In the 2025–26 season, Tao returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as both soloist and recitalist, performing Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Karina Canellakis and later presenting a recital program featuring Gershwin song arrangements alongside works by Schoenberg, Strayhorn, Schumann, and others. Recital highlights include debuts at Berlin’s Philharmonie and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, as well as returns to Klavierfestival Ruhr, and to the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Seattle Symphony with Poetry and Fairy Tales, a program blending works by David Fulmer, Rebecca Saunders, Todd Moellenberg, Brahms, and Ravel.
Tao reunites with Robert Spano for performances of John Adams’ Century Rolls (San Diego Symphony) and Bernstein’s The Age of Anxiety (Atlanta Symphony). He also joins Matthias Pintscher and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin for Pintscher’s NUR, and travels to Tokyo to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 with the NHK Symphony and Jaap van Zweden. He makes his harpsichord debut at Princeton University in Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s Dies Irae.
September 10, 2025
Nova Linea Musica
September 26-27, 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
October 17, 2025
San Francisco Performances
October 24, 2025
Duke University
November 7-9, 2025
Santa Fe Pro Musica
January 9-10, 2026
Nashville Symphony
January 31- February 1, 2026
Richmond Symphony
February 13, 2026
Arizona Musicfest
February 15, 2026
Chamber Music Sedona
February 21, 2026
Sanford-Hill Piano Series (Bellingham, WA)
February 22, 2026
Noe Music (San Francisco, CA)
March 8, 2026
Seattle Symphony
March 15, 2026
Celebrity Series of Boston
March 19-22, 2026
Oregon Symphony
March 26, 2026
Princeton University Concerts
April 10-11, 2026
San Diego Symphony
April 12, 2026
Caramoor
April 30 - May 3, 2026
Chicago Symphony
May 7-9, 2026
Atlanta Symphony
May 15-16, 2026
Jacksonville Symphony
May 28-30, 2026
Pacific Symphony
June 5, 2026
Kaufman Center
June 7, 2026
Chicago Symphony
June 13-14, 2026
NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo)
