Philip Glass To Celebrate 90th Birthday With Historic Worldwide Performances and Events
8 junio 2026
Philip Glass, one of America’s most esteemed composers, will celebrate his 90th birthday on January 31, 2027. In anticipation, a multi-season celebration of notable performances and events includes: the world premiere performances of Glass’ Symphony No. 15: Lincoln; the 50th anniversary of his seminal theater work Einstein on the Beach; and global celebrations across opera, theater, dance, symphony and chamber concerts, film and special performances; and special releases from Orange Mountain Music.
Glass’ Symphony No. 15: Lincoln, based on a collection of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches and letters, will receive its world premiere in Boston on July 5, 2026 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood with subsequent premieres worldwide: West Coast Premiere July 31, 2026 at the Cabrillo Festival in Santa Cruz, CA; Virginia Premiere September 25-27, 2026 by the Virginia Symphony in Newport News, VA; and in 2027, the New York Premiere January 31, 2027 by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall; the UK Premiere January 31, 2027 at the Southbank Centre; the Los Angeles premiere March 12-13, 2027 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney. Hall; and the Baltimore premiere June 4-6, 2027 by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Einstein on the Beach, Glass and the late Bob Wilson’s seminal work for theater, will celebrate 50 years in 2026. Held in memory of Wilson, the celebration will include a worldwide concert tour from the Philip Glass Ensemble with dates to be announced; a European concert tour from ICTUS, Collegium Vocale Gent and Suzanne Vega in May and September, 2026; a new experiential production created by English National Opera, Factory International, Park Avenue Armory and Improbable, directed by Phelim McDermott, to premiere June 2027 at Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK; and more special moments to be announced.
More information and announcements can be found here.
PHILIP GLASS 90TH BIRTHDAY PERFORMANCES
May 20-30, 2026—Einstein on the Beach—EUR—ICTUS
May 21-23, 2026—Meetings Along the Edge—Toronto, CA—Toronto Symphony
May 23, 2026-January 7, 2027—La Belle et la Bête—Augsburg, DE—Staatstheater Augsburg
May 28, 2026—Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists— Birmingham, UK—City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
June 2-21, 2026—Koyaanisqatsi—Los Angeles, US—LA Dance Project
June 5, 2026—Ifé, Symphony No. 8, excerpts from Akhnaten—Dublin, IE—NCH
June 6, 2026—The Light, Interlude from The Voyage, Mishima Concerto—Dublin, IE—NCH
June 6, 2026—Akhnaten—Amsterdam, NL—Concertgebouw
June 9, 2026—The Hours Suite—New York, US—Central Park
June 11-20, 2026—Tirol Concerto—London, UK—Royal Ballet
June 20, 2026—Early Works—Toronto, CA—PGE Luminato Festival
June 24-26, 2026—Etudes, Wichita Vortex Sutra—Los Angeles, US—NYCB
June 26-28, 2026—Passacaglia for Solo Piano—Annandale-On-Hudson, US—Bard College
July 3, 2026—Violin Concerto No. 2—Stellenbosch, ZA
—Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival
July 5, 2026—Symphony No. 15 (World Premiere)—Lenox, US—BSO at Tanglewood
July 10-11, 2026—Symphony No. 1—New York, US Carnegie Hall
July 12, 2026—Magic Psalm (Etude No. 17) —London, UK—Southbank Centre
July 22, 2026—Complete Piano Etudes—Lenox, US—Tanglewood
July 25-September 12, 2026—Tao of Glass—London, UK— Tao of Glass
July 31, 2026—Symphony No. 15—Santa Cruz, US—Cabrillo Festival
August 12, 2026—Violin Concerto No. 1—Chicago, US—Grant Park Music Festival
September 5-10, 2026—Lucinda Childs DANCE — Lyon, FR—Opera de Lyon
September 12, 2026—Complete Piano Etudes—Houston, US—Performing Arts Houston
September 16, 2026—Powaqqatsi Live to Film—Rome, IT—PGE Romaeurope Festival
September 18, 2026—Glassworks and Early Works—Stockholm, SE—PGE Cirkus
September 20, 2026—Glassworks and Early Works—Copenhagen, DK
—PGE Royal Danish Academy of Music
September 25-27, 2026—Symphony No. 15—Newport News, US—Virginia Symphony
