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Pure Joy Opening Night: Magical Tchaikovsky & Maestro’s Dinner

Venue: Overture Hall

Friday, September 19, 2025
Concert: 6:00 p.m.
Lobby Dinner: 8:30 p.m.

Seating for the combination concert and dinner is very limited. Please place your order as early as possible!

Tickets: $30-$100

Single tickets for the concert only will open up mid-summer based upon availability.

Before the Symphony subscription season kicks off in October, we invite you to join us for two very special events on September 19 and 20, 2025.

“Pure Joy Opening Night: Magical Tchaikovsky & Maestro’s Dinner” will include a classical concert featuring the Madison Symphony Orchestra and guest pianist Olga Kern, conducted by John DeMain, at 6:00 p.m. in Overture Hall, followed by a cocktail reception and formal dinner in the Overture Hall Lobby on Friday, September 19. Combo tickets for the concert and dinner are $300 per person including premium concert seating. Tickets for the concert only are $30–$100.

Add Centennial Celebration events when you subscribe. Priority will be given to renewing and new subscribers. Seating for the combination concert and dinner is very limited. Please place your order as early as possible! The date when a subscription is received will determine reservation priority.

John DeMain, Conductor
Olga Kern, Piano

music

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Intermission
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3, Op. 55

Read Michael Allsen’s Program Notes

Add Centennial Opening Weekend To Your Subscription
As a subscriber, you can add as many Centennial opening weekend tickets to your subscription as you like, before single tickets go on sale August 23, 2025! Check out our 25/26 Season HERE!

Concert + Dinner Combo Ticket
We are currently offering a combo ticket for $300 that you can add on to your subscription package. It will include special seating in our price level A seats as well as a seat at the dinner following the concert. Space for the dinner is very limited and priority will be based upon the date your order is received.

Take Note: Drinks Allowed in Overture Hall
Please take note that drinks are allowed inside Overture Hall during all Madison Symphony Orchestra concerts. You may pre-order food and drink to be picked up in the lobby, or order at bars and concession stands located around the Overture Hall lobby before each concert and during intermission. Please enjoy food in the lobby and unwrap any candy or cough drops before the performance begins. Thank you!

“Superb performance, thrilling in every way. DeMain does it again!” –MSO Patron

“Call it star quality – music likes Kern, the way the camera liked Garbo.” –Washington Post 

Meet the Artists

mso music director john demain

John DeMain, Conductor

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mso music director john demain

Olga Kern, Piano

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September 19
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Venue

Overture Center for the Arts
201 State Street
Madison, WI 53703 United States
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