New York’s Global Center for Culture, Connection and Enrichment
Offers 11 Commissioned Pieces, 26 92NY Debut Performances,
Expanded Offerings in All Genres, including the popular Classical series,
and a robust slate of American Songbook and Jazz events,
including Julia Bullock, Angela Hewitt, Jlin, Gabriel Kahane,
Taylor Mac, Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, and many more!

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) today announced its 2025/26 Tisch Music Season. Over the past century and a half, 92NY has grown into one of New York City’s — and the world’s — most influential cultural institutions. In his second year as Executive Director of Tisch Music, Nicholas Russotto has created an exciting season including Three World and 10 New York Premieres, as well as returning Tisch Music favorites, expanding the scope of offered programming. This season builds exponentially on the organization’s rich history of presenting the best and most innovative musicians performing across a wide range of genres, advancing and expanding each genre through commissions and multi-disciplinary collaborations.

Highlights of the 2025/26 Tisch Music Season include:
Premieres of new works by composer/performer Jlin and pianist/singer Gabriel Kahane
26 92NY concert debuts, including acclaimed mandolinist and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile and Grammy Award winners Jessie Montgomery and Roomful of Teeth
Performances from virtuoso Marc-André HamelinN, award-winning concert pianist Angela Hewitt, and Grammy-winner Julia Bullock
Presentations from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music and revolutionary collaborative classical group Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Sigourney Weaver and Pacifica Quartet offer two world-premiere commissions honoring two visionaries: champion of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and environmental trailblazer Rachel Carson
American Songbook offerings of exclusive concerts by Broadway favorites Brian Stokes Mitchell, Laura Benanti, Jessica Vosk, and Adrienne Warren
Presentations from Pulitzer Prize-winner and NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill in a trio with Vijay Iyerand Dafnis Prieto and ten-time Grammy Award-winner Arturo Sandoval
2025/26 Lyrics & Lyricists series includes shows celebrating Motown’s legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland; giants of Tin Pan Alley; Alan & Marilyn Bergman’s partnership in love and song; and Paul Williams himself with the stories only the songwriter can tell; plus, one-night-only special events with Robin Pecknold performing the music of Judee Sill and an evening with Taylor Mac and Matt Ray.

“The new season expands on how I’ve approached programming at Tisch Music for several years now, as we continue to ask ourselves: what if genre dividing lines silo listeners and audiences, rather than expand experiences?” said Nicholas Russotto, Executive Director, Tisch Music. "In the coming season, we continue to present artists who explore and employ wide-ranging styles of creation and expression to inspire, challenge, deepen, and ultimately expand our understanding of music, through programs that engage fulsomely with the traditions of the past and the times we live in, and present a bold vision for the future. Genres are increasingly blurred — something I believe benefits both artists and audiences.”

About The 92nd Street Y, New York: The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) is a world-class center for the arts and innovation, a convener of ideas, and an incubator for creativity. 92NY offers extensive classes, courses and events online including live concerts, talks and master classes; fitness classes for all ages; 250+ art classes, and parenting workshops for new moms and dads. The 92nd Street Y, New York is transforming the way people share ideas and translate them into action all over the world. All of 92NY's programming is built on a foundation of Jewish values, including the capacity of civil dialogue to change minds; the potential of education and the arts to change lives; and a commitment to welcoming and serving people of all ages, races, religions, and ethnicities. For more information, visit www.92NY.org.

The full slate of performances and dates are listed below. For more information, please visit 92NY.org/Concerts.

2025/26 TISCH MUSIC SEASON
* New York / World Premieres
** 92NY commissions
+ 92NY debuts

Opening Night!
Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 7 pm
AN EVENING WITH CHRIS THILE +
The Grammy Award-winning mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and composer NPR called “a genre-defying musical genius” opens the season with his signature blend of classical, folk, bluegrass, and beyond – and music from his acclaimed Bach recordings.

Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 7:30 pm
ANGELA HEWITT, piano
Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations – a 50th-Anniversary Performance
One of the world’s most esteemed pianists, Angela Hewitt celebrates 50 years of performing one of her signature works – J.S. Bach’s The Goldberg Variations. Hewitt’s Bach sparks joy and spiritual rejuvenation. She is widely regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of the composer’s music, evidenced in the tremendous acclaim for her brilliant four-year Bach Odyssey. Her award-winning recording cycle of Bach’s major keyboard works has been called “one of the record glories of our age” (The Sunday Times, London), and the masterwork Goldberg Variationsis the ideal showcase for her artistry – her 2018 performance of this masterwork sold out.

Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 7:30 pm
KARL OVE KNAUSGÅRD and GLENN KOTCHE +
Historia**
Global literary star Karl Ove Knausgård (My Struggle, The Morning Star) and composer/percussionist Glenn Kotche (Wilco) come together for a shared evening of words and music celebrating collaboration, craft, and friendship. Featuring 92NY and Liquid Music co-commissioned visuals by director Johan Renck (HBO's Chernobyl, David Bowie's Blackstar), the program centers on the premiere of a new work that blends Knausgård's hypnotic language with Kotche's sonic explorations, contextualized by readings and performances of new and old pieces from each collaborator. Closing with a conversation on their creative process, the program is an invitation to engage with and reflect on the power of artistic communion between two singular voices. Co-presented with 92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center.

Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 7:30 pm
GABRIEL KAHANE & FRIENDS *, **
only light can do that
Composer and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane’s expressions live between chamber music, pop, and art songs. He follows his sold-out performance last season with selections from his highly anticipated new album.

Fri, Nov 7, 2025, 7:30 pm
SEAN SHIBE, guitar *,**
One of the most original minds on his instrument, guitarist Sean Shibe performs a concert for every guitar music lover – the program’s first half on classical guitar, the second half on electric. A remarkably fluid artist, a Sean Shibe concert might find him playing a transcription of a Bach cello suite or premiering a work by a major contemporary composer or performing live against a pre-recorded tape of himself. He does all three in this program, which includes the New York premiere of Thomas Adès’ lush, sweeping, characterful Forgotten Dances – the composer’s first published work for an instrument other than keyboard – the New York premiere of a new work, For Bill Frisell, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tyshawn Sorey and Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint for guitar and pre-recorded track, written for and premiered by Pat Metheny.

Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 5 pm | Sun, Nov 9, 2 pm | Mon, Nov 10, 7:30 pm
MOTOWN’S HEAT WAVE: The Songs of Holland-Dozier-Holland
Lyrics & Lyricists
The Lyrics & Lyricists 2025/26 Season starts hot, with a sizzling celebration of Holland-Dozier-Holland – the songwriting team that helped build Motown – from Broadway’s Michael O. Mitchell (Motown: The Musical). H-D-H’s litany of hits for label superstars the Supremes, the Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas, and others include the Number One singles “Stop in the Name of Love,” “You Keep Me Hanging On,” “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” and countless others. Holland-Dozier-Holland was integral in defining the Motown sound.

Wed, Nov. 12, 2025, 7:30pm
RICH RUTH
Water Still Flows
Rich Ruth, the recording project of Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist Michael Ruth, makes immersive instrumental songs that thread the line between adventurous and meditative. Hear him in music from his album Water Still Flows and more, as his exploratory compositions combine spiritual jazz, synth-infused post-rock, and cosmic ambient sounds, with influences from Keith Jarrett and John Coltrane to Indian classical that merge to create an exquisite sound world all his own.

Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 7:30 pm
HENRY THREADGILL +, VIJAY IYER, DAFNIS PRIETO + TRIO
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, saxophonist, flutist, and NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill has spent his life reimagining the jazz landscape. A groundbreaking innovator with his own unique musical universe, at 81, Threadgill continues to push boundaries – including as part of this genre-blurring all-star trio with fellow jazz legends, MacArthur “genius” grant recipients, and musician-composers pianist Vijay Iyer and percussionist Dafnis Prieto. Following a performance in Boston last season, Arts Fuse hailed the “unique summit of three intellectually minded luminaries who bridged jazz, classical, Latin and South Asian influences.” The trio has yet to record together, and their performances are rare.

Sun, Nov 16, 2025, 7 pm
AN EVENING WITH TAYLOR MAC & MATT RAY
Lyrics & Lyricists Special Event
Tony Award nominee, drag icon, and MacArthur “genius” grant recipient Taylor Mac joins us with Obie Award-winning composer, pianist, and longtime collaborator Matt Ray for a one-night-only Lyrics & Lyricists special event. Dubbed “a shape shifter of the highest order” by The New York Times, Mac creates experimental theater work that pushes the boundaries of how we think about gender, identity, and performance – as in their epic A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. For Mac, performance and drag are about celebrating queerness, creating community, and deepening our humanity.

Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 7:30 pm
PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, piano +
with SIR GEORGE BENJAMIN*, piano +
Eminent pianist and musical curator Pierre-Laurent Aimard teams up with brilliant composer and longtime friend Sir George Benjamin (Written on Skin) for the NY premiere of Benjamin’s new work for piano four hands – a rare performance by composer and muse. Aimard is acclaimed for diving deep into the repertoire to curate and illuminate little-known gems. The concert begins with a short piece by modernist Russian composer Nikolai Obukhov before the First Piano Sonata by Aimard’s late friend and mentor, Pierre Boulez – a work the pianist has made his own. The first half closes with Benjamin’s Shadowlines, “the first major piano work of the 21st century,” wrote the Boston Globe. Benjamin’s momentous new composition for the two artists opens the concert’s second half. Aimard is also deeply connected to the music of Ravel – a modernist in his own era – and concludes the program with the composer’s stunning Le Tombeau de Couperin in a concert that expands ideas about the classical piano in the modern world.

Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 7:30 pm
CURTIS NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
We the Artists
Curtis New Music Ensemble explores 20th- and 21st-century repertoire through the highest level of artistry. Their first 92NY appearance offers their program We the Artists, celebrating America at 250 through works by contemporary American composers reflecting the nation’s diverse musical tapestry. On the program: Clarice Assad’s Canções da America, inspired by South American rhythms and Indigenous traditions; Carlos Simon’s Giants, honoring five iconic Black Americans; Valerie Coleman’s Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes, exploring Black Indigenous heritage; and selections from Joan Tower’s Copland-inspired Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. A powerful program highlighting creativity, resilience, and the voices shaping America’s ever-evolving soundscape.

Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 7:30 pm
TESSA LARK, violin +
JOSHUA ROMAN, cello +
EDGAR MEYER, double bass
Seven-time Grammy-winning double bassist and gifted composer Edgar Meyer has performed with artists from Yo-Yo Ma to the Emerson String Quartet, Chris Thile to Zakir Hussain. His latest collaboration teams him with two young cross-genre stars who, like Meyer, are as virtuosic in classical music as in bluegrass and newgrass – violinist Tessa Lark and cellist Joshua Roman. When they performed Meyer’s exhilarating new work at the Big Ears Festival this spring, the audience gave a standing ovation mid-concert. Hear the trio in works by Bach and Meyer’s own string trios. For fans of the Grammy Award-winning Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan, and Meyer.

Wed, Dec 3, 2025, 7:30 pm | Fri, Dec 5, 7:30 PM | Sun, Dec 7, 7:00 PM
KONSTANTIN KRIMMEL, baritone +
AMMIEL BUSHAKEVITZ, piano +
Lyric baritone Konstantin Krimmel performs Schubert’s three iconic song cycles: Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise,and Schwanengesang over the course of a single week. Krimmel left audiences and critics enthralled in his North American debut at the Park Avenue Armory in February, performing a Schubert lieder-centered program with the superb pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz, who joins him here. Krimmel has earned raves across Europe for his pure, pliable voice, commanding presence, huge dynamic range, and deep expressivity. In a still early career, he is already establishing himself as one of the great lieder singers of our age.

Sat, Dec 6, 2025, 5pm | Sun, Dec 7, 2 pm | Mon, Dec 8, 7:30 pm
THE LOVERS, THE DREAMERS & ME: The Songs of Paul Williams
“We’ve Only Just Begun,” “You and Me Against the World,” “Rainy Days and Mondays,” “An Old Fashioned Love Song,” “I Won’t Last a Day Without You” – just some of the indelible hits that dominated the pop charts in the 1970s and remain unforgettable – all written by Paul Williams. In a show at the very essence of Lyrics & Lyricists, the Oscar- and multi-Grammy Award-winning songwriter joins us for a one-of-a-kind celebration of his music, and the stories only he can tell. Two-time Tony Award winner Christian Borle (Some Like It Hot) leads the creative team as director and co-writes with Williams and Broadway’s Skye Mattox. Williams’ songs have been recorded by music icons including Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, and countless others.

Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 7:30 pm
BRENTANO STRING QUARTET
The Brentano String Quartet has been at the forefront of American chamber music for more than three decades, hailed for their fierce intelligence, probing interpretative style, luxurious sound, and more. The ensemble returns to 92NY for their first performance since 2019 with a program emblematic of their musical perspective. The concert is bookended by Schubert’s lyrical Romantic masterpiece the “Rosamunde” Quartet and the third of Beethoven’s brilliant “Razumovsky” Quartets. Adding dimension in between is contemporary composer Timo Andres’ joyful, playful micro string quartet Machine, Learning. The Brentano Quartet has been reimagining the standard concert program since their earliest days.

Sat, Dec 13, 2025, 7:30 pm
JAY CAMPBELL, cello
CONOR HANICK, piano**
New-music luminaries cellist Jay Campbell and pianist Conor Hanick present the world premiere of the final chapter of Brazilian composer Marcos Balter's Three Enigmas. The concert completes a creative journey through three interconnected works commissioned by 92NY and launched in February 2020 with the artists’ stunning performance of Balter’s evocative “Kerning” and continued in the fall of 2023 with the world premiere of Three Enigma’s second component, “Reticulárea.” Campbell and Hanick premiere the final link in this inspired work, the first-ever performance of Three Enigmas in its entirety.

Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 7:30 pm
SHARON ISBIN, guitar
Multi-Grammy Award winner Sharon Isbin is a guitar legend and a pioneer in shaping the legacy of her instrument. She returns with music born of personal passions, repertoire-expanding works composed for her, and guitar classics she has made her own. Central to the program is John Duarte’s moving Joan Baez Suite – written for Isbin and inspired by songs associated with one of her musical heroes, including “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “House of the Rising Sun,” “Barbara Allen,” and others. The work appears on Isbin’s Grammy-winning Journey to the New World, which features Baez on two tracks. “Sharon’s exquisite playing allowed me to revisit and fall in love with these songs all over again,” says Baez. Isbin’s virtuosity is on brilliant display in works written for her by Tan Dun and Bruce Macombie, which push the guitar to new realms, and the full range of her artistry is showcased in a pair of masterworks by Paraguayan guitar master Agustin Barrios.
Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 2 pm
JESSICA VOSK, vocals
SLEIGH
NYC’s holiday lights gain a megawatt bulb this season, when Broadway sensation Jessica Vosk performs music from her sparkling album, SLEIGH. Vosk has stolen hearts on Broadway and in concert and earned raves for her performance in 92NY’s 2023 Lyrics & Lyricists production California Dreamin’. She brings her warmth, wit, and wicked talent back with a swinging 10-piece band for this concert of holiday treats and mashups. Hear Vosk’s unique takes on “Winter Wonderland,” “All I Want for Christmas is You,” “The Twelve Gays of Christmas,” a Channukah song or two, and more – all of it radiating her unique brand of joy.

Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 7:30 pm
JULIA BULLOCK, soprano
SETH PARKER WOODS, cello
CONOR HANICK, piano**
Three of music’s most forward-thinking and genre-blurring young stars – Grammy-winning vocal superstar Julia Bullock, renowned cellist and musical explorer Seth Parker Woods, and acclaimed pianist Conor Hanick – share their compelling new collaborative program. The artists open with the premiere of a new work and 92NY co-commission by the brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León. Also on the program: André Previn’s Four Songs for Soprano, Cello, and Piano, Previn’s song cycle set to poems by Toni Morrison, and the follow up to his acclaimed Honey and Rue; George Walker’s Cello Sonata, a work Woods has championed and called “a lesser-known masterpiece;” selections from John Tavener’s haunting Akhmatova Songs, music by Ravel, and songs by Nina Simone.

Thu, Jan 29, 7:30 pm
AN EVENING WITH LAURA BENANTI
The sublimely talented Tony Award winner Laura Benanti steals hearts with every role she plays: on Broadway, as Maria in The Sound of Music, opposite Antonio Banderas in Nine, as Louise in Gypsy, and in other hits from Into the Woods to My Fair Lady to She Loves Me and on television with her roles in Younger, The Gilded Age, and more. And on late-night television, channeling Melania Trump in the hilarious, brilliant recurring role on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that introduced her to millions. Benanti performs a one-night-only concert of musical theater and personal favorites –she joins us with her soaring soprano, razor-sharp wit and, just possibly, a scoop of “Vanilla Ice Cream.”

