Upcoming
September 2026
- Sat26
With Lenny Young, Oboe
Music Director Search Candidacy- Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
- Soule: Dragonborn from Skyrim
- Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto
- Brahms: Symphony no. 4
October 2026
- Sat–Sun17–18
- Sat31
With Dror Biran, piano
- Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
- Elfman: This Is Halloween
- J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
- Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
- Liszt: Totentanz
November 2026
- Sun8
- Sat14
With the Philharmonic Chorus
- Zelenka: Miserere in C minor
- Mozart: Divertimento, K. 138
- J.S. Bach: Missa brevis in G minor, BWV 235
April 2027
- Sat17
With the Philharmonic Chorus and Martin Garcia, bassoon
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3
- Carl Maria von Weber: Bassoon Concerto
- Mendelssohn: Psalm 42
May 2027
- Sat8
- Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
- Koji Kondo: Music from Super Mario Bros.
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 “Organ”
Past performances
47 performances since 2017
2026
- May 17
- May 9
South Asian Carnatic works alongside Western classical music, with guest artistic partner Kanniks Kannikeswaran
- Apr 18
Regional premiere of the Bärenreiter Ostrzyga completion, including the Amen Fugue
- Apr 12
Music Director Search Candidacy
- Mar 7
Uematsu: To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X·R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration·Brahms: Symphony no. 4
- Feb 20–22
2025
- Dec 19–22
- Dec 13–14
Fully staged, in collaboration with Dancers Studio
- Oct 25
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe (world premiere test performance of the forthcoming Weber Gesamtausgabe edition)·REVO: Attack on Titan·Soule: Dragonborn from Skyrim·Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)·Wagner: Suite from Lohengrin
- Sep 27
With Miriam K. Smith, cello
Lalo Schifrin: Mission: Impossible·Mozart: Symphony no. 38 “Prague”·Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor
- Aug 23–24
- May 15, 16, 18
- May 10
- Mar 29
Junichi Masuda: Pokémon Medley·Nobuo Uematsu: One-Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII·Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
- Mar 8
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4·Michiru Yamane: Wood Carving Partita from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night·J.S. Bach: Coffee Cantata
- Feb 21–23
Music Director Search Candidacy. Choreography by Septime Webre, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
2024
- Dec 14–15
Fully staged, in collaboration with Dancers Studio
- Dec 7
- Oct 30
In collaboration with the MYCincinnati Youth Orchestra and the Northern Kentucky Community Chorus
- Oct 19
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7·Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Iolanta
- Sep 28
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Oberon·Williams: Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter·Mitsuda: Selections from Chrono Trigger·Mendelssohn: Incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Aug 2–4
- Apr 20
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan·Mozart: Symphony no. 40·Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
- Mar 23
- Feb 3
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz·Richard Wagner: Prelude and Transformation from Parsifal·Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5 “Reformation”
2023
- Dec 9
- Dec 2–3
Fully staged, in collaboration with Dancers Studio
- Nov 18
John Williams: Shark Theme from Jaws·Mozart: Selections from Idomeneo·Klaus Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean Suite·Debussy: La Mer
- Oct 23
Tchaikovsky: Overture to The Tsarina’s Slippers·Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2·Sibelius: Symphony no. 5
- Oct 7–8
World premiere reconstruction
- Sep 16
Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Overture to The Anonymous Lover·Koji Kondo: The Legend of Zelda Suite·Howard Shore: Lord of the Rings Suite·Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 1 Scene 3
- Jun 18, 24
June 24 performance at the Price Hill Music Festival
J.S. Bach: Coffee Cantata·Beethoven: Symphony no. 6
2022
- Nov 19
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte·Tchaikovsky: Scene and Waltz from Swan Lake·Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird·Beethoven: Symphony no. 6
- Oct 23
- May 28–29
- Mar 20, 26, 27
2021
- Sep 5
Tchaikovsky: Selections from Eugene Onegin and Iolanta·Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 7
2019
- Oct 5–6
- May 31–Jun 2
- May 10
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
Opus 44 and 62 complete
2018
- Oct 28
Works by Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Bizet, and Massenet
- Oct 1
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Works by Beethoven, Bach, Strauss, and Bernstein
- May 25, 27
2017
- Sep 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
- Jun 16, 18, 22, 24
Featuring music from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
- May 26, 28
- Apr 21
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz·Mozart: Symphony no. 25·Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin·Sibelius: Symphony no. 5