Local Wally's Guide to San Diego

Local Wally's Guide to San Diego

San Diego Symphony Announces New Spring Season - Get Tickets Now!

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The San Diego Symphony’s Winter-Spring 2022 season continues sharing music with communities all over the county and beyond, making this season extra special. In February and March, the Symphony will perform in La Jolla, Escondido and more

Single tickets are available at each venue's website – and subscription packages are also available. For all concerts, the San Diego Symphony requires attendees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and present proof of full vaccination. Please let me know if you have any questions!

  • Payare Leads Tchaikovsky | Feb. 25 + 26, venues vary 

Music Director, Rafael Payare will lead the Symphony through Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, the U.S. premiere of Venezuelan composer Paquito D'Rivera's new concerto with guest performance by trumpeter Pacho Flores and selections by California-based composer Andrew Norman. This will be performed at the Reneé & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa (Feb. 25) and San Diego Civic Theatre (Feb. 26). Single tickets start at $28.00. 

Guest trumpeter Pacho Flores will perform a lively array of genres alongside San Diego Symphony musicians. Highlights include Paquito D'Rivera's Aires tropicales and Martinu's Suite from La revue de cuisine. Single tickets start at $30. 

Celebrating the depth and playfulness of classical music, Rafael Payare will lead guest violinist + the orchestra's string + wind sections through selections by Chevalier de Saint-George, Alfred Schnittke and Mozart. Single tickets start at $75. 

  • Beethoven, Mozart and Shostokovich | March 16 + 18, venues vary 

Up-and-coming conductor, Jonathan Heyward, will lead the orchestra through Shostakovich's historical

Symphony No. 9. Guest pianist, Yeol Eum Son, will make her San Diego debut with one of her unique Mozart interpretations. Performances take place at California Center for the Arts, Escondido (March 16) and The Village Church, Rancho Santa Fe (March 18). Tickets start at $25. 

Guest artist and Carlsbad local Wu Man will perform five folk songs on the Chinese lute. Other works include quintet Four Inscapes and more. Tickets start at $30.