We are delighted to share a special 25% discount to MAPLE members and partners for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 100th anniversary performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City on February 13. Please use discount code: TSO39878.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced a major milestone in its history as it celebrates 100 years of music-making in the 2022-2023 season. The Orchestra inaugurated its centennial year on April 9, 2022 with a special concert led by Music Director Gustavo Gimeno and four of his predecessors, which kicked off the 15-month-long celebration. One important component of the centennial year’s festivities will be the Orchestra’s first tour with their dynamic conductor, which will take them to New York, in a return appearance at Carnegie Hall; to the National Arts Centre in Canada's capital, Ottawa; and to Toronto's sister city Chicago, for TSO’s debut at Symphony Hall.

The Carnegie Hall concert in February will feature a program that tells the story of the 21st century Toronto Symphony—a blend of new music, dazzling young soloists, and much beloved favorites of the standard orchestral repertoire—in the latter case, a composition chosen for its proximity to Valentine's Day, Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet, in a special suite compiled by Maestro Gimeno. The performance opens with a TSO commission, the second symphony of Canadian composer Samy Moussa. The soloist on the program is the extraordinary 19-year-old Menuhin Competition winner, violinist Maria Dueñas.

Here is the program:

MOUSSA: Symphony No. 2 (TSO Commission/U.S. premiere)

LALO: Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21 Maria Dueñas, violin

- Intermission -

PROKOFIEV: Suite from Romeo & Juliet

(Compiled by G. Gimeno)