Minnesota Orchestra

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Listen: Elina Vähälä performs Sibelius' Violin Concerto

The Minnesota Orchestra wrapped up its Sibelius Festival last weekend with two more symphonies and the revised 1905 version of Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, featuring violinist Elina Vähälä. Listen to the concert now.

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski memorial service

Minnesota Orchestra selected as Gramophone's orchestra of the year

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.

Minnesota Orchestra and Vikings team up for the win

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.

Minnesota Orchestra to require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test at concerts

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

Listen: Minnesota Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky, Still and Mozart

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.

Minnesota Orchestra will begin welcoming back audiences in late June

Only a limited number will be allowed in Orchestra Hall. The orchestra will continue presenting live concerts on radio, TV and livestream through at least August.

Minnesota Orchestra adds some heavy metal to its percussion section

From Mahler to Berlioz, bells are an important part of orchestral repertoire. But, for the longest time, the Minnesota Orchestra relied on computer-based bell samplings and chimes to bring out those booming sounds. Thanks to a generous gift, however, two new bells will be added to the ensemble.

Orchestra performing to an empty audience

Minnesota Orchestra announces $11.7 million deficit for fiscal 2020

COVID-19 cancellations of concerts and the orchestra's biggest fundraiser of the year, the Symphony Ball, punched a hole in the organizations finances.

Minnesota Orchestra presents 'A Midwinter Gathering' with Kevin Kling

Gathering with our community, our family, and our people to celebrate this holiday season will likely be different than in years past. Listen to 'A Midwinter Gathering' with the Minnesota Orchestra and Kevin Kling.

National Radio Day: Listen to the Minnesota Orchestra's historic March 13 live broadcast with new audio

To celebrate National Radio Day (Aug. 20), Classical MPR offers a special presentation of our live March 13 broadcast of the Minnesota Orchestra, with remastered audio and new commentary from host Melissa Ousley, as a gift to listeners. On that historic night, the orchestra performed to an audience-less hall amid concerns surrounding the coronavirus.