Carnegie Hall

One of Carnegie Hall’s most popular curated series, Keyboard Virtuosos I showcases the technical marvels and boundless artistic individuality that can be achieved on the piano. Experience recitals by five of the finest players in the world: Beatrice Rana, Daniil Trifonov, Igor Levit, Mao Fujita, and Yunchan Lim.

This popular curated series features recitals by four of today’s most extraordinary pianists. Masterworks of the piano repertoire are given fresh insight and unexpected thrills by such gifted interpreters as Hayato Sumino, Bruce Liu, Alexandre Kantorow, and Evgeny Kissin.

Please note that Sir András Schiff recently announced the cancellation of his concerts in the United States scheduled for the 2025–2026 season, including his recital at Carnegie Hall that would have been part of this series. 

Get closer to the music with three powerful recitals in the intimate Zankel Hall. Experience the first-ever Carnegie Hall appearance by rising star Alexandra Dovgan, who is performing an ongoing series of debuts at top venues worldwide. Hear Benjamin Grosvenor, who—despite his relatively young career—has already been named one of Gramophone’s “50 best classical pianists on record.” Plus, witness the immensely accomplished Olga Kern in her return to the Carnegie Hall recital stage.

Experience leading musicians in five of the most high-profile performances of the season. Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Lang Lang perform their debut duo recital. Groundbreaking conductor Marin Alsop leads London’s Philharmonia Orchestra with pianist Alexandre Kantorow. Eminent pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns to the recital stage. An all-star quintet of Leonidas Kavakos, Gil Shaham, Antoine Tamestit, Clemens Hagen, and Alisa Weilerstein performs a concert of chamber-music masterworks.

Please note that due to scheduling issues, pianist Emanuel Ax must regretfully cancel his performance that was previously announced as being part of this series. 

Hear four unforgettable concerts in Carnegie Hall’s most iconic venue. Pianists Nobuyuki Tsujii and Khatia Buniatishvili return as two of today’s most popular recitalists. Violinist extraordinaire Maxim Vengerov performs sonatas by Brahms, Schubert, and Shostakovich with pianist Polina Osetinskaya. Plus, experience a daring collaboration between singer Joyce DiDonato, the Grammy-winning Time for Three trio, and Musical America’s 2024 Composer of the Year Kevin Puts in the New York premiere of his Emily Dickinson–inspired song cycle.

Created in response to the overwhelming popularity of Great Artists I and II, this recently added series is your chance to get the best seating for five of the season’s biggest concerts. Enjoy recitals by world-renowned violinist and Carnegie Hall icon Kyung Wha Chung; Behzod Abduraimov, called “the most perfectly accomplished pianist of his generation” (The Independent); and the illuminating Víkingur Ólafsson, who performs seminal works by J. S. Bach and Beethoven, plus an exceedingly elusive sonata by Schubert. Also, enjoy a pair of history-making all-star chamber music events: an all-Brahms performance by Maxim Vengerov, Vilde Frang, James Ehnes, Daniel Müller-Schott, Yefim Bronfman, and Anthony McGill; and a Sunday matinee that features Evgeny Kissin, Joshua Bell, and Steven Isserlis.

Put four of the season’s most anticipated concerts on your calendar—including three matinees—and look forward to your unbeatable weekend plans. Enjoy a powerful Saturday-night concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Lahav Shani. Experience Handel’s dramatic Hercules brought to life by a world-class cast in the latest matinee event by The English Concert—always an annual highlight. Witness an invigorating recital of Chopin, J. S. Bach, Schoenberg, and Robert Schumann performed by renowned pianist Seong-Jin Cho. Spend a Sunday afternoon in the enchanting musical world of Puccini’s triptych of one-act operas, Il trittico, as Gianandrea Noseda leads the National Symphony Orchestra with a grand lineup of singers.

Experience history-in-the-making as exceptional musicians from around the world make their Carnegie Hall debuts. Each artist brings a program that highlights their unique artistic accomplishments, passions, and ambitions. This season, hear accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, pianist Yeol Eum Son, cellist Jaemin Han, and violinist Kristin Lee with pianist John Novacek.

Since 1961, Young Concert Artists has been at the forefront of discovering and launching the careers of classical music’s future leaders, including such luminaries as Emanuel Ax, Julia Bullock, Anne Akiko Meyers, Jeremy Denk, Ray Chen, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Kevin Puts, Sasha Cooke, and many more. In this brand-new series presented by Carnegie Hall, audiences discover the next artists joining this incredibly prestigious organization.

This concert series is designed for cultural omnivores and fans with an appetite for artistic adventure. Be transported into Arvo Pärt’s mystical musical world by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. Hear the brilliant piano duo of Timo Andres and Aaron Diehl in works by Ellington, Monk, and Julia Wolfe, plus a world premiere by Andres. For one night only, experience Hello, America: Letters to Us, from Us, a program of premieres performed by the prolific American Composers Orchestra. Explore a musical triptych by the game-changing Kronos Quartet with Quentin E. Baxter, Laura Ortman, and Wu Man.

