WEDNESDAY, April 1
7:30 and 9 PM Chet Doxas “Ceremonial”
Chet Doxas – Saxophone
Tim Berne – Saxophone
Ingrid Laubrock – Saxophone
John Escreet – Piano
Matt Pavolka – Bass
Tom Rainey – Drum
VENUE: Close up
ADMISSION: $27
THURSDAY, April 2
7:30 pm On the Hinge of Modernity: Music of Dario Castello & Luciano Berio
works by Dario Castello (1602–1631) and Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
Emi Ferguson on flute
Matthew Aucoin on piano and percussion
violinist/violist Miranda Cuckson
violinist Keir GoGwilt
cellist Coleman Itzkoff
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free
THURSDAY, April 2
8PM Taraka / Joanna Mattrey
Taraka / Joanna Mattrey | ISSUE Project Room
Joanna Mattrey – solo viola – at Record Shop in Red Hook – Sept 26 2019
SATURDAY, April 4
6PM Brandon Seabrook’s Banjo festival
Brandon Seabrook, guitar
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Zeena Parkins , electric harp
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, April 4
7:30 PM Concert of Pre-recorded Tape, Raga Darbari, The Just Alap Raga Ensemble
April 2026 Concert of Pre-Recorded Tape
VENUE: Mela Foundation
ADMISSION: $22-$28
MONDAY, April 6
6pm Eleonore Oppenheim: Bass Pairs
Repertoire:
Julia Wolfe Retrieve (2016) For Cello And Double Bass
Giovanni Bottesini Elegy No. 1 In D Major Arr. Oppenheim
Giovanni Bottesini Elegy No. 3 Arr. Oppenheim
Big Dog Little Dog Set Of Original Compositions
Glasser Duo Arrangements
Performers:
Eleonore Oppenheim, Bass
Cameron Mesirow, Voice
Jessie Montgomery, Violin
Ashley Bathgate, Cello
Nathan Koci, Accordion
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: free
MONDAY, April 6 – WEDNESDAY, April 29
Innocence
Music by Kaija Saariaho
Finnish libretto by Sofi Oksanen
Multilingual libretto and dramaturgy by Aleksi Barrière
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: from $35
THURSDAY, April 7
6 PM Cosmic and Divine Audiations: new works in premiere
Anne Dorothy Harley, soprano
Stacey Fraser, soprano
Leo Sussman, flute
Yasmina Spiegelberg, bass clarinet
Program:
“The Messenger” and “The Stars Look On” from The Shores of Eternity — Jack Van Zandt, text by Rabindranath Tagore
But Stars Remaining — Nicola LeFanu
Changing Light — Kaija Saarihaho
New work — Martim Galvao
The name of the sound and the sound of the name (2024) — Julian Bennett Holmes
Song Cycle for Mother Ann Lee (2012) — Christine Southworth (b.1978)
Pearls — Marta Gentilucci
VENUE: St. Paul’s Chapel
ADMISSION: free (advance registration required)
TUESDAY, April 7
8PM Caroline Davis // Matt Mitchell
Caroline Davis, saxophone – Organelle by Caroline
Matt Mitchell, piano – Illimitable and Sacrosanctity
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30
WEDNESDAY, April 8
7 pm Birthday celebration Band- gabby fluke-mogul & Melissa Almaguer duo
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
Melissa Almaguer – percussion/movement
8 pm Birthday celebration Band- gabby fluke-mogul, William Parker, Tcheser Holmes Trio
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
William Parker – bass
Tcheser Holmes – drum
9 pm William Parker PocketWatch Residency
William Parker – composition, conducting, double reeds, etc
Rob Brown, Aakash Mitta, Devin Waldman – alto
Alfredo Colon, Isaiah Barr – tenor
Dave Sewelson – baritone
Diego Hedez – trumpet
Colin Babcock, Masahiko Kono – trombone Colson Jimenez – bass
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
Hans Young Binter – piano
Ellen Christi, Kyoko Kitamura – voice
Patricia Nicholson – voice, spoken word
VENUE: Loove Annex
ADMISSION: $5- $25
WEDNESDAY, April 8
8PM Vicky Chow & Mivos Quartet perform Morton Feldman’s ‘Piano and String Quartet’
Vicky Chow piano
Mivos Quartet
Olivia De Prato violin
William Overcash violin
Victor Lowrie viola
Nathan Watts cello
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30
WEDNESDAY, April 8 – FRIDAY, April 10
7:30 Golda Schultz
Program:
Ives, The Unanswered Question
George Lewis, “…ohne festen Wohnsitz” (… without a fixed residence)
Floyd, The Trees on the Mountain, from Susannah
Stravinsky, No Word from Tom, from The Rake’s Progress
Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Barber, Second Essay for Orchestra
Artists:
Kwamé Ryan, Conductor
Golda Schultz, Soprano
Yarn/Wire Ensemble
VENUE: David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $57-132
THURSDAY, April 9
6 PM Gail Archer, organ
Program:
Fanfare — Bohdan Kotyuk (b.1951)
Benedictus: Song of Zachariah — Kotyuk
Piece in Five Movements — Tadeusz Machl (1922–2003)
Fantasia — Victor Goncharenko (b. 1959)