Tue, Feb 3, 2026, 7:30 pm
FREDDIE BALLENTINE, tenor +
KUNAL LAHIRY, piano +
Our People 
Grammy Award-winning tenor Freddie Ballentine has captivated audiences at the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, Washington National Opera and beyond with his powerful voice and dramatic depth. Pianist Kunal Lahiry has earned acclaim for his performances at Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie, the Kennedy Center, and more. The artists share a commitment to amplifying queer voices and stories, and they bring their compelling artistry and charismatic stage presence to this cross-genre program exploring Black and LGBTQ experiences through song. Arranged in pillars representing isolation, damnation, remembrance, and finally, revolution, and featuring music ranging from spirituals to songs by Copland, Ricky Ian Gordon, Schubert, Gershwin, Nina Simone and others, the concert takes listeners on a formidable journey, leaving them at their destination: hope.

Wed, Feb 4, 2026, 7:30 pm
ARTURO SANDOVAL
Ten-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban American jazz legend Arturo Sandoval is celebrated for his intoxicating blend of Cuban rhythms and modern jazz. The trumpeter/pianist/composer defected to the US more than 30 years ago with the help of his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, and his legacy includes a lifelong commitment to bridging cultures through music – he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama. A consummate musician and irrepressible entertainer, Sandoval’s septet plays a night of the fiery, virtuosic music-making that is his signature.

Fri, Feb 6, 2026, 7:30 pm
PEDJA MUŽIJEVIĆ, piano
Homage to Mixtapes
Pianist Pedja Mužjević – acclaimed for his technical virtuosity, keen intelligence, and refined sensibility – celebrates the joy and creativity of mixtapes in real time, in a spirited performance of music by composers from Haydn to Philip Glass.

Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 2 pm
RICHARD O’NEILL, viola
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano
Grammy Award-winning soloist and violist with the world-renowned Takács Quartet Richard O’Neill joins eminent pianist Garrick Ohlsson for a rare program of viola-piano duets and solos. Hailed by the Times (London) for his “ravishing” playing, O’Neill is quickly establishing himself as one of the great instrumentalists of his generation, collaborating with esteemed artists including Danil Trifonov, Emanuel Ax, Steven Isserlis, and others, and raising the profile of his instrument in the concert space. O’Neill and Ohlsson perform an afternoon of music-making with repertoire gems including Schubert’s lyrical “Arpeggione” Sonata and Rachmaninoff’s lush Cello Sonata.

Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 7:30 pm *, **
JESSIE MONTGOMERY, violin +
JLIN, electronics +
THIRD COAST PERCUSSION +
Jessie Montgomery – the visionary Grammy Award-winning violinist and composer “making sparks fly” (The New York Times) – presents a dynamic collaboration with the Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion (TCP) and phenom composer/performer Jlin. Their spellbinding program showcases Montgomery first as composer, with TCP performing a transcription of a suite from her In Color, then as violin soloist, performing Lou Harrison’s tour-de-force violin and percussion concerto inspired by the Javanese gamelan. The concert concludes with a world premiere by Jlin, whose music has been called “the sound of a far-out utopia” (Clash Music). The work is written for and performed by TCP, with Jlin creating mind-blowing electronic soundscapes in real time.

Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 7:30 pm
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, piano
Marc-André Hamelin is celebrated for his extraordinary feats of pianism, consummate musicianship, and shining a light on forgotten composers. He brings it all to our stage, beginning with a Haydn sonata – the focus of his recent recording project of the composer’s complete sonatas. In a wide-ranging program reflective of Hamelin’s wide-ranging musical vision, Haydn is followed by a Frank Zappa song and an obscure 12-tone work by German-Jewish-American early modern composer Stefan Wolpe. The recital culminates with two Rachmaninoff jewels, including one of Hamelin’s signature works, the Piano Sonata No. 2 – a sweeping, virtuosic showpiece, and music that finds Hamelin in his element.

Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 2 pm
DUBLIN GUITAR QUARTET
The brilliant Dublin Guitar Quartet is the first classical guitar quartet dedicated entirely to contemporary music – expanding the guitar-quartet repertoire by commissioning new music and adapting contemporary classical works. The ensemble has earned raves for their enthralling and organic adaptations of music by composers including Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, and others, and they join us with their extraordinary adaptation of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The quartet reimagines the work – based on Stravinsky’s own piano version – as they give new expression to a masterpiece of modernism through the wide color palette and capabilities of four guitars.

Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 5 pm | Sun, Mar 1, 2 pm | Mon, Mar 2, 7:30 pm
STARDUST: From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway
Lyrics & Lyricists
Triple Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall – beloved for her work on shows including Anything Goes, The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town, and more – leads a starry new show celebrating the songs and era that paved the way for Broadway. The Tin Pan Alley songbook was written by soon-to-be-giants including Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, George M. Cohan, Dorothy Fields, George Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, and many more, and is filled with gems including “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “It Had to Be You,” “Pennies from Heaven,” and scores of others, including “Stardust” – dubbed “The Song of the Century,” and the most recorded of all time.

Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:30 pm
LE CONSORT+
THÉOTIME LANGLOIS DE SWAARTE, baroque violin
SOPHIE DE BARDONNECHE, baroque violin
HANNA SALZENSTEIN, cello
JUSTIN TAYLOR, harpsichord
The four outstanding young musicians of Le Consort have already established themselves as stars of the early-music world. The Paris-based ensemble is led by baroque violinist Théotime Langlois de Swaarte, who also plays with the esteemed Les Arts Florissants, and whose dazzling talent has made him one of today’s most heralded violin soloists. Co-founder of the ensemble is another young star of his instrument, the extraordinarily gifted French-American harpsichordist Justin Taylor. Le Consort specializes in the various styles of the trio sonata, and brings a blend of music by Baroque masters Bach, Telemann, Geminiani, and Albinoni and exciting rarities to their highly anticipated NYC debut.

Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:30 pm
SÉRGIO AND ODAIR ASSAD
Final career concert as a duo
The world’s preeminent guitar duo performs their final concert together, bringing their unparalleled artistry and spellbinding ensemble playing back to the stage that helped launch them more than four decades ago. Brazilian brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad have been essential to the evolution of the art of the guitar around the world. A major prize win at the Young Artists Competition in Bratislava in 1979 began their international career, which launched in New York City with a concert on our stage in January 1980. The duo returned many times over the years, through a career that found them collaborating with artists from Yo-Yo Ma to Gidon Kremer, expanding the repertoire with new works created for them by Astor Piazzolla, Terry Riley, and many others. The Assads planned their entire farewell-as-a-duo tour to end on the stage that helped introduce them.

Thu, Mar 19, 2025, 7:30 pm
AN EVENING WITH BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL
Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has been enchanting audiences with his magnificent baritone and magnetic charm for more than 40 years. “Stokes” has dazzled on Broadway in Kiss Me, Kate; Man of La Mancha; Ragtime; and more, on screen in Glee, tick, tick… BOOM!!; The Gilded Age; and many others, and in concert, on the stages of the Kennedy Center, the Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall, and more. He performs music from a personal songbook spanning Broadway, jazz, and more in this one-night-only solo concert.

Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:30 pm
JACK QUARTET*
JACK Quartet continues to thrive as one of the freshest and most vital forces in new music. The quartet – violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Jay Campbell – returns with music from their JACK Studio initiative, dedicated to supporting and commissioning the work of emerging composers. JACK Quartet is at the forefront of expanding the modern repertoire for string quartet.  

Wed, Mar 25, 7:30 pm
ALEXI KENNEDY, violin
JANICE CARISSA, piano
Dreams/Visions
Violinst Alexi Kenney combines sumptuous playing with panoramic programming that makes every concert a deep and rich musical journey. His 2020 92NY recital paired Bach partitas with contemporary works by Kurtag, Saariaho, and others, and was a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Kenney returns with rising star phenom pianist Janice Carissa with their program Dreams/Visions featuring works to be announced.

Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:30pm
RAFIQ BHATIA, guitar
RILEY MULHERKAR, trumpet
IAN CHANG, percussion
Environments
“Rafiq Bhatia is writing his own musical language,” wrote the Times about the genre-defying guitarist, producer, and co-composer of the gritty, beautiful score for the Academy Award-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once. Bhatia works across disciplines, creating beguiling music with and for artists from the Kronos Quartet to Vijay Iyer to Cécile McLorin Salvant, and traversing jazz, rock, Indian influences, and more. He joins us with acclaimed trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and renowned percussionist Ian Chang (Son Lux) with music from his new album Environments – a captivating project Bhatia says, “conjures worlds of improvised, organic sound that bloom, melt, crackle and combust,” creating “an otherworldly portrait of the world around us.”

Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 2 pm
ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
JEREMY DENK, piano
Two renowned favorites, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and pianist Jeremy Denk, join forces for Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto – a rare concerto performance by Denk and fabulous showcase for his brilliance and wit. Orpheus opens with the chamber symphony version of Schubert’s final piano sonata.

Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:30 pm
PACIFICA QUARTET
SIGOURNEY WEAVER, narrator *, **
Revolutionary Portraits: Our Better Angels
Oscar-nominated film icon Sigourney Weaver joins the Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet for a powerful evening of music and storytelling celebrating American resilience and transformation. Their program is centered on two world-premiere commissions for narrator and string quartet honoring visionaries who helped shape our nation – champion of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is celebrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon; environmental trailblazer Rachel Carson by Grammy nominee Gabriela Lena Frank, whose first opera premieres at the Met in May. The evening culminates in Weaver’s reading of an excerpt from one of Beethoven’s letters before a performance of his Op. 130 Quartet and groundbreaking Grosse Fuge – a revolutionary masterpiece that reinforces the spirit of this inspiring program.

Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 7:30 pm
PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, piano
BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
In his second 92NY recital of the season, Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs Book II of Bach’s towering The Well-Tempered Clavier. A renowned interpreter of a wide classical music repertoire, Aimard’s immersion in contemporary music and ongoing exploration of the ideas of composers, including Boulez, Messiaen, Ligeti, and others, informs his own ideas about Bach and what he brings to his music.

Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 7:30 pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello
CONNIE SHIH, piano
World-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis follows his summer performances with Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk, returning with award-winning pianist and longtime collaborator Connie Shih. Isserlis has a deep love for Schumann, and the duo’s program includes the composer’s dreamy “Fantasy Pieces,” Kabalevsky’s striking and compelling Cello Sonata, written for Rostropovich, and more before Beethoven’s Third Cello Sonata – the first equal sonata for cello and piano – and a work Isserlis says is “suffused with joy and love of life.”

Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 2 pm *
ROOMFUL OF TEETH +
GABRIEL KAHANE, piano and vocals
Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth was founded “to mine the expressive potential of the human voice.” They bring their exquisite artistry to their first 92NY appearance, joined by acclaimed composer and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane, whose work The New Yorker has called “an exercise in lyric beauty.” Together they present the New York premiere of Kahane’s Elevator Songs, composed for Roomful of Teeth to celebrate the extraordinary individual voices in the ensemble. “The boundaries of the human voice are never what they seem,” says Roomful of Teeth.

Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 7:30 pm
MAKAYA MCCRAVEN
In These Times
Drummer, producer, and composer Makaya McCraven creates music Pitchfork heralded as “a genuinely new development in the fertile interzone between hip-hop and jazz.” He joins an ensemble of stellar musicians for a performance of music from his brilliant 2022 album, In These Times, plus new material. In These Times was met with universal acclaim upon its release, commanding spots on many “year’s best” lists, including being named one of The New York Times’ best jazz albums of the year alongside Cécile McLorin Salvant and others. Downbeat named McCraven one of 25 performers who could “shape jazz for decades.” McCraven blends jazz improvisation with the electronic manipulations of hip-hop in an intoxicating language all his own.

Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 7:30 pm
ROBIN PECKNOLD
The Music of Judee Sill
Lyrics & Lyricists Special Event
Lead singer of the indie-folk band Fleet Foxes, Robin Pecknold is dedicated to furthering the legacy of his musical heroes. Joni Mitchell is one of them. The brilliant, long-forgotten Judee Sill is another and Pecknold offers an intimate solo concert of her music. Judee Sill was the first artist that music industry icon David Geffen signed to his Asylum label in 1971. She would soon be joined by Linda Ronstadt, the Eagles, Jackson Browne, and others who would go on to become legends. Sill landed on the cover of Rolling Stone and earned critical acclaim, but never saw commercial success, dying of a drug overdose in 1979. Half a century later, the documentary Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill has captured her extraordinary music and tragic, troubled life, and Pecknold is part of a new generation of artists rediscovering the wholly original music Sill herself described as “occult-holy-Western-Baroque gospel.” Discover one of the great songwriters of the 1970s through one of indie folk’s most highly regarded creative forces.

