Opening Night Gala NYO-USA All-Stars | Oct 7, 2025 at 7 PM

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Carnegie Hall Presents

Opening Night Gala
NYO-USA All-Stars

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 7 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Daniel Harding by Julian Hargreaves, Yuja Wang by BBC Studios

Join us in the grand Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage to kick off Carnegie Hall’s 135th concert season! This celebratory performance is anchored the NYO-USA All-Stars—an extraordinary Carnegie Hall alumni orchestra of young professionals—and conductor Daniel Harding. Their program of symphonic staples begins with selections from Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang then takes the stage for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, a virtuosic showpiece that Wang performs while directing the orchestra from the piano. The concert concludes with Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite, a spectacular work that quickly took the music world by storm and remains an all-time favorite today.

In addition to the concert, celebrate the launch of our 2025–2026 season in style with an unforgettable evening of black-tie festivities. Choose to attend a pre-concert cocktail reception at Carnegie Hall, a post-concert gala dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street, or both. Individual gala tickets start at $1,000 and include prime seating for the concert.

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National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America: Also performing July 20 and May 5, 2026.

Yuja Wang: Also performing May 1, 2026.

Performers

NYO-USA All-Stars
Daniel Harding, Conductor
Yuja Wang, Piano and Director

Program

BERNSTEIN Selections from Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1

STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

Event Details

5:30 PM Cocktail Reception (Rohatyn Room, Carnegie Hall)

7 PM Concert (Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Gala Dinner: Immediately following the concert (Cipriani 42nd Street)

Attire: Black Tie

Event Reservations

Reserve online using the Gala RSVP link or contact the Carnegie Hall Special Events office at specialevents@carnegiehall.org or 212-903-9679.

Individual tickets include prime seating for the concert and entry to either the pre-concert cocktail reception ($1,000), the post-concert gala dinner (starting at $2,500), or both ($10,000). Tables (starting at $20,000) include the very best seating for the concert and entry to the cocktail reception, gala dinner, or both.

All ticket and table prices include a partially tax-deductible donation that benefits Carnegie Hall’s artistic and music education programming.

Please note that exact seating assignments for the concert and dinner will not be determined until the month of the event.

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