Events & Tickets
The New York Philharmonic EnsemblesNY Phil Ensembles at Merkin Hall
Sunday | January 12, 2025 | 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! JOSEPH HAYDN – String Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1 JOAQUÍN…
(classical)
CAG On Tour
Tuesday | January 14, 2025 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES Works by Caroline Shaw, Gabriel Fauré and Antonín Dvořák Four acclaimed artists, all Concert Artists Guild prizewinners, captivate audiences with their virtuosity and passion: violinist Nathan Meltzer, violist Jordan Bak, cellist Sydney Lee and…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Special Music School Winter Choral Concert
Wednesday | January 15, 2025 | 1:30 pm
Students at Kaufman Music Center's Special Music School perform a wide range of songs from around the world. Featuring choruses from Kindergarten through 8th grade led by Sean Harley, Yukiko Konishi and Will Roslak, plus the Kaufman Music Center Community…
(family, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Washington National Opera – American Opera Initiative
Thursday | January 23, 2025 | 7:30 pm
GREAT VOCALISTS Talented creative teams. Powerful stories. All-original opera. WNO’s acclaimed commissioning program for contemporary American opera enters another exciting season – showing how short opera can move and inspire us! Talented composer-librettist teams will showcase three…
(classical, new-music, vocal-performance, season-highlights)
2024-2025 VIVO International Music Competition Winners' Concert
Sunday | January 26, 2025 | 1 pm
2024-2025 VIVO (WINTER) International Music Competition First Prize-WINNERS' Concert
2024-2025 VIVO International Music Competition Winners' Concert
Sunday | January 26, 2025 | 5:30 pm
2024-2025 VIVO (WINTER) International Music Competition First Prize-WINNERS' Concert
Back by Popular Demand! Music of Taylor Swift & More for Kids
Saturday | February 1, 2025 | 12 pm
THE ROCK AND ROLL PLAYHOUSE Following the SOLD OUT December 14 performance, The Rock & Roll Playhouse returns with an encore celebration of Taylor Swift's music for families. Performing songs created by the most iconic musicians in rock history, The Rock and Roll Playhouse band offers…
(family, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
2025 Concerto Competition Winners' Concert
Sunday | February 2, 2025 | 4:30 pm
Student Sounds Rising star soloists from Kaufman’s Special Music School and Lucy Moses School perform with orchestra.
(classical, season-highlights)
Aristo Sham, piano
Tuesday | February 4, 2025 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES Works by Frédéric Chopin, Kaija Saariaho, Johannes Brahms and John Ireland Hailed by as a pianist “whose playing combines clarity, elegance and abundant technique” (The New York Times) and a young artist with “boundless potential” who can…
(classical, season-highlights)
Poetic Soundscapes: Gavriilidis-Petrin and Mouza
Wednesday | February 5, 2025 | 7 pm
$20 student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. Poetic Soundscapes: Debut of two premier Greek musicians of the next generation drawing from the deepest roots in the musical tradition of the Romantic Era. Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin, cello Alexia Mouza, piano…
Young Concert Artists: Chelsea Guo, soprano & piano
Thursday | February 6, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Eden Chen, piano The Barbara Forester Austin Art Song Recital GABRIEL FAURÉ – Ballade, Op. 19 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN – Nocturne in E Major, Op. 62, No. 2 MAURICE RAVEL – Selections from Miroirs CHARLES IVES – Piano…
(classical, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
George Xiaoyuan Fu, piano
Friday | February 7, 2025 | 7:30 pm
PIANO DIALOGUES HENRI DUTILLEUX – Prelude No. 3 “Le jeu des contraires” CLAUDE DEBUSSY/PIERRE BOULEZ – Third Sonata Interpolation CLAUDE DEBUSSY – “Le sons et parfums tournent dans l’air du soir” from…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
The Westerlies
Saturday | February 8, 2025 | 7:30 pm
BRIDGES The Westerlies, “an arty quartet…mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk” (The New York Times) are a New York-based brass quartet comprised of Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet, and Andy Clausen and Addison Maye-Saxon on trombone. From…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Kids On Stage
Sunday | February 9, 2025 | 11 am
BROADWAY PLAYHOUSE Introduce kids to musicals in which a child is the main character, including Peter Pan, Annie and Oliver! Sean Hartley and the beloved Broadway Playhouse cast sing, clown and teach children about the great writers of American musical theater. Kids can sing along to classic…
(musical-theater, family, season-highlights)
Musical Voyages: Land, Sea, and Sky
Sunday | February 9, 2025 | 4 pm
$15 student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. Join pianist Anran Qian, guitarist Alberta Khoury (La Passion Duo), and the Poiema Trio—Ann Yu (violin), Nathan Francisco (cello), and Qian—for an immersive journey through evocative soundscapes. The…
Lucy Moses School Faculty in Concert
Wednesday | February 12, 2025 | 6:30 pm
Our faculty members at Kaufman Music Center's Lucy Moses School are acclaimed performers as well as amazing educators. At this annual concert, various faculty ensembles collaborate on chamber works to share their love of music with our community.
Living in America
Saturday | February 15, 2025 | 7 pm
Fred Astaire NY Midtown and Chelsea ballroom dancing showcase.
NY Phil Ensembles at Merkin Hall
Sunday | February 16, 2025 | 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! ZOLTÁN KODÁLY – Serenade ROBERT SCHUMANN –…
(classical)
Parlando: Mystic Chords
Sunday | February 23, 2025 | 3 pm
Suzanne Farrin, ondes martenot Sophiko Simsive, piano Ian Niederhoffer, conductor BRYCE DESSNER – Aheym RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis OLIVIER MESSIAEN – Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine How do…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76, No. 1
Monday | February 24, 2025 | 7:30 pm
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? Hosted by Ron Kapilow and featuring the Balourdet Quartet Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76, No. 1 reveals the most famous composer of his time at the peak of his powers. An extraordinary innovator who established and developed the string quartet, Haydn wrote for an…
(classical, season-highlights)
