HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH:
Summer for the City, June 10-August 8
The Stone Residencies
Cyro Baptista, June 3-6; Anthony Coleman, June 10-13; Simon Hanes, June 17-27
RECOMMENDED OUT-OF-TOWN EVENT:
75th Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen), May 15-June 21
WEDNESDAY, June 3
8:30pm Sado Island
Kaoru Watanabe (percussion, flute, vocals) yuniya edi kwon (violin, vocals) Yuka Yamamoto (voice, ukulele) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass, oud) Cyro Baptista (percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
June 3-5
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Music by Gabriela Lena Frank
Libretto by Nilo Cruz
Frida – Isabel Leonard
Diego – Carlos Álvarez
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: from $49
THURSDAY, June 4
7 PM New Moons: World Premieres by the 2025-26 Luna Lab Fellows
Performers:
International Contemporary Ensemble
Modney, violin
Emmalie Tello, clarinet
Clara Warnaar, percussion
Erika Dohi, piano
Program:
Chloe Kirk, A Foreign Form (World Premiere)
Vivian Fung, Down and Dirty (Mvmnt. II & III)
Faith Wesley, I Have Come to Set Fire (World Premiere)
Anchi Wang-Hall, Negative Spaces (World Premiere)
Brittany J. Green, Living is the journey of answering
Christabelle Kirkham, (when the leaves turn) (World Premiere)
Madeline Yang, though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea (World Premiere)
Angélica Negrón, A Través Del Manto Luminoso
Andromeda Wen, Echoes (World Premiere)
VENUE: Weill Music Room at Carnegie Hall
ADMISSION: free
FRIDAY, June 5
6PM Elliot Sharp – Feedback: Translations From The IrRational – Reading and Performance
VENUE: Property is Theft
ADMISSION: TBD
FRIDAY, June 5
6 pm Jenny Lin, piano
Program includes:
Charles Ives – Study No. 23
Crawford Seeger – Study In Mixed Accents
Virgil Thomson – Étude 10 Ragtime Bass From Ten Études
Morton Gould – Boogie Woogie Étude
Earl Wild/Gershwin – Étude 4 “Embraceable You”
William Bolcom – Étude Ii Recitatif From Twelve New Études For Piano
Philip Glass – Étude No. 6
Curtis Curtis-Smith – Étude No. 5 “Free And Easy”
Nico Muhly – Étude No. 3 “Running” From 3 Etudes
Augusta Read Thomas – V. Rain At Funeral — Homage To Morton Feldman
Matthew Aucoin – Étude 1. Rondo Which Devours Itself
Timo Andres – Moving Étude No. 3: “Everything Changes”
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30
FRIDAY, June 5
7:30 PM Josh Werner, Doug Wieselman, Ryan Sawyer, Ofir Ganon
VENUE: Cassette
ADMISSION: $15
FRIDAY, June 5
8 pm Conrad Tao, piano
David Lang – Cage
Elliott Carter – Two Thoughts About The Piano
Julia Wolfe – Compassion
Aaron Copland – Piano Sonata
Frederic Rzewski – Which Side Are You On?
