Orchestra della Toscana

Program and cast

Classica - 2025_26 Concert Season

28 November 2025
Orchestra della Toscana
Hossein Pishkar – conductor
Marie – Ange Nguci – piano

Program
Johannes Brahms / Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Felix Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 “Reformation”

24 December 2025 – CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Orchestra della Toscana
Nicolò Jacopo Suppa – conductor
Ettore Pagano – cello

Program
Gioachino Rossini / Il signor Bruschino, Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Andante cantabile for cello and string orchestra
Igor Stravinsky / Suite italienne No. 1 for cello and string orchestra (arr. B. Wallfisch)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Symphony No. 41 K 551 “Jupiter”

28 January 2026
Orchestra della Toscana
Balázs Kocsár – conductor
Alexey Stadler – cello

Program
Paolo Catenaccio / Grande Danse, Cello Concerto – world premiere – commissioned by Fondazione ORT
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Symphony No. 36 K 425 “Linz”

5 February 2026
Orchestra della Toscana
Umberto Clerici – conductor
Kersong Leong – violin

Program
Ludwig van Beethoven / Violin Concerto, Op. 61
Franz Schubert / Symphony No. 3, D 200

17 February 2026 – CARNIVAL CONCERT
Orchestra della Toscana
Roberto Molinelli – conductor
Carnival Reloaded – The Art of Disguise in Music

Program
Music by Verdi, Paganini, Molinelli, Vivaldi, Piazzolla

24 February 2026
Orchestra della Toscana
Diego Ceretta – conductor
Kevin Spagnolo – clarinet

Program
Robert Schumann / Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52
Carl Maria von Weber / Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 74
Franz Schubert / Overture in Italian Style, D 590
Felix Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 “Italian”

11 March 2026
Orchestra della Toscana
Diego Ceretta – conductor
Martina Consonni – piano

Program
Ludwig van Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37
Luigi Cherubini / Symphony in D major

19 March 2026
Orchestra della Toscana
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian – conductor
Jeremias Fliedl – cello

Program
Jean Sibelius / Death of Mélisande from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46
Franz Joseph Haydn / Cello Concerto No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven / Symphony No. 4, Op. 60

2 April 2026 – EASTER CONCERT
Orchestra della Toscana
Min Gyu Song – conductor
Simon Zhu – violin

Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Violin Concerto No. 5 K 219 “Turkish”
Ludwig van Beethoven / Symphony No. 8, Op. 93

15 April 2026
Orchestra della Toscana
Erina Yashima – conductor
Elly Suh – violin

Program
György Ligeti / Concert Românesc
Antonín Dvořák / Violin Concerto, Op. 53
Georges Bizet / Symphony in C major

7 May 2026
Orchestra della Toscana
Diego Ceretta – conductor
Emilio Checchini – clarinet
Umberto Codecà – bassoon

Program
Anton Webern / Langsamer Satz
Richard Strauss / Duetto-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, strings and harp
Felix Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 1, Op. 11

20 May 2026
Orchestra della Toscana
Diego Ceretta – conductor
Silvia Careddu – flute

Program
Matteo Rubini / commissioned by Fondazione ORT
Jacques Ibert / Flute Concerto
Johannes Brahms / Symphony No. 2, Op. 73