Sat, May 2, 2026, 2 pm
ISIDORE STRING QUARTET
The spectacular Isidore String Quartet has quickly catapulted from budding ensemble to breakout quartet to one of the world's most in-demand chamber groups. They return following their triumphant NYC mainstage debut in 2024. The NYC-based quartet is heavily influenced by the legendary Juilliard String Quartet and the idea of “approaching the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly established.” Their program features a new work by American composer Billy Childs, whose music has been championed by artists from Esa-Pekka Salonen to the Kronos Quartet – and by the Isidore String Quartet since their inception.

Wed, May 6, 2026, 7:30 pm
ERIN MORLEY, soprano +
LAWRENCE BROWNLEE, tenor
MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano
Golden Age
The high note(s) of the season! Two of the opera world’s brightest stars and premier bel canto singers of our time, soprano Erin Morley and tenor Lawrence Brownlee sing with pianist Malcolm Martineau for an evening of vocal pyrotechnics and delights. Met Opera favorites, Morley has been hailed for her “stratospheric high notes and flawless musicality” (Financial Times), Brownlee for his “ben canto brilliance” and “tour de force of tenor genius” (The New Yorker). Morley, who makes her first 92NY appearance with this concert, is a fan favorite, her radiant coloratura bringing the house down with every performance. Brownlee returns following a rapturous 2021 concert of bel canto duets and Rossini barnburners with tenor Michael Spyres, hailed by The New York Times as “thrilling.”

Sat, May 9, 2026, 7:30 pm
PAVEL KOLESNIKOV, piano +
Siberia-born, London-based pianist Pavel Kolesnikov became a sensation when he took home the world’s largest piano prize at the Honens International Piano Competition. His Wigmore Hall debut elicited a five-star review from The Telegraph. Two appearances at the Park Avenue Armory in 2023 prompted The New York Times to write, “A stalwart of the London music scene, [Kolesnikov] has been virtually absent from New York’s stages. He shouldn’t be,” hailing both his piano artistry and deep-thinking programming. He weaves through lines from the French Baroque to Chopin and more in a program that is the ideal introduction to a poet of the piano already making his mark.

Thu, May 14, 2026, 7:30 pm
GABRIELA MONTERO, piano
The dazzling, internationally renowned pianist Gabriela Montero returns to 92NY with a recital of Spanish and Spanish-inspired music. Her evocative program features works by Albéniz, Granados, and others, including rarely performed miniatures composed by the greatest Spanish pianist of the 20th century – the legendary Alicia de Larrocha. Born in Venezuela, Montero lives in Barcelona. And this music lives in her heart.

Sun, May 17, 2026, 2:00 pm
CURTIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
ERIN KEEFE, violin
ROBERTO DÍAZ, viola
Barber’s beloved Adagio for Strings and Leonard Bernstein’s string orchestra arrangement of Beethoven’s F-Major String Quartet, Op. 135 bookend this program from Curtis Chamber Orchestra. Reflecting on the Beethoven, classical music critic David Patrick Stearns wrote, “the sound of massed strings gives the music a grandeur always implied but never realized by conventional string quartet performances.” Acclaimed violinist and Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Erin Keefe and viola royalty Roberto Díaz join the ensemble for Mozart’s sunlit Sinfonia Concertante.

Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 7:30 pm
AN EVENING WITH ADRIENNE WARREN
Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren’s electrifying portrayal of “The Queen of Rock & Roll” in Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner Musical was hailed by The New York Times as “star-making,” and left critics reaching for superlatives. Warren is currently lighting up Broadway again, starring opposite Nick Jonas in the Broadway hit The Last Five Years. Catch her in an up-close-and-personal show as she brings her powerhouse talent to a one-night-only evening of music across pop, Broadway, and jazz. 

Sat, Jun 6, 2026, 5pm | Sun, Jun 7, 2 pm | Mon, Jun 8, 7:30 pm
CELEBRATING ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN
EVERY KIND OF LIGHT: The Love and Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman
Lyrics & Lyricists
“The Way We Were,” “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” – the songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman are an indelible part of the American Songbook – made unforgettable by music superstars from Barbra Streisand to Frank Sinatra to Ray Charles to Sting. Lyrics & Lyricists favorites Billy Stritch and Ann Hampton Callaway lead this all-new show celebrating the enduring genius of one of the greatest lyric-writing teams of all time.
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