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The Philadelphia Orchestra 2025-26 Season Info
The Philadelphia Orchestra marks an extraordinary milestone in its history with the 2025–26 season, celebrating 125 years of artistic brilliance. These performances arrive in tandem with America’s 250th anniversary, offering audiences powerful musical reflections on the Orchestra’s legacy — from revered classics to bold premieres — right from the birthplace of American democracy.
The season opens in spectacular fashion on September 25, 2025, at Marian Anderson Hall with a stunning performance by soloist Yuja Wang and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, featuring Ravel’s effervescent Piano Concerto in G as a thrilling opener.
Audiences can expect several standout programs throughout the season. Highlights include an Orchestra After 5 Happy Hour Series — three casual, themed concerts in the fall, winter, and spring — each accompanied by cocktails, fun pre-concert activities, and artist talkbacks. For families, five special Family Discovery Series performances are on offer, including a Halloween Spectacular, holiday sing-alongs with Santa, Peter and the Wolf, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, and a bold Hip-Hop Orchestra concert that bridges musical genres.
The Orchestra will also return to New York’s Carnegie Hall for four standout programs: from spotlighting William Grant Still and Brahms to a major multimedia concert honoring composer John Adams and featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis.
Listeners will experience essential masterpieces — including Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony, Mahler’s Fourth and “Resurrection” Symphonies with featured vocalists, Bruckner’s Fourth under Esa-Pekka Salonen, and several Brahms concerts by Yannick himself.
New and bold voices take center stage, too. Works by living composers — Wynton Marsalis’s celebration of freedom, Tyshawn Sorey, Du Yun, Julia Wolfe, and a new commission from John Adams — sit alongside groundbreaking early American premieres such as The Rite of Spring, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5. The “Voices of America” theme spotlights underrepresented composers like William Grant Still, Louis Ballard, Amy Beach, and Julius Eastman.
Artistic innovation continues with specialty projects: a film concert featuring Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with live scoring, a one-night-only showcase of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 led by Concertmaster David Kim, and a collaboration with Interlochen Arts Academy students featuring Yo-Yo Ma in Marsalis’s Cello Concerto.
With a vibrant mix of tradition, innovation, and community engagement, the 2025–26 season offers something for every musical palate — whether discovering a new favorite or diving deep into timeless masterpieces.
The Philadelphia Orchestra 2025-26 Tickets Info
Tickets for The Philadelphia Orchestra 2025-26 live performances are available now through EventsChaser, with NO hidden service fees. Prices vary by program, seating section, and day of the week, but general admission for standard performances at Verizon Hall typically ranges from $45 to $120. Premium seats for high-profile events — such as gala concerts or special guest soloists — can reach $170 to $250, especially on weekends. With prices varying by concert type, most classical and pops performances remain accessible across multiple seating tiers throughout the hall.
About The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is one of the most prestigious and influential symphony orchestras in the world, known for its lush sound, bold programming, and deep cultural roots. Founded in 1900, the Orchestra has long been considered part of the “Big Five” American orchestras, alongside New York, Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland. It has consistently been at the forefront of musical innovation while honoring a rich legacy that spans more than a century.
The Orchestra is based in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, and its current Music and Artistic Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, has been widely praised for his visionary leadership and dynamic connection with both musicians and audiences. Under his direction, the ensemble has expanded its global profile, embraced new and diverse voices, and deepened its commitment to community outreach and educational programming.
Throughout its history, the Philadelphia Orchestra has been a pioneer in media and technology. It was the first American orchestra to make electrical recordings (1925), the first to appear on a nationwide radio broadcast (1929), and among the first to tour internationally, including landmark visits to China and the Soviet Union during times of cultural diplomacy.
The ensemble is also renowned for its signature “Philadelphia Sound”—a warm, full, and deeply expressive string tone developed during the tenure of long-time conductor Leopold Stokowski and later refined by Eugene Ormandy. That sound continues to define its identity today, even as it evolves with contemporary music and global collaborations.
Whether performing Mahler, Marsalis, or movie scores, The Philadelphia Orchestra remains a cornerstone of American music—blending tradition with innovation, and excellence with accessibility.