This constantly evolving ensemble features members of the illustrious Met Orchestra in programs of great ambition and variety. The ensemble adapts to fit the instrumental needs of any piece of music, offering endless programming possibilities. In the intimacy of Weill Recital Hall, hear all-time chamber-music classics, hard-to-find hidden gems, and standout works by several of today’s leading composers. Soloists include Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Erin Morley, and more.

Discover what makes New York City’s storied Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) a staple of every Carnegie Hall season. Raphaël Pichon conducts a program anchored in the works of Beethoven, including his Ninth Symphony and selections that showcase featured vocalists. Andrew Manze conducts Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring acclaimed Beethoven interpreter Paul Lewis, as well as Haydn’s Symphony No. 47 in G Major and John Adams’s Fearful Symmetries, which Adams wrote for OSL. Louis Langrée leads an all-American concert of Ellington, Ives, Bernstein, and Gershwin, featuring jazz pianist Gerald Clayton. Masaaki Suzuki conducts a program of masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, and Felix Mendelssohn, joined by star violinist Midori.

Discover the limitless possibilities of orchestral music in this three-concert series that features the Philharmonia Orchestra, Galilee Chamber Orchestra, and Boston Symphony Orchestra. The ensembles are joined by star soloists Víkingur Ólafsson, Bruce Liu, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, and others in programs that include symphonies by Dvořák, Felix Mendelssohn, and Sibelius; concertos by Beethoven and Mozart; daring selections by John Adams; a New York premiere by Gabriela Ortiz; and more.

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.

Discover the vast and vibrant world of early music at Carnegie Hall. Hear the acclaimed partnership between cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and lutenist Thomas Dunford, who perform works by Marais, J. S. Bach, Duparc, A. Forqueray, and Arvo Pärt. Enjoy a “bewitching and endlessly inventive” (The Guardian) celebration of a one-of-a-kind Italian Baroque pioneer, performed by violinist Amandine Beyer and period ensemble Gli Incogniti. Welcome the return of Twelfth Night’s celebrated artistic directors—violinist Rachell Ellen Wong and harpsichordist David Belkovski—in a wide-ranging program of violin sonatas and more, featuring cellist Coleman Itzkoff.

Experience four of Carnegie Hall’s most-anticipated chamber music concerts. Conductor Lahav Shani makes his Carnegie Hall debut as a pianist, performing with the Israel Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble and guest artists Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth. In Zankel Hall Center Stage, the Dover Quartet pairs timeless string quartets with exciting New York premieres. One of the world’s finest chamber musicians, violist Tabea Zimmermann performs in recital with pianist Javier Perianes. Plus, hear all three of Brahms’s legendary piano quintets performed by Kirill Gerstein with Soloists of the Kronberg Academy.

The United States is home to several of the world’s top orchestras, and this series features four of them on the country’s most iconic stage for music. Cheer the return of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with conductor Manfred Honeck and audience favorite pianist Seong-Jin Cho. Experience Verdi’s larger-than-life Requiem performed by The Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Franz Welser-Möst, and world-renowned singers Asmik Grigorian, Deniz Uzun, Joshua Guerrero, and Tareq Nazm. Enjoy a program of exciting hero’s tales with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Klaus Mäkelä. Hear the historic Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelsons with piano superstar Lang Lang.

This flagship concert series brings four of the world’s greatest orchestras to Carnegie Hall’s grandest stage. Hear timeless favorites and exciting, infrequently heard gems by Bernstein, Ben-Haim, Tchaikovsky, G. Mahler, R. Strauss, Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Chopin, performed with unique character by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Lahav Shani, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer with soloists and choruses, the Vienna Philharmonic and Andris Nelsons, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra with Yuja Wang.

Experience celebrated orchestras from around the world in the storied acoustics of Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. Hear symphonies by Rachmaninoff, Barraine, Brahms, Mozart, and Dvořák; concertos by Felix Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and Sibelius; and distinctive works by the visionary Arvo Pärt, Dongshoon Shin, and more. Featured artists include the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Jaap van Zweden with violinist Bomsori Kim; Orchestre National de France and Cristian Mǎcelaru with pianist Daniil Trifonov; Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer with violinist Maxim Vengerov; and Vienna Philharmonic with Andris Nelsons.

Every great orchestra has its own unmistakable sound, revealed in exquisite detail in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. In this three-concert series, hear rich symphonic works by G. Mahler, Brahms, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Ben-Haim, and Bartók performed by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Lahav Shani, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Vienna Philharmonic and Andris Nelsons. Soloists include pianist Lang Lang, violinists Pinchas Zukerman and Veronika Eberle, and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.