestra in multiple subscription concerts, special events, annual summer residencies, and national and international tours, starting with a tour of China in 2024. In a statement, Alsop said, “Working with the incredible musicians of {…}

Oct 23, 2023

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Ratify New Contract

The Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra have voted to approve a historic three-year collective bargaining agreement. The new contract comes six weeks after the expiration of the musicians’ prior contract and violinists Dara Morales and William Polk, Bassists David Fay and Nate West, flutist Olivia Staton, and bassoonist Holly Blake served on the negotiating committee, with support from the American Federation {…}

Oct 1, 2023

Philadelphia Orchestra Rejects Second ‘Final Offer’

The musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra voted overwhelmingly to reject their management’s second “final offer” on Sept. 30, 2023. The vote saw 91 percent vote against the deal, which offered less in compensation than the first “final offer” that the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc. (“POKC”) presented to the musicians. The terms of compensation have become the primary point {…}

Sep 30, 2023

American Federation of Musicians Files Charges Against Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center

The American Federation of Musicians, Local 77, has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the management of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc. on behalf of the musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra. According to a press release, the charge alleges that the Orchestra management has failed to bargain in good faith with {…}

Sep 29, 2023

Philadelphia Orchestra Performs Opening Night Without Contract

The musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra performed during the opening night of its season on Sept. 28 without a contract. The orchestra gave the concert after months of negotiations failed to produce an agreement on a new contract. According to a press release, the orchestra and management bargained on Tuesday into the early hours of Wednesday, with the management of {…}