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Alan Gilbert conducts the New York Philharmonic in a concert featuring legendary pianist Emanuel Ax. They'll play a concert highlighted by two Beethoven works: the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the Egmont Overture. Learn more...

The London Symphony Orchestra performs at Avery Fisher Hall. Conducted by the great Bernard Haitink, the legendary orchestra will perform a series of concerts featuring the music of Franz Schubert and Gustav Mahler. Their programs feature such classic works as Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and Mahler's Symphony No. 4; see below for a full schedule. Learn more...

Bill Cosby will make you laugh. He has been making people laugh for forty-seven years. Today, after nine gold and six platinum recordings, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and the 25th anniversary of the Cosby Show, he is funnier than ever. Bill Cosby brings his story-telling magic to Avery Fisher Hall. Learn more...

A New York summertime tradition continues with the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center. A variety of top conductors lead the Festival Orchestra alongside an array of virtuosic soloists in a series of programs packed with powerful orchestral music, celebrating Mozart's body of work and lasting influence on his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors. Learn more...

The world-famous New York Philharmonic presents Summertime Classics, a series of programs showcasing the world's most popular classical music. Conductor Bramwell Tovey hosts programs ranging from Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff's Russian masterworks to Liszt, Brahms, and the romantic music of France. Learn more...

Distinguished Concerts International New York presents Eric Whitacre, conducting his own choral music at Avery Fisher Hall. The Juilliard graduate is one of the the most popular and performed composers of his generation; a recording of his works received a 2007 Grammy nomination. This concert features a world premiere, as well as several acclaimed pieces from his repertoire. Learn more...

Distinguished Concerts International New York presents masses by two of the most acclaimed composers in history. Conductor Brad Bouley leads the Texas Master Chorale in Haydn's Mass No. 9 in C major (Paukenmesse). Then, Jonathan Griffith conducts Mozart's famous Requiem in D minor. Learn more...

Lorin Maazel conducts the New York Philharmonic in Britten's War Requiem. Written to commemorate the victims of World War II, and incorporating the words of poet Wilfred Owen, Britten's masterwork is an eloquent and deeply moving plea for peace. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic is proud to join Barbara Cook for an evening of beautiful music. Cook's career spans over a half century; she's played many of musical theatre's greatest parts, and created the female lead roles in The Music Man, Bernstein's Candide, and She Loves Me. She'll sing an assortment of timeless standards and Broadway hits. Learn more...

Flautist Iris Derke and harpist Kirsten Agresta take the stage at Avery Fisher Hall for an evening of music from Mozart and Lauridsen, including the former's Concerto for Flute and Harp. The principal conductor for the concert will be Jonathan Griffith, DCINY's Artistic Director. Learn more...

Distinguished Concerts International New York presents the International Honors Wind Symphony, under the direction of James Melton, performing the Music of Schubert and John Mackey at Avery Fisher Hall. This orchestra is composed of 75 distinguished young musicians from around the world. Learn more...

Germany's Bamberg Symphony (Bamberger Symphoniker - Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie) visits Avery Fisher Hall as part of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series. The orchestra, now in its 63rd year, will perform works by Debussy, Stravinsky and Bartók. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic presents a Rush Hour Concert. David Zinman, the acclaimed music director of Switzerland's Tonhalle Orchestra and the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, conducts the Philharmonic and violinist Christian Tetzlaff in Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain. Learn more...

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents the culmination of the 14th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. The top three high school jazz groups in America play the works of Duke Ellington and Benny Carter, with guest soloist Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic presents a concert in their Hear and Now series. Incoming Music Director Alan Gilbert conducts the world premiere of Peter Lieberson's The World in Flower, commissioned especially for the Philharmonic. The concert also features Mahler's massive First Symphony. Featured soloists include mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. Learn more...

Legendary conductor Riccardo Muti leads the New York Philharmonic in a program of music from his native Italy. Ottorino Respighi's lavish The Pines of Rome is one of the last century's most popular classical compositions; orchestral works by Verdi and Puccini round out the program. Learn more...

Composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch, winner of the Oscar, Grammy, Tony, Golden Globe and Pulitzer Prize awards, conducts the New York Philharmonic in a star-filled concert of classic Broadway songs. New York Moments features Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Jennifer Holliday, Kelli O'Hara, 2008 Tony Award winner Paulo Szot, and many more. Learn more...

