Thursday, February 20, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Musical America’s Artist of the Year (2017), Yuja Wang has proven her place among the world’s leading musicians. She establishes an exceptional presence onstage, performing with emotional depth that draws you “into the world of each composer with compelling immediacy” (Financial Times).

Friday, February 28, 2020, 8:00pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre

An unmistakable and endearing character in his bowler hat and mustache, Charlie Chaplin composed almost all of the music in his films. Along with film clips, Chaplin's love songs, arranged for piano and violin, will be juxtaposed with those great composers he was influenced by, including Debussy, Stravinsky, Brahms, and Gershwin.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Led by music director and celebrated violinist Joshua Bell, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields is internationally acclaimed for its distinctive and polished sound. Together, they bring this refined quality to Paganini’s impressively demanding and intricate Violin Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven’s revered Fifth Symphony.

Saturday, March 7, 2020, 11:00AM
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Showcasing the incredible talent of the next generation of musicians, this festival presents youth orchestras from all over Orange County as they perform in a world-class concert hall.

Sunday, March 15, 2020, 4pm
Soka Performing Arts Center

The Orange County Youth Symphony performs a captivating program, pairing Beethoven’s strikingly powerful Egmont Overture with the intense, yet at times, tender Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

The young Israeli conductor taking the classical music world by storm, Lahav Shani leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic in an all-Beethoven program, including the energetic and celebratory Seventh Symphony and the elegant Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring Lahav Shani as the soloist himself.

Thursday, March 26, 2020, 8pm
Samueli Theater

Musical America's 2018 Instrumentalist of the Year, violinist Augustin Hadelich joins with pianist Orion Weiss, a protégé of Emanuel Ax, for an extraordinary performance showcasing phenomenal technique and gorgeous tone.

Friday, March 27, 2020, 8pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre

Seamlessly blending technical virtuosity and comedic brilliance, Mnozil Brass has become an international sensation. Often likened to Monty Python, the Austrian brass septet combines offbeat humor, physical comedy, and serious chops performing original compositions, classical favorites, jazz standards, and popular hits.

Sunday, March 29, 2020, 3pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

This third concert in our Family series features the Orange County Youth Symphony, Anaheim Ballet, and a guest host exploring the concepts of rhythm, music and dance and their unity on stage through movement—all in a friendly, family focused one-hour program.

Friday, April 17, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Mexican-born songstress Magos Herrera and the omnivorous string quartet Brooklyn Rider join forces for an unforgettable musical journey, reinterpreting classics of the era from Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain, and celebrating such luminaries as Octavio Paz, Federico García Lorca, and Rubén Darío.

Sunday, April 19, 2020, 3pm
Samueli Theater

Stars of numerous prestigious international music competitions, South Korean violinist Bomsori Kim and Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz are two of today's most vibrant emerging musical personalities.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Mandolin player Avi Avital, whose astonishing virtuosity has established him as a star on the international classical music scene and a driving force behind the reinvigoration of the mandolin repertory, joins Les Violons du Roy in works by Bach and Vivaldi.

Thursday, April 30, 2020, 7:30pm
Segerstrom Hall

Premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim, A Thousand Thoughts features the Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet live-scoring this documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmakers Sam Green and Joe Bini about the quartet's legendary classical career.

Friday, May 15, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who became a household name worldwide after playing at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and its new music director Jaime Martín for Saint-Saëns' captivating and brilliant Cello Concerto No. 1. Also on the program are Beethoven's Third Symphony and the world premiere of a new work by Derrick Spiva.

Sunday, May 17, 2020, 4pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hal

The Orange County Youth Symphony presents it monumental 50th season finale, featuring Sarah Chang, one of the foremost violinists of our time, in Dvorák’s ravishing Romance in F minor and Ravel’s virtuosic Tzigane.

Saturday, May 23, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

A National Medal of Arts recipient and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist, Renée Fleming has solidified her position as one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time. She’s been called the “go-to soprano for royals [and] world leaders” (The Guardian) with a voice that “soars with the force of an uncontainable soul” (The New Yorker).

Sunday, October 11, 2020, 3pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Opening Night of the Philharmonic Society’s 2020-21 season features Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla leading the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Ravel's waltz-inspired La Valse and Debussy’s animated La Mer. Violinist Gidon Kremer joins them for Weinberg’s splendid Violin Concerto.

Sunday, October 18, 2020, 7:30pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Grammy Award-winning conductor Gustavo Dudamel brings the LA Phil for its annual Orange County visit to perform a riveting program.

Thursday, November 5, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra makes its first Orange County appearance in years under the baton of its Music Director Lahav Shani.

Saturday, November 14, 2020, 5:30pm
Westside Museum/Boathouse Collective

Musical America’s 2020 Ensemble of the Year, the Danish String Quartet showcases musical treasures from their Nordic heritage with arrangements of beloved folk music.

Sunday, November 15, 2020, 3:00PM
Samueli Theater

Musical America’s 2020 Ensemble of the Year, the Danish String Quartet makes a much anticipated return with Shostakovich’s emotionally rich String Quartet No. 10 and Schubert’s hauntingly transcendent String Quartet No. 15.

Friday, November 20, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Conductor Martin Haselböck conducts the leading Austrian period instrument orchestra--Orchester Wiener Akademie--in Mozart’s hauntingly beautiful choral masterpiece, Requiem.

Saturday, November 21, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, Jeremy Denk performs Romantic works by Chopin and Schumann, as well as Beethoven’s final piano composition, Piano Sonata No. 32.

Sunday, November 22, 2020, 7pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre

Today's most exciting Harlem musicians and dancers bring a multi-media show that captures the sights and sounds of the Harlem Renaissance paying homage to icons such as Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, the Apollo Theater and the Cotton Club.

