Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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Founded in 1919, the Grammy and Juno Award-winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is Canada's third largest orchestra and one of the largest arts organizations in Western Canada. Led by Music Director Otto Tausk, the VSO performs over 150 concerts annually at the Orpheum Theatre, operates the VSO School of Music, and presents beloved programming ranging from classical masterworks to film scores and holiday concerts. The orchestra has a deep commitment to community access, education, and world-class artistic excellence.

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Upcoming Concerts

Fri

Nov 6

7:30 PM

Prokofiev's Cinderella

Kevin Zhu performs Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1; conductor Antony Hermus leads Prokofiev's Cinderella.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Nov 7

7:30 PM

Prokofiev's Cinderella

Kevin Zhu performs Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1; conductor Antony Hermus leads Prokofiev's Cinderella.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Nov 13

7:30 PM

Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1

Pianist Inon Barnatan performs Liszt's First Piano Concerto with the VSO.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Nov 14

7:30 PM

Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1

Pianist Inon Barnatan performs Liszt's First Piano Concerto with the VSO.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Nov 20

7:30 PM

Swing the Night Away with Jens Lindemann

VSO Pops: Trumpet virtuoso Jens Lindemann leads an evening of swing and Great American Songbook classics.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Nov 21

7:30 PM

Swing the Night Away with Jens Lindemann

VSO Pops: Trumpet virtuoso Jens Lindemann leads an evening of swing and Great American Songbook classics.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Thu

Nov 26

7:30 PM

Beethoven 1 & 3: Beginnings & Revolution

Beethoven Symphony Cycle: Symphonies No. 1 and 3 (Eroica) with Maestro Tausk.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Nov 29

2:00 PM

Beethoven 2 & 7: Dance & Vitality

Beethoven Symphony Cycle: Symphonies No. 2 and 7 with Maestro Tausk (Sunday matinee).

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Dec 4

7:00 PM

Philip Glass & The Firebird

Musically Speaking: Anne Akiko Meyers premieres Philip Glass's Violin Concerto No. 1; Stravinsky's Firebird closes.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Dec 5

2:00 PM

The Snowman

Holiday treat: The Snowman film screened with live orchestral accompaniment by the VSO.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Wed

Dec 9

7:00 PM

Traditional Christmas with the VSO

Holiday tradition: Christmas classics with guest soloists and the VSO, conducted by Christopher Gaze.

South Delta Baptist Church

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Dec 11

4:00 PM

Traditional Christmas with the VSO

Holiday tradition: Christmas classics with guest soloists and the VSO, conducted by Christopher Gaze.

Centennial Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Dec 11

7:30 PM

Traditional Christmas with the VSO

Holiday tradition: Christmas classics with guest soloists and the VSO, conducted by Christopher Gaze.

Centennial Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Dec 11

7:30 PM

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Holiday tradition: Concertmaster Nicholas Wright leads the VSO in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons at Chan Centre.

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Dec 12

4:00 PM

Traditional Christmas with the VSO

Holiday tradition: Christmas classics with guest soloists and the VSO, conducted by Christopher Gaze.

Bell Performing Arts Centre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Dec 12

7:30 PM

Traditional Christmas with the VSO

Holiday tradition: Christmas classics with guest soloists and the VSO, conducted by Christopher Gaze.

Bell Performing Arts Centre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Dec 12

2:00 PM

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Holiday tradition: Concertmaster Nicholas Wright leads the VSO in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons at Chan Centre (matinee).

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Dec 13

7:30 PM

Traditional Christmas with the VSO

Holiday tradition: Christmas classics with guest soloists and the VSO, conducted by Christopher Gaze.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Dec 13

4:00 PM

Traditional Christmas with the VSO

Holiday tradition: Christmas classics with guest soloists and the VSO, conducted by Christopher Gaze.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Thu

Dec 17

7:00 PM

Home Alone in Concert

This beloved holiday classic features renowned composer John Williams' charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the VSO.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Dec 19

7:00 PM

The Muppet Christmas Carol In Concert Live to Film

Watch Disney's The Muppet Christmas Carol on the Orpheum's big screen while the musical score is performed live by the VSO.

