George Takei to Narrate Music of the Cosmos Program with Boston Pops

As part of a season-long celebration of Keith Lockhart’s 30th anniversary as Boston Pops Conductor—featuring a distinguished lineup of guest artists that include Cynthia Erivo, Cody Fry, Orville Peck, Michael Feinstein, Mandy Gonzalez, Brian Stokes Mitchell, among others—the Boston Pops’ 2025 season (May 8–June 7) will also star actor George Takei as narrator of the program Music of the Cosmos on May 23 and 24 at Symphony Hall. 

As narrator of the Music of the Cosmos program on May 23 and 24, Takei will be making his Boston Pops debut, guiding the audience through this multimedia program exploring the intersection of music, science, and science fiction through imagery and thematic repertoire, which has been developed in partnership with the Museum of Science, Boston and its Center for Space Sciences. Through a compelling and elegant narration, Takei will contextualize and illuminate the ways in which science, science-fiction, and music have inspired and informed one another both in the concert hall and in film and television.  

Quote from Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart: 

“I am thrilled George can join us for these performances. He is nothing less than an icon, whether through his work as an actor, an activist, an author, or as a personality in our collective cultural consciousness. His collaboration can only increase the impact and uniqueness of this exciting, newly created program.” 

For more information on the Boston Pops 2025 season, please click here for the original season announcement.