For those keen to lock down their diary commitments well in advance, the Barbican has just announced its September 2025 – July 2026 classical music season. For Seong-jin Cho fans, you have four opportunities to see him – including two performances of Chopin’s 2nd piano concerto – in what is billed as an Artist Portrait. In one of the most interesting (and perhaps challenging) concerts of the whole season, Cho premieres Donghoon Shin’s new piano concerto; earlier in the season he tackles Prokofiev’s second. Yeol Eum Son pairs Bartok’s 3rd Concerto with Gerald Finzi’s lovely little Eclogue for piano and strings; and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang plays Shostakovich’s first concerto. Dates as follows:
| Date | Programme summary | Ticket info |
| 18 Sep 2025 | Seong-Jin Cho plays Prokofiev’s 2nd piano concerto with LSO / Pappano, + Shostakovich, Beethoven | Here |
| 30 Oct 2025 | Clara-Jumi Kang plays Shostakovich’s 1st violin concerto with LSO / Bancroft, + Stravinsky, Gubaidulina | Here |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Seong-Jin Cho plays Donghoon Shin‘s piano concerto (world premiere) with LSO / Pascal, + Boulez, Sasha Scott, Omri Kochavi (Concert now also included under the K-Music Festival umbrella) | Here |
| 12 & 15 Feb 2026 | Seong-Jin Cho plays Chopin’s 2nd piano concerto with LSO / Noseda, + Stravinksy, Borodin | Here |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Yeol Eum Son plays Bartók’s 3rd piano concerto and Finzi’s Eclogue with BBCSO / Oramo, + Stravinsky, Weir | Here |
Booking opens for the general public on 16 April 2025