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30
FRIDAY, June 5
8PM Pi Recordings 25th Anniversary Celebration: Tyshawn Sorey Trio // Matt Mitchell New Quartet
Matt Mitchell New Quartet
Matt Mitchell piano
Kim Cass acoustic bass
Peter Evans trumpet
Ches Smith percussion
Tyshawn Sorey Trio
Tyshawn Sorey drums
Aaron Diehl piano
Harish Raghavan bass
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $35-$45
SATURDAY, June 6
2pm Bahauddin Dagar: Asynchronous Duets
with Brandon Ross
VENUE: 873 Broadway, NY, suite 503
ADMISSION: $15
SATURDAY, June 6
6 pm Mikael Darmanie, piano
Aaron Copland – Piano Variations
Caroline Shaw – Gustave Le Gray
Tania León – Tumbao
Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Dream
Philip Glass – Mad Rush
Mikael Darmanie – Though I Walk (World Premiere)
Duke Ellington – Black And Tan Fantasy
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30
SATURDAY, June 6
7:30pm The Next Festival of Emerging Artists
Tommy Mesa, Cello
Andrea Casarrubios’ The Book of Signatures
Adeliia Faizullina’s 6, before she knew and after
Wang Lu’s Tangrams and Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s for love seemed easy at first
Aleksandra Vrebalov’s Ur Song
Clarice Assad’s Impressions
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: from $36.84
SATURDAY, June 6
8 pm Anthony de Mare, piano
Program includes:
Aaron Copland – Three Moods
Henry Cowell – The Banshee
John Cage – The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs; Nowth Upon Nacht
Conlon Nancarrow – Sonatina
George Crumb – Makrokosmos, Vol. 1
Morton Feldman – Intermission V
Harold Arlen / Keith Jarrett – Over The Rainbow
Meredith Monk – Railroad (Travel Song)
John Adams – China Gates
Laurie Anderson – Statue Of Liberty
Jon Batiste – The Gun Song / The Ballad Of Booth
Frederic Rzewski – Piano Piece No. 4
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30
SATURDAY, June 6
8:30 pm Sextet
Cyro Baptista (percussion) Brian Marsella (piano) Zé Luis Oliveira (sax, flute) Scott Kettner (drums) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass, oud) David Freeman (tablas)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
MONDAY, June 8
6:30pm Sandy Ewen – Solo Guitar
7:30pm Elliott Sharp – Octal Guitar – CD release Celebration
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free
THURSDAY, June 11
7:30 PM James McKain/Weasel Walter/Caleb Duval/Ipek Eginli, Sandy Ewen/Kevin Murray, Bookers (Luke Rovinsky/Caleb Duval/Michael Larocca)
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD
THURSDAY, June 11
8PM Caleb Wheeler Curtis Quartet
Caleb Wheeler Curtis – Saxophones, Trumpet, Juana Trujillo – Guitar, Sean Conly – Bass, Mike Sarin – Drums
Seeds Sounds Records Live Recording
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD
THURSDAY, June 11
8:30 pm Trio
Yoona Kim (ajaeng) Tom Rainey (drums) Anthony Coleman (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, June 12
7:30 pm Glenn Branca’s Symphony No. 13
Glenn Branca’s Symphony No. 13, aka Hallucination City
an orchestra of 100 electric guitar players
conducted by Reg Bloor
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: from $5
FRIDAY, June 12
8pm Either/Or: Music of Feldman, Cheah, Wolff
Program:
Victoria Cheah It has only shelves (2023)
Morton Feldman Bass Clarinet and Percussion (1981)
Morton Feldman Instruments 1 (1974)
Christian Wolff For Morty (1987)
Performers:
Stuart Breczinski – oboe & English horn
Lauren Cauley – violin
Victoria Cheah – electronics, composer
Russell Greenberg – percussion
Madison Greenstone – bass clarinet
Joseph Kubera – piano, celeste
Margaret Lancaster – alto & piccolo flute
Chris McIntyre – trombone
Chris Nappi – percussion
Aliya Ultan – cello
