25/26 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT

Childress’s 25/26 season unexpectedly began with a jump-in at the Hollywood Bowl in a debut with the LA Philharmonic.

She then led the east coast premiere of Anna Clyne’s ‘Palette’ at The Juilliard School, followed by Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony.

This season she continues her tenure as Principal Guest Conductor of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) with programmes featuring Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto and Schumann’s Second Symphony. The latter marks the beginning of an exploration of the symphonic works of Schumann performed throughout the season with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt and Minnesota Orchestra.

She will also have debuts with the Zürich Chamber Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and her Australian debut in April 2026 with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. A passionate collaborator, in June 2026 she works with director Tom Morris on a re-imagining of Mahler’s Symphony no. 1 at St. John’s Smith’s Square.

A return to Opera

Childress will also make her return to opera in a production of Verdi’s La Traviata at the Finnish National Opera, alongside a concert with l’Orchestre de l’opéra national de Paris at the Palais Garnier in January 2026.

Further on in the season, she returns to the Berlin Konzerthausorchester, Minnesota Orchestra and will lead the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland’s closing concert in a performance of John Adams’s Harmonium.

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