Carnegie Hall

CARNEGIE HALL’S OPENING NIGHT GALA
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic kick off Carnegie Hall’s 2024–2025 season on Tuesday, October 8 with a festive gala performance featuring Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist Lang Lang as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, plus baritone Gustavo Castillo singing Ginastera’s Estancia. This Opening Night performance will be heard live by listeners around the world, broadcast on WQXR 105.9 FM in New York and streamed online at wqxr.org and carnegiehall.org/wqxr.

Mr. Dudamel and the Philharmonic return for two additional consecutive evenings. On October 9, they present the New York premiere of Dzonot, a new work for cellist Alisa Weilerstein by Gabriela Ortiz, holder of the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair, and Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, narrated by Maria Valverde who brings the colorful tale to life in Spanish alongside New York City’s Musica Sacra choir and soloists Jana McIntyre and Deepa Johnny. For their final performance, Maestro Dudamel and the orchestra reunite with internationally beloved Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade, who returns following her sold-out Carnegie Hall debut in 2022. The October 10 performance opens with John Adams’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 9, and Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis.

These three performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic launch Carnegie Hall’s season-long festival Nuestros sonidos: Celebrating Latin Culture in the US.

JOYCE DIDONATO MASTER CLASS
Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Friday, October 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 4:00 PM
(Resnick Education Wing)

Multi-Grammy Award–winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato returns with her popular series of master classes for young opera singers. Across three events, she shares her extraordinary expertise with rising professional singers as they workshop and perform opera arias and more. Hear what these exceptional singers can do under the guidance of an artist called “a model of singing in which all components of the art form—technique, sound, color nuance, diction—come together in service to expression and eloquence” (The New York Times).

THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

The Philadelphia Orchestra returns for three concerts this season, all featuring symphonies by Gustav Mahler. In October, Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the ensemble in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.

SPHINX VIRTUOSI
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

The Sphinx Virtuosi, a chamber orchestra comprised of alumni of the Sphinx Competition, return to Carnegie Hall with violinists Njioma Chinyere Grievous and Tai Murray, and percussionist Britton-René Collins. Titled “American Form/s,” the evening includes New York premieres of a new work by Curtis Stewart, and new arrangements of Derrick Skye’s American Mirror, Part One and Joplin’s overture from Treemonisha (arr. Jannina Norpoth), all co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall. Also on the program is Carreño’s Tempo di Marcia from Serenade for Strings, Curtis Stewart’s Double Down, Invention #1 for Two Violins, and Levi Taylor’s Daydreaming (A Fantasy on Scott Joplin).

DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano
Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Pianist Daniil Trifonov returns for a thoughtfully curated solo recital which includes Tchaikovsky’s posthumously published Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, op. 80 as well as the composer’s suite from The Sleeping Beauty (arr. Mikhail Pletnev); along with Barber’s Piano Sonata, and a selection of waltzes by Chopin.

CAN WE KNOW THE SOUND OF FORGIVENESS
Friday, October 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Gabriela Ortiz’s Debs Composer’s Chair residency continues with the New York premiere of Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall), a groundbreaking collaborative performance led by conductor Donald Nally, featuring The Crossing, flutist Alejandro Escuer, and others that merges Ortiz’s music with visual art, dance, movement, and spoken word to explore vital questions of our time.

THE NEW YORK POPS
Friday, October 18, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

The New York Pops and Music DirectorSteven Reineke celebrate the legacy of the iconic Tina Turner and the countless artists she inspired with Adrienne Warren, Tony Award winner for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.

YULIANNA AVDEEVA, Piano
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Winner of the quadrennial International Chopin Piano Competition, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva returns following her New York recital debut in Zankel Hall in 2023, performing music by Chopin and Liszt.

MARÍA DUEÑAS, Violin
ALEXANDER MALOFEEV, Piano
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)

Rising stars, violinist María Dueñas and pianist Alexander Malofeev, join for a recital program featuring violin sonatas by Szymanowski and Franck as well as the US premiere of De Cuerda y Madera by the holder of this season’s Debs Composer’s Chair Gabriela Ortiz.

