Fall 2025 Highlights
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Thank you for joining us for a wonderful start to our 25/26 season: America Unfinished. As we head into the new year, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on some of the highlights from the past few months. Between outstanding artists making their Philadelphia debut, new works taking the stage, impactful engagement with audiences and construction progress on our new venues, it’s already been such a rewarding season. Read more...
5 Questions with Nora Fischer
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Silkroad Ensemble member
Nora Fischer is renowned for her adventurous approach to live performance and her creative and genre-defying collaborations. On November 6, Fischer joins several other artists from Silkroad Ensemble for the Philadelphia premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's gripping song cycle,
Falling Out of Time. Get to know more about this Amsterdam-based vocalist in just 5 questions.
Read more...Finding presence in absence with Terence Blanchard
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“Music and art have the power to change souls,” says five-time Grammy® Award-winning trumpeter/composer
Terence Blanchard. This heartfelt sentiment is echoed throughout everything he creates, from film scores to opera to jazz and everything in between. “A brass-wielding force of nature,” (
Los Angeles Times), Blanchard is known for music that makes powerful statements on American culture, past and present, and his upcoming performance,
Gordon Parks: An Empathetic Lens, furthers this dedication in spades.
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