Classical period (1750-1820) – Upcoming Concerts
2015 Seattle Int’l Piano Festival & Competition: Finals for Collegiate & Professional Participants
Sunday, October 18, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us during the 6th Seattle International Piano Competition, as the SIPF presents collegiate and professional artists from China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States.
$35
Quinton Morris plays Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Sunday, October 18, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Blue Heron Art Center, Vashon, WA, United States
Quinton Morris launches his world tour on Vashon, playing the sonatas of Chevalier de Saint-Georges – eighteenth-century violinist, conductor, and first classical composer of African origin.
$5-$24
2015 Seattle Int’l Piano Festival & Competition: Jurors in Master Class
Monday, October 19, 2026 @ 1:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Norcliffe Founders' Room at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Join jurors and returning finalists in master classes as Mark Clinton, Robin McCabe and Logan Skelton work with the young and aspiring pianistic artists from around the globe.
$10 suggested donation
'Breakthrough' Screening & Lecture Recital by Quinton Morris
Monday, October 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
This collaborative, innovative project is an introduction to Saint-Georges, a musician of African origin who against all odds, rose to become one of the most prolific and forgotten figures of the 18th century.
Pricing TBA
2015 Seattle Int'l Piano Festival & Competition: Winners' Concert #2 – International Gold Medalists
Monday, October 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Norcliffe Founders' Room at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the 2015 gold medalists as they return to the stage to repeat their winning programs.
$10 suggested donation
UW World Series: Jonathan Biss, piano
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Sonata in C minor, K457
Schönberg – Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
Mozart – Sonata in F major, K533/494
Schumann – Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Schönberg – Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
Mozart – Sonata in F major, K533/494
Schumann – Kreisleriana, Op. 16
$41-$46 (age 17 & under free)
St. Helens Quartet performs Borcherding's 'Sound Games'
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiere of Cornish student Roderick Borcherding's new string quartet, a contemporary classical work exploring techniques in sound.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
Thursday, October 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Stravinsky – Symphony in C
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1
Mozart – Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1
Mozart – Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Philharmonia Northwest & Vespertine Opera: Fauré’s Pénélope
Thursday, October 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Fauré’s elegant lyricism and refined expression shine through this original treatment of Homer’s timeless Odyssey.
$10-$40
Simple Measures: Cello Divas III: Bach
Friday, October 23, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Hale's Palladium, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
$15-$30
Sammamish Symphony: Expanded Horizons
Friday, October 23, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
Gershwin – An American in Paris
Haydn – Symphony No. 92 in G major “Oxford”
Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy
Arnold – Four Scottish Dances
Slonimsky – My Toy Balloon
Haydn – Symphony No. 92 in G major “Oxford”
Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy
Arnold – Four Scottish Dances
Slonimsky – My Toy Balloon
$10-$20
All Tchaikovsky!
Saturday, October 24, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin: Waltz
Tchaikovsky – Pique Dame: Overture
Tchaikovsky – Sérénade mélancolique
Tchaikovsky – Marche Slave
Tchaikovsky – The Snow Maiden: Suite
Tchaikovsky – Andante cantabile
Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini
Tchaikovsky – Pique Dame: Overture
Tchaikovsky – Sérénade mélancolique
Tchaikovsky – Marche Slave
Tchaikovsky – The Snow Maiden: Suite
Tchaikovsky – Andante cantabile
Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini
$30 Adults, $20 Students/Seniors (Age 16 & under free)
Saratoga Orchestra's New Worlds, New Visions
Saturday, October 24, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Dukas – Overture to La Peri
Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps
Boulanger – D'un soir triste
Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," Op. 95
Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps
Boulanger – D'un soir triste
Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," Op. 95
$25 ($20 senior/military; under 18 free)
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra: Canary Cantata Chamber
Saturday, October 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Poulsbo, Poulsbo, WA, United States
Telemann – The Demise of my Singing
$15
LUCO: Liszt, Martin, Ives
Saturday, October 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Liszt – Die Ideale
Martin – Concerto for 7 Winds
Ives – Symphony No. 2
Martin – Concerto for 7 Winds
Ives – Symphony No. 2
$18 ($13 senior/student)
Philharmonia Northwest & Vespertine Opera: Fauré’s Pénélope
Saturday, October 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Fauré’s elegant lyricism and refined expression shine through this original treatment of Homer’s timeless Odyssey.
$10-$40
Monteverdi 1610 Vespers
Saturday, October 24, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Stephen Stubbs will direct an international dream team of vocal soloists and instrumentalists.
$5-$45
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
Sunday, October 25, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Stravinsky – Symphony in C
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1
Mozart – Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1
Mozart – Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
LMC at Music Center of the Northwest
Sunday, October 25, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
G. F. Handel – “Bel piacere” from Agrippina
G. F. Handel – “Care selve” from Atalanta
Hugo Wolf – In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Hugo Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Hugo Wolf – Morgentau
Claude Debussy – Le Jet d'Eau
Claude Debussy – Recueillement
Michael Isaacson – That Courtesan's Smile
Howard J. Buss – De La Madra
Alec Wilder – Piece for Oboe and Improvisatory Percussion
Bill Douglas – Irish Spirit
G. F. Handel – “Care selve” from Atalanta
Hugo Wolf – In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Hugo Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Hugo Wolf – Morgentau
Claude Debussy – Le Jet d'Eau
Claude Debussy – Recueillement
Michael Isaacson – That Courtesan's Smile
Howard J. Buss – De La Madra
Alec Wilder – Piece for Oboe and Improvisatory Percussion
Bill Douglas – Irish Spirit
Free
Sammamish Symphony: Expanded Horizons
Sunday, October 25, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Eastlake Performing Arts Center, Sammamish, WA, United States
Gershwin – An American in Paris
Haydn – Symphony No. 92 in G major “Oxford”
Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy
Arnold – Four Scottish Dances
Slonimsky – My Toy Balloon
Haydn – Symphony No. 92 in G major “Oxford”
Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy
Arnold – Four Scottish Dances
Slonimsky – My Toy Balloon
$10-$20