Highlights of Paavo Järvi’s seventh season as Music Director of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich include the continuation of their Mahler symphony cycle and a tribute to Swiss-French composer Arthur Honegger on the 70th anniversary of his death. Additional spotlights include performances with season-focus artists cellist Sol Gabetta and pianist Kirill Gerstein, as well as a yearlong exploration of the music of Thomas Adès, this year’s Creative Chair. Alpha Classics released Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in autumn 2025, coinciding with the start of a three-year guest residency at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and a Mahler tour that took the orchestra to the Vienna Musikverein as well as the Cologne and Paris Philharmonies. Additional touring includes appearances at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and George Enescu Festival in Bucharest, a guest performance at La Scala (Milan), and an extensive tour to Japan and South Korea in May 2026.

Now in his third decade as Artistic Director of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi has performed and recorded benchmark performances of the complete orchestral works of Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms on the RCA Red Seal label. Highlights in the 2025/26 season include the final release of Haydn’s London Symphonies as well as recordings and performances of Schubert’s symphonies at home in Bremen and on tour across Europe.