Events & Tickets

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International Keyboard Institute and Festival presents

International Keyboard Institute & Festival: Massimiliano Ferrati

Friday | July 10, 2026 | 8 pm

$10 senior and student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. SCARLATTI  –  Sonata in B Minor, K. 87 CLEMENTI  –  Sonata in B Minor, Op. 40, No. 2 SCHUBERT  –  Moment Musicaux, Op. 94, No. 2 in A-flat Major (D. 780)…

(classical, season-highlights)

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International Keyboard Institute and Festival presents

International Keyboard Institute & Festival: David Khrikuli

Saturday | July 11, 2026 | 8 pm

$10 senior and student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. CHOPIN  –  Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44 CHOPIN  –  Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62 CHOPIN  –  Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 BRAHMS  – …

(classical, season-highlights)

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International Keyboard Institute and Festival presents

International Keyboard Institute & Festival: Martín García García

Sunday | July 12, 2026 | 8 pm

$10 senior and student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. TCHAIKOVSKY  –  Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37 RAVEL  –  Valses nobles et sentimentales SCHUBERT  –  Sonata-Fantasia in G Major, D. 894 Martín…

(classical, season-highlights)

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Kaufman Music Center and The Strand Co-Present

Riley Sager “The Unknown” Book Launch

Monday | August 10, 2026 | 7:30 pm

The evening will feature a discussion with author Clay McLeod Chapman. Each ticket comes with a signed book and the opportunity to take a photo with Riley following the event. In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one hundred years later,…

(season-highlights)

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Scott Siegel Presents

Scott Siegel's Broadway by the Seasons

Monday | September 28, 2026 | 7:30 pm

$60 senior tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. The All New “Broadway by the Seasons” introduces a brand-new format for this time-honored series. For the first time, we will celebrate, in each concert, a wide variety of Broadway seasons. In other words, in…

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

Michael Davidman, piano

Tuesday | September 29, 2026 | 2 pm

TUESDAY MATINEES Works by Schubert, Albeniz, Liszt, Franck and Chopin Hailed for his “electrifying… pyrotechnical prowess” (Peninsula Reviews) and playing of “thunderous authority and loads of interpretive nuance” (Upstage), pianist Michael Davidman is the winner of…

(classical, season-highlights)

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

What Makes It Great? Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Monday | October 19, 2026 | 7:30 pm

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? Featuring violinist Timothy Chooi and the Manhattan School of Music Camerata Nova The 1881 premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major got one of the most famous bad reviews in the history of Western music. Savaged as “music that stinks to the ear” in…

(classical, season-highlights)

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Luckystar Productions presents

Piano Recital with String Quartet: The Music of Ennio Morricone

Friday | October 23, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the iconic film music of the legendary Ennio Morricone. We invite you to experience a magnificent selection of works by one of the greatest composers in cinematic history. This unique concert brings to life a rich repertoire of Morricone’s most…

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Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus presents

With Poetry and Justice for All: Three Anniversaries in Song

Sunday | October 25, 2026 | 1 pm

$40 tickets are available for groups of 10 or more. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. We’re celebrating three anniversaries! It’s 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. You’ll hear tributes to America you likely haven’t heard before…

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

William Finn

Monday | October 26, 2026 | 7:30 pm

BROADWAY CLOSE UP Hosted by Sean Hartley Celebrate one of the most distinctive voices in modern musical theater at this festive soirée honoring the life and work of the Tony-winning composer and lyricist William Finn (1952-2025). A stellar lineup of cast members – many of whom worked…

(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet

Tuesday | November 3, 2026 | 2 pm

TUESDAY MATINEES CLARA SCHUMANN  –  Three Romances, Op. 22 ALBAN BERG  –  Vier Stücke, Op. 5 ERWIN SCHULHOFF  –  Suite Op. 1, for Violin and Piano      (arr. Jonathan Leibovitz for clarinet and piano) ROBERT SCHUMANN  –…

(classical, season-highlights)

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Luckystar Productions presents

The Greatest Rock Ballads – Live on Strings

Saturday | November 7, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Experience the most iconic rock ballads of all time like never before — reimagined through the powerful and emotional sound of live strings. A stunning string ensemble brings new depth and intensity to legendary hits by the world’s greatest rock artists. From intimate, heart-melting…

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Scott Siegel Presents

Scott Siegel's Broadway by the Seasons

Monday | November 9, 2026 | 7:30 pm

$60 senior tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. The All New “Broadway by the Seasons” introduces a brand-new format for this time-honored series. For the first time, we will celebrate, in each concert, a wide variety of Broadway seasons. In other words, in…

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

Bound for Broadway

Monday | November 16, 2026 | 7:30 pm

BOUND FOR BROADWAY Hosted by Liz Callaway Bound for Broadway returns with a sneak peek at four of the best new shows headed for New York’s bright lights! Emmy Award-winner and Tony nominee Liz Callaway interviews some of musical theater’s most fascinating voices, followed by performances…

(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

I Could Have Danced All Night: Broadway in the 50’s

Monday | December 7, 2026 | 7:30 pm

BROADWAY CLOSE UP Hosted by Sean Hartley During the Golden Age of Musical Theater, the musical play came into its own with smash hits by larger-than-life Broadway legends like Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Frank Loesser and Leonard Bernstein. Get the inside stories and hear song…

(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

William Suh, cello

Tuesday | December 8, 2026 | 2 pm

TUESDAY MATINEES  R. SCHUMANN  –  Drei Romanzen for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94 J. BRAHMS  –  Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 C. SCHUMANN  –  Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 J. BRAHMS  –  Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major,…

(classical, season-highlights)

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

What Makes It Great? Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet

Monday | December 14, 2026 | 7:30 pm

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? Featuring Terra String Quartet Schubert’s gripping quartet is one of the most frequently performed and emotionally affecting works in the chamber music repertoire. Written during a period of illness, isolation and despair, this haunting piece pushes the string quartet to…

(classical, season-highlights)

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Kaufman Music Center and Korean Cultural Center New York co-present

Julian Rhee, violin

Tuesday | January 12, 2027 | 2 pm

TUESDAY MATINEES Works by Arcangelo Corelli, Fritz Kreisler, César Franck, Louis Vierne and Zlatomir Fung Winner of the prestigious 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Korean-American violinist Julian Rhee rose to international prominence following his prize-winning performances at the 2024 Queen…

(classical, season-highlights)

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

Trio Azura

Tuesday | February 9, 2027 | 2 pm

TUESDAY MATINEES Works by Beethoven, Arvo Pärt and Bedřich Smetana One of today's most promising young ensembles, Trio Azura is hailed for its “intelligence and imagination” and “profound emotion” (Gramophone). Currently the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Colburn…

(classical, season-highlights)

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KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

What Makes It Great? John Adams’s Shaker Loops

Monday | February 22, 2027 | 7:30 pm

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? Featuring Terra String Quartet Host Rob Kapilow takes you back to the heady days of early minimalism, when composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass were rejecting the abstract and often inaccessible music of the previous generation and re-shaping the sound of the era. John…

(classical, new-music, season-highlights)

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