Singapore’s concert season starts strong in 2026, with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra unveiling a diverse lineup that spans classical masterpieces, cultural collaborations, and music for the whole family. The early part of the year also marks a meaningful milestone: the final three performances led by Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez, who concludes his four-season tenure in March 2026 as one of the brightest young talents to take the SSO stage.
Since joining in 2022, Barráez has been a dynamic force, shaping community concerts, festive seasons and memorable collaborations, including TwoSet Violin & SSO. Audiences will be able to celebrate this chapter with him one last time, across free concerts and a family favourite inspired by a bestselling picture book.
From bold Shostakovich tributes to films-inspired orchestral pops, the programmes ahead reveal SSO’s range and ambition. Below, we highlight the concerts from January to March 2026 that audiences can enjoy, including those featuring Barráez.
Free, one hour of music from Singapore and the Americas
Music in the Meadow
14 March
Gardens by the Bay
Free outdoor concert
SSO Concerts for Children: Wild Symphony
21 and 22 March
Victoria Concert Hall
Immersive storytelling with projections, narration
Bridging Cultures and Soundscapes
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SSO Chamber Series: Elements – SSO × Ding Yi
11 January
Crossing Asian and Western musical traditions with works by Sulwyn Lok and Ho Chee Kong alongside Chinese-American composers Tan Dun and Zhou Long
Baroque and Beyond (Organ Series)
18 January
Koh Jia Hwei (organ) and Isaac Koh (chamber organ) with re:Sound for music by J.S. Bach, Corelli and Rheinberger.
Jens Korndörfer: Organ Music from France and Germany
15 March
Romantic-era works with pieces by Mendelssohn, Franck, Wagner and more.
Temasek Foundation x SSO Pops: A Musical Box of Chocolates
6 and 7 March
From Princess Mononoke to Harry Potter and Forrest Gump, plus Broughton’s Tuba Concerto. SSO Principal Tuba Tomoki Natsume also stars in the witty Tuba Concerto by Young Sherlock Holmes composer Bruce Broughton.
SSO Chamber Series: Quartets Two by Two
8 March
Explore the evolution of string quartet from the 18th century Austrian music to contemporary Singaporean works with excerpts from compositions by Joseph Haydn and Chen Zhangyi.
Two Perspectives on Pictures at an Exhibition
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration)
30 and 31 January
Conducted by Pierre Bleuse, featuring Bertrand Chamayou performing Prokofiev’s fantastical Scythian Suite and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1
Pictures at an Exhibition (Kahchun Wong orchestration)
24 April
Features traditional Chinese instruments as Singapore Chinese Orchestra musicians joins the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Features Chinary Ung’s Water Rings and Debussy’s La Mer.
Symphonies of Our World (and Beyond)
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From the New World
16 January
Kolja Blacher conducts the SSO in his father Boris Blacher’s Orchestra-Variations on a Theme of Paganini and then joined by the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet for the world premiere or Eichberg’s Quadriga – 10 Dream Sequences for Szxaphone Quartet before the evening concludes with Dvořák’s New World Symphony.
SSO Gala: Earth and The Planets + Elgar’s Cello Concerto
22 and 23 January
The SSO joins the Treble Voices of the Singaproe Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir under Quantedge Music Director Hans Graf to present Holst’s orchestral spectacular The Planets. SSO has commissioned Singaporean Composer Joyce Koh to add a new musical portrait of “Earth” to HOlsts original suite of seven planets. Austrian cellist Julia Hagen will also star in Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
