Events

Led by conductor Sarah Ioannides, the Pro Muscia Orchestra performs music by Manuel de Falla, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Mozart, with tenor Nicholas Phan joining for a newly commissioned work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis.

A passionate interpreter of Bach’s solo cello repertoire, Alisa Weilerstein makes her long-awaited Santa Fe recital debut with a performance of three of Bach’s solo cello suites.

New Mexico Jazz Festival Event. A journey through the first 50 years of jazz song, including the music of icons including Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. Featuring three guest vocalists and an alI-star jazz ensemble.

The Beatles meets modern dance meets a riotous explosion of color and sound in Pepperland! Created as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ seminal Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pepperland is an "utterly musical, entirely unexpected” (LA Times) dance masterpiece by Mark Morris, “the most successful and influential choreographer alive.”

The Dover Quartet was formed while the members were students at the Curtis Institute of Music. Its name pays tribute to Dover Beach by fellow Curtis alumnus Samuel Barber, a work that uses the sea as a metaphor for timelessness.

Featuring an entirely new quartet of guitarists, each performing in their own styles and traditions. Performers this year include Australian classical guitarist Stephanie Jones, Spanish flamenco star Jesús Guerrero, Canadian jazz guitarist Jocelyn Gold, and progressive steel-string guitarist Olli Soikkeli from Finland.

A Standing Witness is a monumental new collaboration between Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, created especially for the incomparable mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and the celebrated Music from Copland House ensemble.

The depth, sensitivity, and virtuosity of Richard Goode’s playing has been lauded for decades, making him one of today’s premier interpreters of Classical and Romantic piano repertoire.

Celebrating its 40 Anniversary, Japanese taiko-drumming troupe Kodo returns to the Lensic for a dramatic performance filled with pulsing rhythms, athletic virtuosity, and stirring passion.

Doktor Kaboom is having trouble picking his favorite science demonstrations, so he’s bringing them all! Unfortunately, there’s no way to do them all. Enter The Wheel of Science! Give the wheel a spin and wherever the wheel stops, that’s what’s next!

New Mexico Jazz Festival Event. Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez each started life in Havana then brought their talent and passion for music (Rodriguez on piano and Martinez on percussion) to the States.

A scintillating and affectionate multimedia portrait of the personal side of this charismatic, singularly public figure, this vibrant production has captivated sold-out audiences across the U.S. since it premiered at Lincoln Center.