The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Andreas Delfs. Photo by SmilliePhoto.com.
In Friday’s (3/14) Rochester Beacon (NY), David Raymond writes, “The … Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2025-2026 season has been [announced], and [Music Director Andreas] Delfs and others are confident its variety will lure audiences to Kodak Hall. The orchestra hasn’t presented a festival in many years, but the upcoming season offers two such events. In the fall, a Beethoven festival will feature some RPO soloists in favorite repertoire, and in 2026, a dance festival with Garth Fagan Dance and Rochester City Ballet will take place…. Besides the ‘Eroica,’ fifth, sixth, and seventh symphonies, there will be concertos with pianists Jon Nakamatsu and Jonathan Biss and violinist Benjamin Beilman. Beethoven’s rarely performed Triple Concerto will bring three RPO musicians front and center: concertmaster Juliana Athayde, principal cellist Ahrin Kim, and pianist Chiao-Wen Cheng…. January’s Dance Festival offers the chance to see Rochester City Ballet dancers in … ‘Romeo and Juliet’ … danced to a suite arranged by Delfs … Garth Fagan Dance …will premiere a new work based on Philip Glass’ Brazilian-inspired ‘Days and Nights in Rocinha.’… [The season includes] world premieres by … Aaron Jay Kernis … Jennifer Higdon … and Lowell Liebermann … There will be plenty of other beloved symphonies and concertos.”
