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Join us in celebrating Latin American music and culture at our annual Hispanic Heritage month concert. If there's one thing to be learned about classical music from Latin America, it’s that there's much more than many of us have had the chance to hear. We dare you to leave without a smile. Acompáñenos a celebrar el mes de la herencia hispana. Si hay algo que aprender sobre la música clásica de América Latina, es que hay mucho más de lo que la mayoría de nosotros hemos tenido la oportunidad de escuchar. Lo desafiamos a que se vaya sin una sonrisa. Our 2020 celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday continues with this season-opening concert, which launches a cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos featuring world-renowned pianists. British pianist Stephen Hough returns to perform Beethoven’s monumental Emperor Concerto, a virtuosic showpiece for a solo pianist with orchestra that premiered in 1811. Experience a behind-the-scenes look at the process of bringing our concerts to the stage during our Finishing Touches rehearsals. Tickets include complimentary light refreshments in the lobby prior to the start of the rehearsal. This is a working rehearsal and selections from the weekend’s program will be made at the discretion of the conductor. Our 2020 celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday continues with this season-opening concert, which launches a cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos featuring world-renowned pianists. British pianist Stephen Hough returns to perform Beethoven’s monumental Emperor Concerto, a virtuosic showpiece for a solo pianist with orchestra that premiered in 1811. Maestro Fischer rounds out the program with music from tall tale operas by Weber and Strauss, both important German romantic composers, as well as a symphonic poem depicting Elgar’s trip to the Italian Riviera in 1903. Our 2020 celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday continues with this season-opening concert, which launches a cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos featuring world-renowned pianists. British pianist Stephen Hough returns to perform Beethoven’s monumental Emperor Concerto, a virtuosic showpiece for a solo pianist with orchestra that premiered in 1811. Our 2020 celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday continues with this season-opening concert, which launches a cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos featuring world-renowned pianists. British pianist Stephen Hough returns to perform Beethoven’s monumental Emperor Concerto, a virtuosic showpiece for a solo pianist with orchestra that premiered in 1811. Join us for a performance featuring one of Prokofiev’s most beloved ballet scores paired with a beautiful Beethoven piano concerto and bold symphony by Schoenberg. British pianist Stephen Hough performs Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto, a radical work for its time that is filled with serene melodies from both the pianist and orchestra. Join us for a performance featuring one of Prokofiev’s most beloved ballet scores paired with a beautiful Beethoven piano concerto and bold symphony by Schoenberg. British pianist Stephen Hough performs Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto, a radical work for its time that is filled with serene melodies from both the pianist and orchestra. Join us for a performance featuring one of Prokofiev’s most beloved ballet scores paired with a beautiful Beethoven piano concerto and bold symphony by Schoenberg. British pianist Stephen Hough performs Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto, a radical work for its time that is filled with serene melodies from both the pianist and orchestra. Come hear the symphony that many called Brahms’ “Pastoral,” even though this cheerful masterpiece actually proved he was finally free of Beethoven’s imposing shadow. Beethoven’s 250th birthday celebration continues with the Mozart-inspired piano concerto No. 3 and marks British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor’s Utah Symphony debut. Come hear the symphony that many called Brahms’ “Pastoral,” even though this cheerful masterpiece actually proved he was finally free of Beethoven’s imposing shadow. Beethoven’s 250th birthday celebration continues with the Mozart-inspired piano concerto No. 3 and marks British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor’s Utah Symphony debut. The Beatles come to life in REVOLUTION, a new symphonic experience featuring top vocalists and musicians accompanied by Grammy Award-winner Jeff Tyzik’s new arrangements. REVOLUTION includes music transcribed and arranged for orchestra from the original master recordings at Abbey Road. Your favorite Beatles’ hits will be accompanied by hundreds of rare and unseen photos from the historic, London-based archives of The Beatles’ official fan magazine, The Beatles Book Monthly, along with stunning video and animation. REVOLUTION will take you on a magical musical and visual journey of The Beatles. The production features arrangements of over 25 top hits including “Ticket to Ride,” “Penny Lane,” “Get