Carnegie Hall

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 pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Emanuel Ax each return to the recital stage. An all-star quintet of Leonidas Kavakos, Gil Shaham, Antoine Tamestit, Clemens Hagen, and Alisa Weilerstein perform a concert of chamber-music masterworks.

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.

Every note rings true when the world’s great singers perform in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage’s legendary acoustics. This season, hear Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin performed by one of its most acclaimed interpreters: baritone Matthias Goerne, who is joined by pianist par excellence Daniil Trifonov. Fellow Metropolitan Opera stars Isabel Leonard and Nadine Sierra join forces for a rare duo recital. International favorite Juan Diego Flórez returns with a vibrant program. Lise Davidsen makes her anticipated Carnegie Hall recital debut, following her headline-making New York recital debut at the Metropolitan Opera (“holy cow,” wrote The New York Times).

This series features three extraordinary vocal performances in Zankel Hall. Enjoy a tribute to one of the finest art-song interpreters of the 20th-century, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, by acclaimed Benjamin Appl, a mentee and friend of the famed baritone. Hear the Zankel Hall recital debut of opera and lied singer Günther Groissböck, recently called “a revelation” at the Metropolitan Opera (The New York Times). Experience an imaginative program of Spanish song, opera, and dance, featuring multilingual mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, superb instrumentalists, and choreography created and performed by flamenco dancer Sonia Olla.

Witness three recital debuts in Carnegie Hall’s most intimate performance space. In Thousands of Miles, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey and pianist Baptiste Trotignon perform an imaginative program of Weill/Brecht, Korngold, Alma Mahler, and Zemlinsky. International rising star soprano Axelle Fanyo performs an eclectic program of Schoenberg, Cage, Messiaen, and William Bolcom with renowned pianist Julius Drake. Baritone Jarrett Ott, who makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2025, performs a boldly incisive program of Ravel, Copland, Schubert, Adolphus Hailstork, Jasmine Barnes, Jake Heggie, and more with BBC New Generation Artist pianist Kunal Lahiry.

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.

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 Schiffrecently announced the cancellation of his concerts in the United States scheduled for the 2025–2026 season, includinghis 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.

Kick off three weekends with a one-night-only, one-of-a-kind performance in the contemporary Zankel Hall. Visionary cellist Alisa Weilerstein continues her multisensory, multi-year FRAGMENTS series, combining timeless solo cello suites by J. S. Bach with visual components and new works by top composers. The bold Danish String Quartet and Danish National Girls’ Choir give visceral power to 1,000 years of women-centered music alongside a premiere by David Lang. Plus, witness “the New York standard for percussion innovation” (The New Yorker) as the Grammy-winning Sō Percussion performs with interdisciplinary tap dance artist Michael J. Love.

Explore a three-concert, genre-crossing series for the culturally curious. Blending classical music with 21st-century singer-songwriters and other surprises, yMusic has “a language all their own.” Hear them perform new music by Gabriella Smith, a collaboration with soul-pop innovator and vocalist Emily King, and more. Ruckus, “the world’s only period instrument rock band” (San Francisco Chronicle), teams up with visionary bass-baritone Davóne Tines to reflect on 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Cellist Alisa Weilerstein continues her multi-year, multisensory FRAGMENTS performance series, blending J. S. Bach’s solo cello suites with visual components and new works by leading composers.