Carnegie Hall

Baroque music is a vibrant, varied, and endlessly entertaining living tradition performed by imaginative 21st-century virtuosos. This season, discover the brilliant Wonder Women project by Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata with guest vocalists. Visionary director Jonathan Cohen leads the Handel and Haydn Society in cantatas by J. S. Bach and Telemann, plus one of the Brandenburg concertos. Concerto Köln returns with a wide-ranging program of early-music gems, including a Vivaldi double concerto performed by violinist Shunske Sato and recorder player Max Volbers in his Carnegie Hall debut.

Chamber music means endless possibility for composers and performers alike. In this series, experience the exciting duo of violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Giorgi Gigashvili, plus three of the world’s leading string quartets: the Belcea Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, and Takács Quartet. Hear world-class performances of masterworks by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Debussy, Bartók, Franck, and more, and discover new pieces by Clarice Assad, Don Byron, Ted Hearne, Angélica Negrón, Brett Dean, and Josef Bardanashvili.

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.

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.

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.

Bring a sense of discovery and journey into three singular musical performances. The prolific American Composers Orchestra performs an innovative program of new works, new instruments, and more. Violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer celebrates his beloved collaborator Arvo Pärt, one of the most impactful composers of the past century. Plus, hear The Crossing—“America’s most astonishing choir” (The New York Times)—in a program of its own curation, featuring New York premieres by Wang Lu, Tania León, and Ayanna Woods.

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.

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.

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.

Carnegie Hall presents exceptional artists from The Juilliard School in this brand-new concert series. Dynamic programs celebrate Juilliard’s unique blend of tradition and innovation, highlighting the vibrant future of music, dance, and drama. Celebrate a new generation of artists in the modern and versatile Zankel Hall.

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.

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.

Led by Colin Jacobsen and Eric Jacobsen, The Knights expand classical music’s boundaries with innovative programming, exuberant performances, and insatiable curiosity. Across three concerts this season, they perform symphonies by Robert Schumann and Haydn; a chamber-music masterpiece by Felix Mendelssohn; New York premieres by Osvaldo Golijov and Gabriel Kahane; a distinctive tintinnabuli piece by Arvo Pärt; an inspired melding of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 3 with poetry by J. Mae Barizo; and a varied reflection on the United States, featuring music by Ellington, Bonds, Ljova, Copland, and more.

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.