Passacaglia — Mykola Kolessa (1903–2006)
Chacona — Svitlana Ostrova (b. 1961)
Fantasie — Iwan Kryschanowskij (1867–1924)
VENUE: St. Paul’s Chapel
ADMISSION: free (advance registration required)
THURSDAY, April 9
8 PM Boston Symphony Orchestra
Performers
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, Music Director and Conductor
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Thomas Hampson, Bass-Baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Lisa Wong, Guest Choral Conductor
Program
John Adams, Selections from Nixon in China
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
VENUE: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $135
FRIDAY, April 10
7pm Acousitc+ | Ensemble Mise-En
composers:
Adam Mirza, Davor Vincze, Moon Ha
Performers:
Josh Perry (percussion) and Yumi Suehiro (piano)
VENUE: MISE-EN Place
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, April 12
10 AM The New Series | Satie’s “Vexations”
SATIE Vexations
An interdisciplinary performance
VENUE: Juilliard Station
ADMISSION: Free
SUNDAY, April 12
5 PM O Jerusalem (Crossroads of Three Faiths)
Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor, harpsichord
Conceived and Directed by Jeannette Sorrell
Featured Artists:
Sophia Burgos & Sonnya Headlam, soprano |
Aryssa Leigh Burrs, mezzo |
Jacob Perry, tenor |
Jeffrey Strauss & Edward Vogel, baritones
Daphna Mor, recorder, shawm, ney (Middle Eastern flute), vocals
Ronnie Malley, oud & accordion
VENUE: New York Society for Ethical Culture (2 West 64th St, NYC)
ADMISSION: $35-60
MONDAY, April 13
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program:
Joan Tower “Petroushskates”
Michael Tilson Thomas Street Song
Bernstein Dance Suite
Wynton Marsalis A Fiddler’s Tale Suite
Performers:
Ensemble Connect
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $29
TUESDAY, April 14
6:30 PM Michael Attias’s Renku
Michael Attias – alto saxophone
John Hebert – bass
Satoshi Takeishi – drums
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Ingrid Laubrock – tenor & soprano saxophones
Brandon Lopez – bass
Tom Rainey – drums
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD
TUESDAY, April 14
7 pm Vinnie Sperrazza / Sam Newsome
Vinnie Sperrazza– drums
Sam Newsome – soprano sax
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, April 14
7:30 PM Alisa Weilerstein: Fragments 5, Lament
new works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Gabriella Smith, Gerard McBurney, Mathilde Wantenaar, and Osvaldo Golijov are woven together with Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5, responsive lighting, and scenic architecture
Performers
Alisa Weilerstein, Project Creator and Cello
Elkhanah Pulitzer, Director
Seth Reiser, Scenic and Lighting Designer
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $50
WEDNESDAY, April 15
8PM Lea Bertucci & Norbert Rodenkirchen / Chris McIntyre
Lea Bertucci & Norbert Rodenkirchen / Chris McIntyre | ISSUE Project Room
The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity (Excerpt) by Lea Bertucci
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $14-$22
WEDNESDAY, April 15
8 PM Lukas Ligeti’s Notebook: CD Release Concert
Lukas Ligeti’s Notebook: CD Release Concert – Roulette
Daniel Blake saxophones
Ricardo Gallo keyboards
Tom McNalley guitar
Eyal Maoz guitar
Adrianna Mateo violin
Rick Parker trombone
Lukas Ligeti drums, conducting
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30
FRIDAY, April 17
7:30 pm Boundless: Min Xiao-Fen and Julian Kytasty
album release of Min Xiao-Fen and Julian Kytasty’s Boundless, a spellbinding musical creation where Eastern musical worlds converge
Min Xiao-Fen, Chinese pipa
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium
ADMISSION: free
FRIDAY, April 17
7:30 PM Danish String Quartet
Program:
Caroline Shaw, Allemande From Partita For 8 Voices
Lotta Wennäkoski, “Vorüber, Ach, Vorüber!” From Pige (Girl)
Schubert, Theme From Andante Con Moto From String Quartet In D Minor, D. 810, “Death And The Maiden”
Anna Thorvaldsdottir ,”Þann Heilaga Kross” (“On The Holy Cross”) (Arr. Thomas Bryla)
Trad. “Kisti Du Kom” (“Kisti You Came”) (Arr. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen)
Trad. “Dronning Dagmars Død” (“The Death Of Queen Dagmar”) (Arr. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen)
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, “Once A Shoemaker” (Arr. For Girls’ Choir And String Quartet)
Astrid Sonne, “How Far”
Caroline Shaw, “And So” From Is A Rose (Arr. Charlotte Rowan)
O’carolan, “Captain O’kane” (Arr. Danish String Quartet)
