2025-2026 season
This season, Yun Cao returns to conduct the Frost Opera Theater in an anticipated full opera production of Mozart's Così fan tutte, performances with the Aurora Philharmonic where continues in his third year as Music Director, and various guest and cover conducting across the United States.
Frost Symphony Orchestra
Gusman Concert Hall
Coral Gables, Florida
Apotheosis | Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7:30PM
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Bernard Rands: Chant [Centennial Commission]
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Santiago Rodriguez, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major
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Yun Cao, assistant and cover conductor​​​​​​
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Frost Symphony Orchestra
Gusman Concert Hall
Coral Gables, Florida
Music Drama | Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 7:30PM
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Augusta Read Thomas: Cosmis Hieroglyphs--Homage to Count Basie [Centennial Commission]
Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Etienne Charles: San Juan Hill
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Yun Cao, assistant and cover conductor
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Frost Symphony orchestra
Gusman Concert Hall
Coral Gables, Florida
From Darkness to Light | Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 7:30PM,
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Andrzej Panufnik: Sinfonia Sacra
Devin Cholodenko: Do the Angels in the Sky Sing to the Moon? [world premiere]
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Kevin Knowles, piano
Antonín DvoÅ™ák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
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Yun Cao, assistant and cover conductor
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Aurora Philharmonic
Holczer-Waroquet Concert Hall
Aurora, Ohio
Winter Gala | Friday, December 19, 2025 at 7:30PM
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Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
I. Allegro con brio
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
I. Allegro moderato
Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
I. Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker
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Yun Cao, conductor
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Let's go to China!
Frost Family Concert Series
Gusman Concert Hall
Coral Gables, Florida
Let's Go to China! From the Great Wall to the Yellow River
Frost Family Concert Series | Saturday, January 17, 2026
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In collaboration with the Frost Orchestral Studies Program and the Live Entertainment Management Program under the direction of Professor Gary Wood.
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Huang Ruo: Folk Songs for Orchestra
I: Flower Drum Song from Feng Yang
III: The Girl from Daban City (4’)
Traditional: Mo Li Hua (茉莉花) “Jasmine Flower”
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Bright Sheng: China Dreams
II. Fanfare (4’30’’)
He Zhanhao and Chen Gang: Butterfly Lover’s Concerto (excerpts)
Angela Wang, violin
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Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von Der Erde
III. Von der Jugend
Junchen Li, tenor
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Carl Maria von Weber: Turandot Overture
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Yun Cao, artistic director and conductor
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Frost Symphony orchestra
Gusman Concert Hall
Coral Gables, Florida
Fantastic Symphony | Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 7:30PM
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Aaron Copland: Symphonic Ode
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Haoge Wang, violin
Yun Cao, conductor ​
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
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Yun Cao, assistant and cover conductor
Frost Opera Theater
Frost Symphony orchestra
Gusman Concert Hall
Coral Gables, Florida
Mozart's Così fan tutte | Thursday, February 26 and Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7:30PM
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W.A. Mozart: Così fan tutte
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Yun Cao, conductor
Jeffrey Buchman, stage director
Jenny Snyder, music director
Rosa Mercedes, choreographer
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Frost Symphony orchestra
Gusman Concert Hall
Coral Gables, Florida
A Journey | Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 7:30PM
Zoltán Koldály: Dances of Galanta
Ernest Bloch: Suite Hébraïque
Student Soloist TBA
Jean Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise
Richard Strauss: Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten
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Yun Cao, assistant and cover conductor
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Frost Symphony orchestra
Gusman Concert Hall
Coral Gables, Florida
Undercurrents | Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 7:30PM
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Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Naoko Takao, piano
Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor
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Yun Cao, assistant and cover conductor
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