Upcoming Events

October 2024

Colburn Orchestra: Sibelius Violin Concerto

Saturday, October 26, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Walt Disney Concert Hall
Tickets: $18-$52

Colburn Orchestra: Sibelius Violin Concerto

Saturday, October 26, 2024
2 pm, Walt Disney Concert Hall

Maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall for an all-Finnish program featuring some of Sibelius’s greatest hits. After an ethereal piece by Kaija Saariaho – a work dedicated to Salonen himself – the violin shines in Sibelius’s brooding Violin Concerto before the soaring melodies and triumphant timbre of Sibelius’s Second Symphony close out the concert.

November 2024

Colburn Orchestra: Debussy’s La mer

Saturday, November 23, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Ambassador Auditorium
Tickets: $22, $49.50, $57.50

Colburn Orchestra: Debussy’s La mer

Saturday, November 23, 2024
7 pm, Ambassador Auditorium

Immerse yourself in musical imagery that paints vivid pictures of literature and life. The journey of errant knight Don Quixote is depicted through solo instruments in Strauss’s tone poem of the same name. Debussy brings an undulating seascape to life in his famous La mer and a piece by Reena Esmail uses a unique oboe duet to capture the uncertainty felt in concert halls in 2021.

February 2025

Colburn Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Saturday, February 1, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Ambassador Auditorium
Tickets: $22, $49.50, $57.50

Colburn Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Saturday, February 1, 2025
7 pm, Ambassador Auditorium

Two works on this program, both critically panned at their premieres, have since become audience favorites. Shostakovich’s Sixth starts with an achingly emotional slow movement before plunging toward a fast and fiery finish. In Tchaikovsky's lively Violin Concerto, the virtuosic demands made on the soloist never fail to leave audiences awestruck. The David Hockney-inspired opening work is performed in memory of composer, pianist, and former Colburn faculty member Sarah Gibson.

March 2025

Colburn Orchestra: Concerto Forum

Saturday, March 22, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $22, $49.50, $57.50

Colburn Orchestra: Concerto Forum

Saturday, March 22, 2025
7 pm, Zipper Hall

Under the batons of Salonen Fellows Mert Yalniz and Aleksandra Melaniuk, soloists from the Conservatory perform concerto movements with the Colburn Orchestra.

April 2025

Colburn Orchestra: Dvořák Symphony No. 8

Saturday, April 12, 2025
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, The Soraya
Tickets: $22

Colburn Orchestra: Dvořák Symphony No. 8

Saturday, April 12, 2025
3 pm, The Soraya

This afternoon of playful pieces begins with Gershwin’s An American in Paris, which paints a vivid picture of life in the French capital—bustling streets, car horns, and all. The musical fireworks continue in a jazz-influenced piano concerto by Ravel before the lively spirit and dance-like melodies of Dvořák’s Eight Symphony close out the program.