Concert Season

Masterworks

Masterworks is the series for keen spirits, romantic hearts, and curious minds. Music Director Joseph Caballé-Domenech and a host of worldwide soloists join the Philharmonic in a year of unparalleled brilliant music.

October 4-5

Stravinsky’s dazzling Firebird Suite blazes to life in the Philharmonic’s season opener. Music Director ChloĂ© Dufresne takes the podium for her highly anticipated debut, joined by the soaring passion of […]

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November 15-16

It begins with four notes that changed music forever. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony storms the stage in a defiant journey from darkness to triumphant light. Hannah Kendall’s Spark Catchers gives voice […]

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January 24-25

Think a piano can’t roar like an orchestra? Brahms’ Second Concerto proves otherwise—epic in scale, thunderous in power, yet tender in its most lyrical moments. Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini plunges […]

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February 21-22

The heat of Spain ignites the stage in Bizet’s Carmen, a story of love, rebellion, and freedom told through some of the most iconic music ever written. Star guitarist JIJI […]

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March 14-15

Every great composer has a moment when the world first takes notice. For Grieg, it was the Piano Concerto, composed at just 24 and overflowing with Romantic passion. Shostakovich was […]

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April 25-26

Wynton Marsalis is a jazz pioneer and American icon. No fluff here; it's 100% New Orleans swagger and trumpet thrills. Sergei Rachmaninoff emigrated from Russia and found the American dream. […]

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May 16-17

America@250 shines a spotlight on two titans of American music. Leonard Bernstein’s Candide Overture dazzles, while George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess delivers songs that have become part of our cultural […]

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Philharmonic Pops

Serious fun. Serious entertainment!

Philharmonic Pops offers something for everyone in unforgettable concerts built for first dates, longtime romantics, and good friends looking for adventure.

October 10-11

Feel the music of John Williams—a legendary sound that stirs hearts, sparks imagination, and transcends cinema in a spectacular night of symphonic magic.

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November 7-8

Tom Cruise soars on the big screen with the entire Philharmonic for a journey of courage and sacrifice at full throttle.

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December 30-31

Ring in the New Year with Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Hear electrifying performances, thrilling surprises, and see Colorado's biggest balloon drop in a bold, high energy, symphonic celebration.

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February 13-14

Raptors roar in Jurassic Park with HD projection, backed live by the full Philharmonic with John Williams' iconic score.

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March 6-7

Get loud and relive the Latin pop explosion with hits from Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Santana, and more in La Vida Loca!

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April 10-11

Celebrate Broadway's best villains with unforgettable melodies from Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, and more in a night of music, mischief, and fun—being bad never sounded so good.

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May 8-9

Join the Philharmonic for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in concert, as they perform John Williams' Grammy-winning score live alongside the epic film on the big screen.

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Signature Series

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The complete piano concertos of Ludwig van Beethoven over two unforgettable weekends.

Held at the beautiful Ent Center for the Arts, the Signature Series offers a special intimacy at every performance.  These concerts offer something more personal (and less predictable) than traditional performances on a large stage.    

October 25-26

This is music that won’t be quiet. Mel Bonis—silenced in her day—opens with waltzes full of elegance and quiet rebellion. Evren Ozel, Van Cliburn medalist, takes on Mozart’s Concerto No. […]

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January 31 - February 1

Hear Mozart’s genius from two sides. Aristo Sham, Van Cliburn gold medalist, performs the radiant Piano Concerto No. 17, alive with charm and effortless grace. Then the mood shifts to […]

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March 21-22

Chopin’s fire, Schubert’s light. Vitaly Starikov, Van Cliburn silver medalist, illuminates Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a work of drama and poetry. Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 follows with radiant charm—music […]

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