Program: Jerry Goldsmith: Fireworks: A Celebration of Los Angeles; Alexander Tsfasman: Jazz Suite; Bernard Herrmann: Scène d’Amour from Vertigo; Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Michael Tilson Thomas: Lope; Samuel Barber: Two movements from Piano Concerto, Op. 38 Performers: Los Angeles Philharmonic; Teddy Abrams (conductor); Yuja Wang (piano); Boris Allakhverdyan (clarinet) Celebrate the LA Phil’s 2026/27 season gala with an evening of dazzling music and excitement. Teaming up with conductor Teddy Abrams and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Yuja Wang returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall as “Houdini and Horowitz rolled into one” ( Los Angeles Times ), bringing her mesmerizing playing and stage presence to Tsfasman’s scintillating Jazz Suite and selections from Barber’s exhilarating Piano Concerto. The program highlights the passion and pizzazz of Hollywood with Goldsmith’s Fireworks and Herrmann’s Vertigo score, while also paying tribute to American luminaries Leonard Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas. Hear LA Phil Principal Clarinet Boris Allakhverdyan playing Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs back-to-back with a performance of MTT’s curious and fun-loving Lope .
Rafael Payare , conductor Yefim Bronfman , piano GUBAIDULINA: Fairytale Poem (Poema-Skazka) MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 R. STRAUSS: A Hero's Life (Ein Heldenleben), Op. 40 The 2026-2027 season opens with Rafael Payare conducting the Orchestra in a concert celebrating the power of human imagination.
Rafael Payare , conductor Yefim Bronfman , piano GUBAIDULINA: Fairytale Poem (Poema-Skazka) MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 R. STRAUSS: A Hero's Life (Ein Heldenleben), Op. 40 The 2026-2027 season opens with Rafael Payare conducting the Orchestra in a concert celebrating the power of human imagination.
Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in D major, K. 485; Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, “Pathétique”; Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110; Isaac Albéniz: Selections from Suite española No. 1, Op. 47; Enrique Granados: Quejas, o la maja y el ruiseñor from Goyescas (Los majos enamorados) , Op. 11; Franz Liszt: Consolations , S. 172, No. 2: Un poco più mosso; Franz Liszt: Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli, Supplément aux Années de pèlerinage II , S. 162 Performers: Lang Lang (piano) From performing at the 2008 and 2026 Olympics and collaborating with Metallica to playing for Pope Francis and topping Billboard charts, Lang Lang remains one of the leading figures in expanding classical music’s reach. The global piano star returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall for a highly anticipated solo recital, performing Mozart’s playful Rondo along with two of Beethoven’s most beloved piano sonatas—the “Pathétique” and his emotionally charged penultimate sonata. After intermission, Lang Lang invites us on a romantic getaway to Spain via Albéniz’s flamenco-flavored Suite española as well as the chivalrous yet somber “Quejas” from Goyescas , Granados’ collection of pieces inspired by Spanish painter Francisco de Goya. Lang Lang closes out the recital with two works by his personal piano hero, Franz Liszt: the lightning-fast Tarantella and the deeply moving Consolation No. 2—the piece Lang Lang describes as “a whispered prayer that suddenly opens up into something universal.”
GRAMMY Award-winning Takács Quartet returns to BroadStage alongside visionary pianist Jeremy Denk , continuing a beloved tradition as one of our audience’s most cherished ensembles. Hailed as “one of the world’s greatest string quartets” of the past 50 years, the Takács Quartet has become a season highlight, with each appearance deepening their connection to BroadStage audiences. Denk is “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs” (The New York Times), bringing dazzling virtuosity and musical intelligence to every performance. Together, these classical music powerhouses deliver an evening of chamber music at its most compelling, performing Haydn’s brilliant String Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 2 , Mendelssohn’s impassioned String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 , and culminating in Franck’s sweeping Piano Quintet in F minor with Denk at the keyboard.
Performers: Ludovico Einaudi (piano) Ludovico Einaudi’s meditative, emotionally rich compositions have made him one of classical music’s most popular pianists. For the first time since his sold-out 2019 appearance, he returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall this October in support of his forthcoming album Solo Piano , his first-ever collection of solo works. See him perform new versions of pieces from across his career like “Experience” and “Elegy for the Arctic”—just himself and his piano in the most intimate of settings.
Program: SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8; DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G major; DVOŘÁK: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 The Philharmonic Society opens its 2026-27 season with three of today’s most celebrated classical artists—pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, violinist Lisa Batiashvili, and cellist Gautier Capuçon—joining forces for an electrifying chamber music program. Featuring works by Shostakovich, Debussy, and Dvořák, this rare collaboration brings together extraordinary individual artistry in a performance praised as “a supergroup to savour” ( The Arts Desk ).
