Upcoming Performances
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…
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…
Upcoming
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…
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…