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Jan 1

2:30 PM

Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert

The annual holiday tradition returns to the Orpheum with the music of Waltz King Johann Strauss Jr., performed by the orchestra with Europea...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Thu

Jan 14

2:00 PM

Vienna After Beethoven

Continuing the exploration of Beethoven's Vienna, the VSO plays music by those who followed in his footsteps, including Schubert's Unfinishe...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Jan 15

7:30 PM

Broadway Reimagined with Sarah Slean

Composer-pianist Mike Janzen spins a jazzy, artful take on Broadway favourites from Les Misérables to Mary Poppins, with three-time Juno nom...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Jan 16

7:30 PM

Broadway Reimagined with Sarah Slean

Composer-pianist Mike Janzen spins a jazzy, artful take on Broadway favourites from Les Misérables to Mary Poppins, with three-time Juno nom...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Jan 17

2:00 PM

Peter and the Wolf

Prokofiev's classic introduces children to the orchestra, with each character brought to life by a different instrument, from the flute Bird...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Jan 22

7:30 PM

Brahms, Sibelius & Debussy

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang and guest conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky join the VSO for Sibelius's wintry Violin Concerto, between Debussy's Pr...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Jan 23

7:30 PM

Brahms, Sibelius & Debussy

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang and guest conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky join the VSO for Sibelius's wintry Violin Concerto, between Debussy's Pr...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Jan 24

2:00 PM

Brahms, Sibelius & Debussy

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang and guest conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky join the VSO for Sibelius's wintry Violin Concerto, between Debussy's Pr...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Jan 29

7:30 PM

Grieg, Liszt, Fung & Strauss

Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, gold medallist of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition, makes his VSO debut in Grieg's Piano ...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Jan 30

7:30 PM

Grieg, Liszt, Fung & Strauss

Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, gold medallist of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition, makes his VSO debut in Grieg's Piano ...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Thu

Feb 4

7:30 PM

Beethoven 4 & 5: Surprise & Destiny

The Beethoven Symphony Cycle turns to Beethoven the Innovator: the light, witty Fourth Symphony, then the Fifth, from its famous four-note F...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Feb 7

3:30 PM

Beethoven 6 & 8: Nature & Play

The Beethoven Cycle continues with the Pastoral Sixth Symphony, an early programmatic landscape, balanced by the witty, rhythmically playful...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Feb 12

7:00 PM

Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto

Sir Stephen Hough returns to scale the 'Mount Everest' of the piano repertoire, Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto, before Junichi Hirokami condu...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Feb 13

7:30 PM

Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto

Sir Stephen Hough returns to scale the 'Mount Everest' of the piano repertoire, Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto, before Junichi Hirokami condu...

Centennial Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Thu

Feb 18

2:00 PM

¡Viva España!

A musical postcard to sun-drenched Spain, with highlights from Bizet's Carmen, Chabrier's España and de Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat, host...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Feb 21

2:00 PM

Circus Incognitus

Former Cirque du Soleil performer Jamie Adkins blends symphonic music with contemporary circus in a playful, poetic family show that turns t...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Feb 26

6:30 PM

Bach's Double Violin Concerto

Brothers Nikki and Timothy Chooi face off in Bach's Double Violin Concerto under JoAnn Falletta, who then sets sail with Rimsky-Korsakov's S...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Feb 28

4:00 PM

Bach's Double Violin Concerto

Brothers Nikki and Timothy Chooi face off in Bach's Double Violin Concerto under JoAnn Falletta, who then sets sail with Rimsky-Korsakov's S...

