National Symphony Orchestra Upcoming Events & Tickets

🎼 Season Overview

• Ten weeks of orchestral concerts, showcasing a blend of masterworks, bold new commissions, soloist features, opera, and chamber music.

• Noseda’s leadership extended through 2031, anchoring the NSO’s direction for this season and beyond.

🚀 Season Kickoff Gala (Sep 27, 2025)

The season begins with a gala led by Noseda, featuring Yuja Wang performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, alongside Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Carlos Simon’s Warmth of Other Suns, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol.

🎼 Subscription Series & Program Highlights

• Oct 2–4, 2025: Simon Trpčeski (piano) performs Saint‑Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Mel Bonis’s Three Dances, and the full Daphnis et Chloé suite by Ravel
• Dec 4–6, 2025: Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony (featuring Camilla Nylund and Tomasz Konieczny), the Adagio from Mahler’s Symphony No. 10, and Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s lustige Streiche
• Jan 15–16, 2026: Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Daniil Trifonov) followed by Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
• Jan 29–31, 2026: Scriabin’s Symphony No. 3 (“Le Divin Poème”) for the first time in decades, alongside Brahms’s Double Concerto featuring concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef and cellist David Hardy

🌍 Five World Premieres & Opera in Concert

The NSO will premiere new works commissioned from five composers of varied musical voices: Philip Glass, Valerie Coleman, Carlos Simon, Reena Esmail, and Peter Boyer.

• Apr 29 & May 1, 2026: A concert production of Puccini’s opera Il Trittico featuring soloists Erika Grimaldi, Sabrina Gárdez, Agnieszka Rehlis, Jonathan Tetelman, and Roman Burdenko
• May–June 2026: Noseda leads Glass’s Symphony No. 15 “Lincoln” with baritone Zachary James, paired with Gershwin’s An American in Paris, plus premieres of Valerie Coleman’s piano concerto performed by Michelle Cann, and works by Copland, Ives, Maria Schneider, and Björk as part of the “Promise of Us” Americana series featuring Renée Fleming on May 29–30

👏 Guest Artists & Soloist Highlights

• Isabelle Faust, violinist, performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in an all‑Beethoven program (Oct 16–19)
• Pablo Ferrández, cellist, plays Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto within a program including Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 (Nov 20, 22–23)
• Hilary Hahn and cellist Seth Parker Woods debut Simon’s Double Concerto (Mar 12–14), followed by Schumann’s Manfred Overture and Brahms’s Symphony No. 3

📅 Chamber & Special Events

• Chamber performances include Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn, contemporary works, and featured artists such as the Brentano Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, yMusic, PUBLIQuartet, pianist Trifonov, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and others, culminating in performances of Handel’s Messiah under Ton Koopman and Schubert’s Winterreise sung by Matthias Goerne

🎧 Why Attend?

• A compelling blend of timeless classical works and bold modern commissions.
• Debuts, rediscoveries, and new operatic presentations in concert.
• A roster of extraordinary soloists and composers.
• G Ianandrea Noseda’s visionary leadership, shaping the NSO’s artistic ambition through extended tenure through 2031

🎟️ Ticket Pricing

Tickets for National Symphony Orchestra 2025-2026 events are on sale now through EventsChaser. Individual ticket prices typically start in the $70–$80 range, with average prices around $100–$150 depending on program and seating tier. There are no additional hidden fees upon purchase.