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Uniting passion, innovation, and community through the power of music | Kristo Kondakçi, Music Director

10/06/2026

Sean K. Ellis, wrongly jailed for 21 years before winning his freedom, narrates Copland's Lincoln Portrait with Kendall Square Orchestra this Friday, Oct 9. 🎙️

Join us for Voices of Freedom, also featuring Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.

📅 Fri, Oct 9 · 7:30pm · Sanders Theatre
🎟️ Link in bio

10/01/2026

Why Beethoven’s Seventh? Our Music Director Kristo Kondakçi tells you in his own words. 🎶

Hear it live at Voices of Freedom.
📅 Fri, Oct 9 · 7:30pm · Sanders Theatre
🎟️ Link in bio

09/28/2026

Meet the Composer: William Grant Still 🎼

Born in Mississippi in 1895 and raised in Arkansas, Still grew up surrounded by both classical music and the blues. He would go on to become known as "the Dean of African American Composers."

✨ In 1931, his Afro-American Symphony made history as the first symphony by an African American composer performed by a major American orchestra.

🎺 At its heart is an original blues melody, bringing the sound of African American music into the concert hall like never before.

🎶 He kept breaking barriers, becoming the first African American to conduct a major American orchestra and the first to have an opera produced by a major American opera company.

On October 9, we'll perform two movements of the symphony, "Longing" and "Aspiration," a journey from yearning to hope. 💫

📅 Fri, Oct 9 · 7:30pm
📍 Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
🎟️ Link in bio

09/24/2026

Please join us for the Kendall Square Orchestra's Voices of Freedom performance, October 9 at 7:30 PM (Sanders Theatre at Harvard), featuring Copland's Lincoln Portrait, narrated by Sean K Ellis, Director of The Exoneree Network.

It’s a wonderful opportunity to come together, enjoy exceptional music, and reflect on the stories that continue to shape our work and understanding of freedom.

Learn more and purchase tickets: www.newenglandinnocence.org/news/narratingthelincolnportrait

09/01/2026

Our 2026/27 season is here! 🎻

Across four concerts at Sanders Theatre, we'll explore four enduring questions that face us all. Through music by Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Copland and more, this season will explore ideas of freedom, identity, transformation and connection.

And now is the best time to plan your season: buy all four concerts and save 25% — like getting one concert free. That’s up to $100 in savings on a pair of tickets.

✨Swipe through for a look at the full season and purchase your tickets today at kendallsquareorchestra.org✨

07/13/2026

🎻 Auditions for Kendall Square Orchestra’s 2026/27 season are now open!

Are you ready to join an inspiring community of passionate musicians and perform exciting works in the Greater Boston Area?

In-person auditions will be held at 650 E Kendall St, Cambridge, MA. Each audition will last no longer than 15 minutes and will take place on the following dates:

- August 10, 5:30-10pm
- August 11, 5:30-10pm
- August 12, 5:30-10pm

✨ Visit https://www.kendallsquareorchestra.org/auditions to review the audition requirements, complete the signup form, and select your audition time. ✨

Know a musician who would be a great fit? Tag them below! 🎶

05/13/2026

This Friday. One night only.

Experience Adrian Anantawan live with Kendall Square Orchestra as he performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at Sanders Theatre.

Born without a right hand, Adrian uses an adaptive device that allows him to bow with his arm and shoulder, building a remarkable career through invention and extraordinary musicianship.

Led by conductor Kristo Kondakçi, the program also includes Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers and Brahms’ Fourth Symphony.

🎟️ Tickets are going quickly. Get yours today at https://www.kendallsquareorchestra.org/25-26-what-endures

05/01/2026

When you see a one-handed violinist play, you know there’s a story behind the notes.

In Adrian Anantawan’s case, the story began when he played violin for the first time at age 9 and fell in love. Born without a right hand and most of his right forearm, he worked with prosthetists to develop an adaptive extension that made playing possible.

On May 15, experience Adrian live as he performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Kendall Square Orchestra at Sanders Theatre.

🎟️ Get tickets at https://www.kendallsquareorchestra.org/25-26-what-endures

04/20/2026

Tchaikovsky wrote this masterpiece in just eleven days. 🎶

And at the time, he was at the lowest point of his life.

In a disastrous attempt to hide his homosexuality, he married and fled weeks later in a deep depression. Yet, while seeking refuge at Lake Geneva, he composed one of the most soulfully joyous and brilliant works of all time: his Concerto for Violin. 🎻✨

Not everyone heard it that way at first. One prominent critic dismissed the finale as the “wretched jollity of a Russian holiday.”

Today, of course, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto endures as one of the most beloved works in all of music. Perhaps now more than ever, we can understand the inspiration for its beauty, bravura and triumph.

On May 15th, you can hear it live with the Kendall Square Orchestra, performed by a virtuoso whose story truly embodies this music.

One Night Only!
🗓️ May 15th at 7:30PM
📍 Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA

🎟️ Get Your Tickets at https://www.kendallsquareorchestra.org/25-26-what-endures

04/07/2026

When everything seemed lost—his hearing, his finances, even his creative voice—Ludwig van Beethoven turned to a single line from Homer: “Fate now conquers…”

Two centuries later, that same spark ignites Carlos Simon’s electrifying Fate Now Conquers—a bold, fast-paced opener inspired by Beethoven’s struggle and resilience.

Experience it live alongside Tchaikovsky’s soaring Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, performed with signature energy by the Kendall Square Orchestra under Kristo Kondakçi.

Some music endures. This is why.
🎟️ Get your tickets now and be part of it: https://www.kendallsquareorchestra.org/25-26-what-endures

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