New to Vivo Performing Arts? Haven't attended one of our events before?
Vivo Performing Arts is committed to welcoming new audiences to our performances around greater Boston. You have a lot of choices for arts and entertainment, and we want to make it easier to say yes to attending your first Vivo Performing Arts performance, so you're invited to choose a show from the list below and get 2 amazing seats for just $20 each!
Come as you are: audience members wear clothing that they're comfortable in. Check out our venue pages for more information about each venue and what to expect!
No matter which show you choose, we hope you have a great experience and that it's just the first of many!
This offer is for one-time use by first-time buyers only, with new accounts created in August 2026 and later. Limit two tickets for any one performance on the list above, and select your own seats from a limited (but high-quality!) allocation. For accessible seating available with these offer terms, please contact the box office.
The 11-time Grammy-winning superstar bassist and four rising stars build irresistible grooves and dazzle with explosive solos in music that's sometimes swinging, sometimes funky, and always easy to like.
WED OCT 21 2026 8PM AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER
Pianist Igor Levit makes his Symphony Hall recital debut with an all-Beethoven program that reveals an icon's humanity. From Beethoven's early-career swagger to the luminous Waldstein sonata, Levit offers a statement of faith in the power of art.
SUN NOV 8 2026 3PM AT SYMPHONY HALL
Serbian-born, Paris-based violinist Nemanja Radulović and his Double Sens Chamber Orchestra move seamlessly between classical masterworks, folk traditions, and beyond, with striking charisma, agility, and emotional depth. The orchestra makes their U.S. debut with a performance of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
FRI NOV 13 2026 8PM AT NEC'S JORDAN HALL
Vancouver's Ballet BC arrives with a program that moves through tenderness, ecstasy, and raw human longing—20 dancers under artistic director Medhi Walerski bringing precision and a rare openness that will be a highlight of the season.
SAT NOV 21 2026 8PM AT CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE AT EMERSON COLLEGE
2026 marks the centennial of John Coltrane's birth. Coltrane 100 brings together saxophonists Joe Lovano and Melissa Aldana, pianist Leo Genovese, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts for a collective tribute to Coltrane's enduring influence.
SAT NOV 21 2026 8PM AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER
Berklee Honorary Doctorate recipient Michel Camilo is a musical firestorm of heart, joy, and liveliness. He makes a Vivo Performing Arts debut with bassist Ricky Rodríguez and drummer Mark Walker in a performance you experience with your whole body.
SAT JAN 30 2027 8PM AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER
Pianist Emmet Cohen has a gift—rare in any era—for making a concert ticket feel like a party invitation. His widely beloved Live from Emmet's Place webcasts, filmed in his Harlem apartment, welcomed millions to jazz with music that's alive, joyful, and utterly irresistible. Joining Cohen's trio is vocalist Georgia Heers—featured in Broadway's Good Night, and Good Luck—whose velvety, luminous voice is steeped in jazz tradition yet entirely her own.
FRI FEB 12 2027 8PM AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER
Violinist Stefan Jackiw, cellist Jay Campbell, and pianist Conrad Tao are three of today's most compelling soloists, and the Junction Trio is what happens when all three are in the same room. Beethoven's Ghost Trio opens the evening; a new work commissioned for the Trio by Andrew Norman follows; and Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio closes it.
SAT FEB 13 2027 8PM AT NEC'S JORDAN HALL
Audiences have come to expect from Víkingur Ólafsson not only performances of striking brilliance, but programs shaped with insight and intention. He marks Philip Glass's 90th birthday while drawing from his own Deutsche Grammophon discography, pairing Glass's etudes with selections from Rameau and Debussy.
SUN FEB 28 2027 3PM AT SYMPHONY HALL