Join us in welcoming the arrival of spring with a festive evening conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and featuring acclaimed pianist Evgeny Kissin in his first NY Phil appearance in ten years. Rimsky-Korsakov’s and Scriabin’s rarely performed piano concertos offer folk inspiration and lush lyricism, respectively. Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite rounds out the program with vivid orchestral color and rhythmic vitality.For more information or to support the Spring Gala, please contact the Office of Special Events at specialevents@nyphil.org.

Program

Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto
Scriabin: Piano Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

Artists

Gustavo Dudamel (Conductor): Gustavo Dudamel is committed to creating a better world through music. His belief in art’s power to inspire and transform lives fuels his unifying presence on and off the podium, his commitment to education and access for underserved communities, and his mission to expand the reach of classical music. His rise, from humble beginnings as a child in Venezuela to an unparalleled career of artistic and social achievements, offers living proof that culture can bring meaning to the life of an individual and greater harmony to the world at large. He currently serves as the Music & Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. In the 2025–26 season Gustavo Dudamel becomes the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music & Artistic Director Designate of the New York Philharmonic before becoming the Orchestra’s Music and Artistic Director in September 2026, continuing a legacy that includes Gustav Mahler, Arturo Toscanini, and Leonard Bernstein. Throughout 2025 Dudamel celebrates the 50th anniversary of El Sistema, honoring the global impact of José Antonio Abreu’s visionary education program across five generations. Learn more about Gustavo Dudamel

Evgeny Kissin (Piano): Evgeny Kissin’s musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have earned him the veneration and admiration deserved only by one of the most gifted classical pianists of his generation and, arguably, generations past. He has appeared with many of the world’s great conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph von Dohnányi, Carlo Maria Giulini, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, and Seiji Ozawa, as well as with all the great orchestras of the world. At the age of six he entered the Moscow Gnessin School of Music, a special school for gifted children, where he was a student of Anna Pavlovna Kantor, his only teacher. Evgeny Kissin regularly performs at the most prestigious halls across the globe in recital and with orchestras. In 2025 he tours with series of chamber music programs honoring the anniversary of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Learn more about Evgeny Kissin