In his second season as Artistic Director, Hannu Lintu begins the signature concerts with the Damnation of Faust, Berlioz's magnificent choral and orchestral work. He will then lead us to discover a rarely heard repertoire, such as Ferruccio Busoni's imposing Piano Concerto, which includes a male choir. As we enter autumn, we can listen to treasures of music by Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 and the suite from Swan Lake. Next, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 is set against Alban Berg's Violin Concerto "To the memory of an Angel". In May, Beethoven's 9th Symphony concludes the Gulbenkian Orchestra's cycle in the 24/25 season, bringing a message of hope to the world.

Principal Guest Conductor Lorenzo Viotti conducts three different programmes throughout the season, including Mozart's iconic Clarinet Concerto, Brahms' 1st Symphony and Bruckner's 7th Symphony.

In April, Susanna Mälkki, former Principal Guest Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, in addition to conducting Beethoven's Fidelio in the Met Opera Live in HD cycle, returns to the Grand Auditorium to present Kaija Saariaho's HUSH for trumpet and orchestra, the last completed work by the Finnish composer who disappeared in 2023, as well as Mahler's Symphony No. 1.

In addition to the resident groups, audiences will continue to be able to enjoy live performances by other great artists and guest groups from all over the world. In the 24/25 season, Maria João Pires and Matthias Goerne will perform Schubert's Winterreise, Yuja Wang will be accompanied by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, while Martha Argerich and Gabriela Montero will perform as a piano duo.

The Venetian project Il pomo d'oro, which now also includes a choir, visits us twice this season, namely to perform Carlo Gesualdo's Sacrae Cantiones and to accompany the amazing Tenore Assoluto Michael Spyres in an exciting Baroque programme. Around Christmas time, Jordi Savall and his Hespèrion XXI will enchant us with music from the 15th and 16th centuries for a consort of violas da gamba.

The Piano Cycle begins with Hungarian master András Schiff, who will only reveal his programme on stage. French pianist Lucas Debargue returns with a programme that includes works by three great composers: Beethoven, Chopin and Fauré. Nikolai Lugansky has put together an original programme, featuring his own arrangements of excerpts from Wagner's opera Götterdämmerung. Yefim Bronfman, for his part, brings together Schubert, Schumann and Tchaikovsky in his programme.

In March, Grigory Sokolov makes his long-awaited annual visit, while Kirill Gerstein, after performing Busoni's Piano Concerto with Hannu Lintu in the autumn, returns for a recital filled with an eclectic repertoire, from Schumann to Thomas Adès to Ravel's La valse. Finally, Mitsuko Uchida returns to the Grand Auditorium to perform two challenging sonatas by Beethoven and Schubert.

Also noteworthy is the music of the emblematic Luigi Nono, in the year of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Gulbenkian Music will continue to present important works by the Italian composer, including La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura, for violin and sound projection, at the opening performance in the  Multipurpose Room of the Modern Art Centre (CAM). At the end of 2024, Hannu Lintu will conduct the imposing work Como una ola de fuerza y luz, for large orchestra and two soloists.

Once again, we want you to share our passion for music and to be warmly welcomed to Gulbenkian Music.