The New York edit
Our concert selection is taking shape. Shows appear here once their details are checked.
Our concert selection is taking shape. Shows appear here once their details are checked. This is our growing New York selection. Follow each listing for checked practical information and the official source.
Broadway songs take on a different accent in this family-friendly English and Spanish programme. Luis E. Mora hosts, with Saúl Nache directing the music, making it an inviting first encounter with musical theatre.
Rio's choro tradition is the thread connecting Água de Moringa and singer Mariana Baltar. Their programme pairs instrumental writing with songs associated with lyricist Aldir Blanc, bringing a Brazilian listening session to the Atrium.
A concert staging revisits the 2016 musical about the groundbreaking 1921 Shuffle Along. Songs by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, Savion Glover's choreography and returning Broadway cast members put the work's musical legacy centre stage.
Vocalist Spilata turns a birthday into an evening of jazz singing, swing and house influences. The Atrium debut is a good choice for listeners who like their vocal jazz with a dance-floor impulse.
Two days introduce contemporary Portuguese culture through dance, film, conversation and live music. Friday brings Noiserv and dance works; Saturday moves from animation and Katherine Vaz's writing to Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift.
Bring a meaningful photograph, keepsake or object to a participatory workshop about personal histories. Theatre artists Arminda Thomas and Deneen Reynolds-Knott use shared memories to build a collective portrait of community.
The Young People's Chorus of New York City meets China's Guangdong Experimental Choir for an outdoor performance. This mid-autumn gathering puts young voices and cross-cultural collaboration at the centre of the plaza.
A fluffy cherry-blossom character fronts a six-piece band in this playful jazz performance for all ages. Blossom and the Shrub-Tones offer swing and bebop in an approachable family format.
Inuk singer Elisapie brings songs from Inuktitut into her Lincoln Center debut. Her reinterpretations of familiar rock and pop material in her mother tongue offer a personal route into language, memory and community.
Bogotá quartet Nicolás y Los Fumadores make their US debut with indie rock shaped by Colombian life. Their mix of post-punk and Latin American rock makes this an appealing discovery for guitar-band listeners.
Pianist Mathis Picard explores the musical inheritance of San Juan Hill with guests Godwin Louis and Marco López. The intimate studio setting suits a programme about the neighbourhood's overlapping cultures and sounds.
Mick Sullivan brings children's history podcast The Past and The Curious to a live audience. Stories, music and games revisit unusual historical firsts, with a format designed to make younger listeners curious.
Temple University's ensembles pair orchestral and jazz music with landscape and urban photography. The programme includes the Brubecks' Ansel Adams: America, John Clayton's TWO FIVE O: Reflections and music by Bernstein.
Philosophy meets performance in an evening about gender across the long Roman Empire. Artist Kinlaw joins scholars Kristina Milnor and Leonora Neville to explore people who challenged the expectations of their times.
Toshi Reagon curates a musical remembrance of her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon. Live performances and personal testimony connect the Sweet Honey in the Rock founder's work with her wider history of art and activism.
Mei Semones joins Japanese and English lyrics to guitar music that moves between jazz, bossa nova and indie pop. Her Lincoln Center debut is a chance to hear the Brooklyn songwriter's Animaru-era sound live.
Spain's Teatro Real orchestra brings Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez to New York with guitarist Juan Manuel Cañizares. Gustavo Gimeno conducts a programme also featuring Falla, soprano Adriana González and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
Chilean duo Emilia y Pablo bring their blend of Latin American folk and flamenco to their US debut. Guitars, voices and visuals connect musical traditions from across Spanish-speaking cultures.
Sekou McMiller & Friends turn Afro-diasporic social dance into an evening-length stage work. Live music drives connections between salsa, mambo, jazz, house and street dance in this New York premiere.
Countertenor Morten Grove Frandsen plays multiple roles in a solo opera about loneliness and online life. Its text draws on young people's social-media posts, giving this Danish work an unusually contemporary point of entry.
The Golden Night Concert marks its tenth anniversary with the Manhattan Philharmonic and conductor Steven Fei Fang. The announced guests include violinist Lu Siqing, pipa player Fang Jinlong and singers Huo Zun and Cheng Lin.
Moving Body–Moving Image explores migration through films built around movement and dance. Curated by Gabri Christa, this edition includes work by Carrie Mae Weems and Alesandra Seutin, with further programme details still to come.
Unsound brings three distinct approaches to experimental performance into one evening: FUJI|||||||||||TA with Ka Baird, an audiovisual set from Actress, and Team Rolfes' Mustang Speedrun. Expect sound, live visuals and virtual-performance techniques.
Two Polish-American collaborations share an Unsound bill. claire rousay and Martyna Basta present hotel room, while Keith Giant Claw Rankin and Julek ploski bring their audiovisual work CONTROL FREAK.
