Elgar’s Enigma Variations features the heart-wrenching “Nimrod,” featured in films like Dunkirk. Violinist Liza Ferschtman returns for Sibelius’ challenging Violin Concerto, a grand symphonic masterpiece. Artistic Partner Tito Muñoz returns to lead this program including Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, famously featured in Fantasia, delighting audiences of all ages.

Joss Stone is a Grammy and Brit Award-winning artist who released her acclaimed debut album, The Soul Sessions, in 2003, at the age of 16. Over her career, she has released nine studio albums, selling over 15 million copies worldwide. Stone has performed and collaborated with legendary artists including James Brown, Burt Bacharach, Stevie Wonder, […]

Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, Vega sang what has been called “contemporary folk” or “neo-folk” songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her […]

Immerse yourself in PucciniÕs timeless masterpiece, Madama Butterfly, a story of hope, longing, and ultimate sacrifice. With some of the most exquisite arias and tender duets ever composed, this deeply moving opera follows the young geisha Cio Cio San as she dreams of a life of love with Pinkerton, an American naval officer. As the […]

Soak in the sounds of the velvety melodies and smoky rhythms of quintessential crooners such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Bobby Darin when the golden age of jazz returns with Jazz at Lincoln Center: Great American Crooners! A dazzling night of swoon worthy hits and sentimental serenades await when Benny Benack III (Downbeat Magazine […]

Counterpoint is a collaboration between pianist/composer Conrad Tao and choreographer/dancer Caleb Teicher. The duo explores the dichotomy of their different perspectives and artistic practices, expanding their individual expressive capacity through a collective experience. Harmonic, rhythmic, and theatrical counterpoint between the artists seeks to map out constellations linking their disparate traditions, driving the imagination and opening […]

Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of eleven instruments (including trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, and jazz bagpipe!), or juggling and tap dancing, Swedish sensation Gunhild Carling’s sublime splendor shines. Regularly including vintage classics like “Minnie the Moocher,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “All of Me,” and “It Had to Be You” […]

Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra’s six-part journey through the United States of America’s 250 years of spirit, struggle, and triumph continues with the fourth installment, Voices of Courage: Struggle and Defiance, a powerful exploration of resistance through music, uniting two bold works that confront injustice and affirm the resilience of the human spirit. Margaret Bonds’s Montgomery Variations, […]

Three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone celebrates the 25th Anniversary of her acclaimed theatrical concert Matters of the Heart, which she performed for extended runs on Broadway, London’s West End, as well on tour nationally and internationally. LuPone takes the audience on an exploration of the crimes, affairs and the mysteries of the heart, with […]

Watch Jeffrey Siegel create Poetic Tone Pictures—music inspired by words and visions—through the compositions of Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Grieg, and Ravel. Keyboard Conversations® are brilliantly polished concerts with commentary, combining captivating details about legendary composers and their compositions with dynamic performances of piano masterpieces. Each concert concludes with a lively Q&A. New listeners discover an […]

The most successful and longest running show of its kind, Hotel California, is the ONLY musical group to have ever received “Official Authorization” to perform the Eagles catalog of music. With a spirited blend of originality and the pursuit of excellence, they have taken the music to a level of recognition normally reserved for Gold […]

Celebrated globally for their unique blend of soaring harmonies, dynamic stage presence, and genre-defying performances, The Ten Tenors deliver an unforgettable musical experience. This special 30th anniversary show features a powerful mix of Classical crossover, Neapolitan classics, and classic rock anthems—all delivered with the Tenors’ trademark Aussie charm and vocal brilliance. Fans will be treated […]

MahlerÕs sixth symphony is one of great contrast. Although written at an incredibly happy period of his life, the work itself is mostly dark. Mahler firmly believed in an artistÕs ability to predict or even influence future events, and the Sixth, his most personal work, is also a prophetic one. The three blows of the […]

Disco Divas celebrates the reigning Queens of Disco: Donna Summer, Gloria Gayner, Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan & the one and only Diana Ross along with classic Disco hits from Earth, Wind & Fire, The Bee Gees, Michael Jackson and more. Sing along to your favorite hits like “Bad Girls,” “I’m Coming Out,” “Lady Marmalade,” “Ain’t […]

Imagine stepping into a forest where the trees hum and the earth pulses with rhythm. That’s where Viet Cuong’s The Wild Woods begins setting the stage for Peter and the Wolf. Coung’s piece is a prologue to Prokofiev’s classic story, set the night before the events of Peter and the Wolf and presents the scene […]

In a celebratory nod to Musicfest’s 35th anniversary, Maestro Robert Moody and the Festival Orchestra begin the 2026 Orchestra Week with Mozart’s 35th Symphony! Known as the “Haffner”, this symphony is a fiery and forceful work featuring an exciting range of styles, from refined elegance and thunderous pomp to a dazzling finale. This classic masterwork […]

Celebrate America’s true art form, jazz, with the Grammy Award-winning Count Basie Orchestra. The 16-piece band’s repertoire features Basie’s signature blend of swing, blues, and improvisation, delivering a masterful performance. This special 90th anniversary concert features Nnenna Freelon, a seven-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist, arts education advocate, producer, and arranger who has achieved great heights in […]

It’s been said that Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 is a “perfectly proportioned, ingeniously constructed and melodically exultant” work. Following the Symphony’s successful premiere in 1908, acclaim for the work was so widespread that the composer was anointed a worthy successor to the great Tchaikovsky. Well-known for composing lush and sweeping melodies, the composer reaches one […]

This performance will be announced in November 2025.

With just his mandolin and a boundless musical imagination, an evening with Chris Thile (Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers) is both intimate and epic. Technically gifted and breathtakingly innovative, Thile moves fluidly between musical worlds. His setlists have been known to include original compositions, reimagined folk and bluegrass tunes, selections from Bach’s sonatas and partitas, and […]

This performance will be announced in November 2025.

Mélisse Brunet returns to conduct Copland’s iconic Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Ives’ Variations on “America” and Bates’ The Rhapsody of Steve Jobs. Stewart Goodyear returns as soloist in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, a 100-year-old work that fuses jazz, ragtime, and classical music into a sensational piece, rounding out this American celebration in music.