Audience Favourites: 2025–2026 Season
24 June 2026
3 min reading time
After each performance, we invite ticket holders to share their feedback by rating the performers and works on a scale of 1 to 10. With an average of 129 responses per survey, these were the audience's top-rated conductors, soloists and works of the 2025–2026 season.
We would like to thank our audience for their participation and appreciation.
Top 10 Conductors
- Lahav Shani – Lahav and Friends – 9.8 (play-conduct)
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Siegfried – 9.8
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Wagner and Schumann – 9.8
- Samy Rachid – The Firebird (ages 4+) – 9.6
- Lahav Shani – Lahav Plays Shostakovich – 9.5 (play-conduct)
- Justin Freer – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone™ in Concert – 9.5
- Lahav Shani – Lahav Shani and Mahler 4 – 9.5 (play-conduct)
- Kazuki Yamada – Symphonie fantastique – 9.4
- Lahav Shani – Martha Argerich Plays Schumann – 9.4
- Lahav Shani – Bruckner's Heaven and Earth – 9.4
Top 10 Soloists
- Martha Argerich (piano) – 9.7
- Alexandre Kantorow (piano) – 9.6
- Jan Lisiecki (piano) – 9.6
- Daniil Trifonov (piano) – 9.5
- Daniel Lozakovich (violin) – 9.5
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) – 9.4
- King's Singers (vocal ensemble) – 9.3
- Simone Lamsma (violin) – 9.3
- Siegfried Soloists – 9.3
- Karel Schoofs (oboe d'amore) – 9.3
Top 10 Works
- Schubert – Trout Quintet – 9.8
- Mozart – Quintet for Piano and Winds – 9.7
- Schumann – Piano Concerto – 9.6
- John Williams – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone™ – 9.5
- Wagner – Siegfried – 9.5
- Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto No. 1 – 9.4
- Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique – 9.4
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite – 9.4
- Stravinsky – The Firebird – 9.4 (music for the children's performance)
- Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 – 9.4
