LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2025/26 SEASON

Leicester Symphony Orchestra make a welcome return to the Hall with their 2025/26 season, bringing with them two amazing soloists! Experience Classic FM’s rising star, Ariel Lanyi, performing Saint-Saëns’ exciting Fifth Piano Concerto, as Dominic Piers Smith, pianist and winning F1 aerodynamicist, takes on Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto.

The season finishes with an orchestral celebration of rhythm and dance not to be missed!

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Scheherazade & Classic FM Rising Star Ariel Lanyi Sunday 23 November 2025, 3pm

Ariel Lanyi soloist

BORODIN Polovtsian Dances
SAINT-SAENS Piano Concert No. 5 (The Egyptian)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

Tickets £22 £17
Family of four (two adults and two children) £49 £39
Family of five (two adults and three children) £50 £40
Students/18 and under £6

Join the LSO inspired by The Arabian Nights to journey East with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, and Saint-Saëns’ exciting Fifth Piano Concerto performed by virtuoso pianist Ariel Lanyi, Classic FM’s Rising Star.

2 – 2:30pm Meet soloist Ariel Lanyi
Pre-concert talk and an opportunity to meet our soloist.
Limited places available, free but must still book a ticket here.

Dominic Piers Smith plays Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Sunday 29 March 2026, 3pm

Dominic Piers Smith soloist

SHOSTAKOVICH Festival Overture
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Tickets £22 £17
Family of four (two adults and two children) £49 £39
Family of five (two adults and three children) £50 £40
Students/18 and under £6

Dominic Piers Smith, concert pianist by night and championship winning F1 aerodynamicist by day, joins the LSO to play Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 – voted No. 1 in the 2025 Classic FM Hall of Fame. Brace yourself for symphonic fireworks! Shostakovich’s Festival Overture begins the concert, which culminates with Tchaikovsky’s passionate Fifth Symphony.

2 – 2:30pm Piano Masterclass
Dominic Piers Smith will lead a master class for 30 local pianists and their families. To take part in this you must have a ticket for the concert and be at Grade 3 or above standard on the piano. Bring a piece of music you are working on and you may be selected to play with Dominic. Free when you have a ticket, but a place must be booked here.

Symphonic Dances Saturday 9 May 2026, 7:30pm

BERNSTEIN West Side Story
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances
GRIEG Symphonic Dances

Tickets £22 £17
Family of four (two adults and two children) £49 £39
Family of five (two adults and three children) £50 £40
Students/18 and under £6

An orchestral celebration of dance and rhythm! Bernstein’s West Side Story bursts with Broadway flair, while Rachmaninov and Grieg offer sweeping, dance-inspired works. Toe-tapping, heart-stirring, and bursting with orchestral colour – join the LSO for their virtuosic season finale.

6:30 – 7pm Meet LSO players and their instruments
A opportunity to meet some of the instruments playing in the concert with their players and find out more about the LSO.
Limited places available, free but must still book a ticket here.