Audiences can watch the beloved Christmas film on the big screen while musicians perform John Debney’s original score live
Read MoreAlongside new work by Torontonian Linda Catlin Smith, the program included works by American new-music legends John Adams, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass
Read MoreSeasonal standouts include a massive choral Messiah, and different takes on A Christmas Carol—including one with 10-foot-high puppets
Read MoreProgram also features Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder with the U.K.’s Synergy Vocals, a Linda Catlin Smith premiere, and John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons
Read MoreMore than 100 musicians will be making the journey to Ontario in March 2025
Read MoreAward-winning violinist to enchant audiences with Stravinsky’s stunning Violin Concerto and two Prokofiev symphonies
Read MoreConductor-composer to lead Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Canadian premiere of his sweeping mix of Western and Asian traditions, November 8 and 9
Read MoreShow written and hosted by Patricia Ward Kelly features scenes from the American icon’s most beloved films set to a live symphony
Read MoreAward-winning artist’s piece inspired by Chinese and Sanskrit texts tells of six stories from the life of the Buddha, and of a prince’s path to enlightenment
Read MoreThe piece by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez is a mariachi-themed violin concerto
Read MoreSlumdog Millionaire composer joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at Vancouver International Film Festival keynote event
Read MoreVancouver Island’s Ari Kinarthy wrote the score and stars in a screening event that memorializes his life
Read MoreDirector Lucas van Woerkum will edit and adapt his film to the orchestra’s performance in real-time, in program that includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Morlock’s Night, Herself
Read MoreProgram includes an enchanting Stravinsky ballet score, romantic Rachmaninoff, and late composer Jocelyn Morlock’s mysterious Night, Herself
Read MoreIt’s the first time James Horner’s musical score has been adapted for live performance by a full symphony orchestra
Read MoreThe maestro is also artistic advisor of the VSO School of Music
Read MorePop-up performances take place all across downtown Vancouver and at YVR Airport
Read MoreOrchestra put pedal to the metal in innovative program of premieres and debuts featuring works by Dmitri Shostakovich, John Adams, and B.C.’s Nicholas Ryan Kelly
Read MoreBritish composer and musicologist Paul Rissmann will present the work alongside contemporary composer Michael Oesterle’s Entr’actes
Read MoreThe Audain Foundation’s presentation of the multimedia tribute to Jean-Paul Riopelle offered stunning visuals and stirring music in very big, very serious production
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