The Los Angeles Philharmonic unveiled its 2026–2027 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall today, featuring 22 commissioned works, with 15 world premieres and three U.S. premieres.

​The 2026-2027 season at the LA Philharmonic is the first led by newly-appointed Creative Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, who will also take the podium for several programs throughout the year, including multiple installments of the season-long Rituals festival. The season also places a strong focus on minimalism, with programs honoring Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

​LA Phil Music Director Gustavo Dudamel will return to conduct several major programs, leading a cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos with longtime artistic partner and classical pianist Rudolf Buchbinder in December and a new work by Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri (alongside Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements and Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony) in May.  

​Conductor and Baroque specialist Emmanuelle Haïm will continue her three-year residency at the LA Phil this year. She will be joined by guest conductors Elim Chan, Maxim Emelyanychev, Gustavo Gimeno, Roberto González-Monjas, Anna Handler, and more.

​The LA Phil Colburn Celebrity Recitals will bring some of classical music’s biggest names today to Los Angeles, including global piano star Lang Lang, GRAMMY award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, and GRAMMY-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov, among others. Non-classical programs will feature performances by the likes of Bernadette Peters, Pat Benatar, Andrew Bird, and more. 

​New LA Phil subscriptions and renewals are available for purchase on March 17, with group sales for select concerts going on sale July 10, and single-show tickets on sale August 11. To view the full lineup, visit www.laphil.com.