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January 24 2026
Brighton Philharmonic 25-26 Season: The Draughtsman’s Contract
Joanna conducts Aaron Azunda Akugbo in Wynton Marsalis’ dazzling trumpet concerto, paired with Michael Nyman’s rich scores for The Draughtsman’s Contract and Prospero’s Books.
January 30 2026
Oriel College, Oxford: Liszt, Couperin and Desyatnikov
Join Joanna in her Visiting Fellow recital, celebrating Oriel’s 700th anniversary. The programmes includes Ukrainian composer Desyatnikov’s Songs of Bukovina and Liszt’s magnificent Funérailles.
February 4 2026
Royal Academy of Music Piano Series, Wigmore Hall: Desyatnikov’s Songs of Bukovina
February 22 2026
Brighton Philharmonic 2025-26 Season: Lonely Angel
Ruth Rogers and Sascha Bota are the soloists in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante; Bartók and Pēteris Vasks complement Mozart’s magnificently stormy Piano Concerto in D minor K466.
February 25 2026
Brighton College Autograph Chamber Concerts
Principal string players join Joanna in Dvořák’s radiant Piano Quintet, paired with Haydn’s wild Gypsy Trio and Frank Martin’s foot stomping homage to Irish folk music.
March 13 2026
St Mary Magdalene, Richmond: Philip Glass, Liszt and Mussorgsky
The inaugural recital of Richmond’s new concert series.
March 14-17 2026
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2026
The first rounds of BBC’s iconic series.
March 29 2026
Brighton Philharmonic 2025-6 Season: The Protecting Veil
John Tavener’s spiritual masterpiece, with cellist Guy Johnston, is paired with Vaughan Williams’ haunting Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and Max Richter’s fine-boned homage to Vivaldi.
April 15 2026
Brighton College Autograph Chamber Concerts: Tango Nuevo
Sensational Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale and consummate cellist Adrian Brendel join Joanna MacGregor and BPO principals for an evening of Piazzolla, Egberto Gismonti, Tom Jobim and more, alongside Adriano’s own wonderfully jazzy Afro Brazilian music.
April 18 2026
Brighton Philharmonic 2025-6 Season: Sounds of Brazil
Joanna MacGregor conducts the season finale of Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Stravinsky’s Scenes from Petrushka, Mussorgsky’s flying witches on Bald Mountain, and her new concerto for Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale.
April 22 2026
Royal Academy of Music Piano Series, Wigmore Hall: Bartók, Brahms and Skryabin
April 23 2026
Brighton Philharmonic’s 2026-7 Season
Join Joanna and the BPO team for a party to announce their exciting new season.
May 7 2026
Listening Club: Shostakovich’s Symphony no.10
The launch of BPO’s new Listening Club, presenting in-depth introductions to orchestral repertoire.
May 13 2026
Royal Academy of Music Piano Series, Wigmore Hall: Chopin and Liszt
May 17 2026
Oh to Believe in Another World: Shostakovich’s Symphony no.10
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and Joanna MacGregor are thrilled to collaborate with one of the world’s greatest living artists, William Kentridge, as part of Brighton Festival.
Using collage, puppets and masked actors in his animated film Oh To Believe in Another World, Kentridge creates a dream-like ‘abandoned Soviet museum’ to accompany Shostakovich’s powerful Symphony no.10. William Kentridge will introduce this astonishing work from the stage, drawing on the politics of oppression in his native South Africa and around the world.
May 23 2026
Radio 3 Building a Library: Brahms’ Piano Concerto no.2
Joanna discusses her top recommendations of Brahms’ monumental second piano concerto, with Andrew McGregor.
May 31-June 7 2026
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Art of Piano
Find your artistic voice and shape your career trajectory through individual coaching, masterclasses, and performances in the breathtaking setting of the Canadian Rockies. Designed for pianists in the early stages of their professional careers.
June 15-17 2026
Royal Academy of Music Summer Piano Festival
The return of the Summer Piano Festival: three packed days celebrating the energy and creativity of Academy pianists, with over sixty young musicians performing chamber music, solo recitals, film improvisation and multimedia collaborations. Featured composers this year include Alkan and Sorabji; Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time; and the final edition of Schumann’s complete piano music.
June 17 2026
Royal Academy of Music Piano Series, Wigmore Hall: Bach/Busoni and Brahms
July 3 2026
Tango Nuevo with Adriano Adewale and Adrian Brendel
The opening night of Adrian Brendel’s new festival in Dorset.
July 8-9 2026
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2026
The quarter and semifinal rounds of BBC’s iconic series.
July 13-18 2026
Lake Como: Erba Piano Festival
A new piano festival and summer school for young pianists with a focus on Mozart concertos, held at the beautiful Villa Parravicino near Lake Como.
July 21 2026
Petworth Music Festival
A celebration of music, literature and the arts in West Sussex.
July 27-August 2 2026
Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival, Lucca
Workshops, 1-1 lessons and festival performances with a world class faculty, in the Renaissance heart of Tuscany.
