This concert, directed by Kent Nagano, covers a rich and eclectic assortment of times and places. After dance suites by Ravel and Bach (including Bach’s Suite in D major, one of the best-known works in the repertoire), the Orchestra turns to South America, with Ginastera’s notoriously virtuosic Violin Concerto and Villa-Lobos’...

Kent Nagano sets the Maison symphonique ablaze with The Rite of Spring, which has become one of the OSM’s signature classics. This program, soon to be taken on tour internationally, also includes Debussy’s Jeux and Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, which the composer counted among his greatest accomplishments.

Rafał Blechacz returns to the OSM with Mozart's Concerto no. 23, one of his most famous piano concertos. Alongside works by the master of Viennese classicism, this concert features Claude Vivier’s Siddhartha, inspired by Hermann Hesse’s novel of the same name, in which a young man embarks on a spiritual journey in search of...

Rafał Blechacz returns to the OSM with Mozart's Concerto no. 23, one of his most famous piano concertos. Alongside works by the master of Viennese classicism, this concert features Claude Vivier’s Siddhartha, inspired by Hermann Hesse’s novel of the same name, in which a young man embarks on a spiritual journey in search of...

The OSM once again brings French and Russian music into the limelight. The French music, however, looks abroad – Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso paints a suave and colourful portrait of Spain, while Saint-Saëns’ Fifth Piano Concerto is tinged with inflections of Arabic music. The unstoppable energy of Petrushka provides the finale...

The OSM once again brings French and Russian music into the limelight. The French music, however, looks abroad – Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso paints a suave and colourful portrait of Spain, while Saint-Saëns’ Fifth Piano Concerto is tinged with inflections of Arabic music. The unstoppable energy of Petrushka provides the finale...

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is pleased to invite you to a benefit concert for the Friends of the OSM. This special evening at the Maison symphonique de Montréal on April 11, 2019, will transport you to the very heart of your orchestra while supporting its educational and access missions.

The OSM presents two of the greatest works written by Mozart at the end of his life. The first, his final symphony, no. 41, “Jupiter,” is generally regarded as the musical testament of a genius. Then, the legendary Requiem, which lay unfinished at the composer’s death, has inspired countless stories, including the one immortalized...

Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie and French pianist Alexandre Tharaud renew their collaboration in a performance of Mozart’s Concerto no. 21, best known for its Andante, whose tenderness has captivated the attention of myriad filmmakers. The program for this concert will conclude with two overtures and the poignant Symphony no. 39.

Among the incalculable incarnations of Mozart’s genius is his Symphony no. 36, composed in only three days and on par with many of his masterworks. The OSM will perform this work along with a rare concerto for flute and harp and the much-beloved A Little Night Music, the inspiration for which remains a mystery.

The OSM presents two of the greatest works written by Mozart at the end of his life. The first, his final symphony, no. 41, “Jupiter,” is generally regarded as the musical testament of a genius. Then, the legendary Requiem, which lay unfinished at the composer’s death, has inspired countless stories, including the one immortalized...

The OSM presents two of the greatest works written by Mozart at the end of his life. The first, his final symphony, no. 41, “Jupiter,” is generally regarded as the musical testament of a genius. Then, the legendary Requiem, which lay unfinished at the composer’s death, has inspired countless stories, including the one immortalized...

Kent Nagano conducts The Planets, Gustav Holst’s best-known work. This renowned orchestral suite depicts both war and peace, as well as – in the much-beloved Jupiter movement – joy and jollity. Pianist in residence Jean-Philippe Collard adds a finishing touch to the program with Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major.

The OSM invites you to a concert at the Maison symphonique that is simply out of the ordinary, featuring Pierre Lapointe and Catherine Major, with Maestro Nagano conducting! Inspired by the Cabaret years, responding to the censorship of the interwar period, this true whirlwind of music, songs and dance will immerse you in the world of...

Kent Nagano conducts The Planets, Gustav Holst’s best-known work. This renowned orchestral suite depicts both war and peace, as well as – in the much-beloved Jupiter movement – joy and jollity. Pianist in residence Jean-Philippe Collard adds a finishing touch to the program with Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major.

The OSM offers a rare opportunity to hear Henri Dutilleux’s virtuosic Cello Concerto, with outstanding French cellist Edgar Moreau as soloist. The Concerto was originally composed for the great Rostropovich in the late 1960s – nearly a century after Tchaikovsky composed the exquisite melodies of his First Symphony, “Winter...

The OSM offers a rare opportunity to hear Henri Dutilleux’s virtuosic Cello Concerto, with outstanding French cellist Edgar Moreau as soloist. The Concerto was originally composed for the great Rostropovich in the late 1960s – nearly a century after Tchaikovsky composed the exquisite melodies of his First Symphony, “Winter...

Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov returns to Montreal to perform Rachmaninoff’s famous Third Piano Concerto – a captivating introduction to Romantic piano music, or an invitation to fall in love with it all over again. This concert marks the debut of conductor Karina Canellakis with the OSM.

Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov returns to Montreal to perform Rachmaninoff’s famous Third Piano Concerto – a captivating introduction to Romantic piano music, or an invitation to fall in love with it all over again. This concert marks the debut of conductor Karina Canellakis with the OSM.

Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov returns to Montreal to perform Rachmaninoff’s famous Third Piano Concerto – a captivating introduction to Romantic piano music, or an invitation to fall in love with it all over again. This concert marks the debut of conductor Karina Canellakis with the OSM.

Louis Lortie appears at the Maison symphonique once again, this time with Franck’s Symphonic Variations, one of the composer’s most enduring classics. Next comes Mahler’s fascinating Seventh Symphony, which heralded the end of German Romanticism.

Internationally acclaimed conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and young piano prodigy George Li make their OSM debuts together, with Liszt’s First Piano Concerto and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. A must-see encounter!

Internationally acclaimed conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and young piano prodigy George Li make their OSM debuts together, with Liszt’s First Piano Concerto and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. A must-see encounter!

The OSM devotes its final concert of the season to French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), pairing the Symphonie fantastique – one of the major classics of the orchestral repertoire – with the lyric monodrama Lélio. Together, these autobiographical works form the two-part “Épisode dans la vie d’un artiste” (Episode in the...

The OSM devotes its final concert of the season to French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), pairing the Symphonie fantastique – one of the major classics of the orchestral repertoire – with the lyric monodrama Lélio. Together, these autobiographical works form the two-part “Épisode dans la vie d’un artiste” (Episode in the...

The OSM devotes its final concert of the season to French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), pairing the Symphonie fantastique – one of the major classics of the orchestral repertoire – with the lyric monodrama Lélio. Together, these autobiographical works form the two-part “Épisode dans la vie d’un artiste” (Episode in the...

Brahms and Dvořák – both composers of genius, both contemporaries, both outstanding masters whose deep friendship and mutual admiration spanned more than two decades. Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal delve into the Slavic soul in a selection of Brahms’s famous Hungarian Dances, which rank among the most popular...

Near the end of the summer of 1896, in the enchanting environment of his Alpine retreat, Gustav Mahler completed another symphony. He wrote to a friend that “summer brought me the Third, probably my most extraordinary work so far. Imagine a work of such magnitude that it actually mirrors the whole world, an instrument the whole universe...