Concerts & Tickets

Welcome to Berkeley Symphony’s 2011-12 Season! This season celebrates our decades-long collaboration with artists, musicians, and the community, which has been a cornerstone of Berkeley Symphony’s identity and legacy.

We open 2011-12 season with the music of Enrico Chapela, whom the orchestra commissioned with great success last December. The luminous soprano Jessica Rivera returns to sing the world premiere of a new orchestral work by Gabriela Lena Frank. In addition, three incredible artists and one vocal ensemble will join us including rising cello star Johannes Moser, Bay Area-based pianist Sarah Cahill, and the award-winning San Francisco Girls Chorus.

Of course, nothing is more thrilling than to hear the orchestra shine in works by composers that will define our generation: Lou Harrison, Lei Liang, Gabriela Lena Frank, Henri Dutilleux, and Enrico Chapela, alongside beloved masterworks by Brahms, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Bartók, Debussy, and Kodály—many of whom were considered ahead of their times.