June 13, 2016

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra welcomes next year’s League of American Orchestras National Conference to Detroit, June 6-8, 2017. This premier event for orchestra professionals across the country provides a forum for emerging practices and innovation.

May 28, 2016

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will wrap up the 2015-2016 classical season with a concert version of Richard Strauss’ opera Salome. Maestro Leonard Slatkin will lead the DSO alongside soprano Lise Lindstrom in her portrayal of the title character.

May 18, 2016

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra welcomes back award-winning violinist Joshua Bell to Orchestra Hall next week to perform Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole. Led by Music Director Leonard Slatkin, the DSO will also perform Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 and Steven Stucky’s Dreamwaltzes.

May 7, 2016

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s digital live album of Johannes Brahms’s four symphonies has topped the iTunes Classical Chart. As the second album on the orchestra’s in-house “Live From Orchestra Hall” label, the release is in celebration of the German composer’s 183^rd birthday.

May 5, 2016

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May 4, 2016

Nigel Kennedy returns to the United States following an 18-year absence to perform exclusively with Maestro Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The program includes Schumann’s Manfred Overture and William Schuman’s third symphony, followed by Kennedy’s original Dedications series.

April 26, 2016

Leonard Slatkin will be presented with an honorary doctorate from the New England Conservatory in Boston and will be the 2016 commencement speaker at a degree ceremony taking place at the college on Sunday, May 22.

April 8, 2016

Naxos has released the next installment in the Orchestre National de Lyon’s recording cycle of the works of Maurice Ravel. This disc highlights the composer’s incomparable skill in orchestrating such pieces as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

April 5, 2016 |

On September 1, 2017, Leonard Slatkin will become Honorary Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon. He will continue regular collaborations with the musicians of the orchestra for at least three additional seasons.

March 3, 2016

Maestro Slatkin spent a week in Fort Worth getting better acquainted with the orchestra in advance of the 2017 Cliburn Competition.