Appointed as the NDR’s 2023-24 Artist-in-Residence, Joshua Bell rejoins Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, which they pair with Mahler’s epic Fifth Symphony, first in Hamburg (Nov 3 & 4) and then on a five-city European tour (Nov 6–12). A second international tour soon follows, when Gilbert and the NDR visit sixJapanese cities with an all-Brahms program featuring pianist Kyohei Sorita as soloist in the composer’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and his ebullient Symphony No. 2 (Nov 22–30). Tour dates follow below.

Nov 6–12
European tour with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Nov 6: Basel, Switzerland
Nov 7: Erlangen, Germany
Nov 9: Budapest, Hungary
Nov 11: Zagreb, Croatia
Nov 12: Frankfurt, Germany
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto (with NDR Artist-in-Residence Joshua Bell, violin)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5

 Nov 22–30
Japanese tour with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Nov 22: Osaka, Japan
Nov 23: Matsumoto, Japan
Nov 24: Nagoya, Japan
Nov 26: Kyoto, Japan (education event)
Nov 28 & 29: Tokyo, Japan
Nov 30: Akita, Japan
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Kyohei Sorita, piano)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2