VENUE: The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew (520 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $12-23
FRIDAY, June 12
8PM Caleb Wheeler Curtis Quartet
Caleb Wheeler Curtis – Saxophones, Trumpet, Juana Trujillo – Guitar, Sean Conly – Bass, Mike Sarin – Drums
Seeds Sounds Records Live Recording
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD
SATURDAY, June 13
7 PM Concert of Pre-recorded Tapes of
Pandit Pran Nath performing Evening Ragas
Curated by
La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi
in a setting of
Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela
Light Point Drawings Nos. 28 and 29, Jung Hee Choi
VENUE: MELA Dream House
ADMISSION: $21-27
SATURDAY, June 13
2pm Bahauddin Dagar: Asynchronous Duets
with Anh Vo
VENUE: 873 Broadway, NY, suite 503
ADMISSION: $15
SATURDAY, June 13
7PM An Evening of Unfinished Work Hosted by Lisa Fagan & Lena Engelstein
VENUE: Coffey Street Studio
ADMISSION: TBD
SATURDAY, June 13
8PM James Ilgenfritz with Joe McPhee & AC Diamond
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $12-$17
SATURDAY, June 13
8PM Caleb Wheeler Curtis Quartet
Caleb Wheeler Curtis – Saxophones, Trumpet, Juana Trujillo – Guitar, Sean Conly – Bass, Mike Sarin – Drums
Seeds Sounds Records Live Recording
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD
SATURDAY, June 13
8:30pm Music From Sounding Board
Anthony Coleman (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, June 14
6:30 PM Outlier Presents: Steve Swell Quartet ft. William Parker/Rob Brown/Jeremy Carlstedt//Michael Foster and Chuck Roth Duo
VENUE: Property is Theft
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, June 16
7:30 PM Mise_En festival – Opening Night
Program
Daniel De Togni (USA/USA): Ritual and Evocation at the Stone Garden (2021)
David Lipten (USA/USA): Slipstream (2020)
Shoko Nagai (USA/Japan): Synthesis Magma (2023)
JungAh Lee (South Korea/South Korea): intatto (2024, rev 2025)
Maria Vittoria Agresti (Italy/Italy): Burnt (2025)
Justin Zeitlinger (USA/USA): spargens sonum (2023)
VENUE: VENUE: MISE-EN_PLACE
ADMISSION: $5-30
WEDNESDAY, June 17
8PM Matt Mottel: The Image Is a Seed
archival material, live performance, and digital media
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $17, free for members
WEDNESDAY, June 17
8:30 pm Quartet
Anthony Coleman (piano) Mat Maneri (viola) Billy Martin (percussion, drums) Simon Hanes (bass, baritone guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, June 18
7:30 PM SUTARInova + Shahzad Ismaily
SUTARInova:
Basia Songin – vocal, electro-folk bass, Polish frame drum
Kasia Kapela – vocal, violin, Polish frame drum
Filip Zakrzewski – dub, FX, electronics
Shahzad Ismaily – double bass, guitar
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: Free
FRIDAY, June 19
7PM and 9PM The Trio: Threadgill, Iyer, Prieto
Threadgill -woodwinds
Iyer -keyboards
Prieto -percussion
VENUE: Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $28-$165
FRIDAY, June 19
8PM Elias Stemeseder- Thomas Morgan Duo
Elias Stemeseder – Piano, Analog Synthesizer, Thomas Morgan – Acoustic Bass
Seeds Sounds Records Live Recording
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD
SATURDAY, June 20
2pm Bahauddin Dagar: Asynchronous Duets
with Aakash Mittal
VENUE: 873 Broadway, NY, suite 503
ADMISSION: $15
SATURDAY, June 20
7PM and 9PM The Trio: Threadgill, Iyer, Prieto
Threadgill -woodwinds
Iyer -keyboards
Prieto -percussion
VENUE: Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $28-$165
SATURDAY, June 20
7:30PM DoYeon Kim Quartet with Matylda Gerber, John Hébert, Satoshi Takeishi
DoYeon Kim – gayageum
Matylda Gerber – saxophone
John Hébert – double bass
Satoshi Takeishi – drums
