Current Season

Upcoming Performances

Strauss’s Guntram

June 6

Carnegie Hall

Completed in 1893, Richard Strauss’s very first opera is rarely performed today. The ASO’s presentation marks its first performance in New York City in this century. A riveting story of…

Dalibor at Bard SummerScape

July 25 – Aug 3

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate. Set against a backdrop of medieval intrigue, Dalibor follows its titular tragic hero…

Bard Music Festival — Program 9

Aug 16

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

PROGRAM NINE: The Epic Power of Tradition This program comprises choral and orchestral music by Martinů and perhaps his finest student, Moravia’s Jan Novák. Set to his own Latin text,…

Bard Music Festival — Program 11

Aug 17

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

“Leon Botstein, the conductor and tireless champion of overlooked works, considers Julietta an operatic masterpiece that at least deserves a place in the repertory…He has done his part by bringing a worthy…

Past Performances

Chamber Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace

May 19 & 20

Bryant Park

Following a 2023 commission for the ASO’s Chamber Series, percussionist-composer Javier Diaz curates “Contrapunto Musical”: Musical Counterpoint between Cuba and the United States, a selection of chamber music programs that…

The Music of Louis Armstrong (Jazz Ensemble) at Bryant Park Upper Terrace

May 12 & 13

Bryant Park

ASO’s jazz ensemble has performed numerous concerts dedicated to the great jazz composers of both the past and present, including Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Count Basie, Charles Mingus,…

Tapping into the Twenties

March 23

David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

The ASO’s first concert at the new David Geffen Hall focuses on music of composers who came of age in the 1920s. Chief among them was Edgard Varèse. Varèse’s symphonic…

Bach at St. Bart’s – Sold Out

Jan 24

St. Bartholomew's Church

This performance is now SOLD OUT. Doors will open at 6pm and seating will remain open through the pre-concert talk, which is free for all attendees. Within General and Priority sections,…

Beyond the Hall

Sept 7

Kupferberg Center for the Arts

The ASO will co-present a free Saturday matinee with Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College/CUNY. Beyond the Hall explores music that draws its inspiration from outside the traditional concert setting….

Beyond the Hall

Sept 6

Bryant Park

The ASO presents a free concert as part of the Picnic Performance series at Bryant Park with a program of music sourced from dance salons, opera houses, cabaret, and the silver screen. For our…

Bard Music Festival: Berlioz and His World

Aug 17 & 18

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

The 34th Bard Music Festival: Berlioz and His World A singular composer, writer, and conductor, Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) is the definitive Romantic composer. Drawing music and sound into dialogue with…

Le prophète at Bard SummerScape

July 26–Aug 4

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Religion, power, ego, and manipulation collide in composer Giacomo Meyerbeer’s glorious psychodrama. Director Christian Räth (Die schweigsame Frau, 2022 and Das Wunder der Heliane, 2019) returns for a third SummerScape to…

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music From the Studio Ghibli Films

July 11, 12 & 13

Madison Square Garden

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki will take place July 11, 12 & 13. We are thrilled to be making our third appearance…

Upcoming

Strauss’s Guntram

June 6

Carnegie Hall

Completed in 1893, Richard Strauss’s very first opera is rarely performed today. The ASO’s presentation marks its first performance in New York City in this century. A riveting story of…

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Dalibor at Bard SummerScape

July 25 – Aug 3

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate. Set against a backdrop of medieval intrigue, Dalibor follows its titular tragic hero…

MORE INFO

Bard Music Festival — Program 9

Aug 16

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

PROGRAM NINE: The Epic Power of Tradition This program comprises choral and orchestral music by Martinů and perhaps his finest student, Moravia’s Jan Novák. Set to his own Latin text,…

MORE INFO

Bard Music Festival — Program 11

Aug 17

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

“Leon Botstein, the conductor and tireless champion of overlooked works, considers Julietta an operatic masterpiece that at least deserves a place in the repertory…He has done his part by bringing a worthy…

MORE INFO

Past Performances

Chamber Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace

May 19 & 20

Bryant Park

Following a 2023 commission for the ASO’s Chamber Series, percussionist-composer Javier Diaz curates “Contrapunto Musical”: Musical Counterpoint between Cuba and the United States, a selection of chamber music programs that…

MORE INFO

The Music of Louis Armstrong (Jazz Ensemble) at Bryant Park Upper Terrace

May 12 & 13

Bryant Park

ASO’s jazz ensemble has performed numerous concerts dedicated to the great jazz composers of both the past and present, including Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Count Basie, Charles Mingus,…

MORE INFO

Tapping into the Twenties

March 23

David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

The ASO’s first concert at the new David Geffen Hall focuses on music of composers who came of age in the 1920s. Chief among them was Edgard Varèse. Varèse’s symphonic…

MORE INFO

Bach at St. Bart’s – Sold Out

Jan 24

St. Bartholomew's Church

This performance is now SOLD OUT. Doors will open at 6pm and seating will remain open through the pre-concert talk, which is free for all attendees. Within General and Priority sections,…

MORE INFO

Beyond the Hall

Sept 7

Kupferberg Center for the Arts

The ASO will co-present a free Saturday matinee with Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College/CUNY. Beyond the Hall explores music that draws its inspiration from outside the traditional concert setting….

MORE INFO

Beyond the Hall

Sept 6

Bryant Park

The ASO presents a free concert as part of the Picnic Performance series at Bryant Park with a program of music sourced from dance salons, opera houses, cabaret, and the silver screen. For our…

MORE INFO

Bard Music Festival: Berlioz and His World

Aug 17 & 18

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

The 34th Bard Music Festival: Berlioz and His World A singular composer, writer, and conductor, Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) is the definitive Romantic composer. Drawing music and sound into dialogue with…

MORE INFO

Le prophète at Bard SummerScape

July 26–Aug 4

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Religion, power, ego, and manipulation collide in composer Giacomo Meyerbeer’s glorious psychodrama. Director Christian Räth (Die schweigsame Frau, 2022 and Das Wunder der Heliane, 2019) returns for a third SummerScape to…

MORE INFO

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music From the Studio Ghibli Films

July 11, 12 & 13

Madison Square Garden

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki will take place July 11, 12 & 13. We are thrilled to be making our third appearance…

MORE INFO