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A beloved summer tradition returns with iconic artists and unforgettable performances. Tickets on sale now!
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The Columbus Symphony hits the airwaves with Latin rhythms and powerhouse performances—featuring music by Falla, Korngold, and Márquez.
Catch it live on WOSU Public Media 101.1 FM 📻 on April 19 at 1 PM.
Thank you to WOSU for your partnership and support in bringing this music to our community 🤍
Coffee Dress this morning was amazing! Enjoy more of Maxim Lando`s superb piano playing tonight and tomorrow at Beethoven Schumann and Brahms! Use the link in our bio to purchase tickets!
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Today we announced our 2026 Nationwide Picnic with the Pops season, welcoming audiences back to the Columbus Commons for another unforgettable summer of music, community and celebration. A cornerstone of Columbus for 43 years, Picnic with the Pops continues to bring together audiences of all ages for world-class performances in a relaxed, outdoor setting. Since 2009, Nationwide has been the Title Sponsor of Picnic with the Pops.
This year’s lineup features an exciting mix of Grammy-winning artists, chart-topping favorites, and high-energy collaborations with the full Columbus Symphony.
Here is the 26 lineup:
⭐️June 13: Ledisi ledisi
⭐️June 20: Wyclef Jean @wyclefjean
⭐️June 27: Windborne’s The Music of Tom Petty
⭐️July 11: Guster @guster
⭐️July 18: LeAnn Rimes @leannrimes
⭐️July 25: Alan Parsons Live Project @alanparsonsmusic
⭐️July 31 & August 1: OSU Marching Band @tbdbitl
⚠️ STOP SCROLLING: Nationwide Picnic with the Pops 2026 is here! Explore some of your favorite artists with your amazing Columbus Symphony🎻 Table and lawn seats on sale now! 🔗 Use the link in our bio to purchase tickets!
Here is the 26 lineup:
⭐️June 13: Ledisi ledisi
⭐️June 20: Wyclef Jean @wyclefjean
⭐️June 27: Windborne’s The Music of Tom Petty
⭐️July 11: Guster @guster
⭐️July 18: LeAnn Rimes @leannrimes
⭐️July 25: Alan Parsons Live Project @alanparsonsmusic
⭐️July 31 & August 1: OSU Marching Band @tbdbitl
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This week, we’re spotlighting Benjamin Ramirez, our Principal Timpanist. 🎶✨
Holding this role since 1998, Benjamin brings dynamic energy, precision, and depth to the orchestra. His career has taken him from the National Symphony Orchestra to international stages with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, along with guest appearances with leading ensembles across the country.
Beyond the orchestra, Benjamin is a passionate soloist, chamber musician, and educator, with a dedication to pushing the timpani into the spotlight and inspiring the next generation of musicians. 💙
Get to know more of the talented musicians who make our sound possible at the link in our bio!
Legends never die…
Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms may be long gone, but their music comes alive April 17 & 18. Don’t miss it!
🎟️ Purchase tickets at the link in our bio!
Happy National Pet Day from the cutest members of the Columbus Symphony family! swipe to look at all our silly and cute pets. Which do you think is the most mischievous looking one? And why is it Clara?
Last night was amazing! You have one more chance tonight to see Let’s Misbehave: the Songs of Cole Porter. Tickets here: https://columbussymphony.com/event/lets-misbehave-the-songs-of-cole-porter/2026-04-10/
Press Rewind 🎶
Relive a standout performance from this past season featuring Joanna Frankel and the Columbus Symphony Women’s Chorus.
This unforgettable program blends the dreamy textures of Claude Debussy’s Nocturnes, the haunting beauty of Kaija Saariaho’s Vers toi qui es si loin, and the epic storytelling of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
📻 Tune in with WOSU Public Media at the listed time to experience it again.
A huge thank you to WOSU for helping us share these incredible performances with our community 💙
Here about tonight from your Principal Pops Conductor, Stuart Chafetz!
Tickets with the link in our bio!
Please welcome Jacob Pope-McEntire as our new General Manager! Jacob joins us from Colorado Springs, where he recently served as the Executive Director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs. His extensive background in the arts includes roles in production and artistic operations with both the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps.
As a skilled percussionist and conductor, Jacob brings a deep musical perspective to our organization. He also holds a certificate in Essentials of Orchestra Management from the League of American Orchestras.
We are thrilled to have his expertise and passion on board. Please join us in giving him a warm welcome!
Did you know today is Florence Price`s Birthday? She would be 139 years old today! Florence Price was a pioneering composer who made history in 1933 as the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra. Her music brilliantly fused European Romanticism with African American spirituals and vernacular rhythms, creating a uniquely American sound that challenged the era`s deep-seated racial barriers. Throwback to when Melissa White @afroviolinist played Price`s Violin Concerto No. 2 with us this past February!
🚨APRIL 17 & 18 at the Ohio Theatre🚨
Musical brilliance abounds in this concert featuring works by three prominent composers from the Classical and Romantic eras. Beethoven’s overture to Egmont is part of the incidental music he composed for the play by Goethe. It portrays in a brilliant and powerful way the ideas of oppression, struggle, and freedom. Schumann’s music captures the imagination with its romantic passion and energy, while offering an innovative formal design where all the movements of the Symphony are linked together.
Rising-star pianist Maxim Lando returns to the Columbus Symphony with Brahms’ virtuosic First Piano Concerto, a work that poses extraordinary demands on the soloist and is filled with lush melodies and dramatic contrasts.
Enjoy a free pre-concert talk at 6:30PM on Friday and Saturday, that dives into the music you’ll hear that evening! There is no assigned seating during the pre-concert talks.
Tickets here with the link in our bio!
It is the best alternative we can offer. See you at the next concert, babes. 😘❤️
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Celebrating 75 Years of World-Class Artistry, Meaningful Collaboration, and a Commitment to Community.
Subscriptions on sale now.
Single tickets on sale May 4th.
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The Columbus Symphony is excited to announce the appointment of Maureen O’Brien as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 15, 2025. With a distinguished career in arts leadership and a deep commitment to community engagement, O’Brien will lead the organization into its next chapter of artistic excellence and innovation and bring to fruition the vision of a future home for the orchestra.
