The Mahler Sessions
About the Mahler Sessions
Spring 2026
The composer Gustav Mahler famously declared that a symphony should be like the world: it must contain everything. But for a musical world to be heard, it must first be performed—and interpreted. How do musicians approach the task of interpretation today, and how should we as listeners? Please join us for The Mahler Sessions, an exciting spring series of student-led conversations with leading classical musicians of today and tomorrow, all of them appearing for the first time on Tufts campus.
Event Schedule
- [POSTPONED] Anna Handler (and Mahler's beginnings) Assistant Conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra | January 27 at Noon
- David Robertson (and Mahler's bounty) Former Music Director, St. Louis Symphony | February 5 at Noon
- Esa-Pekka Salonen (and Mahler's modernity) Former Music Director, LA Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony | February 11 at 6pm
- Thomas Hampson (and Mahler's voice) Baritone, distinguished interpreter of Mahler’s vocal music | March 26 at Noon
- Andris Nelsons (and Mahler's posterity) Music Director, Boston Symphony Orchestra | April 7 at Noon
Free and open to the community. Each program will open and close with brief musical performances by members of the Tufts community.
Sponsored by the Tufts Department of Music and the Office of the President.