Monterey Symphony Announces 2026-2027 Season at Sunset Center

and Love Letter to New York at the Forest Theater
Performances at Sunset Center, Carmel, San Carlos and 9th Ave.

Carmel/Monterey CA – Monterey Symphony announces its 81st season with two Love Letter to New York performances at the Forest Theater and six concert sets at the Sunset Center.

“We are bringing world-class, dynamic soloists to the Symphony, and this season’s line up is absolutely stellar. Making their Monterey Symphony debuts, Jonathan Biss is one of America’s greatest living pianists, and Alexi Kenney is a young superstar of the violin. Ran Dank and Soeyon Kate Lee—husband and wife, and both outstanding piano soloists in their own right—return to the Monterey Symphony as a powerful piano duo with Dvorak’s tuneful Slavonic Dances and the world premiere for two pianos and orchestra by Chinese-American composer Chen Yi,” says Music Director Jayce Ogren.

“In May, our collaboration with the San Francisco based chorus VOLTI continues with Verdi’s dramatic Te Deum and Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, the first ever Monterey Symphony performances of this beloved, overwhelming work,” says Ogren.

“In addition to iconic favorites like Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, and in March we’ll present something very special. Brahms wrote just four symphonies, considered by many to be the greatest works in the orchestral repertoire. In one weekend, the Monterey Symphony will play them all. It’s a beautiful opportunity to hear these sublime works in close proximity to one another, and I very much hope you’ll join us,” says Ogren.

2026-2027 Season Tickets: SUBSCRIPTIONS on sale starting MAY 1, 2026. SINGLE TICKETS on sale JULY 31, 2025. For questions, call the Symphony ticket office at (831) 646-8511, Mon-Fri, 10 AM – 4 PM. Tickets: $50-$90, $12 for students, teachers, and military.