Distinguished Concerts International New York presents a program of gospel, spirituals and Dvorak at Avery Fisher Hall. The music for the evening will be performed by the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony under the direction of Mark Deakins. Learn more...

Distinguished Concerts International New York presents a program of music from Grainger, Spaniola, Schubert, Vaughn Williams performed by the Las Vegas Academy Philharmonic and the Las Vegas Academy Symphonic Band, two orchestras of student musicians. See full listing for full program. Learn more...

Distinguished Concerts International presents the U.S. premiere of John Burge's Mass for Prisoners of Conscience, a work dedicated to Amnesty International, conducted by Canadian conductor Doreen Rao at Avery Fisher Hall. Also on the program is Haydn's Mass No. 12, conducted by Eric Johnson. Learn more...

Enjoy one of the New York Philharmonic's special early-evening Rush Hour Concerts. Charles Dutoit conducts the Philharmonic in a program featuring two great Russian composers: Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 5 and Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks concerto. Learn more...

Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra visit Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall for an all-Prokofiev program, part of the Center's Great Performers series. Now over a century old, the virtuosic London Symphony Orchestra regularly headlines in concert halls around the world. Esteemed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev leads the Orchestra through four Prokofiev symphonies, a piano concerto and a violin concerto. Learn more...

Nicholas McGegan conducts the New York Philharmonic -- and featured soprano Christine Schäfer -- in a program devoted to Handel. The renowned Schäfer is featured on selected arias from three of Handel's operas, while the evening also includes two of the composer's concertos and his jubilant Music for the Royal Fireworks . Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic welcomes legendary conductor Zubin Mehta for a concert that also features unique Israeli percussion duo PercaDu. PercaDu has performed with great orchestras worldwide; they'll present Avner Dorman's concerto Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!. The concert also includes Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. Learn more...

Guest conductor/composer Eric Whitacre leads a distinguished group of concert singers in a performance of songs from his own repertoire. He will then lead the Olathe East Symphonic Winds (KS) in a performance of works by Beethoven, Boysen, Mackey, Whitacre and Williams. Learn more...

The legendary London Philharmonic Orchestra plays an all-Rachmaninoff program at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. Led by conductor Vladimir Jurowski and featuring pianist Alexei Lubimov, the concert features the great Russian master's Symphonic Dances, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, and Isle of the Dead. Learn more...

The London Philharmonic Orchestra comes to Lincoln Center. Don't miss one of the world's greatest orchestras as they perform Strauss' Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. The evening also features works by Mozart, Mahler, and Ligeti, and guest pianist Leon Fleisher. Learn more...

Guest conductor Riccardo Muti leads the New York Philharmonic in a concert featuring renowned pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu will play the solo part in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3; the concert also includes Scriabin's Symphony No. 2, which Muti has recorded to great acclaim. Learn more...

Distinguished Concerts International presents a concert at Avery Fisher Hall, showcasing the British composer Karl Jenkins. A former member of prog rock group Soft Machine and mastermind of classical crossover hit Adiemus, Jenkins is the UK's best-selling modern classical composer. He conducts the world premiere of his violin concerto Sarikiz. The concert also features the U.S. premieres of Jenkins' Stabat Mater and Te Deum. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Ludovic Morlot, plays Mozart, Messiaen and Debussy. The evening features guest pianist Olli Mustonen, and contains Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 11, Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques, Debussy's famous La mer, and the U.S. premiere of Tristan Murait's Gondwana. Learn more...

Grammy-winning pianist Emanuel Ax performs Mussorgsky's famed piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition in an evening of classical music with the New York Philharmonic that also includes works by Strauss and Szymanowski and J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Learn more...

Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham rings in the New Year with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic. The program will include arias from Bizet's Carmen, Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, Lehár's The Merry Widow, and more. The concert will be broadcast on PBS' Live From Lincoln Center. Learn more...

Ton Koopman makes his New York Philharmonic debut conducting Handel's famous and festive oratorio, with debuts also from soprano Sunhae Im, countertenor Andreas Scholl, tenor Jörg Dürmüller, and baritone Detlef Roth; with the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic presents a concert performance of Richard Strauss' opera Elektra. Strauss' chilling, sonically overpowering adaptation of the classic Greek myth caused international scandals upon its 1909 premiere. Lorin Maazel conducts; Deborah Polaski plays the title role. Learn more...

