Minnesota Orchestra

Border CrosSing, led by artistic director Ahmed Anzaldúa, joins the Minnesota Orchestra with ‘El Mesías,’ a bilingual Spanish-English cross-cultural combination of George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Ariel Ramírez’s ‘Navidad Nuestra.’ Join host Melissa Ousley for a live broadcast of the concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9.

Border CrosSing and artistic director Ahmed Anzaldúa join the Minnesota Orchestra in ‘El Mesías,’ a bilingual Spanish-English cross-cultural combination of George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Ariel Ramírez’ ‘Navidad Nuestra.’ Join host Melissa Ousley for a live-broadcast of the concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9.

A first-of-its-kind concert from the Minnesota Orchestra will spotlight rarely heard music by Black composers. Dubbed “The Listening Project,” the performance will take place at 8 p.m. on Oct. 7 in Orchestra Hall. Find out more about the upcoming concert now.

Minnesota Orchestra’s longest-serving concertmaster and the second woman to serve in that position in a major U.S. orchestra at the time of appointment, Jorja Fleezanis, died in her home in northern Michigan at 70.

The Minnesota Orchestra announced the appointment of Thomas Søndergård as its next music director on July 28. Listen to on-demand audio of his December debut with the orchestra, plus watch five other great moments with the exciting Danish conductor from the concert stage.

On Friday, July 29, Yue Bao, assistant conductor of the Houston Symphony, examined the role of destiny as she led the Minnesota Orchestra, alongside soprano Jessica Rivera, in works by Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Strauss and Ludwig van Beethoven. Listen to the concert now!

The prestigious U.K. classical music magazine Gramophone has selected the Minnesota Orchestra as its 2021 orchestra of the year. This win comes as part of the final season of music director Osmo Vänskä's 19-year tenure with the orchestra.

Two of Minnesota's biggest brands teamed up Sunday for an unlikely partnership. Just before kickoff of the Seattle Seahawks-Minnesota Vikings game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, the Vikings unveiled a new video mashup featuring their players and the Minnesota Orchestra.

The Minnesota Orchestra is the latest organization to require proof of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test to attend events.

Conductor Karina Canellakis leads the Minnesota Orchestra in a concert featuring Peter Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, along with selections from William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 1 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, with pianist Jon Kimura Parker. Listen now, with host Steve Seel.