Classical Connection

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Music Director Andrew Constantine led the orchestra in a special program honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Constantine, opened the Masterworks Series of the 2025-26 season this past Saturday with music by Claude Debussy, Bela Bartok, and Johannes Brahms. Constantine named the concert “From Elegance to Decadence.”

Performance garnered a standing ovation and an encore by pianist Garrick Ohlsson.

The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by music director Andrew Constantine, presented music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Peter Tchaikovsky in the Masterworks Series concert at Purdue Fort Wayne on April 5. The Philharmonic’s final Masterworks Series concert of the 2024-25 season is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Purdue Fort Wayne.

Music by Anna Clyne, Maurice Ravel, and Aaron Copland was featured in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra’s Masterworks Series concert at Purdue Fort Wayne on March 8, with Andrew Constantine conducting. Johanna Bourkova-Morunov was concertmaster for this performance.

The music focused on the composer's Third and Fourth Symphonies

Music by Jean Sibelius and Dmitri Shostakovich was featured in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s Masterworks Series concert on Jan. 18, in Purdue Fort Wayne’s Rhinehart Music Center. Music Director Andrew Constantine conducted the orchestra.

Andrew Constantine conducted the orchestra in colorful and exciting music by Alberto Ginastera, J.P. Jofre, Astor Piazzolla, and Manuel de Falla. Johanna Bourkova-Morunov was concertmaster for this concert.

The program featured works by Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, and Mahler.