Season 26/27

The Symphony Season comprises unique projects such as the revival of Aita Donostia’s ‘La vie profonde de Saint François D’Assise’, a presentation of Bach as a source of inspiration, America as a reflection of folk tradition and rhythmic energy, and Mahler and his monumental musical architecture. 

To enable this symphonic programme, the orchestra will be joined by 9 internationally renowned conductors, 6 instrumental soloists and 3 voice soloists and 4 major local.

Basque culture will be well represented in the programme with compositions by Aita Donostia, Sanjuán, Ozaita, Sorozábal and Guridi, whose ‘Ten Basque Melodies’ will mark the 90th anniversary of the first Basque Government; and also in the performing arts with the voices of Jone Martínez, Luken Munguira, Orfeón Donostiarra, Coro Easo, Easo Gazte and Sociedad Coral de Bilbao

The orchestra will undertake the first symphonic recording of the composer from Vitoria, José María Sanmartín, on the 50th anniversary of his death, and will release the album of the seminal work by Navarran composer Pascual Aldave, ‘Akelarre’.

The Basque National Orchestra will be present for the first time at the International Music and Dance Festival of Granada  in June 2027.

Standing ovations for the Basque National Orchestra at L'Auditori de Barcelona

Following a two and a quarter hour concert, the Basque National Orchestra received standing ovations from its Barcelona audience on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for its concerts paying homage to Ravel, revealing Sorozabal and plunging into the demanding and great Mahler. 

The Basque National Orchestra and the OBC stage a symphonic dialogue on both sides of the Pyrenees

The Basque and Catalan orchestras to exchange their respective seasons next week.

The Basque National Orchestra will offer the concert programme 'Sorozabal/ Mahler' on 24 and 25 of November in Vitoria and Pamplona, before taking it to L'Auditori in Barcelona on 28, 2 and 30 of November.

With a programme that combines Catalan composers with classics by Debussy and Ravel, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC) will visit Bilbao on 26 November and San Sebastián on 27 and especially 28 November, the day the two orchestras will cross paths and coincide simultaneously in their two seasons.

The Basque National Orchestra Music Room: a way of countering inequality and exclusion

The Music Room’s educational and social cycle continues to strengthen its determination to make the Basque National Orchestra a route to well-being, health and quality of personal and social life, doing so through innovative, pioneering and risky proposals as a way of countering inequality and exclusion. 

This new cycle has four in-house productions: two presented last season - 'Musika tantak' and 'Logelan logale' - , and two premieres - 'Nire ama antzara' and 'Arriaga bizi da' - . These and other Basque National Orchestra productions set a standard and a course towards good practices in the sector, so much so that several of them have been programmed in other festivals and with other orchestras.

The cycle has over 70 activities in total, including the second edition of the 'Musikazaleak' workshops, in conjunction with FEVAS-Plena Inclusión Euskadi, and Open Rehearsals aimed at groups and educational centres.

Single and season tickets for the Miramon Matinées are now on sale

The Basque National Orchestra's chamber music cycle kicks off on anew 11 October with 16 new musical events. Special guests such as Miguel Ituarte and Bilboko Koral Elkartea will join the numerous groups of members of Basque National Orchestra that form the rest of the programme.

The San Sebastián Festival, the Euskadiko Orkestra and the SGAE Foundation will offer the ‘Concert & Screening’ at the Velodrome on Saturday 20 September

The Euskadiko Orkestra, the SGAE Foundation and the San Sebastián Festival present the concert of film music performed by the National Orchestra as part of the event. On the first Saturday of the Festival, the Velodrome opens to music lovers, movie buffs and the general public for a show combining the symphony performance of soundtracks with a collage of scenes from the movies to which they belong.

The event will offer a treat for the eyes and ears lasting for 75 minutes on Saturday, 20 September, at 6 p.m. Entry is free.