The Sarasota Concert Association has announced its 2025-26 Great Performers Series, the organization’s 81st season. The lineup features a selection of internationally recognized orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists, with performances at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and Riverview Performing Arts Center. The season also includes a special holiday concert featuring Canadian Brass at the Sarasota Opera House on Dec. 2, 2025, in which the renowned brass ensemble will present a festive program to celebrate the holidays.

The series opens with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Jan. 19, 2026, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Under the direction of Music Director Vasily Petrenko, the orchestra will present a program featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.

On Feb. 16, 2026, the Philadelphia Orchestra returns to Sarasota to perform at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall under the leadership of Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The program includes Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 and Symphony No. 4.

The Danish String Quartet will perform at Riverview Performing Arts Center on Feb. 24, 2026. Its program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat major and signature arrangements of Norwegian folk songs.

Pianist Alexander Malofeev takes the stage at Riverview Performing Arts Center on March 10, 2026. The program will include works by Sibelius, Grieg, Prokofiev, Scriabin, and Stravinsky.

The season concludes with a performance by Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on March 15, 2026, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. The program features Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3 and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8.

Subscriptions are on sale now for the five-concert Great Performers Series. Three-concert mini subscriptions will be available in July, and single tickets will go on sale in September. For more information and to subscribe, visit www.scasarasota.org or call (941) 966-6161.