Carnegie Hall

Witness the new musical partnership between superstar pianist Lang Lang and renowned soprano Angel Blue, a Carnegie Hall audience favorite. Hear “the world’s reigning dramatic soprano” (The New York Times) Nina Stemme in an exceedingly rare New York performance. Experience the luminous tenor of Piotr Beczała with pianist Helmut Deutsch in a recital of songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, R. Schumann, R. Strauss, and Grieg. This is a must-hear series in our grandest concert hall.

Three major opera stars make their Carnegie Hall recital debuts in Zankel Hall. Discover Asmik Grigorian, who has been astounding audiences worldwide in performances on some of the biggest concert and festival stages. American soprano Lisette Oropesa performs a program of Rossini, Ravel, Delibes, and more. Grammy-winning bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green showcases his dramatic prowess and versatility in a wide-ranging program of European, Russian, and American songs.

In the intimacy of Weill Recital Hall, discover four extraordinary singers as they make their Carnegie Hall debuts. This season, the history-making concert series features Elena Villalón, an outstanding recent soloist on Carnegie Hall’s largest stage; Brooklyn’s own Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, who has an “astonishingly beautiful” countertenor (The Guardian); BBC New Generation Artist Fleur Barron—called “a knockout performer” by London’s The Times; and Gabriella Reyes, a major rising star at the Metropolitan Opera.

From historic works to world premieres, the Metropolitan Opera’s famously versatile orchestra showcases its dramatic range alongside top soloists. Elza van den Heever sings in an all–Richard Strauss program; violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov is soloist in an all-Brahms concert; and Angel Blue performs Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah,” in a wide-ranging concert that also includes Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis, and the world premiere of Terence Blanchard’s orchestral suite from his acclaimed Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Conductors include music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Myung-Whun Chung.

Experience three of G. Mahler’s legendary symphonies performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Symphony No. 3 is the grandest of all, and it features one of the most powerful climaxes in music; mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and a large chorus of women and children are featured in this momentous performance. Mahler’s final completed symphony—his Ninth—is paired with an extraordinary song cycle by Jake Heggie with text by Margaret Atwood, performed by baritone Joshua Hopkins. The three-concert series reaches an unforgettable conclusion with Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, whose finale is punctuated by the iconic hammer blows.

Fifty years since its inception—and four decades since it was first presented by Carnegie Hall—New York’s Orchestra of St. Luke’s is now one of the most recognizable and prolific ensembles on our stages. The orchestra begins this season’s landmark series—its 30th consecutive subscription series at the Hall—with concerts led by two renowned conductors in their Carnegie Hall debuts: Louis Langrée (longtime music director of the Mostly Mozart festival) and Raphaël Pichon. The orchestra then performs a special pair of concerts led by its longest-tenured principal conductor, Bernard Labadie. Guest artists this season include Marc-André Hamelin, Sterling Elliott, Christian Gerhaher, Ying Fang, Ensemble Altera, La Chapelle de Québec, and more.

The United States is home to several of the world’s top orchestras, and this series presents four of them on the country’s most iconic stage for music. Hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel and cellist Alisa Weilerstein; the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Riccardo Muti; the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Andris Nelsons and pianist Mitsuko Uchida; and The Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst and soprano Asmik Grigorian in her Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage debut.

Experience four distinctive chamber-music highlights of the season—each programmed and performed by some of the repertoire’s greatest ambassadors. Pianist Mitsuko Uchida leads exceptional rising artists in music by Beethoven, Robert Schumann, and György Kurtág. The Prague Philharmonic Choir fills Zankel Hall with the singular sound of Czech choral music. In the intimate, in-the-round setting of Zankel Hall Center Stage, the Brentano String Quartet performs Haydn’s complete Op. 33 string quartets. The Danish String Quartet concludes its highly acclaimed Doppelgänger project, pairing a masterpiece by Schubert with a New York premiere inspired by it.

Contemporary sounds and timeless traditions from around the globe come together in this brand-new, genre-crossing concert series for the culturally curious. Singular jazz vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant performs her most daring and multifaceted creation yet: Ogresse. Legendary tabla master Zakir Hussain joins the Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion in a concert of New York premieres. Revolutionary vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth and innovative Tambuco Percussion Ensemble perform a one-of-a-kind double bill curated by the brilliant Gabriela Ortiz.

A vast and vibrant world of music awaits audiences in this three-concert series. Trio Mediæval and Catalina Vicens explore a book of breathtaking medieval sacred music nearly lost to time. Les Arts Florissants, led by violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte, celebrates 300 years of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Acclaimed harpsichordist Jean Rondeau returns as a member of the ensemble Nevermind, which makes its Carnegie Hall debut in a tribute to the groundbreaking French Baroque composer Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, among others.

These four concerts are envisioned by some of today’s most creative artists. The prolific American Composers Orchestra premieres multiple new works in a concert titled “The New Virtuoso: Borders.” The Attacca Quartet performs music by Carnegie Hall’s 2024–2025 Debs Composer’s Chair Gabriela Ortiz, including her acclaimed celebration of Mexico’s Day of the Dead. In the immersive Zankel Hall Center Stage, the groundbreaking Theatre of Voices sings a recent work by Michael Gordon and premieres new creations by Julia Wolfe and John Luther Adams. Alisa Weilerstein presents another chapter of her immersive FRAGMENTS project, blending new music by leading composers with J. S. Bach’s cello suites and innovative visual elements.