Carnegie Hall

Recommended for aficionados and newcomers alike, this series highlights the incredible range of possibilities within our nation’s original art form. Dan Tepfer, called “one of the moment’s most adventurous and relevant musicians” (New York), conjures a new improvisatory, multimedia experience from the piano. Saxophonist Tia Fuller, whose collaborators range from Beyoncé to Wycliffe Gordon, makes her Carnegie Hall headlining debut with her band. Virtuoso super-group Artemis, named “Jazz Group of the Year” in the two latest DownBeat Readers Polls, returns with a world premiere by pianist Renee Rosnes. Genre-crossing trumpeter Keyon Harrold, who recorded all the trumpet-playing heard in the Grammy-winning Miles Ahead biopic, leads a centennial celebration of Miles Davis.

With suave vocalism, charismatic stage presence, incredible true stories, and the Carnegie Hall Big Band, Michael Feinstein illuminates classics from the Great American Songbook, Broadway, and beyond. The 2025–2026 concert series includes a unique musical voyage around the world; an homage to the classic nightclubs of New York City; and a celebration of timeless big-band singers like Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, and Peggy Lee.

Nothing lights up a stage like the presence of a true original. This season, witness the Carnegie Hall solo debut of Grammy winner and two-time Tony-nominated singer, songwriter, and actress Shoshana Bean (Hell’s Kitchen, Mr. Saturday Night, Wicked, Waitress). Join Patti LuPone in celebrating the 25th anniversary of her acclaimed theatrical concert Matters of the Heart. In a star-studded love letter to American musicals (based on Jack Viertel’s best-selling The Secret Life of the American Musical), explore how Broadway hits get made, how they captivate audiences, and why we love them. Cheer as the incredible Harry Connick Jr. makes his long-awaited Carnegie Hall headlining debut in uniquely grand fashion.

Building on the enormous popularity of The Originals I, this brand-new concert series shines a spotlight on three of today’s most exciting and personable performers. Experience a new concert of Broadway, pop, and American Songbook classics performed by Grammy and Emmy nominee Cheyenne Jackson. Celebrate the return of Tony and Grammy winner Heather Headley, whose recent showcase with The New York Pops was called “the concert of a lifetime” (BroadwayWorld). Witness history-in-the-making on night two of Harry Connick Jr.’s back-to-back headlining debuts at Carnegie Hall.

Celebrate 125 years of The Philadelphia Orchestra, one of the most consistently outstanding ensembles in the world. In this four-concert series, the orchestra is joined by pianists Emanuel Ax and Hayato Sumino, singers Ying Fang and Joyce DiDonato, the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, and the versatile Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Experience the New York premiere of Marsalis’s Symphony No. 5, “Liberty”; new works by John Adams and Julia Wolfe; powerful symphonies by G. Mahler, Beethoven, and Brahms; exhilarating concertos by Beethoven and Gershwin; and more.