Feb 13 Friday
Into the Night
For our second Masterworks, we welcome violinist Hina Khuong-Huu, winner of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, whose expressive brilliance and fiery virtuosity will ignite Prokofiev’s darkly lyrical Second Violin Concerto. Framing the program are two vivid fairytales: Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, a gripping, ghostly tone poem made famous by Fantasia, and Tchaikovsky’s luminous Sleeping Beauty Suite, culminating in the waltz beloved the world over. As a final touch of enchantment, we close with the glittering Waltz from Swan Lake.
Feb 14 Saturday
Opera's Greatest Hits!Take a beautiful and emotional journey through some of the best and favorite repertoire from operas by Puccini, Verdi, Mozart and others. Featuring soprano, mezzo, tenor and baritone voices, and contextual guidance by master of ceremonies Ian Campbell.
Vero Beach Opera presents "Opera Showcase" on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 7 pm at the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center.
Mar 04 Wednesday
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
New York’s Grammy Award®-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns, joining forces with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, who has been called “a performer of near-superhuman technical prowess.” Together they will perform arrangements for Piano and Orchestra including Liszt’s Wanderer Fantasy (after Schubert’s D. 760) and Schubert’s Chamber Symphony in B-flat Major (after D. 960).
Program to include:Michi Wiancko, Chopiniana SuiteMozart, Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414INTERMISSIONSchubert/Breuer, Chamber Symphony in B-Flat Major, after D. 960
Mar 08 Sunday
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Following their sold-out debut performances, the Vienna Philharmonic will take the stage in our Matinee Series. Led by Grammy Award®-winning conductor, Andris Nelsons (Music Director of Boston Symphony Orchestra), their Matinee Series program includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 – written in 4 days while in Linz – and Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony.
Program to include:Mozart, Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 “Linzer”INTERMISSIONDvořák, Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60, B. 112
Mar 09 Monday
Andris Nelsons, conductor Lang Lang, piano
In their Evening Series performance, the Vienna Philharmonic and Maestro Andris Nelsons will be joined by “one of the most gifted classical artists on the planet”, Lang Lang! Their program features Bartók’s stunning Third Piano Concerto – completed as a gift for his wife during the final stages of leukemia – and Mahler’s dramatic First Symphony, the “Titan”.
Program to include:Bartók, Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119, BB 127INTERMISSIONMahler, Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Mar 12 Thursday
Town and Country
Masterworks 3 explores music that searches for peace—whether in the bustling city or the serene countryside. Copland’s Quiet City paints an introspective, nocturnal portrait of urban solitude, while Beethoven’s beloved Pastorale Symphony evokes the joys of nature, from tranquil streams to a dramatic summer storm and a grateful hymn of thanksgiving. Between them, Paul Frucht’s Finding Religion, inspired by a song of Charles Ives, reflects on the complexities of faith and human yearning. Our own concertmaster, Leonid Sigal, and audience favorite, cellist Julian Schwarz, bring this moving double concerto to life in a program that speaks to the beauty and contradictions of the human spirit.
Mar 13 Friday
Town & Country
Masterworks III explores music that searches for peace—whether in the bustling city or the serene countryside. Copland’s Quiet City paints an introspective, nocturnal portrait of urban solitude, while Beethoven’s beloved Pastorale Symphony evokes the joys of nature, from tranquil streams to a dramatic summer storm and a grateful hymn of thanksgiving. Between them, Paul Frucht’s Finding Religion, inspired by a song of Charles Ives, reflects on the complexities of faith and human yearning. Our own concertmaster, Leonid Sigal, and audience favorite, cellist Julian Schwarz, bring this moving double concerto to life in a program that speaks to the beauty and contradictions of the human spirit.
Stéphane Denève, Artistic Director Augustin Hadelich, violin
Founded as America’s Orchestral Academy by Michael Tilson-Thomas, the New World Symphony comes from Miami for their first performance at the Kravis Center with their celebrated new Artistic Director, and MTT’s first successor, Stéphane Denève. German-American violinist, Augustin Hadelich, is considered one of the great violinists of our time, known for his phenomenal technique, insightful and persuasive interpretations, and ravishing tone, who tours extensively around the world. In a program entitled Denève and Hadelich: The Hollywood Sound, they will perform Korngold’s glamorous, glittering Violin Concerto—an extraordinary fusion of Viennese romance and Old Hollywood, Korngold’s movie overtures, and Strauss’ well-known and romantic tone poem, Also sprach Zarathustra.
Program to include:Max Steiner, Main Theme from King KongKorngold, Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (after F. Mendelssohn)Korngold, Overture to The Sea-HawkKorngold, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35INTERMISSIONStrauss, Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
