Teddy Abrams begins his summer and his time as the Aspen Institute’s Harman/Eisner 2025–26 Artist in Residence at the Aspen Ideas Festival from June 25 to July 1, where he will bring his perspective as an artist and thought leader to discussions on various policy programs, events, leadership activities, and more.

In early July, Abrams returns to Kentucky to conduct the next leg of the Louisville Orchestra’s statewide “In Harmony” tour, featuring an Americana-themed program.

July also sees Abrams guest conduct at North Carolina’s Brevard Music Center Summer Institute and Festival, joined by longtime friend and collaborator Yuja Wang for both Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto and Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand (July 23).

Abrams ends the summer with programs around New York: at the Chautauqua Institution, he leads an all-Beethoven program with pianist Alexander Kobrin as soloist (July 29); he conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s along with pianist Garrick Ohlsson in the Caramoor season finale concert (Aug 3); and he makes his debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, joined by string trio Time For Three for a performance of Mason Bates’s Silicon Hymnal for string trio and orchestra, along with music of Barber and Copland (Aug 21).

Also this summer, Abrams releases a solo piano album titled Preludes. He will perform the album in a livestreamed concert at the Brevard Festival (July 25), and selections from the album at (le) poisson rouge in New York City (July 31).