Boston Symphony Announces 2024 Tanglewood Season

Acclaimed Guest Conductors and Artists

This season offers a parade of returning guest conductors and favorite guest artists with the BSO in the Shed, beginning with Dima Slobodeniouk and pianist Conrad Tao performing Bernstein's Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety (July 19), on the same program with Brahms' Third Symphony. Alan Gilbert conducts two BSO concerts: first, accompanying pianist Kirill Gerstein, violinist Joshua Bell, and cellist Steven Isserlis on an all-Beethoven program (August 4), and next leading Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with Gerstein performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 (August 9).

Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska makes her BSO and Tanglewood debuts with two works by Sibelius and Leila Josefowicz performing Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in her Tanglewood debut (August 10). BSO-debuting conductor James Gaffigan is paired with young Cuban American soprano Elena Villalón who also makes her BSO and Tanglewood debuts in selections from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and Idomeneo, as well as Mahler's Symphony No. 4 (August 11). BSO Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid makes his BSO and Tanglewood debuts leading Midori in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 on a program that includes Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Svetlanov's Dawn in the Field (August 16). BSO Assistant Conductor Earl Lee conducts Yo-Yo Ma in Schumann's Cello Concerto with Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (August 18). Up-and-coming American conductor Ryan Bancroft makes his BSO debut along with Bruce Liu in Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1, followed by Elgar's Enigma Variations (August 23).

Karina Canellakis accompanies violinist Leonidas Kavakos in Chausson's Poème on a program that features the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Ravel (August 24). Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu debuts at Tanglewood leading the orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in the annual season-closing performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (August 25).

Another season highlight is Los Angeles Philharmonic Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel in his first appearance at Tanglewood since 2006 conducting the National Children's Symphony of Venezuela for its Tanglewood debut in the Shed (August 8), performing music by John Adams, Estévez, Ginastera, and Shostakovich.

The Boston Pops

In his 29th summer at Tanglewood, Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops in an Opening Weekend performance (July 6) of Broadway Today!: Broadway's Modern Masters, showcasing groundbreaking songs from such recent Tony-winning musicals as Hamilton, In the Heights, The Light in the Piazza, Kimberly Akimbo, The Band's Visit, Hadestown, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, and Dear Evan Hansen, and featuring current Broadway stars, including Victoria Clark, Micaela Diamond, Mandy Gonzalez, and Joshua Henry. By popular demand, there will be two presentations of John Williams' Film Night, with conductors John Williams and Ken-David Masur (August 2 and 3). Lockhart and the Pops return on August 17 for Jurassic Park In Concert, performing Williams' iconic score live to a screening of the film, abounding with visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects projected in high definition.