Jean Sibelius – Upcoming Concerts
Rainier Symphony: Classical Concert IV
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Sibelius – Karelia Overture
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Sibelius – Karelia Overture
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
$12-$17 (age 12 & under free)
Rainier Symphony: Classical Concert IV
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Sibelius – Karelia Overture
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Sibelius – Karelia Overture
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
$12-$17 (age 12 & under free)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Taylor, Sibelius, R. Strauss
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Benjamin Dean Taylor – Worlds Without End
R. Strauss – Four Last Songs
Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
R. Strauss – Four Last Songs
Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
$12-$45
Ladies Musical Club w/ The Weeknighters at the Seattle Art Museum
Thursday, November 5, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – Voces Intimae
J.S. Bach – Prelude in B minor
Mozart – Rondo in D major, K. 485
Schubert – Klavierstuck in E-flat minor, D. 946
Chopin – Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2
Prokofiev – Valse of Cinderella dancing with Prince, from Cinderella, Op. 102, No. 1
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm
J.S. Bach – Prelude in B minor
Mozart – Rondo in D major, K. 485
Schubert – Klavierstuck in E-flat minor, D. 946
Chopin – Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2
Prokofiev – Valse of Cinderella dancing with Prince, from Cinderella, Op. 102, No. 1
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm
Free (Free)
UW Symphony with Maria Larionoff: Sibelius, Stravinsky, Beethoven
Friday, November 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – Two Humoresques, for violin and orchestra, Op. 87
Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
$10-$15
The Weeknighters String Quartet Play Roy Street!
Friday, November 13, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:15pm (PST)
Roy St. Coffee, Seattle, WA, United States
Come hear Sibelius' Voces Intimae in a relaxed setting at Roy St. Coffee.
Free
OSSCS: Hidden Gems
Saturday, November 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – Preludio for winds and brass
Nielsen – Sleep, Op. 18
Sibelius – Snöfrid, Op. 29
Nielsen – Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (“The Four Temperaments”)
Nielsen – Sleep, Op. 18
Sibelius – Snöfrid, Op. 29
Nielsen – Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (“The Four Temperaments”)
$10-$25, youth free
Rainier Symphony Series 2: Traveling Music
Saturday, November 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PST)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Wagner – Flying Dutchman
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
$12-$17 (age 12 & under free)
Rainier Symphony Series 2: Traveling Music
Sunday, November 15, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:15pm (PST)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Wagner – Flying Dutchman
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
$12-$17 (age 12 & under free)
UPS Symphony Orchestra: 'Firebird' Suite & more
Friday, November 20, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra performs Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, as well as works by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky.
Free
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Classics II: Sibelius & Mendelssohn
Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Tinoco – Before Spring (U.S. Premiere)
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
$19-$79
WSCO: Dvořák, Suppé, Sibelius, Berlin
Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Chief Sealth High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8
Suppé – Light Cavalry
Sibelius – Finlandia
Irving Berlin – White Christmas
Suppé – Light Cavalry
Sibelius – Finlandia
Irving Berlin – White Christmas
Donations welcome
UW Symphony with Cyndia Sieden: Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann – Symphony in D minor (original 1841 version of Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120)
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
$10-$15
Rønning & Bergman: Sibelius, Aulin, Gade & more
Sunday, January 17, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Blue Heron Art Center, Vashon, WA, United States
A program highlighting Nordic composers.
$5-$24
Philharmonia Northwest: Dancing in the Night
Sunday, January 24, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – Nocturne in B major, Op. 40
Sibelius – Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1
Schnittke – Concerto Grosso for 2 violins, harpsichord and string orchestra
Mozart – Symphony No. 40, in G minor
Sibelius – Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1
Schnittke – Concerto Grosso for 2 violins, harpsichord and string orchestra
Mozart – Symphony No. 40, in G minor
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Legends
Saturday, February 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Sibelius – Overture to Karelia, Op. 10
Tchaikovsky – Selections from Swan Lake
Stravinsky – Selections from The Firebird
Mussorgsky/arr. Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Tchaikovsky – Selections from Swan Lake
Stravinsky – Selections from The Firebird
Mussorgsky/arr. Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
$16-$19 (age 18 and under free)
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Legends
Sunday, February 21, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Sibelius – Overture to Karelia, Op. 10
Tchaikovsky – Selections from Swan Lake
Stravinsky – Selections from The Firebird
Mussorgsky/arr. Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Tchaikovsky – Selections from Swan Lake
Stravinsky – Selections from The Firebird
Mussorgsky/arr. Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
$16-$19 (age 18 and under free)
Kairos String Quartet: Brooding Baltic Breezes
Sunday, February 21, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – String Quartet 'Voces Intimae'
Walton – String Quartet in A minor
Walton – String Quartet in A minor
$25-$60
Seattle Symphony: Side-by-Side with West Seattle Community Orchestra
Wednesday, February 24, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Chief Sealth High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7
Mozart – Overture to La finta giardiniera, K. 196 – Allegro from Symphony in D major, K. 196 [121]
Mozart – Allegro maestoso from Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 364 (320D)
Mozart – Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 186a [201]
Mozart – Overture to La finta giardiniera, K. 196 – Allegro from Symphony in D major, K. 196 [121]
Mozart – Allegro maestoso from Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 364 (320D)
Mozart – Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 186a [201]
Free
Eastside Symphony: Sibelius & Schubert
Friday, March 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Schubert – Symphony No. 9 in C major, "The Great"
Schubert – Symphony No. 9 in C major, "The Great"
$9-$12 (age 12 & under free)