Valery Gergiev returns to the Harriman-Jewell Series to conduct the maximum-strength Mariinsky Orchestra for its Helzberg Hall debut. The great Russian pianist Denis Matsuev will perform as soloist for Rachmaninoff’s dazzling Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini.

The ensemble will fill Helzberg Hall with an eye-popping performance featuring colorful costumes, thrilling live music and spectacular dance moves that showcase Mexico’s rich cultural heritage.

The Harriman-Jewell Series is proud to bring our hometown heroine back for eighth performance, this time with none other than Yannick Nézet-Séquin, who will prove he can play the piano as superbly as he can conduct.

Not many ballet companies can handle the challenges of “Swan Lake,” but Russian National Ballet has the masterpiece in its blood.

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields will make its seventh appearance on the Harriman-Jewell Series. Pianist Jeremy Denk, winner of a MacArthur Fellowship and one of the finest pianists of his generation, will join the ensemble from the keyboard.

A longtime friend of the Harriman-Jewell Series, pianist Emanuel Ax is always a welcome guest, as he continues to take audiences on a journey of brilliant music-making.

For a return to Helzberg Hall, Thomas will conduct the San Francisco Symphony in music by Ravel and Sibelius and Christian Tetzlaf will be the soloist for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3.

tenThing’s sparkling arrangements have been delighting audiences since the all-female ten-member ensemble was formed by Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth in 2007.

Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili has been setting the classical music world on fire with her passionate performances, and now she’ll make her Kansas City debut on the Harriman-Jewell Series.

Longtime piano collaborator Rohan de Silva will join Itzhak Perlman for an evening of stories and music in the acoustically resplendent Helzberg Hall.