Back,” “Here Comes the Sun,” and “Hey Jude.” All music under license from Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Harrisongs LTD. All photos under license from The Beatles Book Photo Library. The show is not endorsed by or connected to Apple Corps or The Beatles. Dwell for one night above the stars with Beethoven’s timeless ode to friendship and happiness. South Korean conductor Shiyeon Sung makes her Utah Symphony debut in a program that prominently features the Utah Symphony Chorus and choirs from the University of Utah. Composer in Association Arlene Sierra’s mysterious and evocative orchestral showpiece Aquilo appears as the first of her three U.S. premieres (including one world premiere) with the Utah Symphony this season. A pair of Mozart’s most important liturgical works complete the program, including his offertory Misericordias domini, which features melodies that foreshadow Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” theme. Written in response to a request from Paganini, Berloiz’ unique symphony Harold in Italy is a story with the most unlikely orchestral hero…the viola! Renowned German violist Tabea Zimmermann comes to Utah to perform the beautiful Romantic melodies in Berlioz’ Harold in Italy as well as Michael Jarrell’s art-inspired concerto Emergences-Résurgences, a work dedicated to her in 2016. Maestro Fischer also leads the Utah Symphony in Mozart’s most tragic and emotionally charged symphony, the “Great” No. 40. Music takes flight in Cirque de la Symphonie, where - you guessed it - acrobats, jugglers, and aerialists fly over the Utah Symphony and audience for a jaw-dropping experience that will have you on the edge of your seat. Always afraid of legendary ghosts, Brahms waited until his 40s to write his first symphony, only to have it dubbed “Beethoven’s Tenth.” As part of a self-described ‘new simplicity,’ Prokofiev’s 2nd Violin Concerto is a musical travelogue of his time in Paris, several Soviet resort towns, and Madrid during the early 1930s. Vadim Gluzman returns to Utah to perform it on the incredible 1690 “ex-Leopold Auer” Stradivarius. Schubert’s incidental music for the melodrama Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp) survives thanks almost exclusively to this warm-hearted overture, a rare gem that was itself nearly lost to time. "ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ELEGANT LIVE BANDS." -The Times (UK) Portland’s favorite “little orchestra” joins the Utah Symphony to perform their cosmopolitan blend of vintage pop, jazz, classical and global styles. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world and crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop, Pink Martini was founded by Thomas Lauderdale in 1994. Twenty years later, Pink Martini still tours the world, singing in 22 languages at opera houses, concert halls, film festivals, museums, and fashion shows. In 2014, Pink Martini was inducted into both the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame.
Maestro Fischer rounds out the program with music from tall tale operas by Weber and Strauss, both important German romantic composers, as well as a symphonic poem depicting Elgar’s trip to the Italian Riviera in 1903.
Maestro Fischer rounds out the program with music from tall tale operas by Weber and Strauss, both important German romantic composers, as well as a symphonic poem depicting Elgar’s trip to the Italian Riviera in 1903.
Maestro Fischer rounds out the program with music from tall tale operas by Weber and Strauss, both important German romantic composers, as well as a symphonic poem depicting Elgar’s trip to the Italian Riviera in 1903. 
Prokofiev’s irresistible melodic genius takes center stage in a suite of scenes from his glorious version of the classic fairy tale Cinderella, which the world needed more than he could have known when it premiered in 1945.
Maestro Fischer and the orchestra explore the intellectual intricacies and virtuosic fireworks of Schoenberg’s groundbreaking 1st Chamber Symphony.
Prokofiev’s irresistible melodic genius takes center stage in a suite of scenes from his glorious version of the classic fairy tale Cinderella, which the world needed more than he could have known when it premiered in 1945.
Maestro Fischer and the orchestra explore the intellectual intricacies and virtuosic fireworks of Schoenberg’s groundbreaking 1st Chamber Symphony.
Prokofiev’s irresistible melodic genius takes center stage in a suite of scenes from his glorious version of the classic fairy tale Cinderella, which the world needed more than he could have known when it premiered in 1945.
Maestro Fischer and the orchestra explore the intellectual intricacies and virtuosic fireworks of Schoenberg’s groundbreaking 1st Chamber Symphony. 
Frequent guest conductor Jun Märkl returns with a rare performance of the highly dramatic overture from Schumann’s only opera Genoveva, based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant.
Frequent guest conductor Jun Märkl returns with a rare performance of the highly dramatic overture from Schumann’s only opera Genoveva, based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant. 
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