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2025-2026 Season

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto + Sibelius Symphony No. 7

March 22, 2026 • 3:00 PM

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THE SATURDAY, MARCH 21 CONCERT AT 7:30 PM IS SOLD OUT.
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE SUNDAY, MARCH 22 CONCERT AT 3:00 PM.

Jayce Ogren, Music Director and Conductor

Stefan Jackiw, violin

This program features a beloved concerto, an elemental symphony, and an exciting world premiere. Called "brilliantly skillful and selflessly musical" (Financial Times), violin soloist Stefan Jackiw joins the orchestra for one of classical music's greatest hits: Tchaikovsky's mighty Violin Concerto, a work as grand as it is intimate. The orchestra traverses the vast landscapes of Symphony No. 7 by Finnish master Jean Sibelius, a work the composer called a "symphonic fantasia." The concert opens with Moño, a new work by Pittsburgh-based composer Marina López whose music explores the psychological, ethnomusicological, and physical roots of her musical heritage.

- Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli

PROGRAM
85-minute program, includes a 20-minute intermission

Marina LOPEZ
Moño
Part of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program, a partnership with American Composers Orchestra (ACO)

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

-- intermission --

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto
Stefan Jackiw, violin

Concert Sponsor

Bill and Nancy Doolittle

Media Sponsors

Stefan Jackiw

Stefan Jackiw

Sponsored by Lawrence G. Finch

Stefan Jackiw is one of America's foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with impeccable technique. Hailed for playing of "uncommon musical substance" that is "striking for its intelligence and sensitivity" (Boston Globe), Jackiw has appeared as a soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others.

In the 2025–26 season, Stefan Jackiw returns to the Pittsburgh Symphony for Korngold's Concerto, the Baltimore Symphony for Beethoven's Triple Concerto alongside Inon Barnatan and Hayoung Choi, conducted by Jonathan Heyward, and the Indianapolis Symphony for Berg's Violin Concerto. He launches the Austin Symphony's season with Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2, which he also performs later with the Vancouver Symphony. Jackiw joins the Seoul Philharmonic and Mei-Ann Chen for Bruch's Scottish Fantasy. In winter 2026, he opens the Laguna Beach Music Festival with three consecutive concerts featuring a varied repertoire, including Janácek's Kreutzer Sonata. He also performs Dvorák's Concerto with the Kansas City Symphony.

Jackiw is set to make his debut at London's iconic Southbank Centre in a highly anticipated special trio project with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan. He continues touring with Junction Trio with engagements at Chamber Music Sedona, Sanford-Hill Piano Series, Noe Music, Caramoor, Jacksonville Symphony, and additional dates to be announced. As a recitalist, he returns to Montclair State University, Denver Friends of Chamber Music, Harvard University, Friends of Music Sleepy Hollow, and The Rockefeller University, with additional performances to be announced.

Jackiw's 2024-25 season highlights include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra under Santtu-Matias Rouvali, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Suwon Philharmonic, Pasadena Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic and the Jacksonville Symphony. He continued touring with Junction Trio, returning to the 92NY stage with a program including the world premiere of a new work by John Zorn and performing at Rockefeller University.

Jackiw opened his 2023-24 season returning to the New York Philharmonic to perform the Barber Concerto with Jaap van Zweden. His season also included a quadruple World Premiere of new works at Roulette, performances with the Taiwan Philharmonic, China National Symphony, and the Junction Trio's highly praised debut at Carnegie Hall.

Jackiw tours frequently with his musical partners, pianist Conrad Tao and cellist Jay Campbell, as part of the Junction Trio. In 2021, Jackiw performed a new Violin concerto, written for him by Conrad Tao and premiered by the Atlanta Symphony and Baltimore Symphony. He also enjoys collaborating with pianist Jeremy Denk with whom he recorded the complete Ives Violin Sonatas on Nonesuch Records. The album was universally lauded by critics, with The New Yorker's Alex Ross naming Jackiw's performance "a new standard." In 2019, he recorded Beethoven's Triple Concerto with Inon Barnatan, Alisa Weilerstein, Alan Gilbert and Academy St. Martin in the Fields. He has also premiered David Fulmer's concerto Jauchzende Bögen with Matthias Pintscher and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the Heidelberger Frühling.

Jackiw has performed in numerous major festivals and concert halls around the world, including the Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Lincoln Center's Summer for the City Festival, the Philharmonie de Paris, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Washington Performing Arts Society.

Born to physicist parents of Korean and Ukrainian descent, Stefan Jackiw began playing the violin at the age of four. His teachers have included Zinaida Gilels, Michèle Auclair, and Donald Weilerstein. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, as well as an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, and is the recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Jackiw plays a violin made by Domenico Montagnana "ex. Rossi" c. 1730, generously loaned by a private foundation. He lives in New York City.

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