2025-26 Schedule
Carmina Burana
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
September 18-21
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Marsalis / Concerto for Orchestra
Orff / Carmina Burana
Beethoven’s Pastoral
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
September 25-27
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Kelly Zimba Lukić, flute
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Mozart / Symphony No. 31 “Paris”, K. 297
Ibert / Flute Concerto
Beethoven / Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Jonathan Crow Plays Mendelssohn
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
October 2-4
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Jonathan Crow, violin
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Tower / Suite from Concerto for Orchestra
Mendelssohn / Violin Concerto
Elgar / Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”
Mozart and R. Strauss
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
October 16-18
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Bruce Liu, piano
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488
R. Strauss/comp. Welser-Möst / Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Debussy and Sibelius
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
October 30-November 2
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Ksenija Sidorova, accordion
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Debussy / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Tõnu Kõrvits / Dances: Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra
Pēteris Vask/arr. George Morton / The Fruit of Silence
Sibelius / Symphony No. 5
Joshua Bell Returns
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
November 13-15
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Sibelius / Finlandia
de Hartmann / Violin Concerto
Dvorak / Symphony No. 7
The Composer is Dead
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
November 16
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Romeo and Juliet
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
November 20-22
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Matthew-John Knights / Lines, Layers, LIgaments
Prokofiev / Symphony No. 3
Prokofiev/comp. Gustavo Gimeno / Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Mendelssohn’s Reformation
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra
November 29
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Rimsky-Korsakov / Russian Easter Festival Overture
Sibelius / Finlandia Overture
Clyne / This Moment
Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
Handel’s Messiah
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
December 5-6
Delta David Gier, conductor
Tim Campbell, chorus director
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Christmas on the Prairie Concert
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
December 7
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Christmas with the Symphony: ‘Tis the Season
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
December 13-14
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Ben Gulley, tenor
Tim Campbell, chorus director
Bruce Liu Plays Rachmaninoff 2
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
January 22-23
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Bruce Liu, piano
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Kelly-Marie Murphy / Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark
Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev / Symphony No. 5
European Tour
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
January 27 – February 9
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Bruce Liu, piano
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Kelly-Marie Murphy / Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark
Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev / Symphony No. 5
Rufus Wainwright / A Woman’s Face
Bartok / Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler / Symphony No. 4
Mahler’s Ninth
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
February 19-22
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Mahler / Symphony No. 9
Death & Transfiguration
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra
February 21
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Coulthard / Endymion
Ravel / Tombeau de Couperin
Strauss / Death and Transfiguration
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
March 7-8
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Kevin Chen, piano
Vivian Fung / Parade
Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453
Dvořák / Symphony No. 7
Boléro
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
April 2-4
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Samy Moussa / Nocturne
Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595
Marx / Symphonic Night Music
Ravel / Boléro
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra
April 25
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Korngold / Captain Blood Overture
Walton / Concerto for Viola, Mvts. I & 2
Rachmaninoff / Symphony No. 2
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
April 23-26
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Elina Vähälä, violin
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Liam Ritz / New Work
Shostakovich / Violin Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
April 30-May 1
Elim Chan, conductor
Lukáš Vondráček, piano
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 3
Cris Derksen / New Work
Shostakovich / Symphony No. 9
Epic Wagner – Legends & Lore
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
May 14-16
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Abel Selaocoe, cello
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Jessie Montgomery / Cello Concerto
Wagner / Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Wagner / Suite from Götterdämmerung
Shankar’s Sitar
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
May 21-23
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Anoushka Shankar, sitar
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Philip Glass / “Meetings Along the Edge” from Passages
Beethoven / Symphony No. 8
R. Shankar / Sitar Concerto No. 2 “Raga-Mala”
María Dueñas Plays Korngold
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
June 4-7
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
María Dueñas, violin
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Herrmann / Suite from Psycho
Korngold / Violin Concerto
Bekah Simms / New Work
Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Beethoven’s Ninth
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
June 11-14
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
Beethoven / Symphony No. 9
Past Seasons
2024-25 Schedule
The Music of Studio Ghibli
Eugene Symphony Orchestra
September 21, 2:00 pm, 7:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Symphony Fantastique
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
October 5, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Sarasate / Fantasy on Bizet’s “Carmen”
Marsalis / The Fiddler and the Dancin’ Witch
Berlioz / Symphonie fantastique
She’s Got Soul featuring Capathia Jenkins
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
October 19, 7:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Capathia Jenkins, soloist
Robert Erhard plays Dvorak
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
November 16, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Robert Erhard, cello
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra (side-by-side performance)
Smetana / The Moldau from Ma Vlast
Moravec / A New Country (World Premiere of orchestral version)
Copland / Old American Songs
Dvorak / Cello Concerto
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra
November 17, 2:00 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Handel’s Messiah
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
December 6 and 7, 7:00 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Tim Campbell, chorus director
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Christmas with the Symphony: ‘Tis the Season
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
December 14, 7:30 pm, December 15, 2:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Beats & Beethoven
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
January 25, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
SDSO percussion
Elissa Cassini, violin
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Viet Cuong / Re(new)al: Percussion Quartet Concerto
Wiprud / Concerto for Violin No. 2 “on the brink” (World Premiere)
Beethoven / Symphony No. 4
Valentine’s Romance
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
February 15, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Tchaikovsky / Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet
Ravel / Pavane for a Dead Princess
Massenet / Meditation from Thaïs
Beach / Bal Masque
Clyne / Masquerade
Prokofiev / The Love for Three Oranges
Mascagni / Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Elgar / Salut d’amour
Boulanger / D’un matins de Printemps
Saint Saëns / Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
Concert for Kids & Families
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
February 16, 2:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
New World Encounters: American Mavericks Shake Up the Old World
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 1, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Joseph Horowitz, cultural historian
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Doosook Kim, violin
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Hindemith / Turandot: Scherzo from Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Ravel / Blues from Sonata for violin and piano
Ravel / Piano Concerto in G Major
Stravinsky / The Soldier’s Tale
Stravinsky / Symphony in Three Movements
A Celtic Celebration
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 15, 7:30 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra
March 16, 2:00 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Young People’s Concerts
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 17, 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 1:15 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor
Mozart’s “Great” Mass
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
April 5, 7:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Tim Campbell, chorus director
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Bach / Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Mendelssohn / O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Mozart / Mass in C minor
Giants in the Earth: The Norwegians in the Dakota Territory
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
April 26, 7:30 pm, April 27, 2:30 pm
Delta David Gier, conductor
Tim Campbell, chorus director
Nicholas Sharma, assistant conductor
Carmen
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra
May 4, 7:30 pm
Ryan Haskins, conductor
Nicholas Sharma, cover conductor
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra
May 11, 4:00 pm
Nicholas Sharma, conductor