Soprano Christine Goerke, photo by Arielle Doneson
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Single tickets for the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO)'s 2026-27 Season will go on sale Monday, July 20. Buying tickets early ensures the best choice of seats for the PSO's Classical Series and popular Holiday POPS! concerts at Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.
Season highlights include Grammy Award®-winning soprano Christine Goerke singing Wagner and Mahler, and returning violinist Simone Porter, cellist Joshua Roman, and 2025 audience favorite, pianist Maxim Lando performing concertos by Mozart, Shostakovich, and Brahms, respectively. Russian pianist Dmitry Shishkin makes his PSO debut with Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov has also programmed masterworks by Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, and Igor Stravinsky, contemporary pieces by Joan Tower and Michael Abels, and a new work by Gregory Spears, co-commissioned by the PSO.
Teaming up once again with the Westminster Symphonic Choir, the orchestra will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s exultant anthem to solidarity, his Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy.”
Maestro Rossen Milanov will conduct all but the Holiday POPS! and March concerts, which will be conducted by John Gennaro Devlin.
All performances take place on select Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 4:00pm, at Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.
Single tickets start at $42; there are also cost-saving full subscriptions (save up to 25%) and Pick 3+ ticket packages available. Full Season subscriptions start at $198. Youths 5-17 receive a 50% discount with an adult purchase. To subscribe, visit the Princeton Symphony Orchestra website at princetonsymphony.org or call 609-497-0020.
Accessibility: The Princeton Symphony Orchestra is committed to ensuring all programming is accessible for everyone, working with venues such as Richardson Auditorium to provide needed services. Contact Mika Godbole for questions about available services at [email protected] or (609) 905-0931. Note: some services require at least two weeks’ notice to arrange.
Programs, artists, dates, and times are subject to change.
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is a cultural centerpiece of the Princeton community and one of New Jersey’s finest music organizations, a position established through performances of beloved masterworks, innovative music by living composers, and an extensive network of educational programs offered to area students free of charge. Led by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov, the PSO presents orchestral, pops, and chamber music programs of the highest artistic quality, supported by lectures and related events that supplement the concert experience. Its flagship summer program the Princeton Festival brings an array of performing arts and artists to Princeton during multiple weeks in June. Through PSO BRAVO!, the orchestra produces wide-reaching and impactful education programs in partnership with local schools and arts organizations that culminate in students attending a live orchestral performance. The PSO receives considerable support from the Princeton community and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, regularly garnering NJSCA’s highest honor. Recognition of engaging residencies and concerts has come from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the PSO’s commitment to new music has been acknowledged with an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and a Copland Fund Award. The only independent, professional orchestra to make its home in Princeton, the PSO performs at historic Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.
