Ten new conductors will guest with the Oslo Philharmonic in the 25/26 season.

Giuseppe Verdi wrote his monumental Requiem in memory of one of his great inspirations, the writer Alessandro Mazoni. Four soloists, an expanded Oslo Philharmonic Choir, and a large orchestra bring depth and drama on the same scale as Verdi’s famous operas when the Requiem is staged at the Oscarsborg Opera.

• Giuseppe Verdi  Requiem

• Giedrė Šlekytė,  Conductor
• Ingegjerd Bagøien Moe,  Soprano
• Tone Kummervold,  Alto
• Daniel Frank,  Tenor
• Alexander Tsymbalyuk,  Bass
• An expanded Oslo Philharmonic Choir, 
• Håkon Matti Skrede,  Choirmaster
• Tilde Björfors,  Director
• Maja Ravn,  Scenography and costume

For the first time since Lise Davidsen won the competition in 2015, the Oslo Philharmonic once again hosts the Queen Sonja International Music Competition. Six finalists will join the orchestra, under the leadership of conductor Nicholas Carter. 

• The repertoir will be ready after the semi-final.  

• Nicholas Carter,  Conductor
• Six finalists from Queen Sonja Singing Competition, 

The German composer, conductor, and clarinetist Jörg Widmann leads the Oslo Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and two of his own works at this year’s Ultima concert. In his orchestral piece Con brio, Widmann playfully explores Beethoven’s musical devices. His sister, Carolin Widmann, is the soloist in his Violin Concerto No. 2.

• Jörg Widmann  Con brio
• Ludwig van Beethoven  Symphony No. 7

• Jörg Widmann,  Conductor
• Carolin Widmann,  Violin

Pekka Kuusisto conducts the Oslo Philharmonic and Ung Filharmoni in a concert featuring two musical interpretations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet—Johan Svendsen’s Concert Overture and Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet music. Tine Thing Helseth is the soloist in a new trumpet concerto written for her by Nico Muhly.

• Johan Svendsen  Romeo and Juliet
• Nico Muhly  Doom Painting (Trumpet Concerto)
• Sergei Prokofiev  Romeo & Juliet: Suite No. 2: I. Montagues and Capulets
• Sergei Prokofiev  Romeo & Juliet: Suite No. 1
• Sergei Prokofiev  Romeo & Juliet: Suite No. 2: VII. Romeo at Juliet's Grave

• Pekka Kuusisto,  Conductor
• Tine Thing Helseth,  Trumpet
• Ung Filharmoni, 

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts Mieczysław Weinberg’s Symphony No. 21. Weinberg lost his family in the concentration camps, and fifty years later, he composed this symphony in memory of the Holocaust victims from his hometown, Warsaw.

• Mieczysław Weinberg  Symphony No. 21

• Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla,  Conductor

Mieczysław Weinberg lost his family in the concentration camps. Fifty years later, he composed Symphony No. 21 in memory of the Holocaust victims from his hometown, Warsaw. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the symphony along with Suite No. 4 from The Golden Key. Marie-Ange Nguci is the piano soloist in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

• Mieczysław Weinberg  The Golden Key: Suite No. 4
• Sergej Rachmaninoff  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• Mieczysław Weinberg  Symphony No. 21

• Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla,  Conductor
• Marie-Ange Nguci,  Piano

Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen leads one of the most iconic symphonies in classical music—Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fate Symphony.

• Ludwig van Beethoven  Symphony No. 5

• Eva Ollikainen,  Conductor

Bjørn Kruse’s new violin concerto is written for Oslo Philharmonic violinist Maria Angelika Carlsen, who premieres the work as the soloist. In Unfolding Moments, new musical ideas continuously emerge, seamlessly connected by the violin’s voice. Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen leads one of the most iconic symphonies in classical music—Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fate Symphony.

• Bjørn Kruse  Unfolding Moments (fiolinkonsert)
• Ludwig van Beethoven  Symfoni nr. 5

• Eva Ollikainen,  Dirigent
• Maria Angelika Carlsen,  Fiolin

Paris and Vienna were Europe’s musical capitals in the 19th century, inspiring each other with elegant dance music and lively operettas. François-Xavier Roth conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in a New Year’s program that combines Strauss waltzes with French composers who refined and extended Vienna’s influence.

• Emmanuel Chabrier  Joyeuse marche
• Jacques Offenbach  Les contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle
• Émile Waldteufel  Les Patineurs
• Johann Strauss Jr.  Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
• Camille Saint-Saëns  Tarantelle
• Émile Waldteufel  Grand vitesse
• Camille Saint-Saëns  Valse Timbre d’argent
• Johann Strauss Jr.  Wein, Weib & Gesang
• Ambroise Thomas  Mignon: Overture
• Johann Strauss Jr.  An der schönen blauen Donau
• Maurice Ravel  La Valse

• François-Xavier Roth,  Conductor

Aivis Greters conducts the Oslo Philharmonic’s choir and orchestra in Johannes Brahms’ dramatic Schicksalslied, Pēteris Vasks’ meditative The Fruit of Silence, and Igor Stravinsky’s powerful Symphony of Psalms. The Easter concert also features the world premiere of Herman Vogt’s orchestral work Light Shall Shine Out of Darkness.

• Pēteris Vasks  The Fruit of Silence
• Igor Stravinsky  Symphony of Psalms
• Herman Vogt  Light Shall Shine Out of Darkness
• Johannes Brahms  Schiksalslied

• Aivis Greters,  Conductor
• Oslo Filharmoniske Kor, 
• Simon Halsey,  Choral director and artistic advisor

Maxim Emelyanychev dirigerer Pjotr Tsjaikovskijs avskjedsverk Symfoni nr. 6.

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky  Symphony No. 6 «Pathétique»

• Maxim Emelyanychev,  Conductor

Maxim Emelyanychev conducts two of the 19th century’s most beloved orchestral works: Johannes Brahms’ orchestral debut, Piano Concerto No. 1, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s farewell work, Symphony No. 6. Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in Brahms’ piano concerto.

• Johannes Brahms  Piano Concerto No. 1
• Pjotr Tsjaikovskij  Symphony No. 6 «Pathétique»

• Maxim Emelyanychev,  Conductor
• Alexander Melnikov,  Piano