A Midsummer Night’s After Party at the Max

[ June 13, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Join us for the DSO’s biggest night of the year – the afterparty for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Open bar, signature drinks and hors d’oeuvres.  Music by Detroit DJs Global
and Joshua Adams.  Dancing to George Bedard and the Kingpins.  Cigar Terrace and Sports Lounge showing Detroit Tigers game and NBA playoffs.
 

Come early for the Midsummer [...]

Free Concert with the DSO at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

[ June 10, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] As part of an innovative partnership, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), Henry Ford Health System and conductor Leonard Slatkin will team up to bring a free community concert titled Music and Healing to Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital on June 10. The performance, located in the Ravitz Foundation Main Atrium, begins at 7 p.m. Highlights [...]

DSO Season Finale at the Max

[ June 4, 2009 12:00 am to June 6, 2009 12:00 am. ] Join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) in the conclusion of the 2008-09 classical season with Principal Guest Conductor Peter Oundjian and Grammy Award-winning soprano Measha Brueggergosman in Season Finale. The program, part of Chrysler Foundation Signature Classical Series, features the eloquent voice of concert artist and opera singer Brueggergosman in Strauss’ magnificent Four Last Songs, [...]

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 at the Max

[ May 29, 2009 12:00 am to May 31, 2009 12:00 am. ] The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), conductor Hans Graf and pianist Orion Weiss take the stage on May 29-31 in Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with a performance that completes the DSO’s season-long tribute to Beethoven’s five Piano Concertos. The program, part of the Buick Preferred Classical Series, features Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, also known as “Emperor” [...]

A Musical Collaboration with the DSO

[ May 21, 2009 12:00 am to May 23, 2009 12:00 am. ] The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will spotlight a dynamic husband and wife duo when it brings virtuoso violinist Jaime Laredo and acclaimed cellist Sharon Robinson to center stage under the direction of renowned conductor Hans Graf in A Musical Collaboration on May 21-23. The program, part of the Comerica Charitable Foundation Favorites Classical Series and [...]

Star Trek Meets Star Wars at the DSO

[ May 14, 2009 12:00 am to May 17, 2009 12:00 am. ] Join forces with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and famed conductor Erich Kunzel as they embark on a musical adventure through space and time on May 14-17 in Star Trek Meets Star Wars. This varied program will feature themes from the ever-popular Star Trek series by composers Alexander Courage, Jerry Goldsmith and Dennis McCarthy, as [...]

3rd Annual DSO deCanted

[ May 13, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The very popular DSO deCanted, a wine tasting and auction, sponsored by the Volunteer Council of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, will be held at the Detroit Athletic Club, 241 Madison Avenue, Detroit, Michigan  on Wednesday, May 13, 2009.  From 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, friends and supporters of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will enjoy sampling [...]

All Beethoven with the DSO

[ April 30, 2009 12:00 am to May 3, 2009 12:00 am. ] The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), alongside American classical pianist Jonathan Biss and renowned conductor Jerzy Semkow, will inspire with the emotional and musical complexity of three of Beethoven’s beloved works in All Beethoven.  The program, part of the Chrysler Foundation Signature Classical Series, includes Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, Piano Concerto No. 3 and what many [...]

Slatkin and Boisvert at the Max

[ April 2, 2009 12:00 am to April 4, 2009 12:00 am. ] The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) Music Director Leonard Slatkin and Concertmaster Emmanuelle Boisvert come together to bring Berg’s poignant and lyrical Violin Concerto to life in Slatkin and Boisvert. Part of the Chrysler Foundation Signature Classical Series and sponsored in part by Strategic Staffing Solutions the program also features Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter [...]

Bolero at the Max

[ March 27, 2009 12:00 am to March 28, 2009 12:00 am. ] The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will bookend its “Boléro” concerts later this month with mesmerizing Ravel masterpieces Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé and Boléro. Conducted by rising star Susanna Mälkki, the concerts will also feature pianist Peter Serkin playing Stravinsky’s Movements for Piano and Orchestra and Messiaen’s Couleurs de la Cité Celeste. Concerts [...]