2025 Events at the Nashville Symphony

Thursday-Saturday, April 3-5, 2025, 7:30 pm

The incomparable Lyle Lovett brings his soulful voice and impeccable guitar skills to perform alongside the Nashville Symphony. A singer, composer, and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums

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Sunday, April 6, 2025, 3 pm

Blast off to outer space with the Nashville Symphony! Join the orchestra as we journey through the galaxy to explore the planets, travel amongst the stars, and witness the vast expanse of outer space through music.

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Wednesday-Thursday, April 9-10, 2025, 6 pm

The Nashville Symphony and Black Orchestra Network present the Kinsfolknem Quartet for masterclasses with student musicians from the Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando program and Nashville-area collegiate programs. The Kinsfolknem Quartet comprises musicians Titus Underwood, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute; and Andrew Brady, bassoon. Please join us for the master class hour, followed by a panel discussion with the quartet.  

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Friday-Saturday, April 11-12, 2025, 7:30 pm

Anthony Parnther’s Nashville Symphony debut pairs works elevating underrepresented voices. Joan Huang masterfully blends Chinese folk music with Western compositional techniques in a vibrant work inspired by the rhythmic ritual dance traditions of the Tujia people of western Hunan.

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Monday, April 14, 2025, 7:30 pm

Founded in the fall of 2015, the Big Blue Opera Initiatives (BBOI) is an outreach, performance training, and fundraising program serving the vocal music community of Tennessee State University, the boarder HBCU landscape, and underserved communities.

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Thursday, April 17, 2025, 7:30 pm

The French National Orchestra of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes embarks on a U.S. tour to honor the bicentennial of Marquis de Lafayette’s 1825 return to America as “Guest of the Nation,” 50 years after his heroic fight for American independence. Born at the Château de Chavaniac in Auvergne, the Marquis de Lafayette symbolizes the enduring bond between France and the United States.

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Thursday-Saturday, April 24-26, 2025, 7:30 pm

Catch a rising star—or two—at the Nashville Symphony in our annual concert shining a spotlight on up-and-coming artists. First China International Music Competition Gold Medalist Tony Siqi Yun (age 22) and 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Oliver Herbert (age 27) have made important American orchestra debuts and are sought-after worldwide as soloists and recitalists. Giancarlo welcomes them on an all-Tchaikovsky program that also highlights two perennial orchestral favorites: the Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture, and Capriccio italie.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 7:30 pm

A Schermerhorn premiere engagement! Lettuce is an exceptional, genre-busting, six-member musical collective formed by four Berklee College of Music alumni. It begins with funk and tosses in strains of jazz, hip-hop, rock, psychedelia, soul, jam, go-go, and avant-garde.

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Thursday – Saturday, May 1-3, 2025, 7:30 pm

Get on your feet, and let’s get loud with the greatest hits of the ‘90s and ‘00s Latin pop explosion! La Vida Loca celebrates artists including Enrique Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Santana, Ricky Martin, Selena, and more.

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Monday, May 5, 2025, 7:30 pm

Join the students of the Tennessee Youth Symphony and Prelude Strings as they present their Spring concert. Presented in partnership with the Nashville Symphony and Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 7 pm

Join the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra as we close out our season with Gustav Mahler’s monumental opus, Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”. Under the baton of Music Director and Conductor Christopher Norton, Nashville’s largest volunteer community orchestra will present its most ambitious performance yet, with over 100 instrumentalists on stage.

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Friday-Saturday, May 9-10, 2025, 7:30 pm

Walter Buchanan Sharp Concertmaster Peter Otto takes center stage for the world premiere of a new concerto by rock artist and GRAMMY®-nominated classical composer Kip Winger.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 7:30 pm

The five-time GRAMMY®-winning vocalist, Samara Joy, returns to Schermerhorn Symphony Center with her full band for an unforgettable evening.

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Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7:30 pm

Enjoy this FREE opportunity to hear the next generation of classical musicians performing alongside the musicians of your Nashville Symphony!

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Saturday- Sunday, May 17-18, 2025, 7:30 pm, 2 pm

The film that gave the world one of its greatest movie heroes, Indiana Jones, is back and better than ever! Relive the magic of the big screen with the original great adventure, Raiders of the Lost Ark, featuring the intrepid Harrison Ford on the big screen and John Williams’ epic score performed live-to-picture by the Nashville Symphony.

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Friday-Sunday, May 23-25, 2025, 2 pm, 7:30 pm

Giancarlo Guerrero’s tenure as Music Director comes to a close with Mahler’s colossal “Symphony of a Thousand,” employing massive forces with eight vocal soloists, two mixed choirs and a boys’ choir, an over-sized orchestra, and a multitude of percussion.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 7:30 pm

Journey through the timeless melodies of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem and more as your Nashville Symphony Musicians bring your favorite video game soundtracks to life in an intimate chamber setting. The program will be followed by a Q&A with ensemble members.

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Thursday-Saturday, May 29-31, 2025, 7:30 pm

The GRAMMY® Award-winning Indigo Girls take center stage alongside the Nashville Symphony. Conducted by Enrico Lopez-Yañez, this breathtaking concert features orchestrations of iconic Indigo Girls folk pop hits such as “Power of Two,” “Get Out The Map,” “Least Complicated,” “Ghost,” “Kid Fears,” “Galileo,” and “Closer to Fine.” 

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