2025-2026 Calendar
August 27
7:00 PM
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Opening concert
Soloist: Johan Dalene, violin
Richard Wagner: Waldweben
Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, suite
Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto
September 3
6:00 PM
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Beethoven and Prokofiev
Prokofiev: Symphony no.1
Beethoven: Symphony no.2
Konsertsalen, Örebro
September 4
7:00 PM
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Ava
Soloist: Ava Bahari, violin
Prokofiev: Symphony no.1
Annamaria Kowalsky: Violin concerto no.1
Beethoven: Symphony no.2
Konsertsalen, Örebro
September 18
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Opening concert
Soloist: Louis Lortie, piano
Mozart: Overture from Le nozze di Figaro
Brahms: Piano concerto no.2
Schumann: Symphony no.4 (version of 1841)
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
September 19
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Opening concert
Soloist: Louis Lortie, piano
Mozart: Overture from Le nozze di Figaro
Brahms: Piano concerto no.2
Schumann: Symphony no.4 (version of 1841)
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
September 20
7:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Opening concert
Soloist: Louis Lortie, piano
Mozart: Overture from Le nozze di Figaro
Brahms: Piano concerto no.2
Schumann: Symphony no.4 (version of 1841)
Le Forum, Flers
September 23
7:30 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Classic Hour
Schumann: Symphony no.4 (version of 1841)
Opéra, Rennes
September 26
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
From Bach to Boulez
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Webern/Bach: Ricercare a 6
Boulez: Memorial
Stravinsky: Eight Miniatures
Ligeti: Romanian concerto
Bartok: Music for strings, percussion and celesta
Opéra, Rennes
October 9
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Postcards from Iran and Scotland
Soloists: Kioomars Musayyebi, santur and Cyrile Robert, viola
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C
Golfam Khayam: Double concerto for Santur and Viola
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 « Scottish »
Théâtre de Cornouailles, Quimper
October 15
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Postcards from Iran and Scotland
Soloists: Kioomars Musayyebi, santur and Cyrile Robert, viola
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C
Golfam Khayam: Double concerto for Santur and Viola
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 « Scottish »
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
October 16
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Postcards from Iran and Scotland
Soloists: Kioomars Musayyebi, santur and Cyrile Robert, viola
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C
Golfam Khayam: Double concerto for Santur and Viola
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 « Scottish »
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
October 26
3:00 PM
Orchestre de l’Agora
In the streets of Paris
Chamber music featuring Nicolas at the piano and muscians from Agora.
Songs by Chausson, Berlioz, Massenet and more!
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Montréal
November 4
5:00 PM
Orchestre de l’Agora
The sponsors of Mozart and Beethoven
Soloist: Meagan Milatz, piano
Mozart : Piano Quartet in G minor, mvt I
Beethoven : Symphony no.3 « Eroica », mvt I
Mozart : Piano concerto no 24, mvt II-III
Beethoven : Symphony no.5, mvt I
Le 9e, Montréal
November 16
7:00 PM
Symphoniker Hamburg
Benjamin Kruithof and Nicolas Ellis
Soloist: Benjamin Kruithof, cello
Shostakovitch: Scherzo in F minor
Britten: Cello Symphony
Shostakovitch: Symphony no.1
Laeiszalle, Hamburg
November 20
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Jupiter and Neptune
Soloist: Fabien Boudot, violin
Haydn: Symphony no.39 Tempesta di mare
Mozart: Symphony no.41 Jupiter
Brahms: Violin concerto
La Passerelle, St-Brieuc
November 21
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Jupiter and Neptune
Soloist: Fabien Boudot, violin
Haydn: Symphony no.39 Tempesta di mare
Mozart: Symphony no.41 Jupiter
Brahms: Violin concerto
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
November 23
5:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Jupiter and Neptune
Soloist: Fabien Boudot, violin
Haydn: Symphony no.39 Tempesta di mare
Mozart: Symphony no.41 Jupiter
Brahms: Violin concerto
L’Archipel, Fouesnant
November 28
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Northern Folk
Soloists: Nicolas Babineau and Alexis Chartrand, fiddlers
Wojciech Kilar – Orawa
Danish Quartet: Scandinavian traditionals
Marcus Goddard – Allaqi
Duo Babineau-Chartrand: Traditionals from Québec for two fiddlers and string orchestra
Opéra, Rennes
November 30
5:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Northern Folk