Friday, November 27, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

The angelic-voiced musicians of the Vienna Boys Choir celebrate the magic of the holiday season with a delightful program of Austrian folk songs, classical masterpieces, Christmas hymns, and holiday carols.

Friday, December 4, 2020, 8pm
Samueli Theater

One of the world’s most fascinating chamber ensembles, the Tetzlaff Quartet makes an Orange County return with an all-Beethoven program.

Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

First prize winner at the 2015 Chopin International Competition, rising star pianist Seong-Jin Cho makes his much-anticipated return to Orange County to perform Brahms’ beloved Six Pieces for Piano and Schumann’s whimsical Humoresque.

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 8pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre

Celebrate the holidays with the internationally renowned, award-winning Canadian Brass performing seasonal favorites, holiday classics, and brass standards in an entertaining evening of virtuosic playing and heartwarming humor.

Saturday, January 9, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and revered jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis bring a program featuring Dubussy’s Rhapsody for Alto Sax and Ibert’s Concertino da Camera.

Thursday, January 21, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performs a colorful solo program of works by Janácek, Bartók and Schumann.

Saturday, January 23, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Led by Maestro Masaaki Suzuki, the internationally renowned Bach Collegium Japan performs an all-Bach program, including Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Cantata ‘Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen’ BWV 51, containing the famous “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring."

Friday, January 29, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

One of the oldest symphony orchestras in Russia, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky’s powerful Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique,” joined by virtuoso pianist Vadym Kholodenko for Grieg’s youthful Piano Concerto in A minor.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell returns to Orange County in a recital that will enchant audiences with his breathtaking virtuosity and captivating stage presence.

Sunday, February 14, 2021, 7pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

After an electrifying performance in 2019, Kodo, the world’s preeminent taiko drumming group, returns to Orange County with the thunderous vibrations from their newest world tour in this heart-racing Valentine’s Day performance.

Sunday, February 21, 2021, 3pm
Soka Performing Arts Center

Five-time Grammy-winning vocalist Dawn Upshaw joins the Brentano String Quartet in “The Dido Project,” a soprano monodrama exploring the strong yet vulnerable character of Dido from Purcell’s famous opera Dido and Aeneas.

Sunday, February 21, 2021, 7pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Usher in the Year of the Ox with the world’s premier pipa virtuoso Wu Man in a variety of musical and visual performances celebrating the Lunar New Year.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 8pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre

Multi-Grammy-winning violinist Phillippe Quint and members of the world-class, Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet celebrate the centennial of tango legend Astor Piazzolla in a performance of music and dance.

Saturday, February 27, 2021, 8pm
Soka Performing Arts Center

A chamber ensemble from the world-renowned orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet consists of three permanent members of the orchestra— Konzertmeister Andreas Buschatz, violist Matthew Hunter, and cellist Knut Weber—with award-winning pianist Markus Groh.

Wednesday, March 2, 2021, 8:00PM
Samueli Theater

A 2017 BBC Music Magazine Award-winner, the Smetana Trio returns to Orange County in a performance of radiant grandeur and focused precision.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Grammy-nominated pianist Gabriela Montero joins Musical America’s 2019 Conductor of the Year Carlos Miguel Prieto and the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico in a riveting performance concluding with the thundering rhythms of Revuelta’s The Night of the Mayas.

Thursday, March 4, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

After a showstopping performance with the Russian National Orchestra in 2019, International Tchaikovsky Competition Silver Medalist George Li returns in his Orange County recital debut.

Friday, March 12, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

The 62-time Grammy-winning Chicago Symphony Orchestra and revered conductor Riccardo Muti open their three-day music festival with Mozart’s elegant, yet grand Violin Concerto No. 4 and Shostakovich’s dramatic and captivating Symphony No. 10.

Saturday, March 13, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

On the second night of the festival, Musical America’s 2010 Musician of the Year Riccardo Muti leads the world-renowned Chicago Symphony in Lalo Schifrin’s Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra written specifically for soloist Gene Pokorny and works by Verdi and Brahms.

Sunday, March 15, 2021, 3pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre

In the last performance of the festival, see select members from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an up-close setting, as musicians charm audiences in an intimate chamber concert.

Friday, March 26, 2021, 8pm
Location TBA

In his Artistic Director debut, pianist and composer Conrad Tao opens the 2021 Laguna Beach Music Festival dazzling audiences with his astonishing musical innovation and artistry.

Thursday, April 8, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

MacArthur Fellow cellist Alisa Weilerstein returns to Orange County with the 10-time Grammy-nominated Trondheim Soloists in a program from their highly praised album Verklarte Nacht celebrated for its fluid, effortless dialogue between instruments.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Virtuoso violinist Pinchas Zukerman joins cellist Amanda Forsyth and the remarkable Jerusalem Quartet in a program featuring Dvorák’s enchanting String Sextet and Bruckner’s Adagio from String Quintet.

Friday, April 23, 2021, 8pm
Soka Performing Arts Center

Five-time Grammy-winning bassist and composer Edgar Meyer is joined by the Scottish Ensemble, a string orchestra known for devising imaginative, innovative spirit, in a program that features a new concerto by Meyer, along with standard classical pieces.

Saturday, April 24, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Two-time Grammy-nominated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to Orange County performing the entirety of Debussy’s expressive Préludes.

Friday, May 28, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

In an exploration of global music traditions, legendary guitarist Sergio Assad, along with Clarice Assad’s spellbinding vocals and the rhythms of Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion, will take audiences on a vast musical journey grounded in familiar stories.

Saturday, May 29, 2021, 8pm
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

With an unbridled energy, dedication and exceptional sound, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen is joined by the lyrical vocals of mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter in Schubert’s masterful work.