United States Various – ‘United in Sound: America at 250’ [2]: Ensemble Connect. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.2.2026. (RP)
Ensemble Connect premieres Broke by George Lewis in an eclectic concert of American music
New York
Dover Quartet celebrates America at 250 with poetic Native American works and signature Dvořák
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)
Toward complex forms of balance: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
United States Various: Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 6 & 7.2.2026. (ES-S)
Marin Alsop and Ensemble Connect explore demanding American chamber works
United States Various – ‘United in Sound: America at 250’: Ensemble Connect / Marin Alsop (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 31.1.2026. (DS)
Perlman, Oundjian and the Colorado Symphony make an indelible impression at Carnegie Hall
United States Various: Itzhak Perlman (violin), Colorado Symphony / Peter Oundjian (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 1.2.2026. (DS)
Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra share riveting and informative lesser-known works
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)
Rarely heard Shostakovich chamber music at Alice Tully Hall
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)
Shostakovich in the 1950s: private voice, public memorial
United States Various: (1) The Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.1.2026. (2) Boris Giltburg (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at Long Island University, Brookville, NY, 24.1.2026. (ES-S)