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CONCERT FOR THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF UKRAINE
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Carnegie Hall presents the Concert for the Children and Youth of Ukraine. Hosted by Liev Schreiber, the evening features a unique orchestra brought together for this benefit performance in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations as well as the New York-based diplomatic institutions of numerous participating countries with proceeds supporting children and families affected by the war in Ukraine. Conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, the Orchestra for Ukraine includes artists from more than a dozen countries united in passion and purpose, each of which has nominated at least one outstanding young professional musician to represent their nation, joined by members of Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The concert features celebrated violin virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter as well as music-making by the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York. This program—influenced by the participants’ urgent support for Ukraine’s right to self-determination as a sovereign nation—include music by Ukraine’s most renowned living composer, Valentyn Silvestrov; beloved film scores by John Williams; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with soloists to include soprano Olga Kulchynska, mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo, tenor Matthew Polenzani, and bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi, plus the Oratorio Society of New York.

LISETTE OROPESA, Soprano
KEN NODA, Piano
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Soprano Lisette Oropesa—one of the most sought-after lyric coloratura artists today—performs an evening of songs that features works by Cuban composers such as Joaquín Nin, Ernesto Lecuona, Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes, Jorge Anckermann, and Gonzalo Roig alongside pianist Ken Noda.

THE KNIGHTS
Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

The Knights return with their three-concert series that expands the boundaries of classical music, led by artistic directors Colin and Eric Jacobsen. In October, the ensemble is joined by pianist Aaron Diehlfor two world premieres: a new arrangement by Michael P. Atkinson of Keith Jarrett’s Suite from Book of Ways and a new work by Michael Schachter (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall), plus Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Michael P. Atkinson). Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 rounds out the program.

NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI, Piano
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 9:00 PM
(Zankel Hall)

One of the international jazz community’s most exciting artists, South African pianist, composer, bandleader, and Blue Note recording artist Nduduzo Makhathini makes his Carnegie Hall debut with a distinctive and spiritual blend of timeless and modern jazz. This concert is part of this season’s Music of South Africa focus.

ABEL SELAOCOE AND BANTU ENSEMBLE
Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Rising-star cellist, singer, improviser, and composer Abel Selaocoe moves with virtuosic grace between a variety of African and European traditions, wowing audiences in the process. “One of the most captivating performers [of] the classical music world ... labels seem to dissolve in front of him” (The Guardian). This concert, which features Selaocoe alongside his Bantu Ensemble, is part of this season’s Music of South Africa focus.

ENSEMBLE CONNECT
Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)

The musicians of Ensemble Connect return for three concerts in Weill Recital Hall and two Up Close concerts in the Resnick Education Wing. In October, as part of the South Africa focus, they perform Andile Khumalo’s Cry Out and Bongani Ndodana-Breen’s Safika: Three Tales on African Migration alongside Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2.

NDLOVU YOUTH CHOIR
Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 7:00 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Hailing from South Africa with sensational vocals, dazzling choreography, and uplifting pop-music sensibilities, the Ndlovu Youth Choir—the first choir ever to reach the finals of America’s Got Talent—brings hope and joy to countless fans around the world. This concert is part of this season’s Music of South Africa focus.

THE MET ORCHESTRA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Monday, October 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)

As part of Carnegie Hall’s focus this season on music of South Africa, The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble presents works by South African composers Bongani Ndodana-Breen and Matthijs Van Dijk, featuring overtone singer Gareth Lubbe on a program that also includes Brahms and Ravel.

BERNADETTE PETERS
Monday, October 28, 2024 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)

Tony Award–winning stage and screen icon Bernadette Peters returns to Carnegie Hall after nearly 30 years, joined by Music Director and pianist Tedd Firth. In this highly anticipated concert, she masterfully blends acting and musical performance with the sharp comedic instincts that have made her one of Broadway’s greatest entertainers.

ZOLANI MAHOLA, Vocals
JESSE CLEGG, Vocals
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

Presented as part of this season’s spotlight on South Africa, two of the country’s foremost musical stars team up for an exciting double bill: singer and actress Zolani Mahola, also known as “The One Who Sings,” and platinum-selling singer, guitarist, and pianist Jesse Clegg, both performing at Carnegie Hall for the first time.

AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)

American Composers Orchestra(ACO) returns for two performances this season. In October, Mei-Ann Chen leads the ensemble in the world premieres of two new works by Paul Novak and Kebra-Seyoung Charles (featuring the composer on bass); the New York premieres of Michael Abels’s Guitar Concerto, “Borders” featuring Mak Grgic and The Bell by Ukrainian composer Victoria Poleva, featuring cellist Inbal Segev; and Curtis Stewart’s Embrace with the composer on violin.

CHIAROSCURO QUARTET
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)

The Chiaroscuro Quartet returns to the Hall for the first time since 2019 performing Mozart’s String Quartet in C Major, K. 465, "Dissonance" paired with the last quartet written by Schubert.