Chris Thile: "Live from Here"
D.C. audiences can attend a live broadcast of "Live from Here", American Public Media’s nationally syndicated, weekly variety show hosted by Chris Thile (of both Nickel Creek and the Punch Brothers). In this Concert Hall event, Thile welcomes an...
Ava DuVernay: Screening of "13th" With Live Music Performed by Jaso...
"DIRECT CURRENT" kicks off with a special screening of Ava DuVernay’s Oscar®-nominated documentary "13th", with Jason Moran’s powerful score performed live for the first time in collaboration with One Woman, One Vote 2020 Festival. Named for the...
Patti Smith, Jesse Paris Smith, and Rebecca Foon
Direct Current’s mainstage season draws to a close with an evening of music and poetry from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame punk icon and National Book Award-winning poet Patti Smith; her daughter, the composer, instrumentalist and activist Jesse Paris...
National Symphony Orchestra: Langrée Conducts Brahms/ Hough Plays B...
With its grand orchestration and stormy, romantic movements, Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto is a vital precursor to the composer’s “heroic” middle-period style, which the NSO explores later this season in "Beethoven at 250". Stephen...
National Symphony Orchestra: Kozhukhin Plays Grieg's Piano Concerto
Following his celebrated NSO debut last season, acclaimed Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin returns to perform one of the most-loved concertos of all time, Grieg’s Piano Concerto. Conducted by incoming Music Director for the Toronto Symphony...
Maurizio Pollini in Recital
After a popular performance during the 2016–2017 Fortas season, extraordinary Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini returns to the Concert Hall with a program celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday. The Grammy winner and Gramophone Hall of Fame...
National Symphony Orchestra: Eschenbach Conducts Boléro/Carpenter P...
Christoph Eschenbach returns once more to lead an all-French program featuring Ravel’s famous "Boléro". The sultry slow-burn never fails to excite audiences, unfolding with increasingly rich combinations in the longest-sustained crescendo of any...
NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops! with Leslie Odom, Jr. ("Hamilton")
Our annual tradition, complete with Santa, the joyful voices of The Choral Arts Society of Washington and even “snow!” Warm your spirit with fresh takes on comforting classics and sing-along favorites in the festively decorated Concert Hall. This...
NSO Pops: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"™ in Concert
Year Five begins! Between crushing on Cho Chang, studying for his O.W.L.s, and the ever-growing number of detentions from Professor Umbridge™, Harry Potter™ must find the time to discover the secret of his terrible nightmares. See _Harry Potter...
NSO: Dance-Inspired Program & Piazzolla
Tango. Ballet. Viennese waltz. Music and dance inspire each other and the audience in this diverse program of classical works connecting the two art forms. Noseda conducts Ellington’s jazz interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s lush ballet score, as well...
NSO: Noseda Conducts "Tristan and Isolde" — Act II
Don’t miss your first chance to witness Noseda, one of the world’s leading opera conductors, and the NSO perform the stunning music from "Tristan and Isolde", Wagner’s story of young lovers undone. A revolutionary work demanding singers of...
National Symphony Orchestra: Celebrating Slatkin at 75/Kern Plays R...
When former NSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin led the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, he commissioned a set of variations -- each from a different living American composer -- on the famous Paganini Caprice No. 24. In honor of Slatkin’s 75th...
National Symphony Orchestra: Fleming and Gilfry in an NSO Co-Commis...
One of the most celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming returns to the Concert Hall with Grammy®-nominated baritone Rod Gilfry. Under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda, they perform the D.C. premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner...
NSO Pops: "Nat King Cole at 100"
Celebrate the centennial of the late, great American music legend with a concert showcasing his seminal talents as a vocalist, pianist, and trailblazing icon. Conductor Michael Butterman leads the NSO and an all-star band in such timeless songs as...
NSO Pops: Jim James
Indie-rock savant teams up with one of the most distinguished orchestras in the country. Sign me up! Jim James and Teddy Abrams's new piece commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the National Parks Service and celebrates the natural beauty that...
