The Cleveland Orchestra 2024-25 season: See the list of concerts

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Orchestra announced Sunday that its 2024-25 season, the orchestra’s 107th season and 23rd under its music director Franz Welser-Möst, will begin on Sept. 19. 

The new season features 11 guest artists making their TCO debuts, two world premiere performances, two U.S. premieres and 12 works that will be performed for the first time in Cleveland. 

“Each new season with The Cleveland Orchestra is a chance for us to take our wonderful Cleveland audience on a creative journey as we perform old and new repertoire, elevate new voices, and balance beloved classics, hidden gems, and thrilling premieres,” Welser-Möst said.

The Cleveland Orchestra will welcome a host of high-profile guest conductors including San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, Daniel Hardin, Klaus Mäkelä, Elim Chan and former New York Philharmonic conductor Alan Gilbert.

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Violinists Augustin Hadelich and Hilary Hahn highlight the list of soloists returning to Cleveland, along with pianists Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman and Marc-André Hamelin, among others. Also featured is saxophonist Steven Banks, a former professor at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. 

The season begins on Thursday, Sept. 19, with a program featuring Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, “Classical” Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto, and Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” symphony.

In November, the orchestra will present all five of Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano concertos with pianist Russian-German Igor Levit. 

English composer Thomas Adès will visit Cleveland on Feb. 20 and 22, 2025, to conduct a new version of his piece “America: A Prophecy.”

“Our new season showcases a unique mix of renowned artists and rising stars who will join the Orchestra over the course of nine months in performances of familiar masterpieces and exciting new works,” President and CEO André Gremillet said. “We cannot wait for you to experience this brilliant and enriching music and look forward to creating more lasting memories together at Severance Music Center.”

See the full season below:

TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHÉTIQUE 

Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.   
Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 3 p.m.
  

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin  
  
PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 1, “Classical”  
R. SCHUMANN  Violin Concerto  

TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique” 

KOLESNIKOV IN RECITAL
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Reinberger Chamber Hall  

Pavel Kolesnikov, piano  
  
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations  

BRONFMAN PLAYS RACHMANINOFF  

Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.  

Friday, September 27, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 3 p.m. 

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Yefim Bronfman, piano  
  
STRAVINSKY  Pétrouchka  
RACHMANINOFF  Piano Concerto No. 3 

HARDING CONDUCTS SCHUMANN   

Thursday, October 3, 2024, at 8 p.m. 

Friday, October 4, 2024, at 11 a.m.*  

Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 8 p.m.  
  

Daniel Harding, conductor  
  

HAYDN  Symphony No. 92, “Oxford”*  

WALKER  Sinfonia No. 2 (Cleveland Orchestra premiere)
R. SCHUMANN  Symphony No. 2  

*Not performed on Friday’s matinee concert 

 
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN  
Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 8 p.m.  

Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 3 p.m.  

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor  
Senja Rummukainen, cello (Cleveland Orchestra debut)
  
RAVEL  Le Tombeau de Couperin  
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN  Cello Concerto (Cleveland Orchestra premiere)
SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 5  

 
MAHLER’S THIRD SYMPHONY  
Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Friday, October 18, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.  

Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 8 p.m.  

  
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor  
Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano  

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus  

MAHLER  Symphony No. 3  

TAN DUN CONDUCTS TAN DUN  

Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.  

Saturday, November 2, 2024, at 8 p.m. 

Tan Dun, conductor (Cleveland Orchestra debut)
Marc Damoulakis, percussion  
  

STRAVINSKY  Fireworks  
TAN DUN Water Concerto (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) 

BRITTEN  Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes  

TAN DUN  Concerto for Orchestra (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) 

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE  
PROGRAM 1  
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Igor Levit, piano  
Augustin Hadelich, violin  
Julia Hagen, cello (Cleveland Orchestra debut)
  
BEETHOVEN  Triple Concerto  
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 3  

 
BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE  

PROGRAM 2   
Saturday, November 9, 2024, at 8 p.m.   
Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Igor Levit, piano  
  
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 2  
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 4  

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE  

PROGRAM 3  
Friday, November 15, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.  
Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 8 p.m.   
Sunday, November 17, 2024, at 3 p.m.  
  

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Igor Levit, piano  
  
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 1  
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”  

MAHLER’S SONG OF THE EARTH  
Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Friday, November 22, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.  

Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 8 p.m.  

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Limmie Pulliam, tenor  
Iurii Samoilov, baritone  
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus  
  
BERND RICHARD DEUTSCH  New Work (World premiere, TCO co-commission)
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde 

Friday, November 29, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday, November 30, 2024, at 8 p.m. 

Sunday, December 1, 2024, at 3 p.m. 

David Robertson, conductor  
Marc-André Hamelin, piano  

  
COPLAND Suite from Appalachian Spring  

GERSHWIN  Rhapsody in Blue  

ELLINGTON  New World A-Comin’  
COPLAND Suite from The Tender Land  

GERSTEIN IN RECITAL
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.  
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall  

  
Kirill Gerstein, piano  
  
R. SCHUMANN  Carnaval  
FRANCISCO COLL  Waltzes Toward Civilization  
RAVEL La valse (trans. for piano)  
LISZT Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses  
LISZT  Piano Sonata in B minor  

 
AX PLAYS MOZART  
Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Friday, December 6, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 8 p.m.
  
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor  

MOZART  Piano Concerto No. 20  
SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 10  

 
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS  
Thursday, January 9, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 11, 2025, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 3 p.m.  
  

