Boston Symphony Orchestra

Bravo Club is back—and it’s pure magic ✨ Support the BSO’s commitment to artistic excellence and music education in our community! Join Co-Chairs Ashley Bernon-Miller, Joanna Humphrey Flynn, and Lianne Leventhal on April 25 for our one-of-a-kind family-friendly fundraising series at the BSO. No membership needed – just get your tickets here → https://lnkd.in/eZrzvr_W Already have concert tickets? Contact us at bravoclub@bso.org to learn about add-on rates! #bsobravoclub

Earlier this month, we hosted our BSO Business Partner Appreciation Night at the Fairmont Copley Plaza and Symphony Hall! It was a great evening to celebrate their support, foster networking, and take an inside look ahead at the Boston Pops spring season. Thanks to all of our BSO Business Partners, and to our program sponsors Boston Business Journal and Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston.

Join us in congratulating pianist Eliot Arolovitch for being named the 2026 BSO Concerto Competition Winner! Eliot is a senior at Brookline High School and a member of the A. Ramon Rivera Senior Piano Seminar at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School. Hear Eliot perform the first movement of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the BSO this Saturday (3/14) as part of the BSO Family Concert "Something Borrowed, Something True: A Musical Exploration of the Essence of Belonging" → https://lnkd.in/eXHWRgKw A special thanks to BSO Youth and Family Program Sponsor Bank of America.

There's only one week left for high schoolers to submit their applications for this year's Fidelity Investments Young Artists Competition! Instrumentalists, vocalists, and ensembles of all genres and skill levels are encouraged to apply, and grand prize winners will perform live at Symphony Hall on June 3 along with Ben Folds. Applications close Sunday, March 1 at 11:50pm. Apply now → https://lnkd.in/emZuPYBY 📸: Michael J. Lutch

High school musicians of all genres and skill levels are encouraged to apply for the Fidelity Investments Young Artists Competition. Enter now for a chance to perform live on stage with the Boston Pops! Apply now → https://lnkd.in/eV5uvZiJ 📸: Michael Lutch

Last night at Symphony Hall, we officially launched the BSO x NEC Alliance — a landmark collaboration between our two iconic institutions that will fuel innovation and excellence in orchestral music in Boston and beyond. After the concert, concertgoers were invited to celebrate the partnership with a reception, featuring live music from New England Conservatory's Ardito Quartet. Learn more about the alliance → https://lnkd.in/ezM3jFp4 📸 #1-#5: Robert Torres, courtesy of the BSO #1 BSO President and CEO Chad Smith, NEC President Andrea Kalyn, BSO horn players Rachel Childers and Jason Snider, and NEC Dean and Chief Artistic Officer Hank Mou #2-4 NEC's Ardito Quartet 📸 #6: BSO President and CEO Chad Smith and NEC President Andrea Kalyn. Courtesy of NEC

Every year, the Grand Prize winners of the Fidelity Investments Young Artists Competition get to perform live on-stage at Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops during the spring season. This year, the winners will perform on the same night as multi-platinum singer-songwriter Ben Folds, in a concert that can’t be missed. The competition is open to all high school-aged musicians of any genre – vocalists, ensembles, and instrumentalists welcome! Apply now → https://lnkd.in/emZuPYBY

We're delighted to announce the 2026-27 season BSO Assistant Conductors: Yiran Zhao and Jakub Przybycień! Join us in welcoming Zhao, who was a 2025 Conducting Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, and Przybycień, who was Assistant Conductor of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia from 2023 to 2025. Both will make their BSO conducting debuts as Assistant Conductor during the 2027 Tanglewood season.

The BSO Resident Fellowship offers an unparalleled opportunity for career development for early-career symphonic musicians from underrepresented communities. We want to congratulate our recent BSO Resident Fellows on their success following their time with the BSO: violist Yuri Hughes (2024-2025) with the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra and bassist Andres Vela (2022-2024) as the Second Principal Bass in the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra! Applications are still open for the BSO Resident Fellowship 2026-27 program! Apply before 3/3 → https://lnkd.in/e-nrB5Gn 📸: Marko Rass and Hilary Scott

We're thrilled to share that the BSO won two Grammy Awards at last night's ceremony! Under the Deutsche Grammophon label, our recent recordings of Messiaen's "Turangalîla-Symphonie" won Best Orchestral Performance and our Shostakovich's The Cello Concertos with Yo-Yo Ma won Best Classical Instrumental Solo. A special thank you to BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons, BSO musicians, soloists Yo-Yo Ma, Yuja Wang, and Cécile Lartigau, Deutsche Grammophon, and BSO lead recording engineer Nick Squire, BSO producer Shawn Murphy, and the BSO technical team who so expertly capture the singular BSO sound.