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Boston Symphony Orchestra

72 concerts

Boston Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1881, is a leading U.S. symphonic ensemble. Known for 20th-century RCA Victor recordings and for Koussevitsky’s premieres of Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, plus Tanglewood.

Andris Nelsons

36 concerts

Andris Nelsons is Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. A Grammy-winning conductor, he recorded Shostakovich symphonies and Lady Macbeth, earning four Grammys.

Emanuel Ax

25 concerts

Born in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax is a classical pianist known for chamber music and collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma. He won the 1974 Arthur Rubinstein Competition and the 1979 Avery Fisher Prize, and earned Grammy wins for his Haydn piano sonata cycle.

The Music of John Williams

16 concerts

Born in Queens, New York, John Williams is an American composer and conductor celebrated for iconic film scores. His musical style blends romanticism with complex orchestration, featuring memorable melodies and leitmotifs. He is renowned for collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, creating themes for Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter. Williams has garnered numerous accolades, including 5 Academy Awards and 27 Grammy Awards.

Gil Shaham

18 concerts

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois-born violinist Gil Shaham moved to Israel as a child and debuted with the Israel Philharmonic in 1981. A Deutsche Grammophon artist and founder of Canary Classics (2004), he won a Grammy with André Previn and earned the Avery Fisher Prize (2008).