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Severance Music Center in the Fall

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25 - 26 Recital Series

Mar 17

Mandel Concert Hall

Elim Chan
25 - 26 Classical Season

Mar 19 – 21

Mandel Concert Hall

Debussy's La Mer
25 - 26 Classical Season

Apr 2 – 4

Mandel Concert Hall

Artwork by Halim Flowers
The Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

Apr 9 – May 24

The Grand Foyer

Sol Gabetta playing a cello
25 - 26 Classical Season

Apr 9 – 11

Mandel Concert Hall

Alexandre Kantorow
25 - 26 Recital Series

Apr 16

Mandel Concert Hall

Britten's War Requiem
25 - 26 Classical Season

Apr 23 – 26

Mandel Concert Hall

Terence Blanchard in a blue jacket holding a trumpet in font of a dark gray backdrop
The Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

May 15

Mandel Concert Hall

Beethoven's Fidelio
The Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

May 16 – 24

Mandel Concert Hall

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The Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

May 17

Reinberger Chamber Hall

Bryan Stevenson in front of bookshelves
The Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

May 18

Mandel Concert Hall

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The Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival

May 19

Mandel Concert Hall

Max Richter
Severance Music Center Presents

Jun 16

Mandel Concert Hall

Juanes World Tour 2026
Severance Music Center Presents

Sep 15

Mandel Concert Hall

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2026 Holiday

Dec 11 – 23

Mandel Concert Hall

Blossom Lawn

The Best Way to Spend the Summer

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Perfect Evenings at Severance

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Notes & Narratives

Of “Monstrous Sounds” and Music History: Groundbreaking Compositions with The Cleveland Orchestra

“Good art lasts forever,” goes the age-old adage. It was in pursuit of the elusive recipe for timelessness that parodist and literary critic Cyril Connolly penned his 1948 Enemies of Promise, a how-to manual on creating immortal art. The primary ingredient, he concluded? Ugliness.

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Blossom Music Center: Over 50 Years of Summer Entertainment

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Upcoming Livestream
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Elim Chan returns to lead a vibrant program of Bartók, featuring Patricia Kopatchinskaja in her Cleveland Orchestra debut in the fiery Violin Concerto No. 1. Kidane’s Sun Poem and Scriabin’s ecstatic Poem of Ecstasy round out the program.


This Saturday, March 21st at 7:30pm EST.

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Your Guide to Severance

Severance Music Center in the Fall

Severance Music Center

Opened in 1931, Severance Music Center is home to The Cleveland Orchestra and Mandel Concert Hall, one of the world’s most beautiful venues.

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First Timers’ Guide

Discover everything you need to know in our First Timers’ Guide to Severance Music Center. Plan your visit and enjoy the Cleveland Orchestra experience.

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