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Listen to piano music from Carnegie Hall’s 2021–2022 season.

Many works by American composer John Adams received important premieres at Carnegie Hall.

Many works by the Austrian composer received important premieres at Carnegie Hall.

Celebrate Beethoven's 250th Anniversary by exploring our guide to Beethoven’s symphonies.

Whether they’re gearing up for grade school or heading off to college, these gifts are perfect for students of all ages.

Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s works received many important premieres at Carnegie Hall.

Learn more about Gershwin’s “An American in Paris,” premiered by the New York Philharmonic on December 13, 1928.

Four of Anton Bruckner’s nine symphonies received important premieres at Carnegie Hall.

Carnegie Hall has been a venue for popular music for much of its history.

The last years of the Hungarian composer’s life were spent in New York City and included his final public performances.

Ensemble Connect fellow Laura Andrade shares resources to help musicians expand their concert repertoire choices.

On November 30, 1906, violinist Maud Powell gave the US premiere of Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.

Carnegie Hall house manager John Totten and violinist Isaac Stern formed committees to save the Hall from demolition in 1960.

The first performance at Carnegie Hall of music by Johann Strauss Jr. took place on December 3, 1891.

Benjamin Britten attended the world premieres of two of his works at Carnegie Hall while living on Long Island in the early 1940s.

Learn about the most-often performed string quartets at Carnegie Hall.

Learn about the first-ever visual artist commissioned by Carnegie Hall to create a signature work for a festival.

Two of George Gershwin’s most famous works received their world premieres at Carnegie Hall.

Though completed in 1815, Franz Schubert’s Second Symphony did not receive its Carnegie Hall premiere until 1936.

The German composer and conductor appeared at Carnegie Hall eight times between 1904 and 1921.

Maurice Ravel and George Gershwin met in New York in 1928 during Ravel’s only visit to the United States, during which he appeared at Carnegie Hall.

Learn about the most-often performed symphonies at Carnegie Hall by composers Beethoven and Brahms.

Composer Aaron Copland has a long and varied history at Carnegie Hall, with appearances that stretch from 1927 to 1980.

Learn about the world premiere of Strauss’s work at Carnegie Hall and listen to a playlist that recreates the 1904 concert.

Although Johannes Brahms never appeared at Carnegie Hall himself, his works have been performed often since the Hall’s earliest decades.

Gustav Mahler first visited New York in 1907 and conducted more than 70 concerts at Carnegie Hall in the three years that followed.

Russian composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff’s association with Carnegie Hall spanned more than 30 years.

Carnegie Hall has partnered with organizations across the country to survey audiences about their readiness to return to live performances.

Politics inevitably found a way into the works of composers like Bernstein and Shostakovich.

Learn more about the music by five composers who perished in the Holocaust.

Explore the music created in protest of South African apartheid.

Composer Olivier Messiaen submitted an example of notated bird song for Carnegie Hall’s Centennial Celebration in 1991.

Learn more about music composed during World War I.

Explore the music that memorializes the 20th century’s darkest moments.

Learn about Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, and more with Carnegie Hall.

Learn about the composer who bridged the Classical and Romantic eras, as well as the genesis of the all-Beethoven concert.

Carnegie Hall teaching artist Emily Eagen curated this playlist to encourage parents to sing and move with their children.

Composer Igor Stravinsky’s long association with Carnegie Hall spanned 42 years and began with his first visit to the United States in 1925.

Five things you should know about Messiaen’s World War II–era chamber music masterpiece.

Learn more about Shostakovich’s struggles with the oppressive Soviet State.

Throughout his career, Shostakovich used Jewish themes in his music, but his boldest statement of solidarity with Jewish causes was the Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar.”

The New York Philharmonic gave premieres of at least 10 major Shostakovich works at Carnegie Hall.

James Reese Europe and the Clef Club Orchestra gave the first jazz performance at Carnegie Hall on May 2, 1912.

Learn how love inspired five composers to write some of their most famous works, and then listen to recordings of each.

Learn more about Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” and its US premiere at Carnegie Hall in 1908.

Together, Louise and Andrew Carnegie oversaw one of the largest fortunes in US history, changing philanthropy forever. 

Noted civil rights leaders—such as Martin Luther King Jr., W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Marcus Garvey—have all spoken at Carnegie Hall.

Learn more about Charles Ives’s Symphony No. 3, “The Camp Meeting,” and its 1946 premiere at Carnegie Hall.

Learn more about unfinished pieces by Mozart, Schubert, Bruckner, and Bartók that are now considered to be masterworks.

The Musical Explorers curriculum brings global sounds to NYC’s schoolchildren through local artists and dynamic teaching materials.

The Carnegie Hall Shop has you covered this holiday season with great gift ideas.

Learn more about this iconic work, first performed at Carnegie Hall on December 29, 1891.

The New York String Orchestra Seminar and its December concerts have been a beloved Carnegie Hall tradition since 1969.

Former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith discusses her reimagining of “Ode to Joy” as a contemporary meditation on community, politics, and spirit.

A Carnegie Hall–commissioned research paper by Dr. Dennie Palmer Wolf explores the effect of music in early childhood development.

For a composer who was born 250 years ago, Beethoven is astonishingly present. What is behind his sustained—occasionally obsessive—popularity?

Carnegie Hall’s innovative programs in the justice system harness the power of music to develop participants’ artistry and improve their lives and communities.

Learn more about the five most frequently performed vocal, solo piano, choral, and orchestral works at Carnegie Hall.

The lesser-known history of Carnegie Hall’s stained-glass windows and the woman behind their creation.

Sexism, racism, and changing tastes forced some American composers under-the-radar. Read about four underrated composers, and listen to their work.

Carnegie Hall’s Clive Gillinson shares his memories about the great conductor.

Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto was first performed by Woody Herman and his band at Carnegie Hall in 1946. Learn more about the world premiere.

Explore this virtual exhibit, part of Google Arts & Culture’s Black Culture and History collection.

Who performed? What pieces were on the program? Step back into history and discover more about Opening Night.

Here are some Beethoven works you don't hear performed often but are worth discovering.