Merkin Concert Hall

From the early 20th century to the present day, classical composers have responded to the jazz sounds that are so much a part of American culture. Lark Chamber Artists will ex...

For jazz musicians, he’s known by one name alone—“Miles.” A group of today’s top artists gathers to revisit On the Corner, Miles Davis’ epochal freestyle, improvisational funk...

A hymn to rivers and oceans stirs the heart and the imagination as the summer season draws near. Music by Elgar (including the magnificent Sea Pictures), Fauré, Guastavino, Ra...

A hymn to rivers and oceans stirs the heart and the imagination as the summer season draws near. Music by Elgar (including the magnificent Sea Pictures), Fauré, Guastavino, Ra...

Situated at the nexus of contemporary classical, jazz and rock and roll, The Bad Plus brings its all-out, uninhibited style to pop standards and its own compositions. They'll ...

Discover two excitingly different approaches to the dialogue between jazz writing and improvisation, touching on the history of jazz from the ragtime era to the present day. Y...

The great pianist Gil Kalish, Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players and the dynamic Argento Chamber Ensemble join us in celebration of Olivier Messiaen's 100th birthday fea...

Rounding out our celebration of Israel’s 60th, we will spotlight the long history of cantorial music, which has produced some of the greatest singers the world has ever known....

Get ready for a fiddle fest. Violinist and composer Mark O’Connor has synthesized classical and folk idioms to create a new kind of American music. At Merkin an all-star team—...

Two jazz composer/performers offer their own takes on 20th century classics. Flutist Jamie Baum plays Ives' Suite, inspired by Charles Ives’ haunting music such as Fourth Symp...

This New Sounds® Live special features Bang On a Can’s traditional offering of world premieres. Hosted by WNYC’s John Schaefer. For more information: http://kaufman-center.or...

The reigning master of jazz improvisation, Cecil Taylor has never been an artist to rest on his laurels. Combining brilliant piano invention with provocative verbal discussion...

The scintillating duo of Helena Bugallo and Amy Williams will offer two seminal works: Igor Stravinsky’s own four-hand arrangement of his orchestral masterpiece The Rite of Sp...

The lyricism of the Emerald Isle’s greatest writers, including Thomas Moore, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Paul Muldoon, as set to music by Beethoven, Britten, Balfe, Barber an...

Host John Schaefer continues the New Sounds® Live tradition of presenting music that reflects contemporary political realities. Pianist Sarah Cahill has commissioned a group o...

Songs in many languages trace the culturally diverse Jewish communities that flourished as the tribes of Israel spread out across the globe. Sephardic music set by Alberto Hem...

Composer/guitarist Joel Harrison, Bang On a Can cellist Wendy Sutter and sax legend Oliver Lake explore the common ground between classical, jazz and roots music. Wendy Sutter...

This adventurous synthesis of Midwest and Mideast spans the globe. Israeli bassist Omer Avital’s Ensemble offers a jazz synthesis drawing on elements as diverse as the Jewish/...