GUSTAVO DUDAMEL and the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

The Inaugural Season, 2026–27

 

Photo by Szilveszter Makó

 

The New York Philharmonic announces the 2026–27 season — sponsored by Leni and Peter May — which marks the start of Gustavo Dudamel’s tenure as the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music & Artistic Director. In Dudamel’s inaugural season the New York Philharmonic ushers in a dynamic new era of artistic growth, groundbreaking collaboration, forward-thinking programming, and deep community engagement.

 

Dudamel said: “As I begin this new chapter with the New York Philharmonic, I feel that every step of my life — as a student, as a teacher, as a musician, as a citizen — has led me to this moment. This season is built on a single belief: that music, like this great city, can unite us across cultures, generations, and art forms, in a single, shared human experience. When we truly listen together, we can begin to imagine a better world. This season is an invitation to honor the past, embrace the present, and envision a future filled with more beauty — to remember not only who we are, but who we can become.”

 

 

2026–27 SEASON AT-A-GLANCE

 

#작곡가 진은숙 Unsuk CHIN Trumpet Concerto 

(New York Philharmonic CoCommission, as part of the Kravis Prize for New Music and Project 19, with the Danish National Radio Symphony, Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France)

 

#GUSTAVO DUDAMEL AND THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AT

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL

Radio City Music Hall

1260 Sixth Avenue

Thursday, September 10, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Artists and repertoire to be announced 

 

#GUSTAVO DUDAMEL CONDUCTS PHILHARMONIC IN

9/11 MEMORIAL CONCERT IN LOWER MANHATTAN

Perelman Performing Arts Center

6 World Trade Center, 251 Fulton Street

Friday, September 11, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

New York Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Soldiers’ Chorus of The U.S. Army Field Band

Program to be announced

 

#LUNAR NEW YEAR CONCERT AND GALA

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

Tuesday, February 9, 2027, 7:00 p.m.

지휘자 최현 Holly Hyun Choe*, conductor

Artists and repertoire to be announced

 

#DUDAMEL CONDUCTS US PREMIERE OF STAGED PRODUCTION OF FALLA AND

STRAVINSKY DIRECTED BY ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

Wednesday, March 10, 2027, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 11, 2027, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 12, 2027, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 14, 2027, 2:00 p.m.

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Marina Abramović*, director

Pasión Vega*, vocalist

Narrator to be announced

STRAVINSKY The Soldier’s Tale (US Premiere of

staged production–New York Philharmonic

Co-Commission with Teatro San Carlo)

FALLA El Amor brujo (1915 version) (US Premiere of

staged production–New York Philharmonic

Co-Commission with Teatro San Carlo)

 

#ZUBIN MEHTA RETURNS

CLARA-JUMI KANG PLAYS SIBELIUS

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

Thursday, April 15, 2027, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 16, 2027, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 17, 2027, 7:30 p.m.

Zubin Mehta, conductor

바이올리니스트 클라라 주미 강 데뷔 Clara-Jumi Kang**, violin

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

 

#GUSTAVO DUDAMEL CONDUCTS THE CONCERTS IN THE PARKS

Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer

Tuesday, June 15, 2027, 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 16, 2027, 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 17, 2027, 8:00 p.m.

Friday, June 18, 2027, 8:00 p.m.

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Artists and repertoire to be announced