Single tickets are now on sale for the Phoenix Symphony’s 2026-27 season, which will feature more than 35 performances and mark the orchestra’s first season with newly appointed Virginia G. Piper Music Director Designate Paolo Bortolameolli.
The Symphony’s 79th season will include classical programs, Phoenix Pops concerts, films accompanied by live orchestra, holiday performances, chamber music and family programming.
Bortolameolli will open the season Oct. 9-11 at Symphony Hall with “Paolo Conducts Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev,” featuring pianist Olga Kern performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The program also includes Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 and Glinka’s overture to “Ruslan and Lyudmila.” Other classical highlights include Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and a celebration of composer John Williams’ 95th birthday.
