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Jonathan Cohen, conductor

Celebrate the holidays with a traditional Messiah from the longest running series in America! Since their opening concert on Christmas Day, 1815, Handel’s Messiah has been synonymous with the Handel and Haydn Society. For the first time ever at the Kravis Center, experience Handel + Haydn’s magical and complete Messiah.

Program to include:
Handel, Messiah HWV 56

Snowflakes and Sea Breezes

The Atlantic Classical Orchestra invites you to make memories this holiday season with the 3rd annual Home for the Holidays concert.

Whether you’re dreaming of snowflakes or palm trees, let the magic of live holiday music warm your heart this December. From festive orchestral favorites to timeless carols, this concert will be the perfect way to ring in the season with family and friends. We can’t wait to welcome you Home for the Holidays

Snowflakes and Sea Breezes

The Atlantic Classical Orchestra invites you to make memories this holiday season with the 3rd annual Home for the Holidays concert.

Whether you’re dreaming of snowflakes or palm trees, let the magic of live holiday music warm your heart this December. From festive orchestral favorites to timeless carols, this concert will be the perfect way to ring in the season with family and friends. We can’t wait to welcome you Home for the Holidays.

Itzhak Perlman, violin
Rohan De Silva, piano

In Part II of the violin virtuoso’s An Afternoon with Itzhak Perlman, enjoy a unique multimedia experience with tales from his life and career, along with performances alongside his longtime pianist, Rohan De Silva. They’ll offer an intimate window into Perlman’s life and work through live performance, rarely seen home movies and personal anecdotes from more than a half-century of music-making.

Program to include:
Musical Selections To Be Announced From Stage

THE KRAVIS CENTER AND ATTILA GLATZ CONCERT PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

Jan 1, 2026 |Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall

The Strauss Symphony of America
Imre Kollár, conductor (Budapest)
Brigitta Simon, soprano (Vienna)
Eric Fennell, tenor (Berlin)

Featuring the Budapest Ballet

Celebrating 30 years in North America, SALUTE TO VIENNA NEW YEAR’S CONCERT returns to West Palm Beach for a dazzling anniversary season. This beloved annual tradition is an unmissable addition to every music lover’s holiday wish list.

At the heart of SALUTE TO VIENNA NEW YEAR’S CONCERT is the richly festive, romantic and soul-stirring music of Johann Strauss, Jr. Mark the 200th anniversary of the famed composer’s birth with a selection of soaring overtures, arias and duets that capture the essence of Vienna’s Golden Age, including the Blue Danube Waltz.

With a charming expert in Viennese music at the conductor’s podium, the Waltz King’s timeless music bursts to life in performances by some of Europe’s finest singers, internationally acclaimed dancers and a full orchestra. With elegant costumes, bright floral designs, and even a joke or two from the conductor, this cherished tradition is the perfect way to waltz into the new year.

Carlos Miguel Prieto, Music Director
Pacho Flores, trumpet

On their debut US tour, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería caused a stir in sold-out halls across the country and the Kravis Center was no exception. The elite Mexican orchestra returns with their charismatic music director, Carlos Miguel Prieto and the trumpet sensation, Pacho Flores. Along with another exciting program of composers like Ginastera and Revueltas, Pacho Flores will perform two trumpet concerti with the orchestra – Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto and Paquito d’Rivera’s Concerto Venezolano.

Program to include:
Silvestre Revueltas, Sensemayá
Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1
Paquito d´Rivera, Concerto Venezolano
INTERMISSION
Alberto Ginastera, Panambí, Suite after the Ballet, Op. 1b
Ginastera, Ollantay: Tres movimientos sinfónicos, Op. 17
Ginastera, Four Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a

Vasily Petrenko, Music Director
Ray Chen, violin

Following his thrilling debut performance, virtuoso violinist Ray Chen returns with the UK’s legendary Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Their program will feature Mendelssohn’s ravishing Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s tragic and dramatic Tenth Symphony.

Program to include:
Brahms, Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14
INTERMISSION
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93

Borrowed and Blue

We kick off our 36th season with music shaped by African and African American traditions. Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5, written during his time in Egypt, is infused with exotic melodies and dazzling virtuosity. Gershwin and Weill both wove blues and jazz into a classical framework in their groundbreaking operas, Porgy and Bess and The Threepenny Opera, whose unforgettable tunes—like Mack the Knife and Summertime—have become standards of both the concert hall and the Great American Songbook.

Borrowed and Blue

We kick off our 36th season with music shaped by African and African American traditions. Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5, written during his time in Egypt, is infused with exotic melodies and dazzling virtuosity. Gershwin and Weill both wove blues and jazz into a classical framework in their groundbreaking operas, Porgy and Bess and The Threepenny Opera, whose unforgettable tunes—like Mack the Knife and Summertime—have become standards of both the concert hall and the Great American Songbook.

Borrowed and Blue

We kick off our 36th season with music shaped by African and African American traditions. Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5, written during his time in Egypt, is infused with exotic melodies and dazzling virtuosity. Gershwin and Weill both wove blues and jazz into a classical framework in their groundbreaking operas, Porgy and Bess and The Threepenny Opera, whose unforgettable tunes—like Mack the Knife and Summertime—have become standards of both the concert hall and the Great American Songbook.