CONCERTOS AND MORE: Grammy-winning pianist Michelle Cann is among the guest artists on schedule for the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season, which opens October 25-26. (Photo by Titilayo Ayangade)

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has announced its 2025-26 Season with a line-up of guest artists assembled by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov. Violinist Aubree Oliverson returns to the PSO stage along with violinist Bella Hristova, who last performed with the orchestra in 2014. Pianists Maxim Lando and Michelle Cann, harpsichordist Mahan Esfanhani, and Serbian-French cellist Maja Bogdanovic will each be appearing with the PSO for the first time at Richardson Auditorium.

On the program are concertos by Antonín Dvorák, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Edvard Grieg, and Camille Saint-Saëns, as well as the world premiere of a new work for harpsichord and small orchestra by Princeton-based composer Julian Grant. Additional contemporary compositions include Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orpheus’ Comet, Andreia Pinto Correia’s Ciprés, Jessie Montgomery’s Records from a Vanishing City, and Viet Cuong’s Extra(ordinarily) Fancy.

“I am always amazed by the Princeton audiences and their curiosity for fresh viewpoints and artistic expression,” said Milanov. “The juxtaposition of new works with beloved classics invites comparison and stimulates dialogue.”

Among the masterworks to be presented are Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 as orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg, Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Symphony, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Second Symphony, and Sergei Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony. Princeton Festival veterans Aubry Ballarò, soprano, Nicholas Nestorak, tenor, and Joseph Barron, bass, will perform the full version of Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella.

All performances take place on select Saturdays at 7:30pm (a new start time) and Sundays at 4 p.m., at Richardson Auditorium. Milanov conducts all but the February concert.

Tickets are currently available by subscription only. Single tickets will go on sale over the summer. Visit princetonsymphony.org or call (609) 497-0020 for the full calendar.