Performance Calendar

A musician, dancer, and cultural historian, Jorge Santiago Arce has celebrated the African roots of Puerto Rican traditions and shared them with audiences of all backgrounds. In this Stringfest performance, Arce teams with young strings players from across Boston to perform Puerto Rican and Latin American folk songs, arranged for strings and percussion. Don't miss this joyful day of discovery, connection, and cultural exchange. 

One of the great recital partnerships of our time, violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Akira Eguchi bring musical intelligence and irresistible chemistry to every performance—making extraordinary technical mastery appear effortless. 

Rob Kapilow, a live band, and two vocalists demonstrate the unique power of interpretation—exploring how Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson transformed popular film and Broadway songs into enduring jazz standards. 

Austrian pianist Lukas Sternath makes his Boston debut with a program built around Liszt's intimate transcriptions of Schubert Lieder—his playing praised for its vocal, singing qualities that summon deep reserves of emotion without sentimentality. 

Berklee Honorary Doctorate recipient Michel Camilo is a musical firestorm of heart, joy, and liveliness—making his Vivo Performing Arts debut with bassist Ricky Rodríguez and drummer Mark Walker in a performance you experience with your whole body. 

Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall have been making music together for 20 years. Joined by George Meyer, this trio brings the informal, joyful spirit of bluegrass festival picking to the concert stage—casually virtuosic, played at the highest possible level. 

Renowned for the pure, peerless structure of her interpretations, Mitsuko Uchida returns to Boston for the first time in a generation—commanding the Symphony Hall stage with a program spanning Haydn, Schoenberg, Mozart, Kurtág, and Schubert. 

From Havana's conservatories to stages across the Americas, Ahmed Alom is a rising force with a rousing vision. Transforming the piano into a crucible where Cuban rhythm, jazz intuition, and improvisational fire collide in real time, he's a must-hear artist.

Next-generation standouts the Isidore Quartet team with pianist Jeremy Denk for Brahms' Piano Quintet—the Isidores' emotional directness in electric stylistic interplay with Denk's searching restraint, preceded by Britten and Mendelssohn. 

Pianist Emmet Cohen's joyful, irresistible jazz welcomes millions through his beloved webcasts. Joined by vocalist Georgia Heers, whose velvety voice embodies jazz tradition, this concert delivers bigger sound with genuine warmth.