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Zurich International Orchestra Series 2019-20

Welcome to the 2019–20 Zurich International Orchestra Series at Cadogan Hall.

As ever, we welcome acclaimed international orchestras and artists to Cadogan Hall, celebrating the best musical talent from around the globe. This season is no different, with orchestras arriving in Chelsea from Sweden to Siberia, St Petersburg to Prague.

Soloists this season include world-renowned familiar faces and rising young talent: from Miloš Karadaglić and Freddy Kempf to Pavel Kolesnikov, Yeol Eum Son and Alexandra Dariescu.

This season is packed with Russian music by favourite composers Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, performed by a number of Russian orchestras, as well as evenings of Spanish and French music.

The Zurich International Orchestra Series is sponsored by Zurich.

Download the ZIOS 2019-20 brochure
Series discounts

Series discounts are available on premium, top and second-price seats across the series. To qualify for the discount, the same number of tickets must be bought for each event in the same transaction.

  • Book 3–4 concerts and save 10%
  • Book 5–7 concerts and save 15%
  • Book 8+ concerts and save 20% plus free concert programmes* for each ticket holder (*excluding Mariinsky Orchestra and Orchestre National de Lille)
Group bookings
  • Book 10 or more tickets and save 10%
  • Book 20-29 tickets and save 20%
  • Book 30 or more tickets and save 25%

Please call the Box Office on 020 7730 4500 to make a group booking.

Past events in this series

Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra
Pavel Kolesnikov

Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra

Jan Latham-Koenig conducts

Wednesday 25 September 2019, 7.30pm

An orchestra comprised of British and Russian talent performs music of their homelands including Britten’s Four Sea Interludes, Rachmaninov’s thrilling Paganini Rhapsody with soloist Pavel Kolesnikov, and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme b...
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Mariinsky Orchestra 1
Valery Gergiev. Photo: Alberto Venzago

Mariinsky Orchestra 1

Valery Gergiev conducts

Monday 7 October 2019, 7.30pm

Valery Gergiev brings his prized Mariinsky Orchestra to Cadogan Hall for a pair of concerts marking the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death, alongside excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov operas, and concertos performed by winners of the prestigious XVI...
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Mariinsky Orchestra 2
Valery Gergiev. Photo by Alberto Venzago

Mariinsky Orchestra 2

Valery Gergiev conducts

Tuesday 8 October 2019, 7.30pm

Valery Gergiev brings his prized Mariinsky Orchestra to Cadogan Hall for a pair of concerts marking the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death, alongside excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov operas, and concertos performed by winners of the prestigious XVI...
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Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexandra Dariescu. Photo by Marco Borggreve

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Russian Romance

Thursday 10 October 2019, 7.30pm

Have your heart-strings pulled by Tchaikovsky’s iconic melodies from Romeo & Juliet and Swan Lake before Alexandra Dariescu plays Rachmaninov’s sumptuous Piano Concerto No. 2 in this programme full of Russian romance.
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Flanders Symphony Orchestra
Miloš Karadaglić. Photo: Lars Borges, Mercury Classics

Flanders Symphony Orchestra

Spanish Nights

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 7.30pm

‘Hottest guitarist in the world’ Miloš Karadaglić brings his skill and charisma to guitar music by Rodrigo (‘Concierto de Aranjuez’) and Villa-Lobos. Orchestral works by Rossini, de Falla and Bizet complete this evening of glamour and sunsh...
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Prague Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen. Photo: Nguyen Phuong Thao

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Mahler’s Third Symphony

Tuesday 12 November 2019, 7.30pm

‘Just imagine a work of such magnitude that it actually mirrors the whole world,’ said Mahler of his Third Symphony as he wrote it during his summers at a tiny cabin by the lake at Attersee. His surroundings certainly impacted him, and the pastor...
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Orchestre National de Lille
Eric Lu. Photo by Janice Carissa.

Orchestre National de Lille

French Landscapes

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 7.30pm

A programme packed with luscious French textures and melodies from the very best of the French composers: Ravel and Debussy. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, performed by Eric Lu, 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition Winner, completes the pr...
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Yeol Eum Son, piano

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Romeo and Juliet

Monday 10 February 2020, 7.30pm

Yeol Eum Son performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, full of jazz influences, virtuosity and flair. Yan Pascal Tortelier leads the Orchestra in a programme culminating in excerpts from Prokofiev’s dramatic Romeo and Juliet.
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Swedish Philharmonia (Gävle Symphony Orchestra)
Viktoria Mullova. Photo by Heike Fischer

Swedish Philharmonia (Gävle Symphony Orchestra)

Mullova plays Prokofiev

Friday 13 March 2020, 7.30pm

Your heart will soar with the stunning music of Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony, after a performance of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto by violin tour de force Viktoria Mullova. Mendelssohn’s final symphony, the ‘Reformation’, opens the program...
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Siberian Symphony Orchestra
Freddy Kempf

Siberian Symphony Orchestra

Kempf plays Rachmaninov

Thursday 23 April 2020, 7.30pm

Freddy Kempf makes a welcome return to Cadogan Hall with Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in an all-Russian programme. Also on the bill is Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Fourth Symphony, in which the composer takes a simple Russian folksong and turns...
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St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Jennifer Pike. Photo by Arno

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Fateful Tchaikovsky

Wednesday 27 May 2020, 7.30pm

Jennifer Pike performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in a celebration of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Full of vivid orchestral colour and repeating ‘fate’ motifs, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is an audi...
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Brussels Philharmonic
Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Brussels Philharmonic

Mahler’s ‘Titan’

Thursday 11 June 2020, 7.30pm

We are sorry to inform you that this concert has been cancelled. The Orchestra has cancelled its UK tour in 2020 due to tour scheduling issues.
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