Stéphane Denève, conductor  
Steven Banks, saxophone  
  
MILHAUD La création du monde
GUILLAUME CONNESSON  A Kind of Trane (Cleveland Orchestra premiere)
POULENC Suite from Les biches
GERSHWIN An American in Paris 

HAHN PLAYS BRAHMS  
Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 17, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 8 p.m.
  

Elim Chan, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin  
  
BRAHMS  Violin Concerto  

LUTOSŁAWSKI  Concerto for Orchestra  

 
ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA  

Friday, February 7, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 9, 2025, at 3 p.m.
  

Thomas Guggeis, conductor (Cleveland Orchestra debut)
Mark Kosower, cello  
  
R. STRAUSS  Also sprach Zarathustra  
DUTILLEUX Tout un monde lointain…  

 
BRUCKNER’S SEVENTH  
Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 8 p.m.
  

Fabio Luisi, conductor  
Tim Mead, countertenor  

SILVIA COLASANTI  Time’s Cruel Hand (US premiere)
BRUCKNER  Symphony No. 7 

ADÈS CONDUCTS ADÈS  
Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.  
Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 8 p.m.  
  

Thomas Adès, conductor  
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano  

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus   
  
SIBELIUS  The Oceanides  
SAARIAHO Oltra Mar (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) 

THOMAS ADÈS  America: A Prophecy  (US premiere, TCO co-commission) 

IVES  Orchestral Set No. 2  

ÓLAFSSON & WANG IN RECITAL 

Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 3 p.m. 

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall  

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano  
Yuja Wang, piano  

BERIO  Wasserklavier                       

SCHUBERT  Fantasie in F minor  

LIGETI  Bewegung (Movement) from Three Pieces for Two Pianos  

BRUBECK  Fugue from Points on Jazz  

NANCARROW  Study No. 6 (arr. Adès)  

JOHN ADAMS  Hallelujah Junction  

ARVO PÄRT  Hymn to a Great City  

RACHMANINOFF  Symphonic Dances  

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA  
Thursday, February 27, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 28, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 8 p.m.
  

Alan Gilbert, conductor  
Leonidas Kavakos, violin  
  
SHOSTAKOVICH  Violin Concerto No. 2  
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”  

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH SYMPHONY  
Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 7, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 3 p.m.
  

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
  
RAVEL  Rapsodie espagnole  
RAVEL  Piano Concerto in G major  
TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 4  

 
HAYDN & STRAUSS  
Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 8 p.m.
  

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Asmik Grigorian, soprano (Cleveland Orchestra debut)
  
HAYDN  Symphony No. 52  
R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs
JANÁČEK Suite from From the House of the Dead (arr. Jílek)  
PUCCINI Final Scene from Suor Angelica (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) 

 
PROKOFIEV’S FOURTH SYMPHONY  
Friday, March 14, 2025, at 11 a.m.
  

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
  
HAYDN  Symphony No. 52  
PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 4 

ANDSNES IN RECITAL
Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall  
  
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano  
  
GRIEG  Piano Sonata  
TVEITT  Piano Sonata No. 29, “Sonata Etere”  
CHOPIN  24 Preludes, Op. 28  

BACH’S EASTER ORATORIO  
Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 18, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 8 p.m. 

Bernard Labadie, conductor  
Joélle Harvey, soprano  

Adèle Charvet, mezzo soprano (Cleveland Orchestra debut) 

Andrew Haji, tenor (Cleveland Orchestra debut) 

Gordon Bintner, bass-baritone (Cleveland Orchestra debut) 

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus  

J.S. BACH  Easter Oratorio (Cleveland Orchestra premiere)
J.S. BACH  Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29  
J.S. BACH Magnificat 

 
MOZART & ELGAR
Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 25, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 8 p.m.
  

Kazuki Yamada, conductor (Cleveland Orchestra debut)
Francesco Piemontesi, piano  
  
MOZART  Piano Concerto No. 25  
ELGAR  Symphony No. 1 

KISSIN IN RECITAL
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall  

  
Evgeny Kissin, piano  
  
BEETHOVEN  Piano Sonata No. 7  
CHOPIN  Nocturne in G minor, Op. 15, No. 3  
CHOPIN  Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2  
CHOPIN  Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72, No. 1  
CHOPIN  Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, “Military”  
SHOSTAKOVICH  Piano Sonata No. 2  
SHOSTAKOVICH  Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor  
SHOSTAKOVICH  Prelude and Fugue in D-flat major  
SHOSTAKOVICH  Prelude and Fugue in D minor  

MOZART’S GREAT G MINOR  
Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 9, 2025, at 11 a.m.*  
Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 8 p.m.  
  

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
  
MOZART  Symphony No. 40  
ALLISON LOGGINS-HULL  New Work (World premiere, TCO co-commission)  
PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 3*  

*Not performed on Friday’s matinee concert  

 
JANÁČEK’S JENŮFA  
Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 7 p.m. 

Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 3 p.m. 

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Latonia Moore, soprano (Jenůfa)  
Pavol Breslik, tenor (Laca) (Cleveland Orchestra debut)
Miles Mykkanen, tenor (Števa)  
Nina Stemme, soprano (Kostelnička)  
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus 

 
JANÁČEK Jenůfa (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) 

 
VOX HUMANA
Friday, May 23, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 8 p.m.
  

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor  
Sarah Aristidou, soprano (Cleveland Orchestra debut) 

Tony Sias, narrator  
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus  
  

POULENC  La voix humaine (Cleveland Orchestra premiere)
J.S. BACH Concerto from Komm, Jesu, komm (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) 

USTVOLSKAYA  Symphony No. 5, “Amen” (Cleveland Orchestra premiere)
J.S. BACH Aria from Komm, Jesu, komm  (Cleveland Orchestra premiere)
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten  

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