Events

Strata evokes the layers of musical conversation seen in chamber music + the diversity of venue and repertoire experienced through these concerts. Stay tuned for more SFS Strata concert announcements in unique spaces across Santa Fe.

International Guitar Night (IGN), the world’s premier touring guitar festival, celebrates its 20th anniversary! This year’s lineup includes Mike Dawes, Cenk Erdogan, Olli Soikkeli, and Jim Kimo West.

Jazz chanteuse Alicia Olatuja --praised by Downbeat for her “full-bodied tone, precise pitch and personal engagement at the lowest whisper or highest wail--will astound you with her exquisite vocals, artistic versatility, and captivating stage presence.

At once dreamy and seductive, poignant and romantic, singer-songwriter Kat Edmonson’s “vintage pop” is like the Great American Songbook meets Turner Classic Movies. Her inimitable “fresh as a spring bouquet” (New York Times) music has topped the Billboard jazz charts and made her an NPR favorite.

Guest Conductor: Nir Kabaretti, Tuba Concerto featuring Richard White, Violin Concerto featuring Guillermo Figueroa, and Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 "New World."

The King’s Singers are back! Fresh off their 50th anniversary tour, this “immaculate” (Boston Globe) vocal sextet returns to Santa Fe for another magical evening at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Known worldwide for their “seamless blend and pitch-perfect, liquid tone” (Washington Post), these Emmy- and Grammy-winners span genre, emotion, and time in their spellbinding performances.

Named for Antonie Brentano, considered Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved,” the Brentano Quartet is the Resident String Quartet at the Yale School of Music, a position they formerly held at Princeton University. The London Independent raves that their performances are “passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding.”

Handel’s tale of intrigue and impropriety in ancient Rome receives its first Met performances, with star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as the controlling, power-hungry Agrippina and Harry Bicket conducting.

Gil Shaham, a foremost violinist of our time, will bring flawless technique, generosity of spirit and his Countess Polignac Stradivarius to a very special performance with long-time duo partner, pianist Akira Eguchi.

Hailed as “master of the guitar” by none other than Plácido Domingo, Spaniard Pablo Sáinz Villegas is the greatest guitarist of his generation.

The great bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel returns to the company for the first time since 2012, in the title role of the cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity.

Explore our wondrous planet through the lens of Claude Debussy and John Rutter. Celebrate Earth, our children, and their collective future, with the full Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, renowned soloists, and compelling multimedia visuals.