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The Metropolitan Opera in 2026-2027 and Peter Gelb’s retirement announcement

19/02/2026 by Rick Perdian

The Metropolitan Opera announces its 2026–27 season – five new productions, including two Met premieres, 12 revivals and 193 performances – as well as Peter Gelb’s retirement as General Manager at the end of the 2030 season

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Ensemble Connect premieres Broke by George Lewis in an eclectic concert of American music

20/02/202619/02/2026 by Rick Perdian

United States Various – ‘United in Sound: America at 250’ [2]: Ensemble Connect. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.2.2026. (RP)

[l-r] Coco Mi (violin), Laurel Gagnon (violin), Elena Ariza (cello) and Abby Smith (viola) © Fadi Kheir

Dover Quartet celebrates America at 250 with poetic Native American works and signature Dvořák

17/02/202616/02/2026 by Daniele Sahr

United States Various – ‘United in Sound: America at 250’: Dover Quartet (Joel Link, Bryan Lee [violins], Julianne Lee [viola], Camden Shaw [cello]). Carnegie Hall, New York, 10.2.2026. (DS)

Dover Quartet at Carnegie Hall © Daniele Sahr

Toward complex forms of balance: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

09/02/2026 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Various: Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 6 & 7.2.2026. (ES-S)

Violinist Maxim Vengerov, conductor Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra © Chris Lee

Marin Alsop and Ensemble Connect explore demanding American chamber works

09/02/2026 by Daniele Sahr

United States Various – ‘United in Sound: America at 250’: Ensemble Connect / Marin Alsop (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 31.1.2026. (DS)

Will Sands (horn), David Seder (trombone), Grace O’Connell (trumpet) and Joseph Vaz (piano) © Stephanie Berger

Perlman, Oundjian and the Colorado Symphony make an indelible impression at Carnegie Hall

08/02/202608/02/2026 by Daniele Sahr

United States Various: Itzhak Perlman (violin), Colorado Symphony / Peter Oundjian (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 1.2.2026. (DS)

Peter Oundjian leads the Colorado Symphony © Amanda Tipton Photography

Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra share riveting and informative lesser-known works

04/02/202604/02/2026 by Daniele Sahr

United States Various – ‘Forging an American Musical Identity’: Anna Thompson (soprano), J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano), Freddie Ballentine (tenor), Alan Williams (bass), Bard Festival Chorale (chorus director: James Bagwell), American Symphony Orchestra / Leon Botstein (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 30.1.2026. (DS)

J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano) and American Symphony Orchestra with Leon Botstein (conductor) © Matt Dine

Rarely heard Shostakovich chamber music at Alice Tully Hall

03/02/2026 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Shostakovich: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Andriana Chuchman (soprano), Sitkovetsky Trio (Wu Qian [piano], Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Isang Enders [cello]); Inon Barnatan (piano/celesta), Paul Huang (violin), Jonathan Swensen (cello), Victor Caccese, Ayano Kataoka, Ian Rosenbaum (percussion). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 1.2.2026. (ES-S)

Andriana Chuchman and the Sitkovetsky Trio © Tristan Cook/CMS

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