Bell Performing Arts Centre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Mar 5

7:30 PM

Strauss, Schumann & Respighi

Guest conductor Giordano Bellincampi leads Respighi's vivid Fountains of Rome, VSO Principal Horn Alexander Wide plays Strauss's Second Horn...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Mar 6

7:30 PM

Strauss, Schumann & Respighi

Guest conductor Giordano Bellincampi leads Respighi's vivid Fountains of Rome, VSO Principal Horn Alexander Wide plays Strauss's Second Horn...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Mar 12

7:00 PM

Dvořák's Cello Concerto

Santiago Cañón-Valencia, hailed as 'technically flawless' by The Strad, plays Dvořák's passionate Cello Concerto, then Marzena Diakun conduc...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Mar 14

2:00 PM

Dvořák's Cello Concerto

Santiago Cañón-Valencia, hailed as 'technically flawless' by The Strad, plays Dvořák's passionate Cello Concerto, then Marzena Diakun conduc...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Mar 19

7:30 PM

Mozart & Shostakovich 8

Bomsori Kim plays Mozart's theatrical Turkish Violin Concerto, then Alpesh Chauhan leads Shostakovich's monumental Eighth Symphony in a jour...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Mar 20

7:30 PM

Mozart & Shostakovich 8

Bomsori Kim plays Mozart's theatrical Turkish Violin Concerto, then Alpesh Chauhan leads Shostakovich's monumental Eighth Symphony in a jour...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Mar 21

4:00 PM

Mozart & Shostakovich 8

Bomsori Kim plays Mozart's theatrical Turkish Violin Concerto, then Alpesh Chauhan leads Shostakovich's monumental Eighth Symphony in a jour...

Bell Performing Arts Centre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Thu

Apr 1

2:00 PM

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

Host Christopher Gaze steps into 1920s New York to meet George Gershwin at his most dazzling, as classical and jazz collide in Rhapsody in B...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Apr 2

7:30 PM

The Music of Zimmer vs Williams

Two of film music's greatest composers go head to head as the VSO performs the best of Hans Zimmer and John Williams, from Star Wars and Har...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Apr 3

7:30 PM

The Music of Zimmer vs Williams

Two of film music's greatest composers go head to head as the VSO performs the best of Hans Zimmer and John Williams, from Star Wars and Har...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Apr 4

2:00 PM

Beethoven Lives Upstairs!

A vibrant family concert on the power, passion and playfulness of Beethoven, from the Fifth Symphony's famous four-note motif and Für Elise ...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Apr 9

6:30 PM

Mozart, Brahms & Strauss

Otto Tausk opens with Strauss's mischievous Till Eulenspiegel, Marc-André Hamelin plays Mozart's graceful final piano concerto, and Brahms's...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Apr 10

7:30 PM

Mozart, Brahms & Strauss

Otto Tausk opens with Strauss's mischievous Till Eulenspiegel, Marc-André Hamelin plays Mozart's graceful final piano concerto, and Brahms's...

Centennial Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Apr 11

2:00 PM

Mozart, Brahms & Strauss

Otto Tausk opens with Strauss's mischievous Till Eulenspiegel, Marc-André Hamelin plays Mozart's graceful final piano concerto, and Brahms's...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Apr 16

7:30 PM

Schumann & Wagner

Cellist Steven Isserlis reunites with Otto Tausk and the VSO for Schumann's lyrical Cello Concerto, followed by the most ravishing moments o...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Apr 17

7:30 PM

Schumann & Wagner

Cellist Steven Isserlis reunites with Otto Tausk and the VSO for Schumann's lyrical Cello Concerto, followed by the most ravishing moments o...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Apr 18

2:00 PM

April Chamber Players

VSO musicians play the chamber series they curate in the intimate, acoustically brilliant Pyatt Hall, with string quartets by Carmen Braden,...

Pyatt Hall at VSO School of Music

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Wed

Apr 21

7:00 PM

April Chamber Players

VSO musicians play the chamber series they curate in the intimate, acoustically brilliant Pyatt Hall, with string quartets by Carmen Braden,...

