The DSO’s 2025–2026 season, and celebration of America at 250, opens with an energetic work by Composer-in-Residence Michael Abels, inspired by a painting of Jesse Owens. The celebration continues with Gershwin’s jazz-influenced showcase for piano and orchestra featuring Hélène Grimaud and concludes with stirring music from Prokofiev’s "Romeo and Juliet." Jader Bignamini conducts.

Jader Bignamini, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano

MICHAEL ABELS "Unbound"
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
PROKOFIEV Music from "Romeo & Juliet"