A Season of Brilliant Stars

Violinists Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Pinchas Zukerman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Gil Shaham, Lisa Batiashvili, and more.

Pianists: In addition to Yefim Bronfman and Radu Lupu, we welcome Emanuel Ax, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Olli Mustonen, and more.

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, vocalists Thomas Hampson, Ian Bostridge, Karita Mattila, Deborah Voigt, and more.

Opening Night Gala: Wynton Marsalis and Alan Gilbert

Sept. 22, 2010
Alan Gilbert conducts the U.S. Premiere of Wynton Marsalis's new work for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

Opening Night Gala Details

New Year's Eve: Lang Lang and Tchaikovsky

Dec. 31, 2010
A true mid-winter night's dream: Alan Gilbert conducts Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Lang Lang, and the magical second act of The Nutcracker.

New Year's Eve Concert Details

Anne-Sophie Mutter – The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence

One of the supreme musicians of our time, Anne-Sophie Mutter joins the Philharmonic as Artist-in-Residence for the 2010-11 season. The full range of Mutter’s artistry will be displayed in performances as orchestra soloist, chamber musician, director, and a leading champion of new music for violin and orchestra.

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Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

Over his 30 years as a conductor and composer, Esa-Pekka Salonen has achieved worldwide renown for his brilliantly inventive and innovative approach to classics old and new. Now, in one of the signature events of the season, Salonen and the New York Philharmonic present this illuminating three-week festival featuring trailblazing composers from three different eras, each inspired by his connections to Hungary.

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Messiah: Baroque master Bernard Labadie conducts

Dec. 14-18, 2010
With soloists Karina Gauvin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Tilman Lichdi, and Andrew Foster-Williams. Presented by the Robert Hekemian Family Foundation.

Messiah Performance Details

The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theater

Apr. 5-6, 2011
With archival film clips, theatrical staging, a quartet of performers and the New York Philharmonic, conductor and host Michael Tilson Thomas tells the poignant and flamboyant real-life story of Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, who – besides being superstars of the Yiddish Theater on the Lower East Side of 100 years ago – were his beloved grandparents, directed by Patricia Birch. "Hysterically funny. . . an evening of pure pleasure." (Los Angeles Times) "This one really raises the roof." (Financial Times)

Performance Details

The Cunning Little Vixen

Jun. 22-25, 2011
In 1924 Leos Janácek penned what is likely the most endearing opera ever inspired by a comic strip. This touching tale of the cycle of life in a European forest – featuring a brilliant orchestral score and characters as varied as the forest itself – receives its Philharmonic premiere in a colorful production conducted by Alan Gilbert and directed by Douglas Fitch.

Performance Details

Masters and Masterpieces

Jan. 13-15 and 21-22, 2011
Both Brahms Piano Concertos conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi, with soloists Yefim Bronfman and Radu Lupu.

Jan. 13-15 Concert Details
Jan. 21-22 Concert Details

Mahler’s Symphonies No. 4, 5, and 6 conducted by Alan Gilbert and Daniel Harding.

Mahler's 6th: Sep. 30-Oct. 2, 2010
Mahler's 4th: Mar. 3-5, 2011
Mahler's 5th: Apr. 28-30, 2011

Today's Music

The latest from Magnus Lindberg (The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence), plus Rouse, Kernis, Adès, Rihm, Gubaidulina, and more. Lindberg's Kraft surrounds the audience with performers stationed throughout the hall, and Adès's In Seven Days is a combination of piano concerto and video art.

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