JESSICA COTTIS
conductor
BELGIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
21 June 2026
Strauss: Don Juan
Pēteris Vasks: Distant Light
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir: Catamorphosis
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Lorenzo Gatto, violin
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
22 July 2026
Elena Kats-Chernin: Rainbow Promise
Poulenc: Sinfonietta
Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
NORRLANDSOPERAN, SWEDEN
12, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23 September 2026
Missy Mazzoli: The Galloping Cure (Nordic premiere)
Tom Morris, director
JÖNKÖPING SINFONIETTA, SWEDEN
3 & 4 October 2026
Dobrinka Tabakova: Barbican Glade
Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été
Lars-Erik Larsson: En vintersaga
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
16 October 2026
Beethoven: Piano concerto no. 5
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Martin James Bartlett, piano
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
4 & 5 November 2026
Liza Lim: Dianna
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Helena Dix, soprano
Deborah Humble, mezzo
Paul O'Neill, tenor
Warwick Fyfe, bass
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
12 November 2026
Curated by Jessica Cottis, 'To Be Human' is a concert that contextualises classical music creation in a world of AI. Music by Noongar composer Elizabeth Sheppard, Michael Sollis, Lior & Ade Vincent
KUOPIO SYMPHONY, FINLAND
11 December 2026
Beethoven: Fidelio overture
Beethoven: Piano concerto no. 1
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 5
Juho Pohjonen, piano
ROYAL STOCKHOLM PHILHARMONIC
17, 18, & 19 December 2026
Karin Rehnqvist: Ljus av ljus
Lars-Erik Larsson: En vintersaga
Britten: Saint Nicolas, op. 42
Robin Tritschler, tenor
David Risberg, baritone
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
NIEDERBAYERISCHE PHILHARMONIE ORCHESTER, GERMANY
12 & 13 February 2027
Schubert: Symphony no. 8 'Unfinished'
Gunnar de Frumerie: Concerto for trombone and orchestra
Sibelius: Symphony no. 7
Polina Tarasenko, trombone
GÄVLE SYMFONIORKESTER, SWEDEN
18 February 2027
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Mahler: Das lied von der Erde
Karen Cargill, mezzo
Stuart Skelton, tenor
ROMANIAN RADIO ORCHESTRA
5 March 2027
Programme to be announced
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE METZ, FRANCE
12, 13, 14, 16 March 2027
Eve Risser: Capsule #2
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 5
Beethoven: Violin concerto in D major, Op. 61
Ilya Gringolts, violin
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
8 April 2027
Curated by Jessica Cottis, 'Warriors and Ghosts' is a concert that draws together Chinese, First Nations and Western ritual traditions. Works by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Liza Lim, Christine Pan, and Mindy Meng Wang.
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
14 & 15 April 2027
Caerwen Martin: new work
Beethoven: Piano concerto no. 5 'Emperor'
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 7 'Sinfonia antartica'
Andrea Lam, piano
Amy Moore, soprano
BASEL SINFONIETTA, SWITZWERLAND
20 & 23 April 2027
Basel Composition Competition
ISTANBUL STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
30 April 2027
Programme to be announced
BELGIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
8 & 9 May 2027
Huang Ruo: City of Floating Sounds (Belgian premiere)
UPPSALA KAMMARORKESTER
20 May 2027
Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 5
Zlata Chocieva, piano
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
24 & 25 June 2027
Melody Eötvös: The Deciding Machine
Barber: Violin concerto
Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 'From the New World'
Sophie Rowell, violin
To be announced
2 July 2027
Schumann: Cello concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5
To be announced
3 July 2027
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast