Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya returns to lead the Minnesota Orchestra in a program featuring works by Kodály and Tchaikovsky, as well as Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, performed by Chanhassen native Grace Roepke. Listen to the live broadcast with host Melissa Ousley at 8 p.m. Friday, June 9, on YourClassical MPR.

The Minnesota Orchestra announced its 2023-24 season with new music director Thomas Søndergård, a Danish conductor and percussionist whose goal is to “be the music director for all generations.” Find out more about upcoming concerts, guest conductors and guest soloists scheduled to perform alongside the Minnesota Orchestra!

On Friday Dec. 9, Border CrosSing and artistic director Ahmed Anzaldúa joined the Minnesota Orchestra in ‘El Mesías,’ a bilingual Spanish-English cross-cultural combination of George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Ariel Ramírez’ ‘Navidad Nuestra.’ Listen to the concert now!

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.

Enjoy highlights of Minnesota’s recent Latvian Song and Dance Festival, featuring music by world-renowned choral composer Ēriks Ešenvalds and the melded voices of two outstanding choirs: Anima from Latvia and Magnum Chorum from the Twin Cities. Listen to YourClassical’s broadcast of the concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, with host Andrea Blain.

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.