Events & Tickets
Fascinating Rhythm
Monday | December 8, 2025 | 7:30 pm
BROADWAY CLOSE UP Put on your flapper dress and grab a bathtub prosecco at this energetic evening of music from the Roaring 20s, a vibrant decade of jazz, freedom and rebellion when young people broke the rules and reshaped American culture. Between World War I and the stock market crash, the…
(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Oak Trio: CAG On Tour
Tuesday | December 9, 2025 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES Works by Haydn, Dvořák, Gabriela Lena Frank and Paul Schoenfeld The Oak Trio is a convergence of three completely unique personalities into one entity: a pianist who transfixes with his complete mastery over sound, time, and space; a violinist who finds a…
(classical, season-highlights)
Jonathan Biss: Performance-Lecture
Wednesday | December 10, 2025 | 6:30 pm
MENTOR SESSIONS Join us for an intimate discussion and performance with one of today's foremost interpreters of Beethoven. Hailed by The New Yorker for his “impeccable taste and a formidable technique,” the renowned pianist and 2025-26 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence…
(classical, season-highlights)
Radu Ratoi, accordion
Thursday | December 11, 2025 | 7 pm
YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS Special Guest: Lun Li, violin The Rhoda Walker Teagle Concert RAMEAU – Overture from Pygmalion, RTC52 J.S. BACH – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 LISZT – Transcendental Etudes, S. 139, No. 10,…
(classical, season-highlights)
Leap of Faith: A Musical Journey
Friday | December 12, 2025 | 7:30 pm
$25 student and senior tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. Trumpeter ÉGO (Eganam Segbefia) began his professional career in 2013, performing in New York City’s parks and subways. From these early beginnings, his artistry has grown to encompass…
Zamir Chorale & Noded: Celebrate Hanukkah & More
Saturday | December 13, 2025 | 8 pm
The Zamir Chorale and Zamir Noded, under the direction of Matthew Lazar, present a concert to celebrate Hanukkah, Jewish independence, resilience and hope. The two ensembles will sing separately and together, performing traditional and contemporary repertoire by Israeli and American composers that…
One World, Many Voices
Sunday | December 14, 2025 | 3 pm
$30 senior and student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. Conducted by Robert René Galván, the choral program includes a diverse repertoire: world music in many languages, such as Spanish, Swahili, Arabic and Ukrainian, traditional folk…
Osvaldo Golijov: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind
Monday | December 15, 2025 | 7:30 pm
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? With host Rob Kapilow and featuring David Krakauer, clarinet and Ivalas Quartet Celebrate Hanukkah with a deep dive into Golijov's transcendent meditation on language, identity, memory and the divine. Host Rob Kapilow and the acclaimed Ivalas Quartet team up with David…
(classical, season-highlights)
Third Street Choirs Winter Concert
Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 6 pm
Third Street’s student choirs joyfully celebrate the season with songs of autumn, peace, festive holidays, and the brilliance of December. Featuring compositions by Shruthi Rajasekar, Yonatan Gutfeld, Dan Forrest, Teresa Jennings, & Pinkzebra.
Sounds of Albania
Friday | December 19, 2025 | 8 pm
Embark on a journey across borders with Sounds of Albania, a first-of-its-kind concert weaving the spirit of Albania into the rhythm of New York. Arranged for string quartet by the renowned Edmond Xhani, this evocative program reimagines beloved Albanian compositions with new texture and emotion.…
David Ippolito: Somethingth Annual Concert
Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 7:30 pm
It's time again for a yearly tradition. Singer/songwriter David Ippolito, "That Guitar Man from Central Park," shares a much needed night of music and laughs, stories, thoughts and feelings...with all the usual suspects: George Wurzbach, Teresa Reynolds, Chris Tedesco, Dan Paccione, Ryan…
NYIAA Winners Concert
Sunday | December 21, 2025 | 5 pm
$25 senior and student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. The New York International Artists Association is a not-for-profit organization established in 2010. NYIAA’s mission is to provide fertile ground for aspiring professional musicians as well as…
NY Phil Ensembles at Merkin Hall
Sunday | January 4, 2026 | 3 pm
Up Close and Personal Join Musicians of the Philharmonic for personal and intimate performances, and experience the personality of the performers. See how a small setting can amplify a huge musical event! BRIDGE – Novelleten SHOSTAKOVICH – Piano Trio No. 2 Thomas…
(classical, season-highlights)
Kento Hong, violin
Wednesday | January 7, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Violinist Kento Hong is the Meadowmount School of Music's 2025 Gurrena Fellowship recipient. Kento is a profoundly talented and inspiring violinist who has already garnered multiple accolades, including at the Yehudi Menuhin, Thomas and Evon Cooper, Arthur Grumiaux international violin…
Chengcheng Ma, piano
Thursday | January 8, 2026 | 7:30 pm
$10 senior and student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. FYM Signed Artist Series – 2026 Season Opening Recital Internationally acclaimed pianist Chengcheng Ma, praised by Fanfare Magazine for his “exemplary fashion, with a lovely, exquisitely…
VIVO International Music Competition Winners' Concert
Sunday | January 11, 2026 | 5:30 pm
VIVO International Music Competition Winners’ Concert Each winner will receive a certificate of achievement award at the conclusion of the concert.
Chopin: The Romantic Piano – Mazurka, Nocturne and Polonaise
Monday | January 12, 2026 | 7:30 pm
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? With host Rob Kapilow and featuring Orli Shaham, piano Discover how one of the greatest Romantic composers invented the genres and vocabulary of the modern piano with host Rob Kapilow and Orli Shaham, the acclaimed pianist hailed as “brilliant” by The New York Times.…
(classical, season-highlights)
Ivalas Quartet
Tuesday | January 13, 2026 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES Violinists Reuben Kebede and Tiani Butts, violist Marcus Stevenson and cellist Pedro Sánchez Works by Haydn, Bartók, Ravel and Jessie Montgomery Hailed by The Strad for playing with “tremendous heart and beauty,” the Ivalas Quartet spotlights past…
(classical, season-highlights)
Karl Ove Knausgaard "The School of Night" Book Launch
Tuesday | January 13, 2026 | 7:30 pm
In conversation with Patricia Lockwood A celebration of the launch of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s most daring and macabre novel yet. The School of Night is an indelible tale about dark temptations and moral depravity, and what we forget when we bargain with the devil. The evening will feature a…
(season-highlights)
Elite International Music Competition Winners Recital
Saturday | January 17, 2026 | 12 pm
Tickets will go on sale one hour before each showtime. Winners Recital of the Elite International Music Competition. The winners perform various compositions from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Contemporary periods from standard repertoire.
