The foundation of any great concert is the music. But what does it take to access, check and prepare the music before a concert-- or to store thousands of works between concerts? Meet the three Minnesota Orchestra librarians who lay the foundation for every concert performance at Orchestra Hall.

"I love the city of Minneapolis," says Creative Partner for Summer Programming Jon "Jackie" Kimura Parker. As energy, vibrancy and people return to the city, Jackie tours downtown Minneapolis, discovering anew the wonders of lawn bowling, helpful DID employees and Pianos on Parade.

Principal Conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall Sarah Hicks gives you a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Orchestra Hall.

We invite you to take a ten-minute break today and soak in two movements of a delightful trio performed by Assistant Concertmaster Rui Du, cellist Minji Choi and pianist Hanna Kim. Recorded simply for your enjoyment, here are the Andante and Scherzo movements from Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio N...

Musical collaborations can produce some of the most innovative work. When Cloud Cult and Minnesota Orchestra musicians approached their latest project together—a performance of There's So Much Energy In Us; themes of humanity and the collective spirit of resilience were central to the conversatio...

The Minnesota Orchestra received a special gift, two custom-cast church bells made by world-renowned Royal Eijsbouts foundry in the Netherlands.

Thanks to the generosity of Gary Cohen, the sounds of these bells—the first of their kind ever owned by the Orchestra—will ring out in the Hall for dec...

For a special holiday collaboration in 2020, the Minnesota Orchestra partnered with the Border CrosSing choral ensemble to perform For Unto Us a Child is Born/Porque nos ha nacido un niño, from Handel's Messiah/El Mesías. This project was led by artistic director Ahmed Anzaldúa, who is seen in th...

The Minnesota Orchestra and pianist Jon Kimura Parker share a virtual performance of the finale to Beethoven's First Piano Concerto.

The Minnesota Orchestra musicians would like to thank each and every one of you for your unwavering support, especially during this time. We are so grateful for your passion and loyalty that inspires the very best in all of us.

Why do we do what we do? Minnesota Orchestra musicians are moved to make music—whether in person or virtually—for countless reasons. Learn about these inspirations in this special Orchestra greeting as we enter into a new season of live performances.

From onstage at the Tongyeong Concert Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Music Director Osmo Vänskä and Concertmaster Erin Keefe perform Vänskä’s arrangement of Jules Massenet’s Méditation from Thaïs.

Brought together by Music Director Osmo Vänskä, the Minnesota Orchestra and Seoul Philharmonic build a musical bridge across the globe to bring you this one-of-a-kind collaborative edition of Edward Elgar’s sublime Nimrod from the Enigma Variations.

Take a few minutes and listen to this at-home performance of Mark Summer's Julie-O, played by the Minnesota Orchestra's First Associate Concertmaster Susie Park and Associate Principal Cello Silver Ainomäe.

We proudly present our latest collaboration with Dessa—Skeleton Key: Lockdown Edition!

Assistant Concertmaster Rui Du, who this month celebrates his fifth anniversary of joining the Minnesota Orchestra, joins pianist Hanna Kim in performing Manuel Ponce’s Estrellita (Little Star).

Violists Kenneth Freed and Sifei Cheng, cellists Pitnarry Shin and Katja Linfield, and bassist David Williamson perform the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major.