Lorin Maazel conducts the New York Philharmonic in a concert featuring violinist Julia Fischer. Fischer will join the Philharmonic for Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 (Turkish); they'll also be playing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 and Schumann's Symphony No. 4. Learn more...

In its over four centuries of existence, the Dresden Staatskapelle has been associated with many great composers, but none more than Richard Strauss, who frequently conducted the legendary orchestra. Now led by music director Fabio Luisi, the Staatskapelle performs two of Strauss' greatest works at Avery Fisher Hall: the boldly autobiographical Ein Heldenleben and the inventive ,i>Don Quixote. Learn more...

Lincoln Center's Great Performers series features the Dresden Staatskapelle. The renowned ensemble, one of the world's oldest, was founded in 1548. Now led by music director Fabio Luisi, the Staatskapelle will play music by two German masters: Brahms' Symphony no. 4, and Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 1 (with pianist Rudolf Buchbinder). Learn more...

This Great Performers season features Russian Dreams: The Music of Sergei Prokofiev, a nine-part series that explores the music that established Prokofiev as one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Russian conductor Valery Gergiev leads the Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre through Prokofiev's ballet, film, and opera scores. Learn more...

Russian violinist Vadim Repin appears in a recital at Avery Fisher Hall with his compatriot, pianist Nikolaï Lugansky. The renowned virtuoso performs Beethoven's legendary "Kreutzer" Sonata, as well as works by Prokofiev and Debussy. Learn more...

New York Philharmonic performs Albeniz's Suite espanola and Falla's La vida breve at Avery Fisher Hall, with guest musicians and vocalists. Sung in Spanish with translation projected above the stage. Learn more...

Conductor Lorin Maazel leads the New York Philharmonic in a concert featuring Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 3, J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and a world premiere by Bernard Rands, Chains Like the Sea. Violinist Anna Rabinova, flutist Sandra Church and harpsichordist Lionel Party are the guest artists on the program. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic, led by conductor Lorin Maazel, performs an exciting program that includes Bernstein's Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety, Mahler's Adagio from Symphony No. 10, Pierre Boulez's Pli selon Pli: Improvisation II sur Mallarmé and Maazel's own Music for Flute. Flutist Robert Langevin, pianist Joyce Yang and soprano Kiera Duffy are the featured artists. Learn more...

Lincoln Center's annual Mostly Mozart Festival celebrates the enduring music of its namesake and other classical composers. The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, under the baton of Louis Langrée, provides the heartbeat for these programs so deeply rooted in tradition. See the full event description for concert schedule. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic presents its popular Summertime Classics series. In this annual event, the Philharmonic, led by host and conductor Bramwell Tovey, presents some of the most popular works in the symphonic repertoire in a fun, festive atmosphere. Learn more...

Lorin Maazel conducts the New York Philharmonic in Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8. This monumental composition, dedicated to Austria's Emperor Franz Joseph I and sometimes nicknamed The Apocalyptic, was Bruckner's last completed symphony and one of the pinnacles of nineteenth-century music. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic presents a concert performance of Puccini's classic opera Tosca. This famous opera is the tragic story of a love triangle between the fiery title character, a handsome painter, and a villainous police chief. Conductor Lorin Maazel and soprano Hui He, who portrays Tosca, reprise their 2005-06 collaboration at Italy's famous Teatro alla Scala. Learn more...

Some of America's top high school, college, and youth choruses come together for Global Spirit: Music of Many Cultures. Ensembles including the NYU University Singers, Oregon's Willamette Girlchoir, and New York's Young People's Chorus are led by conductors Francisco Nunez and Janet Galvan in a program which spans several continents. Guests include the Harmony Music Makers, a steel orchestra. Learn more...

The New York Philharmonic presents Schubert's exciting Symphony in B Minor, "Unfinished," plus Korngold's Violin Concerto and Sibelius's Symphony No. 1. David Robertson conducts, with featured soloist Glenn Dicterow, violin. Learn more...

"If Ever I Would Leave You," "The Lusty Month of May," "I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight," and the rest of Lerner and Loewe's unforgettable music from Camelot receive the royal treatment in this semi-staged production with full cast, costumes, sets and the New York Philharmonic right on stage. Starring Gabriel Byrne, Marin Mazzie, Fran Drescher, Christopher Lloyd and more. Learn more...