CONCERT HALL AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

As the New York Times declares, Emanuel Ax’s performances are “never less than spellbinding.” Experience the power and passion of this modern master live as ...

Experience Whitney Houston’s astounding musical legacy like never before. This new concert tribute features original master recordings of Whitney’s iconic vocals set to new orchestrations ...

Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony is a force to be reckoned with—a veritable declaration of forbidden love shrouded in mystery. This impassioned program also features Prokofiev’s evocative ...

An annual tradition! The Concert Hall transforms into a ghostly sight when ghoulishly attired National Symphony Orchestra musicians celebrate Halloween with fa-boo-lous new works and ...

Indie icon and NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds performs hits and new music at his first live solo recording since 2002. Widely regarded as one ...

Superstars share the stage at an unforgettable double bill of indie-folk Americana. Grammy® Award–winning singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, praised by the New York Times as “a ...

Acclaimed soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming joins the NSO to perform selections from Capriccio, Richard Strauss’ operatic masterpiece about love ...

Noseda brings the drama in Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, a sumptuous, sonic self-portrait also depicting the composer’s wife, friends, and even his dreaded music critics. The ...

__Carlos Simon__: Four Black American Dances __Richard Strauss__: Four Last Songs __Ludwig van Beethoven__: Symphony No. 5 You know the famous four-note opening—now, be there ...

With the help of the National Symphony Orchestra and all-star guests, New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Mo Willems introduces fun musical ideas, explores big emotions, ...

Celebrate the genius of American composers as the NSO performs Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid and selections from his Old American Songs, Jessie ...

From smoky jazz echoing down U Street to the pulsating beats of Go-go born in the heart of D.C., the vibrant sounds of our city ...

Grammy® and Tony® Award winner Heather Headley performs an evening of show-stopping hits! Fresh off her stunning performance in the Broadway revival of *Into the ...

NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds’ popular late-night series returns with more of today’s top artists! This Kennedy Center–exclusive concert features iconic Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob ...

The exceptional artistry of the Rotterdam Philharmonic comes to Washington, D.C., for the first time in more than two decades. Under the baton of Chief ...

As beloved on Broadway and opera stages as she is in her roles in film and on television, record-breaking six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald ...

Following his concerts last season, The Washington Classical Review reported that an “aura of classical music celebrity hung about the Kennedy Center Concert Hall… when ...

Grammy-winning violinist Gil Shaham, proclaimed “the outstanding American violinist of his generation” by Time Magazine, bring flawless technique and spirited warmth to every note of ...

Turkish sensation Fazil Say and Gianandrea Noseda unite in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall for the very first time, continuing a distinguished collaboration and close ...

NSO Music Director Gianandrea Noseda leads the NSO in Wagner: *The Ring Without Words* (compiled by Lorin Maazel). All the drama of Wagner’s four operas ...

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Brahms called his Piano Concerto No. 2 ...

Steven Reineke, Principal Pops Conductor Celebrate this holiday season with the celestial voices of multi-platinum Irish singing sensation Celtic Woman complete with the majestic sound ...

Sir Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone Hannah Stone, harp Annabel Thwaite, piano Gerald Finzi Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 John Thomas “Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn” (Hannah Stone, ...

Revel in the delicate poetry and wistful romance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in the hands of Orion Weiss, celebrated as an “effortlessly brilliant ...

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Orion Weiss, piano Olly Wilson: Shango Memory Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet (orch. Schoenberg) Superstar ...

Maxim Vengerov, violin Polina Osetinskaya, piano CLARA SCHUMANN Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 JOHANNES BRAHMS Scherzo from “F-A-E” Sonata ROBERT SCHUMANN Violin ...

Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor Yuja Wang, piano Richard Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 Jean ...

The Annie Moses Band and Jim Caviezel (Narrator) perform “Under the Tree of Life” with special appearance by Clay Walker; featuring the True North symphony ...

Help Peter catch a silly wolf and save the day! Inspired by Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, this immersive family show—developed specifically for toddlers—will ...

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Camille Thomas, cello Tania León: Pasajes (NSO/Amplifying Voices CO-COMMISSION) Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Revel in the heart-wrenching ...

Maz Jobrani brings his new show, Mr. International Comedy Tour, to the Concert Hall. Maz Jobrani is a comedian, actor, and host of his own ...

“Our national strength matters, but the spirit which informs and controls our strength matters just as much.” This is one of several quotes from President ...

Trick or treat over to the Concert Hall for spooky, musical fun. An October tradition! The Concert Hall transforms into a ghostly sight when ghoulishly ...

On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows to gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the ...

Gianandrea Noseda takes the audience on a vivid tour of Rome, the Eternal City! Respighi’s lavishly orchestrated triptych invokes a vibrant, sun-dappled Italy, moving from ...

This year, music lovers across the world celebrate the 150th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff, a great master of the Russian Romantic tradition. Join us for ...

The stage is set to celebrate a spectacular new season and the return of NSO Music Director Gianandrea Noseda! The glamorous evening begins with Rossini, ...

Indie icon and NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds takes center stage at a rare solo performance! His first full-length studio record in eight years, What ...

Folk and jazz icons share the stage for an unforgettable double bill of songs and stories. Join Grammy Award® winner Judy Collins, “the wild ageless ...

Songs for Hope: A Concert Celebration of the 2023 Surgeon General’s Medallion Awardees for Health Featuring performances by: Aloe Blacc Ariana DeBose Renée Fleming Ben ...

Joshua Bell needs no introduction. Let’s give him one anyway. When the Grammy®–winning violinist last conducted and performed with the NSO, he was “enthusiastically embraced ...

The New York Times calls him “The Colorful Mozart of Gen Z.” With an innovative, ambitious sound blending folk, jazz, classical, R&B, rap, and pop, ...

Led by pianist and musical director Rafael Ithier, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico is one of Puerto Rico’s greatest dance bands. Decades after its ...

Steven Reineke, Principal Pops Conductor Sammi Cannold, Concert Director Original orchestrations by Sean O’Loughlin Measure your life in love with the iconic music of RENT! ...

James Bagwell, conductor Famed singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant, former front person of the folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, brings her Keep Your Courage tour to ...

Grammy®-nominated singer and “polymath musician” (The New York Times) Devonté Hynes is joined by the National Symphony Orchestra as he performs contemporary classical music that ...

Far more than a guitar legend, 20-time Grammy®-winner Pat Metheny is a brilliant builder of bands. As a teenage prodigy, Metheny made remarkable creative strides ...

Steven Reineke, conductor Journey through a galaxy far, far away with a selection of music from the original Star Wars films composed by John Williams ...

Legendary gospel singer and 15-time Grammy Award® winner CeCe Winans joins the National Symphony Orchestra for one night only! As the best-selling and most-awarded female ...