Behind each concert in the Symphonic Dates subscription lies a visual identity conceived as an extension of the musical experience. Colours, textures, and compositions: every image has been designed to reflect the world of the works — their modernity, their contrasts, and their expressive power. This page invites you to explore the artistic choices and inspirations behind the visuals of the four concerts — a glimpse into the dialogue between sound and image.

The visuals for Symphonic Dates focus on the repertoire, but the format itself deserves attention too. Many venues programme Scheherazade or the Fantastical Symphony. What sets the BNO apart is the experience around it: sharing the music with someone else.

Scheherazade

Fragments of a night. A carpet of imagination.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade is a score woven from colour, sensuality and suggestion. The image reflects this atmosphere through rich textures and a warm, saturated palette: deep reds, layered fabrics, and the intimate glow of a shared moment. These visual cues echo the orchestral world — lush strings, shimmering woodwinds, and a sense of storytelling unfolding in soft, shifting light.

The patterned rug subtly hints at the imagined, ornamental world behind the music without illustrating it literally. Instead, it captures its essence: a tapestry of stories, a space for the imagination to wander.

Within the Symphonic Dates concept, the presence of two people adds a final layer: a contemporary echo of dialogue at the heart of the work, and an invitation to experience this musical storytelling together.

Thu. 24.09.2026 | 19:00 | Bozar
Symphonic Date: Sheherazade
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Symphonie fantastique

A fevered appetite. Passion devouring every boundary.

In this visual, the oversized cake and hands diving into it without hesitation evoke the feverish excess of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. This is music that consumes its own emotions: obsessive, impulsive, and unrestrained.

The scene suggests shared abandon, where desire overrides restraint and pleasure becomes slightly chaotic. Berlioz’s score does exactly that: it plunges headfirst into passion, hallucination and the sweet madness of obsession. The image becomes a playful metaphor for that fantastical appetite — a taste for the irresistible, the irrational and the deliciously over-the-top.

Thu. 25.02.2027 | 19:00 | Bozar
Symphonic Date: Symphonie fantastique
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Concerto for Orchestra

A hidden duet. Threads of folklore. A curtain of playful mystery.

Here, the red photobooth curtain and the two pairs of feet wearing Hungarian-patterned socks echo the vitality of Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. Just as the music reveals character through fragments, contrasts and sudden bursts of colour, the image captures a moment that is half-hidden, half-performed.

The photobooth becomes a miniature stage: a space of play and transformation, where two people improvise their own choreography behind the curtain. Bartók’s score works in the same way, giving each orchestral section its moment in the spotlight, weaving humour, folklore and virtuosity into a constantly shifting musical tapestry. The image mirrors this kaleidoscopic energy: a shared spark of spontaneity rooted in Hungarian spirit.

Thu. 27.05.2027 | 19:00 | Bozar
Symphonic Date: Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra
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