EarRelevant Staff | 14 MAR 2025
DALLAS, Texas— The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 concert season, marking its 125th anniversary with a lineup that includes major classical works, world premieres, and notable guest artists. Music Director Fabio Luisi will lead the orchestra in seven of the 16 Texas Instruments Classical Series performances throughout the season, including Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9, and a season-ending presentation of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, known as the “Symphony of a Thousand.”
The orchestra will present six world premieres and one U.S. premiere as part of its Texas Instruments Classical Series. Among the new works is a large-scale composition by former Composer-in-Residence Angélica Negrón, written in honor of the orchestra’s milestone season, and pieces by Kathryn Bostic, Jonathan Cziner, and Sophia Jani. The season will also feature the U.S. premiere of Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan’s Concerto for Euphonium and Strings.
Leonidas Kavakos will serve as the orchestra’s Artist-in-Residence, appearing as both a violinist and conductor. Kavakos, whose history with the DSO dates back to 1990, will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at the orchestra’s annual gala and lead the orchestra in additional programs throughout the season. Other featured soloists include pianists Emanuel Ax and Hélène Grimaud, soprano Karen Slack, and cellist Jan Vogler, as well as several artists making their DSO debuts.
The orchestra will also present an opera-in-concert performance featuring Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, with a cast that will include a mix of returning and debut artists.
The 2025-26 season will open on October 4, 2025, with a gala concert featuring Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Subscriptions for the season are available beginning March 13, with single tickets going on sale June 20.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Texas Instruments Classical Series is listed below. Please note that Sunday concerts begin at 2:00 p.m., all other at 7:30 p.m., at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
The full season schedule and additional details are available through the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s website at dallassymphony.org. ■
Dallas Symphony Orchestra 2025-26 Season:
DSO GALA
Fabio Luisi, conductor; Leonidas Kavakos, violin.
BEETHPOVEN: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CLASSICAL SERIES
- September 12-14, 2025
David Robertson, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano.
BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
John ADAMS: Harmonielehre (DSO premiere) - October 2 & 5, 2025
Fabio Luisi, conductor.
HAYDN: Symphony No. 92, “Oxford”
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 - October 9, 11-12, 2025
Fabio Luisi, conductor; Bruce Liu, piano
Sophia JANI: What do flowers do at night? (DSO Premiere)
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”
RESPIGHI: Vetrate di chiesa (“Church Windows)
RESPIGHI: Le fontane di Roma (“The Fountains of Rome”) - October 16-18, 2025
Fabio Luisi, conductor; Inon Barnatan, piano; Dallas Symphony Chorus.
Angélica NEGRÓN: Large work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra (World Premiere)
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
GOULD: Latin-American Symphonette - November 7-9, 2025
Marin Alsop, conductor; Karen Slack, soprano.
R. STRAUSS: Don Juan
Kathryn BOSTIC: Work for Soprano and Orchestra (World Premiere)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 - November 20-22, 2025
Fabio Luisi, conductor; Gregory Raden, clarinet
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
Jonathan CZINER: Clarinet Concerto (World Premiere)
Jasmine GUO: The sound of where I came from (World Premiere, Toulmin commission)
MOZART: Symphony No. 40 - November 28-30, 2025
Jun Märkl, conductor; Javier Perianes, piano.
RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso
FALLA: Noches en los jardines de España
FALLA: El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 2
RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole - January 9 & 11, 2026
Fabio Luisi, conductor; Jennifer Rowley, Fabio Sartori, Manuela Custer, Alessandro Luongo, Keith Jameson, Kidon Choi, Dallas Symphony Chorus
PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (opera-in-concert) - January 15-16, 2026
Fabio Luisi, conductor.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 (unfinished) - January 22-24, 2026
Edward Gardner, conductor; David Childs, euphonium.
WALTON: Coronation Te Deum
James MacMILLAN: Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock (U.S. premiere)
HOLST: The Planets - February 12-15, 2026
Tabita Berglund, conductor; Melissa White, violin.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Sophia JANI: Violin Concerto (World Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances - February 27 – March 1, 2026
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor; Alexander Kerr, violin.
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
MUSSORGSKY (arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition - March 5, 7-8, 2026
Maurice Cohn, conductor; Chad Hoopes, violin; Jan Vogler, cello.
BRAHMS: Violin and Cello Concerto in A minor (Double Concerto)
WEILL: Symphony No. 2 (DSO Premiere) - March 20-22, 2026
Daniele Rustioni, conductor; Alexi Kenney, violin.
BARBER: Violin Concerto
CASELLA: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (DSO Premiere) - March 26-28, 2026 Fabio Luisi, conductor.
Amaryn Olmeda, violin
RÓZSA: Violin Concerto, Op. 24
BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances (selection) - April 16-19, 2026
Ana María Patiño-Osorio, conductor; Meredith Kufchak, viola; Julian Steckel, cello.
DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor
Jonathan LESHNOFF: Four Scenes from Childhood (World Premiere)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, “Italian” - April 30-May 3, 2026
Fabio Luisi, conductor.
GLINKA: Overture to Rusland and Ludmila
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 7, “Little Russian” (World Premiere)
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1945 version) - May 7, 9 & 10, 2026
Fabio Luisi, conductor; Nathan Olson, violin; Stuart Stephenson, trumpet; Kathryn Henry, soprano.
BEETHOVEN: “Ah! Perfido,” Scene & Aria, Op. 65
J.S. BACH: Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 (World Premiere)
HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in E♭
MOZART: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” - April 16-19, 2026
Fabio Luisi, conductor; Meredith Kufchak, viola; Julian Steckel, cello.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”
CALIFORNIA TOUR
- March 31, 2026: Palm Desert
April 1, 2026: Santa Barbara
April 2, 2026: Costa Mesa
Fabio Luisi, conductor; H$eacute;l$egrave;ne Grimaud, piano; Sofia Formina, soprano.
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4
EXTERNAL LINKS:
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra: dallassymphony.org
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