Founded in 1919, the GRAMMY and JUNO–award winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents passionate, high-quality performances of classical, popular, and culturally diverse music, creating meaningful engagement with audiences of all ages and backgrounds. On tour the VSO has performed in the United States, China, Korea, and across Canada.
Led by Music Director Otto Tausk since 2018, the VSO performs more than 150 concerts each year, throughout Vancouver and the province of British Columbia, reaching over 270,000 people annually, and is one of the few orchestras in the world to have its own music school.
Recent guest artists include Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joe Hisaishi, Daniil Trifonov, Dawn Upshaw, James Ehnes, Adrianne Pieczonka, Gidon Kremer, Renée Fleming, Yefim Bronfman, Bernadette Peters, Tan Dun, and more.