Betty Buckley Stars in "Hello, Dolly!"
Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in "Hello, Dolly!" at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center -- the universally acclaimed smash hit that NPR calls "the best show of the year!" Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical...
Michael Bolton Joins the NSO in Concert
Grammy Award winner Michael Bolton joins the NSO for a one-night-only concert led by Stuart Chafetz. From “When a Man Loves a Woman” to “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” and more, Michael Bolton’s time, love and tenderness have created the...
"Unexpected Italy: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"
Music Director Gianandrea Noseda continues the Kennedy Center’s spring celebration of his home country in "Unexpected Italy". In his NSO debut, superb Swiss-Italian pianist Francesco Piemontesi lends his depth, intensity and sincerity to "Rhapsody...
NSO's "Mozart Forever I: Figaro & Haffner"
The National Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Mozart with a three-part concert series, and first up under the baton of Nathalie Stutzmann is the upbeat and instantly recognizable Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro", which has been heard in...
"Mozart Forever III: The Magic Flute" & “Jupiter” Symphony
The NSO concludes its "Mozart Forever" series with this program led by Nathalie Stutzmann that includes the glorious “Jupiter” symphony and the famous Overture to "The Magic Flute". The concert will also feature Principal Musicians Aaron Goldman...
All Hail Queen Latifah Live on Stage
Queen Latifah has done it all during a career that has seen her blaze new trails in rap, earn critical acclaim on TV and in film, and break barriers in the business world. Now, she adds her debut at the Kennedy Center to her impressive resume,...
Folk Trio I'm With Her With Verona Quartet
The female folk supergroup I'm With Her boasts a trio of Grammy winners -- Sarah Watkins (Nickel Creek), Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O'Donovan (Crooked Still) -- who've garnered stellar reviews for their exquisite musicianship, family-like chemistry...
NSO: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Be there when fate knocks at the door with the most famous four notes in symphonic history. Experience the memorable motif that changed music forever when Gianandrea Noseda returns to lead Beethoven’s legendary Fifth Symphony at the Kennedy Center...
Washington National Opera: A Storybook "Faust"
Desperate to regain the vitality of youth -- and with botox yet to be invented -- the aging philosopher "Faust" sells his soul to the devil and sets out to woo the lovely and innocent Marguerite -- only to discover the diabolically high price he's...
WNO's "Eugene Onegin": Tchaikovsky's Stunning Opera
The Washington National Opera revives its visually stunning production of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, complete with lush period costumes, majestic ballroom scenes and a dramatic duel. Based on Pushkin's sweeping novel, "Eugene Onegin" portrays the...
Duruflé "Requiem" - Monday, Jun 18, 2018 / 8:00pm
Sublime, introspective and thrilling ... these are the words most closely associated with Maurice Duruflé's Requiem Mass. This French masterwork for organ and choir intertwines ancient Gregorian chant melodies with impressionistic 20th-century...
Duruflé's "Requiem" at The Kennedy Center
Sublime, introspective and thrilling ... these are the words most closely associated with Maurice Duruflé's "Requiem" Mass. This French masterwork for organ and choir intertwines ancient Gregorian chant melodies with impressionistic 20th-century...
Trumpeter Chris Botti at The Kennedy Center
The "jazz-pop powerhouse" ("New York Times") returns! Beloved of millions of fans worldwide -- including the likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Herbie Hancock, Sting and his many past Washington Performing Arts audiences at the Kennedy Center -- trumpeter Chris...
Choral Arts Society of Washington: Rossini's "Stabat Mater"
Gioachino Rossini's rise to the top of Europe's opera scene was swift. He is considered one of the most famous opera composers in history and composed nearly 40 operas in 20 years, including "The Barber of Seville", "Otello", "La Cenerentola...
"Carmen" in Concert: Bizet's Passion-Fueled Masterpiece
Experience one of the world's most popular operas in a bold, new way: see "Carmen" through the eyes of her killer's mother. In John Constable's wickedly smart narrative, Don Jose's mother recounts her son's fatal affair with the woman who...
