The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra announces the 2023–2024 season programming for the Symphonic, Pops, Chamber, Meet the Artist, and Family Series, five special one-night-only concerts, and a Gala Concert performance featuring Renée Fleming. Music Director Robert Spano has also agreed to an extension of his contract and will remain in his position with the organization through the 2027–2028 season.
2023–2024 Season Announcement
Press Coverage
PRESS RELEASE
2023–2024 Season Announcement & Contract Extension for Robert Spano
Fort Worth Business Press
Quest for the best: Mercedes Bass and the Fort Worth Symphony reach for the stars
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-23 season raises the curtain on a transformative “new vision,” defined by heightened artistic excellence and directed at international acclaim.
The driving force behind this ambitious initiative is philanthropist Mercedes Bass, chairwoman of the orchestra board and a longtime classical music aficionado.
“There is no reason that Fort Worth should not have the best,” she said in an interview. “You can’t just have a vision. You have to have a plan and it is our hope that we will reach our goal.”
Fort Worth Report
‘By playing together, we really understand each other better’: New director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra discusses plans for his tenure
Fornoff: Mm-hmm. Is there anything that I didn’t ask you about that you want to mention or you think is important to know?
Spano: That’s a great question. I think what’s important to know for anyone who hasn’t been to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is that they’re welcome here....
Read the full interview from Fort Worth Report by clicking below!
Arts & Culture Texas
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra's New Vision
When the doors of Bass Performance Hall open for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of their 2022-23 season this September, it will also mark the beginning of a new era for the 110-year-old organization. The new artistic vision, as FWSO President and CEO Keith Cerny describes it, is one that took months of discussion, planning, and strategizing with their newly-appointed Music Director Designate Robert Spano and members of the board, focusing on everything from programming to audience engagement.
Press Releases
January 12, 2023
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Announces 2023–2024 Season
and Contract Extension for Robert Spano
January 12, 2022
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Announces 2022–2023 Season
Robert Spano’s Inaugural Season as Music Director
February 9, 2021
Robert Spano Appointed Music Director Designate
April 13, 2021
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra to Celebrate 245 Years of America in Patriotic Fourth of July Concert
March 2, 2021
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra to Hold Auditions for Six Vacant Positions
The orchestra rebounds from a tumultuous 2020 into a growth-oriented 2021
January 22, 2021
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Announces Change of Artists at the 2021 Gala Event Feb. 20th
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September 7, 2020
Bass Hall Management Decides to Extend Closure; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Fall Symphonic Series Moved to Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium
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January 24, 2020
FWSO Announces 2020-2021 Season