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Carnegie Hall Presents

Musical Explorers Family

Saturday, May 9, 2026 3 PM Zankel Hall
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Musical Explorers Family by Jennifer Taylor

Discover music from around the world in this popular and highly interactive concert for children. This year, artists with magnetic personalities invite families to explore music through three distinct folk traditions, including Sephardi Ladino folk music with singer and multi-instrumentalist Lily Henley; Iranian folk music with kamancheh virtuoso Mehrnam Rastegari; and vibrant Chilean folk traditions with acclaimed vocalist Claudia Acuña. Designed to engage young listeners, the concert invites families to explore rhythms, stories, and sounds from cultures around the globe.

Part of: Family-Events, Family-Concerts, Family-Events, Musical-Explorers, and Musical-Explorers

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Performers

Lily Henley
Mehrnam Rastegari
Claudia Acuña

Lead funding for Musical Explorers has been provided by Fund II Foundation and Ralph W. and Leona Kern. 
Additional lead funding for Musical Explorers has been graciously provided by JJR Foundation and JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation. 

Additional support has been provided by The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, Trustee; Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation; KPMG LLP; and John Morning / Turrell Fund. 

Musical Explorers is also made possible, in part, by an endowment gift from The Irene Diamond Fund.
Public support has been provided by the New York State Senate through NYS Senator Jose M. Serrano.
Carnegie Hall Family Concerts are made possible, in part, by endowment gifts from Linda and Earle S. Altman, The Irene Diamond Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr., and the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund.

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