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Nashville Symphony Announces 2024/25 Season

Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero Presents His Final Full Season Showcasing the Virtuosity and Versatility of the Nashville Symphony Musicians and His 14-year Tenure with the Orchestra

Classical Repertoire Includes Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Beethoven’s Seventh and Ninth Symphonies, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony, and Mahler’s Fifth and Eighth Symphonies; Featured Guest Artists Include Joyce Yang, Gil Shaham, Ray Chen, Inbal Segev, Bang on a Can All-Stars, and Branford Marsalis; And, Live Recordings of Works for Commercial Release by Mason Bates, Julia Wolfe, and C.F. Kip Winger

More Concerts with the Nashville Symphony Include The War and Treaty, Lyle Lovett, Indigo Girls, The Lion King and Home Alone in Concert, Peter and the Wolf, Handel’s Messiah, John Paul White, Violent Femmes, Itzhak Perlman, Girl Named Tom, and Leslie Odom, Jr.; Can't Miss Events Without Orchestra Include Dionne Warwick, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Drew & Ellie Holcomb, Kodo, Herbie Hancock, Arturo Sandoval, and Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens

NASHVILLE, TN—[March 18, 2024] Featuring more than 100 performances covering a range of genres and styles, the Nashville Symphony has announced its 2024/25 season. Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero will conduct 8 of 15 Classical Series programs, with the full Series offering seminal works to showcase the virtuosity and versatility of the Orchestra’s musicians, including Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Franz Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony No. 8, and Gustav Mahler’s Fifth and Eighth Symphonies. In addition to beloved staples of the classical repertoire, he will also give voice to underrepresented composers, with works including Carlos Simon’s The Block and Fate Now Conquers, Mary Lou Williams’s Zodiac Suite, Joan Huang’s Tu-Jia Dance, Osvaldo Golijov’s Sidereous, and Jasmine Barnes’s Four Winds Concertante, among others.

“I look back on my tenure with the Nashville Symphony with enormous pride in the artistic heights we have achieved together and how our sound has evolved. The virtuosity of the orchestra will be on display on every concert in the 2024/25 season – with compositions by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and Stravinsky, bookended by two of Mahler’s monumental symphonies – while our unequaled commitment to American music continues with performances and recordings of works by Mason Bates, Julia Wolfe, and Kip Winger,” said Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero. “It has been my distinct honor and pleasure to serve as Music Director to our musically omnivorous Nashville audiences for the past fifteen years, and I am excited to share with them this unforgettable season of music.”

Guest artists include Joyce Yang performing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini as part of Opening Weekend (Sep. 13 & 14), Simone Porter performing Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 1 and Missy Mazzoli’s Orpheus Undone (Sep. 28 & 29), Gil Shaham performing Mason Bates’s Nomad Concerto (Oct. 17 to 19), Natasha Paremski performing Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 (Nov. 8 & 9), Ray Chen performing Sibelius’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Nov. 22 & 23), frequent and favorite guest pianist Emanuel Ax performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 20 (Jan. 9 to 11), Bang on a Can All-Stars performing Julia Wolfe’s Flower Power (Jan. 24 to 26), Inbal Segev performing Mark Adamo’s Last Year (Feb. 28 & Mar. 2), Aaron Diehl, Aaron Kimmel, and David Wong performing Mary Lou Williams’s Zodiac Suite (Mar. 14 & 15), Branford Marsalis performing John Williams’s Escapades Concerto (Mar. 27 to 29), Titus Underwood and three principal players from other leading orchestras performing Jasmine Barnes’s Four Winds Concertante (Apr. 11 & 12), Oliver Herbert and Tony Siqi Yun performing works by Tchaikovsky (Apr. 24 to 26), and Peter Otto performing the world premiere of C.F. Kip Winger’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (May 9 & 10).

The Classical Series culminates with a profound performance: Guerrero conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 – known as “Symphony of a Thousand” (May 23 to 25) – employing massive forces with eight vocal soloists, two mixed choirs and a boys’ choir, an oversized orchestra, and a multitude of percussion.

"For the past 16 years, I’ve been honored to work alongside Giancarlo, stewarding the Nashville Symphony to new heights. Just like the distinguished roster of Music Directors who preceded him, Giancarlo leaves an indelible mark on the orchestra, our institution, and our community," said Nashville Symphony CEO Alan D. Valentine. "Giancarlo's selections for this upcoming season perfectly capture his exhilarating and engaging performances, and I'm beyond excited to share these programs with the community."

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