Events & Tickets
Karl Ove Knausgaard "The School of Night" Book Launch
Tuesday | January 13, 2026 | 7:30 pm
In conversation with Patricia Lockwood A celebration of the launch of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s most daring and macabre novel yet. The School of Night is an indelible tale about dark temptations and moral depravity, and what we forget when we bargain with the devil. The evening will feature a…
(season-highlights)
Elite International Music Competition Winners Recital
Saturday | January 17, 2026 | 12 pm
Tickets will go on sale one hour before each showtime. Winners Recital of the Elite International Music Competition. The winners perform various compositions from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Contemporary periods from standard repertoire.
Elite International Music Competition Winners Recital
Saturday | January 17, 2026 | 5 pm
Tickets will go on sale one hour before each showtime. Winners Recital of the Elite International Music Competition. The winners perform various compositions from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Contemporary periods from standard repertoire.
Notes On War: Performing for Peace
Sunday | January 18, 2026 | 12 pm
$25 senior and student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. "Notes On War" tells the timeless story of conflict through popular music by bands such as The Beatles, Radiohead, Muse, Aerosmith, and more. iSchool of Music & Art brings our extremely…
Special Music School Winter Choral Concert
Wednesday | January 21, 2026 | 1:30 pm
Students at Kaufman Music Center's Special Music School perform a wide range of songs from around the world. Featuring choruses from Kindergarten through 8th grade led by Sean Harley, Yukiko Konishi and Will Roslak, plus the Kaufman Music Center Community…
(family, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Northeast RCM Celebration of Excellence 2025
Saturday | January 24, 2026 | 1 pm
The Royal Conservatory of Music's Celebrations of Excellence are annual recitals held across North America to recognize exceptional student achievement. The Northeast Celebration of Excellence highlights the accomplishments of RCM students from across the region who have demonstrated outstanding…
Northeast RCM Celebration of Excellence 2025
Saturday | January 24, 2026 | 4 pm
The Royal Conservatory of Music's Celebrations of Excellence are annual recitals held across North America to recognize exceptional student achievement. The Northeast Celebration of Excellence highlights the accomplishments of RCM students from across the region who have demonstrated outstanding…
VIVO International Music Competition First Prize Winners' Concert
Sunday | January 25, 2026 | 1 pm
First prize Winners’ Concert: (Final round of Live Audition) At the First prize winners’ concert, all performers will be evaluated by judges on the day of the Winners’ Concert, and monetary awards will be offered to gold, silver, and bronze prize winners in each age group…
VIVO International Music Competition First Prize Winners' Concert
Sunday | January 25, 2026 | 5:30 pm
First prize Winners’ Concert: (Final round of Live Audition) At the First prize winners’ concert, all performers will be evaluated by judges on the day of the Winners’ Concert, and monetary awards will be offered to gold, silver, and bronze prize winners in each age group…
Very Young People's Concerts | Philharmonic Families: Brass
Saturday | January 31, 2026 | 12 pm
For groups of 10 or more, please contact the Box Office at (212) 501-3344 to purchase tickets. Discover the bright, bold sound of the brass family: horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba! Pre-concert activities where kids can try instruments, meet musicians, and enjoy hands-on experiences start one…
Very Young People's Concerts | Philharmonic Families: Brass
Saturday | January 31, 2026 | 3 pm
For groups of 10 or more, please contact the Box Office at (212) 501-3344 to purchase tickets. Discover the bright, bold sound of the brass family: horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba! Pre-concert activities where kids can try instruments, meet musicians, and enjoy hands-on experiences start one…
The Gershwin Brothers: The Art of Collaboration
Sunday | February 1, 2026 | 11 am
BROADWAY PLAYHOUSE For ages 4-11 and adults. Kids learn about the legendary songwriting duo through games, skits and songs like "I Got Rhythm" and "They Can't Take That Away from Me." Between 1918 and 1938, New York natives George and Ira Gershwin wrote the songs to more than a dozen…
(family, musical-theater, season-highlights)
YCA on Tour
Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 7 pm
YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS The Summis Auspiciis Concert Risa Hokamura, violin Toby Appel, viola Oliver Neubauer, violin James Baik, cello Benett Tsai, cello JOSÉ ELIZONDO – Latin American Dances ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI – Serenade for String Trio in C Major,…
(classical, season-highlights)
Fred Astaire Dance Studios Broadway
Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 7 pm
Fred Astaire NY Midtown and Chelsea ballroom dancing showcase.
2026 Concerto Competition Winners’ Concert
Sunday | February 8, 2026 | 4:30 pm
STUDENT SOUNDS Rising star soloists from Special Music School and Lucy Moses School perform music with an orchestra.
(classical, season-highlights)
Israeli Chamber Project: Homage
Monday | February 9, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Kobi Malkin, violin Wenting Kang, viola Michal Korman, cello Tibi Cziger, clarinet Assaff Weisman, piano MOZART/ANDRÉ – Clarinet Quartet in B-flat Major, K 317d JÖRG WIDMANN – Once upon a time... JOHANNES BRAHMS – Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60…
(classical)
Njioma Grevious, violin
Tuesday | February 10, 2026 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES BACH – Sonata No. 2 selections PERKINSON – Blues Forms | Just Blues TCHAIKOVSKY – Scherzo, Op. 42 TCHAIKOVSKY – Melodie, Op 42 MOZART – Violin Sonata in E Minor K. 304 SCHUMANN…
(classical, season-highlights)
New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum conductor
Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 1 pm
MENTOR SESSIONS See the result of groundbreaking artists mentoring a new generation of outstanding young performers. The award-winning vocal ensemble presents new vocal works by young composers from Kaufman Music Center's Special Music School: Alexander Azatyan-Rosenblatt, Alexei Jourin, Amalia…
(classical, season-highlights)
New York Festival of Song: Fugitives
Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 8 pm
A revival of an acclaimed program last heard in 2008, the playlist includes songs from the concert stage, the movies, Broadway and Berlin’s cabarets, tracing the varied fates of the composers who faced destruction during Hitler’s rise to power. Some began new lives and brilliant careers…
(classical, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet
Friday | February 13, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BRIDGES The winner of 16 Grammy Awards, clarinetist, saxophonist and composer Paquito D’ Rivera blends jazz and classical music, Brazilian music, rumba, tangos and more into a seamless whole.
(classical, season-highlights)
