The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its 81st season with the 2025/26 TACO Classical Series and Amica Rush Hour Series, led by new Music Director Ruth Reinhardt. Subscriptions are available now at tickets.riphil.org/subscribe. Subscribe now and receive free tickets to Yo-Yo Ma’s Season 80 Gala Concert performance on May 31! Hurry before tickets sell out!

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s new Music Director, Ruth Reinhardt, will conduct five of the programs this season. “I am tremendously honored to join the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School as Music Director,” said Reinhardt, when her appointment was announced.

“We are thrilled to welcome Ruth Reinhardt as the new Music Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School,” said David Beauchesne, Executive Director of the RI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. “Her dynamic artistry, bold programming, and commitment to both tradition and innovation will usher in an exciting new chapter for the Orchestra. This season offers a remarkable range of musical experiences—from timeless masterpieces to new discoveries. It also features the return of some favorite guest artists, like Joyce Yang, Robert Levin and Elena Urioste, a solo turn by Concertmaster Charles Dimmick, and some new faces that have worked frequently with Ruth. We hope it will result in an inspiring and unforgettable season.”

Opening Night

Ruth Reinhardt Inaugural

Amica Rush Hour Series: September 19, 2025, 6:30PM

TACO Classical Series: September 20, 2025, 7:30PM

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor

Steven Banks, saxophone

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture

BILLY CHILDS: Diaspora: Concerto for Saxophone

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4

The Moldau & More

Open Rehearsal: October 17, 2025 at 5:30PM

TACO Classical Series: October 18, 2025 at 7:30PM

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor

Andrei Ioniță, cello

BOULANGER: D’un matin de printemps

HAYDN: Symphony No. 88

JAËLL: Cello Concerto (1882)

SMETANA: “The Moldau” & “Šárka” from Má Vlast

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Open Rehearsal: November 21, 2025, 5:30PM

TACO Classical Series: November 22, 2025, 7:30PM

Earl Lee, conductor

Elena Urioste, violin

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Overture

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2

Handel’s Messiah

Sunday, December 14, 2025, 3PM

James Burton, conductor

Providence Singers, Christine Noel, Artistic Director

Lawrence Jones, tenor

David Soar, bass

The Blue Danube

Open Rehearsal: January 23, 2026, 5:30PM

TACO Classical Series: January 24, 2026, 7:30PM

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor

Charles Dimmick, violin

DVOŘÁK: 3 Slavonic Dances

Side by Side performance with students from the  RI Philharmonic

Music School

CHAUSSON: Poème

Johann STRAUSS: The Beautiful Blue Danube

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5

Romantic Rachmaninoff

Amica Rush Hour Series: February 13, 2026, 6:30PM

TACO Classical Series: February 14, 2026, 7:30PM

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor

Alessio Bax, piano

SUK: A Fairy Tale

WAGNER: Tristan & Isolde – Prelude and Liebestod

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth

Amica Rush Hour Series: March 13, 2026, 6:30PM

TACO Classical Series: March 14, 2026, 7:30PM

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor

Joyce Yang, piano

MISSY MAZZOLI: These Worlds in Us

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Mozart!

Open Rehearsal: April 10, 2026, 5:30PM

TACO Classical Series: April 11, 2026, 7:30PM

Ken-David Masur, conductor

Robert Levin, piano

MICHAEL HAYDN: Symphony in G - I. Allegro

(Introduction by Mozart)

ll MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro: Overture

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488

MOZART: Symphony No. 38 (Prague)

Beethoven’s Fifth!

Amica Rush Hour Series: May 1, 2026, 6:30PM

TACO Classical Series: May 2, 2026, 7:30PM

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor

UNSUK CHIN: Subito con forza

RACHMANINOFF: Isle of the Dead

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5