"We open the season with quintessential works by Mozart and the stunning Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The Chamber Orchestra will perform a work by Chopin, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth in 1810." – Dirk Brossé

"Time for introspection and meditation of Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Puccini’s Crisantemi. Soloists from the Chamber Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform Romantic works by Vaughan Williams and Tchaikovsky to provide one of the most memorable concerts this season." - Dirk Brossé

"We are pleased to welcome Maestro Andrew Grams, who will conduct works by Turina and Bizet. Acclaimed guitarist Gyan Riley will perform Rodrigo’s beloved Concierto de Aranjuez in its original version that was admired and transformed by musical greats of the twentieth century, such as Miles Davis and Gil Evans." - Dirk Brossè

"The brilliant Elena Urioste, winner of the Sion International Violin Competition and Curtis alumna, will perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor. I look forward to conducting Symphony No. 1 by Beethoven, whose grandparents shared the same Flemish roots as mine. A groundbreaking piece for its time and enjoyed by generations thereafter" - Dirk Brossè

"I am so pleased to welcome Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn. He will conduct and lead the Chamber Orchestra from the piano in what is sure to be a proud and welcome homecoming for our audiences. Maestro Solzhenitsyn will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 and conduct Haydn’s Symphony No. 103 'Drum Roll'." - Dirk Brossé

"An experience for music lovers of all ages, this concert is part of our subscription concert series, as well as the Kimmel Center’s first annual Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), which will celebrate the influence of Paris in the early 20th century on the world." - Dirk Brossé