September 26-October 31, 2026—Waiting for the Barbarians—NL—Nederlandse Reisopera
October 2, 2026—Mishima Concerto—Hague, NL—Residentie Orkest den Haag
October 9-24, 2026—Tirol Concerto—Oslo, NO—Norwegian National Ballet
October 10, 2026—1000 Airplanes on the Roof—Hamburg, DE—Elbphilharmonie
October 13, 2026—Violin Concerto No. 1—Paris, FR— Paris Philharmonie
October 15-18, 2026—In the Upper Room—Philadelphia, US—Philadelphia Ballet
October 24-25, 2026—Violin Concerto No. 1—Miami, US—New World Symphony
October 30, 2026—Hydrogen Jukebox, Magic Psalm (Etude No.17)
—Stanford, US—Stanford Live
November 1, 2026—Complete Piano Etudes—Charleston, US—Gaillard Center
November 20, 2026—Complete Piano Etudes— Berklee, US—Cal Performances
December 4, 2026—Violin Concerto No. 1—Vancouver, CA—Vancouver Symphony
December 16-18, 2026—Violin Concerto No. 1—Munich, DE—Munich Philharmonic
January 8-9, 2027—Violin Concerto No. 1—Charleston, US—Charleston Symphony
January 9-February 20, 2027— Akhnaten—Berlin, DE— Komische Oper
January 14-15, 2027—Symphony No. 6—Brno, CZ—Brno Filharmonie
January 14-16, 2027—Another Look at Harmony Part IV—New York, US—NYCC
January 21, 2027— Symphony No. 1, Symphony For Eight, The Hours
—Denver, US—Colorado Symphony
January 24-31, 2027—String Quartets, various works for solo voice, Piano Concerto No. 3, Complete Piano Etudes—Montreal, CA—Bourgie Hall
January 27-29, 2027—Philip Glass @ 90—San Francisco, US—SF Performances Pivot Festival
January 28, 2027—Symphony No. 1—Malmö, SE—Malmö Symfoniorkester
January 30, 2027—Philip Glass 90: Grand Evening Concert—The Hague, NL—Amare
January 31, 2027—The 90th Birthday Concert: Symphony No. 15, Violin Concerto No. 1, “Mechanical Ballet” from The Voyage—New York, US— Carnegie Hall
January 31, 2027—Glass Birthday Festival: Symphony 15, Music in 12 Parts,
String Quartets— London, UK—Southbank Centre
February 3-11, 2027—La Belle et la Bête—Paris, FR—Theatre du Chatelet
February 3, 2027—Dance Nos. 1-5—London, UK—Barbican Centre
February 11-13, 2027—Glass 90th—Violin Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 11, Days and Nights in Rocinha —Boston, US—Boston Symphony Orchestra
February 18, 2027—The Hours, Symphony No. 3—Manitoba, CA—Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
February 19, 2027—Symphony No. 8—Osaka, JP—Japan Century Symphony Orchestra
February 24, 2027— Víkingur Ólafsson, Various piano works—Los Angeles, US—Walt Disney Hall
February 24, 2027—Violin Concerto No. 2 —Manitoba, CA—Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
February 25-26, 2027—Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
—Leipzig, DE—Gewandhausorchester
February 28, 2027—Víkingur Ólafsson, Various piano works—Boston, US—Symphony Hall
February 28, 2027—String Quartet No. 2—Munich, DE—Munich Philharmonic
March 2, 2027—Víkingur Ólafsson, Various piano works— New York, US— Carnegie Hall
March 9, 2027—Koyaanisqatsi Live to Film—Minneapolis, US—Northrop
March 12-13, 2027—Violin Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 15, Mad Rush
—Los Angeles, US—LA Philharmonic
March 13-April 5, 2027—In the Upper Room—Vienna, AT—Wiener Staatsoper
March 27-April 4, 2027—Metamorphosis 1-5—Amsterdam, NL—Dutch National Ballet
April 2-4, 2027—Violin Concerto No. 1—Aix-en-Provence, FR—Munich Philharmonic
April 25, 2027—Koyaanisqatsi Live to Film—Philadelphia, US—Penn Live Arts
May 19-23, 2027—The Juniper Tree—Chicago, US—Chicago Opera Theater
May 25, 2027—Excerpt from Akhnaten—New York, US—Met Opera
May 27-29, 2027—Cocteau Trilogy—Paris, FR—Philharmonie de Paris
May 31, 2027—The Light—Chicago, US—Chicago Symphony
June 4-6, 2027—Symphony No. 15—Baltimore, US—Baltimore Symphony
June 7, 2027—Maki Namekawa, Various piano works—Paris, FR—Philharmonie de Paris
June 10-26, 2027—Tirol Concerto—Vienna, AT—Volksoper Wein Ballet
June 26, 2027—Víkingur Ólafsson, Various piano works—Vienna, AS—Musikverein Wien
June 29, 2027—Víkingur Ólafsson, Various piano works—Hamburg, DE—Elbphilharmonie
June 2027—Einstein on the Beach—Manchester UK—Aviva Studios
