2025 | 2026 concert season
Welcome to the Kindred Spirits Orchestra 2025–2026 Concert Season! Under the baton of Maestro Kristian Alexander, the KSO is proud to present ten captivating concerts across Toronto, Markham, Unionville, Stouffville, and Collingwood. The season begins with a festive Opening Night Gala on October 18, 2025, at the Flato Markham Theatre, where the KSO will also return for performances in December 2025 and February 2026. Our popular “3 at the Weston” series continues at the Meridian Arts Centre – George Weston Recital Hall, with concerts in March, May, and June 2026. Summer brings a joyful Canada Day celebration on July 1, 2026, at Unionville Millennium Square, as well as open-air “Symphony under the Stars” concerts in Stouffville and Collingwood.
Season Highlights include Tchaikovsky’s enigmatic Manfred Symphony, Dukas’ vibrant Symphony in C, Richard Strauss’ neo-Baroque Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Shostakovich’s monumental Twelfth Symphony, Bruckner’s apocalyptic Eighth Symphony, and Sibelius’ expressive Second Symphony. This season also includes the world première of Pictures from an Imagined Exhibition, a piano concerto by acclaimed Canadian composer Alice Ho, written for internationally celebrated pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico.
Guest artists also include: Harrison Yang Meng, Grand Prize winner of the 2024 International Music Competition, performing Walton’s rarely heard Viola Concerto; Antonio Di Stefano, making his Canadian début with Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G; German piano duo Florian Koltun and Xin Wang, performing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos; renowned violinist Jing Ye, returning with Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole; award-winning pianist Mary Kenedi, presenting the Ontario première of Debussy’s Fantaisie for piano and orchestra.
Inside the 2025 | 2026 Concert Season
Mind and Magic
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Flato Markham Theatre
Mason Bates, Sea-blue Circuitry
Lalo, Symphonie espagnole
Tchaikovsky, Manfred symphony
Sounds of the Season
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Flato Markham Theatre
Tchaikovsky, Lenon, McCartney, Beatlecracker suite
Walton, Concerto for viola and orchestra
Dukas, Symphony in C
Operatic Rhapsodies
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Flato Markham Theatre
Ravel, Rhapsodie espagnole
Debussy, Fantasie for piano and orchestra
R. Strauss, Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Virtuosity and Revolution
Saturday, March 21, 2026
George Weston Recital Hall
Falla, El sombrero de tres picos, suite no. 2
Ravel, Piano concerto in G
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 12
Architecture and Conversations
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Cornell Recital Hall
Jenkins, Palladio
Stravinsky, Concerto in Es “Dumbarton Oaks”
Britten, Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Images at an Exhibition
Saturday, May 16, 2026
George Weston Recital Hall
Kodály, Háry János suite
Alice Ho, Concerto for piano and orchestra
Bruckner, Symphony no. 8
Time and Transformation
Saturday, June 20, 2026
George Weston Recital Hall
Dohnányi, Symphonic Minutes
Mozart, Concerto for two pianos and orchestra
Sibelius, Symphony no. 2
Canada Day Celebration
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Unionville Millennium Square
Symphonic pops,
Music from movies, and
Broadway
Symphony under the Stars
Friday, July 17, 2026
Stouffville Memorial Park
Symphonic pops,
Music from movies, and
Broadway
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