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Saturday November 3, 2018 at 8pm The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 E. Campus Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 Sunday November 4, 2018 at 3pm – with […]
Saturday November 3, 2018 at 8pm The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 E. Campus Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 Sunday November 4, 2018 at 3pm – with […]
This performance is featured as part of the Kennedy Center’s free daily performance series: http://www.kennedy-center.org/video/upcoming Si-Yo Music Society Foundation presents "Dazzling Strings," featuring Si-Yo Artists™ Virgil Boutellis-Taft (violin) and Jing […]
Usher in the New Year with a glittery celebration of singing and dancing that will delight the senses. Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert recreates the beauty of Vienna’s golden era and its elegance charms audiences […]
Friday, January 11 at 7:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 228 S Pitt Street Alexandria, VA 22314 James Ross, Music Director Tickets: $40 adult, $5 youth www.alexsym.org or 703-548-0885 Members […]
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 8 p.m. The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 E. Campus Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 3 p.m. […]
Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 3 p.m. – with pre-concert talk at 2:15pm George Washington Masonic Memorial 101 Callahan Drive Alexandria, VA 22301 James Ross, Music Director Tickets: $20-$80 adult, […]
Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 8 p.m. – with pre-concert talk at 7:00pm The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 E. Campus Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 3 p.m. – with pre-concert talk at 2:15pm George Washington Masonic Memorial 101 Callahan Drive Alexandria, VA 22301 James Ross, Music […]
Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 8 p.m. – with pre-concert talk at 7:00pm The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 E. Campus Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 3 p.m. – with pre-concert talk at 2:15pm George Washington Masonic Memorial 101 Callahan Drive Alexandria, VA 22301 James Ross, Music […]
Merlin's Island: Gluck’s clever opera is a light-hearted parody that takes nothing seriously. The Emperor of Atlantis: Death decides to teach mankind a lesson in this powerfully dramatic work. MERLIN'S ISLAND: Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck Libretto by Louis Anseaume, based on Lesage and D'Orneval's Le monde renversé Two Parisians are shipwrecked on an island […]
Steven Blier of NYFOS returns for his 25th Anniversary recital joined by Joseph Li at the piano and a cast of new and familiar faces. Stage Director Katherine Carter also returns to celebrate Blier’s legacy and breathe new life into the program he has crafted.
Merlin's Island: Gluck’s clever opera is a light-hearted parody that takes nothing seriously. The Emperor of Atlantis: Death decides to teach mankind a lesson in this powerfully dramatic work. MERLIN'S ISLAND: Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck Libretto by Louis Anseaume, based on Lesage and D'Orneval's Le monde renversé Two Parisians are shipwrecked on an island […]
Merlin's Island: Gluck’s clever opera is a light-hearted parody that takes nothing seriously. The Emperor of Atlantis: Death decides to teach mankind a lesson in this powerfully dramatic work. MERLIN'S ISLAND: Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck Libretto by Louis Anseaume, based on Lesage and D'Orneval's Le monde renversé Two Parisians are shipwrecked on an island […]
Merlin's Island: Gluck’s clever opera is a light-hearted parody that takes nothing seriously. The Emperor of Atlantis: Death decides to teach mankind a lesson in this powerfully dramatic work. MERLIN'S ISLAND: Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck Libretto by Louis Anseaume, based on Lesage and D'Orneval's Le monde renversé Two Parisians are shipwrecked on an island […]
The Harry Potter™ film series is a once-in-a-lifetime cultural phenomenon that delights millions of fans around the world. This concert will feature the National Symphony Orchestra performing every note from […]
NSO Music Director Gianandrea Noseda makes his Wolf Trap debut in a program including Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto, performed by acclaimed soloist Ning Feng, and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
An afternoon of opera highlights curated by the audience and sung by Wolf Trap Opera soloists. Come to the preshow reception* to vote for the arias of your choice! Each singer lists four arias in his jukebox, and the selection with the most votes is included in the performance. The result is a one-of-a-kind concert […]
“A remarkable cellist, with a piercingly beautiful tone and utterly pure intonation” – The Times Kian Soltani is a familiar face to many Washington Performing Arts patrons, having appeared in November of last season as a soloist in the “title role” of Strauss’s Don Quixote with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra—earning praise from […]
Music by Giachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Set and costumes from Houston Grand Opera The Barber of Seville is a co-production of Houston Grand Opera Association, Canadian Opera Company, Opéra National De Bordeaux, and Opera Australia. Figaro, Figaro, Figaro! One of the world’s most recognizable tunes from opera’s most beloved comedy. A wily barber […]
“China’s most venerable orchestra” (The New York Times) makes its Wolf Trap debut in a program led by Music Director Long Yu and featuring cellist and MacArthur Fellow Alisa Weilerstein. […]
“The Argus Quartet is finding fresh, thrillingly expressive possibilities and adding bold new colors to a canvas that has their clear signature on it.” – David Harrington, Kronos Quartet One […]
The ASO’s 2021-2022 season launches with a joyful noise as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy) is presented in collaboration with the Alexandria Choral Society led by Artistic Director […]
Maryland Lyric Opera’s Season of Verdi continues! Combining political intrigue, a dangerous love triangle, and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) shows Verdi at […]
Our season closer kicks off with award-winning, young French-Canadian American cellist, Romain-Olivier Gray’s performance of Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor. We’ll then embark on a musical voyage through iconic […]
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Trump Indictments,” an analysis of the prosecutors’ strategies and prospects for success, with Stephen A. Saltzburg, professor of law at GWU, former Justice Department official, and leading […]
Aria Cheregosha and Lauren Spaulding bring to the stage their Persian and Cajun heritage alongside their rigorous classical music training, challenging audiences' perception of the viola by breathing life into under-represented music for this under-represented instrument. Sharing the belief that “good music is good music,” the duo seeks to redefine classical music in an evolving […]
Join us for the final installment of our 2023-2024 Concert series, featuring Constantinople & Accademia Del Piacere, held April 7– 8, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. ET! The Persian setar master Kiya Tabassian and his renown Constantinople ensemble will join forces with the great viola da gamba virtuoso Fahmi Alqhai and his Accademia del Piacere, the leading […]
Journey from sorrow to triumph in mere moments with Brahms’ vivid Tragic Overture as CCS opens its penultimate concert of the season. The concert’s emotional adventure continues as Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade sweeps us away with drama and lush romance, showcasing the influences of 19th-century composers whose work he’d studied. And finally, we join Mendelssohn on his […]
Lucas Meachem’s vigorous baritone makes him exceptionally suited to his signature roles of Escamillo (Carmen), Il Conte di Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), and the title role in Don Giovanni, the latter in which he was extolled for being “Fabio-like in size, presence, beauty and personality” (Bachtrack) in a production with LA Opera. Together this […]
The critical accolades afforded to Seth Parker Woods are striking and illustrative. Described as a cellist of “power and grace” by The Guardian and of “prodigious technical gifts and sharp intellect” by The New York Times, Mr. Woods is a singular and powerful artist. His programming, and indeed his playing, challenge listeners to examine their […]
The National Chamber Ensemble (NCE) launches its 2025–2026 season with Parisian Dreams: Ravel and Saint-Saëns. This elegant evening transports audiences to the glamour and charm of turn-of-the-century Paris in a program celebrating French sophistication, lyricism, and innovation. The concert pays tribute to the 150th birthday of Maurice Ravel, featuring some of his most beloved and […]
