07-03-2025
The Schubert Club unveils 2025-26 season, including its Music in the Park Series
For more than 125 years, the Schubert Club has brought globally renowned classical musicians to Minnesota, a tradition that will continue in its 2025-26 season.
The season features a slate of five performances in its International Artist Series at the Ordway Concert Hall. It will also bring back its more intimate chamber music program, Music in the Park, hosted at St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ.
The featured artist for the 2025–26 season is British baritone Roderick Williams, who will host activities during the season for his residence, including a masterclass for students. He will also host a public performance with pianist Iain Burnside on Nov. 13 featuring a program that includes the world premiere of work by the Minneapolis-based composer Libby Larsen.
Here's what else the season will bring to the Twin Cities.
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Oct. 28–29Across two concerts, the French pianist will perform Maurice Ravel's complete piano works.
Roderick Williams with Iain Burnside, Nov. 13
Garrick Ohlsson and Richard O'Neill, Feb. 6–7, 2026Ohlsson makes a return to St. Paul with the Grammy-winning violist Richard O'Neill. They'll perform works by Franz Schubert and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Pablo Ferrández, March 18–19, 2026The 33-year-old cellist has performed alongside some of the most recognizable names in classical music, such as Anne-Sophie Mutter and Martha Argerich. He will take to the stage alone, performing a pair of cello suites by J.S. Bach as well as solo cello suites by Benjamin Britten and Gaspar Cassadó.
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI, April 16, 2026Savall, a revered performer and presenter of early music, will be joined by his ensemble, Hespérion XXI, for a program titled "Un Mar de Músicas (A Sea of Music)." While the program has yet to be unveiled, it's described as "a dialogue with the music of Africa, America, and the Caribbean," including works by Gaspar Fernandes, Diego Duron, Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Felip Olivelles, and Santiago de Murcia.
This series of concerts all take place on Sundays at 4 p.m. at 2129 Commonwealth Ave.
David Finckel, Wu Han and Benjamin Beilman, Oct. 5This trio is making a return appearance with the Schubert Club and will perform a program of two Schubert piano trios.
The Danish String Quartet, Nov. 23The quartet returns following their fondly remembered 2021 performance of all 15 Beethoven string quartets. This time, they come bearing quartets Alfred Schnittke and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Nathan Amaral, Feb. 15, 2026The Brazilian violinist is joined by pianist Alice Chenyang Xu. The program has yet to be announced.
Le Consort, March 15, 2026The early music ensemble's program combines well-loved pieces and music that is less often performed. Their March performance will include pieces by Georg Philipp Telemann, Bach, and others.
The Miró Quartet, April 12, 2026The popular quartet will be joined by saxophonist Steven Banks for a unique program that includes the Minnesota premiere of Banks' "What's Old is New," as well as an inspired pairing of work by Hildegard of Bingen and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, who recently performed at the Walker Art Center with the percussion quartet Sō Percussion.
