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2024/25 Season Highlights
Welcome to the 2024/25 Season! The sublime wonder of the concert experience presents magical moments both on stage and in the audience. As we begin the yearlong showcase of our orchestra’s artistry, we cast a spotlight on the reason behind every TSO performance: YOU.
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And here’s a brief prelude of what’s in store…
Season Highlights
- Our musicians shine in a series of concerti for orchestra throughout the season
- Seven world premières of new works, and five Canadian premières
- Opening Night: Music Director Gustavo Gimeno leads Mussorgsky’s evocative stroll through an art gallery, Pictures at an Exhibition
- TSO Spotlight Artist soprano Anna Prohaska sparkles in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
- TSO Spotlight Artist Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki shows his prowess with a full cycle of Beethoven’s piano concerti over two nights
- Majestic choral voices join your TSO for Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin
- Megastar pianists Yuja Wang, Angela Hewitt, and Emanual Ax return with beloved favourites by Mozart and Tchaikovsky
- Three renowned conductors make their TSO début, all of whom are women: Anja Bihlmaier, Marta Gardolińska, and Kristiina Poska
- Prolific contemporary conductors and composers John Adams and Thomas Adès lead your TSO in their own works
- Pops pays tribute to Tina Turner with Adrienne Warren, Tony Award-winner for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
- 21st-Century Broadway welcomes Broadway’s brightest stars to Roy Thomson Hall
- World Première of Red Sky Performance’s She Holds Up the Stars on our Young People’s Concert Series
- Family-friendly films The Nightmare Before Christmas, Encanto, and Elf with live orchestral accompaniment
- Three Relaxed Performances for neurodiverse audiences, including a Masterworks concert
- AND SO MUCH MORE!
In His Own Words
In a special episode of Sunday Night at the TSO on The New Classical 96.3 FM, Beck Family CEO Mark Williams spoke with host Kathleen Kajioka about next season. Hear what he’s most looking forward to in 2024/25:
Overheard: TSO Musician & Staff Picks
Unsure which concerts to choose? Let our TSO staff and musicians inspire you with their can't-miss highlights from the upcoming season. Dive in and discover your favourites today! We'll be adding more insights from our insiders in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.
Gustavo Gimeno
Gustavo’s 2024/25 Pick
Mahler’s Fourth
“I am very excited to introduce Anna Prohaska to Toronto as one of our 2024/25 TSO Spotlight Artists. She is such a luminous person and performer, and I am happy to have her next to me on stage. She is extremely motivated and committed to her craft, and we knew right from the moment we met that this would be a great collaboration. We are excited to share with you selections from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Haydn’s Scena di Berenice in March.”
Angela Sanchez
Angela’s 2024/25 Pick
Hot, Hot, Hot! Calypso, Cumbia & More
“What I really love about this program is that it merges world music and orchestral music into one, and it shows that there is more to orchestra music than people may expect. It’s exciting to see Caribbean music featured, and as someone of Latina heritage, I grew up listening to this music, so I look forward to seeing it brought to life in a symphonic setting.”
Kun Yan
Kun’s 2024/25 Pick
Brilliant Bartók
“I am always fascinated by Bartók’s approach to orchestral composition in this piece. It feels like different instruments are constantly communicating but also against each other, as if they are best friends and rivals simultaneously. Join us to experience why Bartók called it ‘concerto for orchestra’ rather than a symphony!”
Matthew Robertson
Matthew’s 2024/25 Pick
Pops Goes to the Movies: The Music of Hans Zimmer
“As a big fan of film scores, I am excited for the TSO to highlight a composer as prolific as Hans Zimmer. With Pops Goes to the Movies, I can’t wait to be transported into the worlds he has built with his music and, experience his epic, dramatic works with a live orchestra.”
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