Nielsen, “I Am Often Happy And Yet Want To Cry” (Arr. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen)
David Lang, In Wildness (Ny Premiere, Co-Commissioned By Carnegie Hall)
Performers:
Danish String Quartet
Danish National Girls’ Choir
Charlotte Rowan, Conductor
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $113
SUNDAY, April 19
2 PM Roomful of Teeth & Gabriel Kahane: Elevator Songs
vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth
Gabriel Kahane, Elevator Songs
Additional works to be announced
VENUE: 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: Starting at $45
SUNDAY, April 19
4 PM Carnegie Hall Citywide: The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Program
Saariaho, Cloud Trio
Brahms, String Sextet No. 2
VENUE: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library
ADMISSION: free
WEDNESDAY, April 22
7 PM S.E.M. Ensemble: Many Many Women
a curated version of Many Many Women (1975-1978) by Petr Kotík
texts by Gertrude Stein
VENUE: Bohemian National Hall Ballroom
ADMISSION: Pay What You Wish
WEDNESDAY, April 22
7:30 PM Australian Chamber Orchestra
Performers:
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, Director
Program:
John Luther Adams Horizon (World Premiere)
Schubert, String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” (arr. Richard Tognetti)
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $80
WEDNESDAY, April 22
8:30 PM Brian Marsella (keyboards) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Craig Taborn (keyboards)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, April 23
7:30pm Composer Portraits: Hannah Kendall
Repertoire
building a burning house (2026)
when flesh is pressed against the dark (2024)
Even sweetness can scratch the throat (2023)
Tuxedo: Diving Bell 2. (2021)
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: starting at $20
THURSDAY, April 23
8PM Interpretations: Thomas Buckner & James Ilgenfritz
Thomas Bucker – Voice
James Ilgenfritz – 5-string Contrabass
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15-$20
FRIDAY, April 24
8:30 PM Life of Brian
Brian Marsella (piano) Trevor Dunn (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, April 25
7:30 PM Kronos Quartet: Three Bones
Performers
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, Violin
Gabriela Díaz, Violin
Ayane Kozasa, Viola
Paul Wiancko, Cello
Quentin E. Baxter, Percussion
Laura Ortman, Electric Apache Violin and Vocals
Wu Man, Pipa
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $94
TUESDAY, April 28
6 pm Alice Teyssier And Friends: Adventures Of La Maupin
Adventures Of La Maupin, a new cantata-style work inspired by the life and legend of La Maupin, the late-17th-century queer opera singer and swordswoman renowned for her rapturous voice and fabled adventures
Performers:
Alice Teyssier, Voice
Michael Weyandt, Baritone
Peter Evans, Trumpet
Benjamin Katz, Harpsichord
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: free
TUESDAY, April 28
6 PM Music of Morton Feldman
Steve Long presents an evening of music by Morton Feldman, in celebration of the composer’s centennial.
VENUE: St. Paul’s Chapel
ADMISSION: free
TUESDAY, April 28
7:30 PM Deep Dive | Kathleen Supové
Program:
Piano Object for speaking pianist and electronics by The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker (World Premiere)
Tributaries II for piano and electronics by Hannah Selin (NY Premiere)
VENUE: MISE-EN_PLACE
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, April 28 and WEDNESDAY, April 29
7:30 pm Life Poem: Bob Holman with Mivos Quartet
“Call and Response” by Vito Ricci
conceived and designed by H. Paul Moon
music direction by Victor Lowrie Tafoya
lighting design by Rick Butler
VENUE: Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, NYC)
ADMISSION: $25
WEDNESDAY, April 29
8 PM Marty Ehrlich – 35 years in Music
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20
WEDNESDAY, April 29
8 PM Unbound Strings: Featuring DoYeon Kim & Firas Zreik
Firas Zreik, kanun (Mediterranean harp)
DoYeon Kim (gayageum and vocals) alongside Tom Rainey (drums), Laura Cocks (flute), and Henry Fraser (bass)
VENUE: Greenwich House Music School
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, April 30
7:30 PM Calder Quartet
Program
Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 2, “Company”
Johnston, String Quartet No. 4, “Amazing Grace”
Barber, String Quartet
Andrew Norman Sabina (Arr. For String Quartet)
Price, String Quartet No. 2
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $76
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