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: Free
SATURDAY, June 20
8PM Elias Stemeseder- Thomas Morgan Duo
Elias Stemeseder – Piano, Analog Synthesizer, Thomas Morgan – Acoustic Bass
Seeds Sounds Records Live Recording
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD
SATURDAY, June 20
8:30pm The New Californians
Simon Hanes (bass, baritone guitar) Fred Frith (guitar) Ches Smith (drums) Nora Stanley (alto sax)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, June 21
5PM Jazztopad Festival – Hamid Drake & River Sisters
VENUE: Rizzoli Bookstore
ADMISSION: Free
SUNDAY, June 21
7:30PM and 9PM Jazztopad Festival – Tomasz Dabrowski -Elias Stemeseder – Henry Fraser – Jon Starks – Special Guests
VENUE: Close Up
ADMISSION: $25
MONDAY, June 22
8PM Fred Frith (gtr) Nora Stanley (sax) Simon Hanes (gtr)
VENUE: Lava Club (sold out)
ADMISSION: $30
MONDAY, June 22
10PM Fred Frith, Simon Hanes, Billy Martin
VENUE: Lava Club
ADMISSION: $30
MONDAY, June 24
8PM The 22nd Annual NYC in C
Qasim Naqvi, drums; Anna Abondolo, bass; Grey McMurray, guitar; David Grubbs, guitar; Zach Layton, 17-string bass; Modney, violin; Jessica Pavone, viola; Lester St. Louis, cello; Stuart Bogie, clarinet; Samantha Kocis, flute; Rebekah Fawn Heller, bassoon; Matana Roberts, saxophone; Ingrid Laubrock, saxophone; Chris Williams, trumpet; Chris Mcintyre, trombone; Seth Cluett, electronics; Levi Lu, electronics; Luisa Muhr, voice; Megan Schubert, voice; Sonia Megias, voice; Nick Hallett, voice; David Nagler, voice; Phyllis Chen, piano; Zeena Parkins, accordion; and more.
VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $25-$45
THURSDAY, June 25
6PM Ingrid Laubrock’s Grammy Season: Spirit, Fire, Fact
Ingrid Laubrock – saxophone
Brandon Seabrook – guitar
Shawn Lovato – bass
Tom Rainey – drums
DoYeon Kim – Gayageum
Miah Artola – Video Art
7PM Taborn / Reid
Craig Taborn – piano
Tomeka Reid – cello
VENUE: Abrons Arts Center
ADMISSION: $68+
FRIDAY, June 26
6 pm Marshall Allen & The Cosmic Future
Marshall Allen – saxaphone
Dave Burrell – piano
David Hotep – guitar
William Parker – bass
Darius Jones – saxophone
Andrew Cyrille – drum
Mickey Davidson – dance
Kamau Patton – video art
8:30pm Drake & Parker: Black Cherry
Hamid Drake – drums, percussion
William Parker – gimbre, doson ghoni, flute reeds
Josh Abrams – gimbre
Lisa Alvarado – art stills
9:25pm DoYeon Kim Quartet: Wellspring
DoYeon Kim – Gayageum
Henry Fraser – bass
Tom Rainey – drums
Laura Cocks – flute
VENUE: Abrons Arts Center
ADMISSION: $68+
FRIDAY, June 26
8PM Laurie Anderson: Republic of Love with Sexmob
VENUE: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield
ADMISSION: Free
FRIDAY, June 26
8PM Burton, First, Rigler
VENUE: Soup & Sound, 292 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, June 28
2pm Steve Swell’s Poetics of Improvisation: Songs From the Poetry Box
Steve Swell – trombone, spoken word
Ellen Christi – voice, electronics
Rob Brown – alto, flute
Jeremy Carlstedt – drums
William Parker – bass
Miah Artola – video art
3:00pm Dickey/Shipp / Lopez
Whit Dickey – drums
Matthew Shipp – piano
Brandon Lopez – bass
Julia Dratel – video art
4:10pm Short Cuts Trio – Rothenberg/ Courvoisier/Waits
Ned Rothenberg – reeds
Sylvie Courvoisier – piano
Nasheet Waits – drums
5:15pm Daniel Carter Celebration Black Octopus
Daniel Carter – reeds, horns
Ayumi Ishito – saxophone
Stalios Mihas , Dylan DelGiudice – guitar
Federico Ughi – drums
Hamid Drake – drums
William Parker – bass
Matthew Shipp – piano
Matt Lavelle – trumpet
Film by No Land & Miriam Parker
VENUE: Abrons Arts Center
ADMISSION: $68+
TUESDAY, June 30
8pm John Zorn’s Simulacrum
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $30-$40
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