Soloists: Nicolas Babineau and Alexis Chartrand, fiddlers
Wojciech Kilar – Orawa
Danish Quartet: Scandinavian traditionals
Marcus Goddard – Allaqi
Duo Babineau-Chartrand: Traditionals from Québec for two fiddlers and string orchestra
Espace Glenmore, Carhaix
December 2
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Northern Folk
Soloists: Nicolas Babineau and Alexis Chartrand, fiddlers
Wojciech Kilar – Orawa
Danish Quartet: Scandinavian traditionals
Marcus Goddard – Allaqi
Duo Babineau-Chartrand: Traditionals from Québec for two fiddlers and string orchestra
Centre culturel Juliette Drouet, Fougères
December 5
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Northern Folk
Soloists: Nicolas Babineau and Alexis Chartrand, fiddlers
Wojciech Kilar – Orawa
Danish Quartet: Scandinavian traditionals
Marcus Goddard – Allaqi
Duo Babineau-Chartrand: Traditionals from Québec for two fiddlers and string orchestra
Église paroissiale St-Nicolas, La Dominelais
December 10
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
The Nutcracker illustrated
Illustrations by Frédéric Ellis
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite assembled by Nicolas Ellis)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5
L’Hermine, Sarzeau
December 11
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
The Nutcracker illustrated
Illustrations by Frédéric Ellis
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite assembled by Nicolas Ellis)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
December 12
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
The Nutcracker illustrated
Illustrations by Frédéric Ellis
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite assembled by Nicolas Ellis)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
December 18
7:30 PM
Seattle Symphony
The Messiah
Handel: The Messiah
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium – Benaroya Hall, Seattle
December 20
8:00 PM
Seattle Symphony
The Messiah
Handel: The Messiah
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium – Benaroya Hall, Seattle
December 21
2:00 PM
Seattle Symphony
The Messiah
Handel: The Messiah
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium – Benaroya Hall, Seattle
January 17
7:30 PM
London Symphonia
Lara St-John: Ancient Flame
Soloist: Lara St-John, violin
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite
Avner Dorman: Violin Concerto No. 2 “Nigunim”
Copland: Appalachian Spring
London, Ontario
January 23
7:30 PM
Vancouver Symphony
Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff
Soloist: Joyce Yang, piano
Johanne Müller-Hermann: Heroic Overture
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme of Paginini
Mélanie Bonis: Femmes de légendes
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Orpheum, Vancouver
January 24
7:30 PM
Vancouver Symphony
Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff
Soloist: Joyce Yang, piano
Johanne Müller-Hermann: Heroic Overture
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme of Paginini
Mélanie Bonis: Femmes de légendes
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Centennial Theater, Vancouver
January 25
3:30 PM
Vancouver Symphony
Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff
Soloist: Joyce Yang, piano
Johanne Müller-Hermann: Heroic Overture
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme of Paginini
Mélanie Bonis: Femmes de légendes
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Bell Performing Arts Center, Surrey
January 31
7:30 PM
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Van Cliburn Champions: Mozart
Soloist: Aristo Sham, piano
Emilie Mayer: Overture no.2
Mozart: Piano concerto no.17
Mozart: Symphony no.38 « Prague »
ENT Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs
February 12
2:00 PM
Violons du Roy and Orchestre de l’Agora
Mozart’s muses
Soloist: Sarah Dufresne, soprano
Mozart:
• Overture from Don Giovanni, K. 527
• Schon lacht der holde Frühling, K. 580
• Nehmt meinen Dank, K. 383
• « Et incarnatus est » from C minor Mass
• Symphony no.38 « Prague »
Palais Montcalm, Québec
February 12
7:30 PM
Violons du Roy and Orchestre de l’Agora
Mozart’s muses
Soloist: Sarah Dufresne, soprano
Mozart:
• Overture from Don Giovanni, K. 527
• Schon lacht der holde Frühling, K. 580
• Nehmt meinen Dank, K. 383
• « Et incarnatus est » from C minor Mass
• Symphony no.38 « Prague »
Palais Montcalm, Québec
February 14
7:30 PM
Violons du Roy and Orchestre de l’Agora
Mozart’s muses
Soloist: Sarah Dufresne, soprano
Mozart:
• Overture from Don Giovanni, K. 527
• Schon lacht der holde Frühling, K. 580
• Nehmt meinen Dank, K. 383
• « Et incarnatus est » from C minor Mass
• Symphony no.38 « Prague »
Salle Bourgie, Montréal
March 1
2:30 PM
Victoria Symphony
Beethoven piano concerto no.4 and Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique
Soloist: Jaeden Izik-Dzurko
Florence Tremblay: Les détours nécessaires
Beethoven: Piano concerto no.4
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 « Pathetique »
Royal Theater, Victoria
March 8
12:00 PM
Polish National Radio Symphony
Sounds of Nature
Soloist: Piotr Tarcholik, violin
Concert hall, Katowice
March 12
7:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Gala Concert – Forest murmurs
Soloist: Olivia Gay, cello
David Popper – Im Walde
Claudie Bertounesque – Le chœur des bélugas
Igor Stravinski – Firebird (1919 version)
March 26
8:00 PM
Opéra national de Nancy et Lorraine
Courage
Johanna Müller-Hermann: Heroic Overture
Sofia Goubaïdoulina: Poème de conte de fées
Shostakovitch: Symphony no.5
Salle Poirel, Nancy
March 27
8:00 PM
Opéra national de Nancy et Lorraine
Courage
Johanna Müller-Hermann: Heroic Overture
Sofia Goubaïdoulina: Poème de conte de fées
Shostakovitch: Symphony no.5
Salle Poirel, Nancy
April 16
2:00 PM
Les Violons du Roy
Beauté des Amériques
Soloist: Kerson Leong, violin
April 16
7:30 PM
Les Violons du Roy
Beauté des Amériques
Soloist: Kerson Leong, violin
April 17
7:30 PM
Les Violons du Roy
Beauté des Amériques
Soloist: Kerson Leong, violin
April 25
8:30 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Classique au Large
Soloist: Fabien Boudot, violin
Mendelssohn: Overture from Midsummer night’s dream
Mozart: Symphony no.41 « Jupiter »
Brahms: Violin concerto
Palais au Grand Large, St-Malo
April 29
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Staging: Arthur Nauzyciel
Choeur Prolatio
Mendelssohn: Midsummer night’s dream
April 30
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Staging: Arthur Nauzyciel
Choeur Prolatio
Mendelssohn: Midsummer night’s dream
May 20
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
J’ai deux amours
Soloists:
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Darius Milhaud – Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op.58
Caroline Marçot – Chalk Line for voice and orchestra
Songs for Joséphine Baker (arrangements Johan Farjot)
French songs for piano and orchestra (arrangements Dimitri Soudoplatoff)
Francis Poulenc – Piano concerto
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
May 21
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
J’ai deux amours
Soloists:
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Darius Milhaud – Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op.58
Caroline Marçot – Chalk Line for voice and orchestra
Songs for Joséphine Baker (arrangements Johan Farjot)
French songs for piano and orchestra (arrangements Dimitri Soudoplatoff)
Francis Poulenc – Piano concerto
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes
May 22
8:30 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
J’ai deux amours
Soloists:
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Darius Milhaud – Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op.58
Caroline Marçot – Chalk Line for voice and orchestra
Songs for Joséphine Baker (arrangements Johan Farjot)
French songs for piano and orchestra (arrangements Dimitri Soudoplatoff)
Francis Poulenc – Piano concerto
Quai des rêves, Lamballes
May 26
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
La suggestion du chef
Nicolas Ellis, piano
Fabien Boudot, violin
Thomas Presle, violin
Cyrile Robert, viola
Olivier Lacour, cello
Chostakovitch: Five pieces for two violins and piano
Alexander Glazunov: Five novelettes
Chostakovitch: Piano quintet in G minor
Opéra, Rennes
May 28
8:30 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
J’ai deux amours
Soloists:
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Camille Bauer, mezzo-soprano
Darius Milhaud – Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op.58
Caroline Marçot – Chalk Line for voice and orchestra
Songs for Joséphine Baker (arrangements Johan Farjot)
French songs for piano and orchestra (arrangements Dimitri Soudoplatoff)
Francis Poulenc – Piano concerto
Palais des Congrès, Pontivy
May 29
8:30 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
J’ai deux amours
Soloists:
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Camille Bauer, mezzo-soprano
Darius Milhaud – Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op.58
Caroline Marçot – Chalk Line for voice and orchestra
Songs for Joséphine Baker (arrangements Johan Farjot)
French songs for piano and orchestra (arrangements Dimitri Soudoplatoff)
Francis Poulenc – Piano concerto
Quartz, Brest
June 3
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Revolutions
Soloist: Louis Lortie, piano
Camille Pépin: Un monde nouveau
Shostakovitch: Piano concerto no.2
Beethoven: Symphony no.3 « Eroica »
Opéra, Rennes
June 4
8:00 PM
Orchestre National de Bretagne
Revolutions
Soloist: Louis Lortie, piano
Camille Pépin: Un monde nouveau
Shostakovitch: Piano concerto no.2
Beethoven: Symphony no.3 « Eroica »
Opéra, Rennes
