November 27, 2025 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Qatar National Convention Centre, Auditorium 3
Part of Qatar Argentina and Chile 2025 Year of Culture
Gustavo Santaolalla is an internationally acclaimed Argentine composer, producer, and musician. A two-time Academy Award winner for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ (2006) and ‘Babel’ (2007), he has also received a Golden Globe, two BAFTAs, two Grammys, and 19 Latin Grammys. As one of the most influential producers in the Spanish-speaking world, he has shaped Latin American music through over 100 albums. He founded Bajofondo, a collective blending tango, electronic, and Río de la Plata traditions. In audiovisual culture, he’s known for scoring ‘The Last of Us’ video games and HBO series. Currently, he is touring globally with the Ronroco Tour, celebrating 25 years of his iconic album ‘Ronroco’, which launched his cinematic music career.
Scoring celebrates the powerful relationship between music and cinema, spotlighting how soundtracks shape emotion, narrative, and memory on screen. This section explores the artistry of film composition through live performances that bring iconic scores to life.
Featuring musical legacies that transcend borders, this program honours the composers, musicians, and orchestras who transform visuals into unforgettable emotional experiences, and showcases music’s vital role in shaping the cinematic imagination.
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June 19, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House
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ARTISTS:
Hossein Pishkar, conductor
Rony Moser, clarinet
Lionel Schmit, concertmaster
PROGRAMME:
Carl Maria von Weber:
Der Freischütz Overture
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, J.118
Intermission
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Maurice Ravel)
June 14, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House
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ARTISTS:
Elias Grandy, conductor
Luka Faulisi, violin
Aydan Alakbarova, organ
Joo Young Oh, concertmaster
PROGRAMME:
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Intermission
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 (“Organ”)
June 9, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House
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ARTISTS:
Elias Grandy, conductor
Sonja Park, piano
Lionel Schmit, concertmaster
PROGRAMME:
Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Intermission
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22
June 5, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House
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ARTISTS:
Elias Grandy, conductor
James Zijan Wei, piano
Joo Young Oh, concertmaster
PROGRAMME:
Sergie Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Intermission
Leoš Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (Das schlaue Füchslein) – Suite
May 23, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House
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ARTISTS:
Austin Chanu, conductor
Aleksandr Haskin, flute
Julie Sgarro, harp
PROGRAMME:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Le nozze di Figaro: Overture, K. 492
Flute & Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299 (297c)
Intermission
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
April 11, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House
Marcus Bosch leads the orchestra in one of the great symphonic monuments of the late Romantic era: Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version).
Vast in scale yet built with architectural clarity, the Eighth unfolds in long, powerful arcs with solemn brass chorales, towering climaxes, and moments of unexpected tenderness. From the restless drive of the opening movement to the deep stillness of the Adagio, Bruckner balances spiritual intensity with awe-inspiring sound, culminating in a finale that gathers the symphony’s themes into a triumphant conclusion.
ARTISTS:
Marcus Bosch, conductor
PROGRAMME:
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 version, edited by: Leopold Nowak)
April 5, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Qatar National Convention Centre, Auditorium 3
Under the baton of Elias Grandy, the orchestra is joined by acclaimed pianist Joseph Moog for an evening that moves from towering Romantic drama to Viennese charm.
At the heart of the programme is Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, a symphonic-scale concerto that blends virtuosity with breadth and intimacy. From its famous opening horn call to the concerto’s sweeping dialogues between piano and orchestra, Brahms creates a work that is as much a profound musical journey as it is a showcase for the soloist.
After the interval comes Schubert’s Symphony in B minor “Unfinished Symphony”, with two movements of extraordinary beauty and tension, where lyricism and shadow coexist in music that feels both inevitable and hauntingly incomplete.
The concert concludes with Johann Strauss II’s Sphärenklänge (Music of the Spheres), a shimmering waltz that captures the elegance and sparkle of Vienna, closing the evening with delight.
ARTISTS:
Elias Grandy, conductor
Joseph Moog, piano
PROGRAMME:
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83
Intermission
Franz Schubert: Symphony in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished Symphony)
Josef Strauss: Sphärenklänge (Music of the Spheres), Op. 235
March 31, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House
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ARTISTS:
Elias Grandy, conductor
Taoufik Mirkhan, qanoun
Rania Shehab, narrator
Joo Young Oh, concertmaster
PROGRAMME:
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Intermission
Program TBC
February 7, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House
Join the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) and Maestro Pablo Mielgo for an evening that journeys from lyricism and elegance to symphonic revolution. The concert opens with Brahms’ radiant Variations on a Theme by Haydn, a masterpiece of orchestral color. QPO’s oboist German Díaz Blanco then takes center stage in Richard Strauss’ Concerto for Oboe in D major, a virtuosic and poetic work that is hued with late-Romantic warmth. After the intermission, the orchestra turns to one of the defining works in music history, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica.” Bold and expansive, the “Eroica” reshaped what a symphony could be.
ARTISTS:
Pablo Mielgo, conductor
German Díaz Blanco, oboe
Joo Young Oh, concertmaster
PROGRAMME:
Johannes Brahms: Haydn Variations
Richard Strauss: Concerto for Oboe, TRV 292, D Major
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica Symphony”