Pyatt Hall at VSO School of Music

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Apr 23

7:30 PM

Brahms & Dvořák 8

Guest conductor Kevin John Edusei makes his VSO debut as pianist Jeremy Denk takes on Brahms's stormy First Piano Concerto, followed by the ...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Apr 24

7:30 PM

Brahms & Dvořák 8

Guest conductor Kevin John Edusei makes his VSO debut as pianist Jeremy Denk takes on Brahms's stormy First Piano Concerto, followed by the ...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Apr 30

7:00 PM

Disney and Pixar's Up In Concert Live to Film

Michael Giacchino's Oscar-winning score for Pixar's Up is performed live by the VSO as the film plays, following a 78-year-old balloon sales...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

May 1

2:00 PM

Disney and Pixar's Up In Concert Live to Film

Michael Giacchino's Oscar-winning score for Pixar's Up is performed live by the VSO as the film plays, following a 78-year-old balloon sales...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

May 7

7:30 PM

Jan Lisiecki Plays Beethoven's Emperor

Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki reunites with the VSO for Beethoven's triumphant Emperor Concerto, after which Osmo Vänskä leads Sibelius's ma...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

May 8

7:30 PM

Jan Lisiecki Plays Beethoven's Emperor

Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki reunites with the VSO for Beethoven's triumphant Emperor Concerto, after which Osmo Vänskä leads Sibelius's ma...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

May 14

7:00 PM

Mozart, Bartók & Ligeti

Ludovic Morlot conducts Ligeti's rustic Romanian Concerto and Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, which spotlights every section of the VSO, fr...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

May 16

4:00 PM

Mozart, Bartók & Ligeti

Ludovic Morlot conducts Ligeti's rustic Romanian Concerto and Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, which spotlights every section of the VSO, fr...

Bell Performing Arts Centre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Thu

May 20

2:00 PM

Magic & Fairy Tales

An afternoon of spells, glass slippers and storybook wonder, with music from Mozart's The Magic Flute, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, Prokof...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

May 21

7:30 PM

Natural Woman: Sheléa Sings Aretha Franklin

Grammy-nominated powerhouse Sheléa celebrates the Queen of Soul with the VSO, performing hits including Chain of Fools, Say a Little Prayer,...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

May 22

7:30 PM

Natural Woman: Sheléa Sings Aretha Franklin

Grammy-nominated powerhouse Sheléa celebrates the Queen of Soul with the VSO, performing hits including Chain of Fools, Say a Little Prayer,...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

May 23

2:00 PM

M is for Mystery

In this family concert, eight-year-old Sarah T. Murdoch receives a mysterious letter and sets off on a quest to find the 'mysterious WHO' be...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

May 28

7:30 PM

Stravinsky's Petrushka

Jun Märkl leads Stravinsky's tangled tale of marionettes come to life, Karen Gomyo plays Glazunov's fiendishly difficult Violin Concerto, an...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

May 29

7:30 PM

Stravinsky's Petrushka

Jun Märkl leads Stravinsky's tangled tale of marionettes come to life, Karen Gomyo plays Glazunov's fiendishly difficult Violin Concerto, an...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Jun 4

7:30 PM

Elgar's Violin & Mahler 10

Otto Tausk closes the 2026/27 season with Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony, while Christian Tetzlaff plays Elgar's Violin Concerto and Cas...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Jun 5

7:30 PM

Elgar's Violin & Mahler 10

Otto Tausk closes the 2026/27 season with Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony, while Christian Tetzlaff plays Elgar's Violin Concerto and Cas...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fri

Jun 11

7:30 PM

Beethoven 9: Ode to Joy

Otto Tausk concludes the Beethoven Symphony Cycle with the triumphant Ninth Symphony and its Ode to Joy choral finale, the culmination of re...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sat

Jun 12

7:30 PM

Beethoven 9: Ode to Joy

Otto Tausk concludes the Beethoven Symphony Cycle with the triumphant Ninth Symphony and its Ode to Joy choral finale, the culmination of re...

Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Sun

Jun 13

2:00 PM

June Chamber Players

VSO musicians close their curated Pyatt Hall chamber series with Gubaidulina's Quasi Hoquetos, Jolivet's Chant de Linos and Beethoven's prof...

Pyatt Hall at VSO School of Music

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Wed

Jun 16

7:00 PM

June Chamber Players

VSO musicians close their curated Pyatt Hall chamber series with Gubaidulina's Quasi Hoquetos, Jolivet's Chant de Linos and Beethoven's prof...

Pyatt Hall at VSO School of Music

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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