Performances + Events
Performances + Events
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Sara Serpa in Concert with Matt Mitchell
Williams Hall
The NEC Jazz Studies department presents vocalist Sara Serpa in concert with pianist Matt Mitchell. Acclaimed vocalist Sara Serpa offers an evening of bold, boundary-pushing music with visionary pianist Matt Mitchell. Their collaboration blends Serpa's ethereal voice with Mitchell's masterful harmonic landscapes that defy genre and ignite the imagination. The live st…
Piano Seminar: Mark Ainley – 'The Piano Files'
Pierce Hall
Found of and writer at "The Piano Files," Mark Ainley will discuss what can be learned from the recordings of pianists of the past. Location: Pierce Hall.
Korean Cultural Society of Boston Presents: Resonance of Freedom
Jordan Hall
In commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Korean Independence from Japan, KMCI organizes a concert to celebrate the opening of the Korean Independence Hall in KMCI. Prior to the concert at the New York Town Hall on October 5, it is brought to Boston on October 3. The featured pieces by New York Classical Players conducted by Dongmin Kim are Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and Piano …
LAB 38 LLC Presents: Tian Jiang, piano
Jordan Hall
TIAN JIANG Live piano concert with world-famous virtuoso pianist and composerF. Chopin, S. Rachmaninoff, Tian Jiang “Exquisite performance.” – The Los Angeles Times Tian's tireless energy and boundless drive to attract new audiences to classical music have brought him to a wide range of music audiences. Thinking "outside the…
Boston Symphony Chamber Players Presents: Boston, Symphony Hall, & the BSO in 1900
Jordan Hall
To parallel our celebrations of Symphony Hall’s 125th anniversary, frequent guest pianist Randall Hodgkinson joins the Chamber Players for a program featuring composers active at the time of the hall’s opening in 1900. Amy Beach and Charles Martin Loeffler were both prominent in Boston’s musical community at the turn of the last century. Charles Koechlin and Camille Saint-Sa&#…
Enchanted Circle: The Callithumpian Consort
Brown Hall
NEC faculty Stephen Drury created the Callithumpian Consort in the belief that new music should be an exciting adventure shared by performers and listeners alike, and that the brand new masterpieces of our day are beautiful, sensuous, challenging, delightful, provocative, and a unique joy. Callithumpia…
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Shostakovich, Gubaidulina, Ravel, and Massenet
Jordan Hall
Join us as we open the 41st season of First Mondays. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the world's finest chamber musicians, free and open to all. The First Monday season begins by celebrating founder and former Artistic Director Laurence …
Recital Cancelled: Patrick Sorah '26 MM, Percussion
Brown Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Patrick Sorah '26 MM studies Percussion with
Tuesday Night New Music 2
Brown Hall
The newest works from the next generation of composers. Tuesday Night New Music, a student-run, faculty-supervised concert series, was founded in the early 90s by Lee Hyla. It offers audiences the opportunity to hear the music of current New England Conservatory composition students, performed by their peers. This year the series is directed …
Mbira Music of Zimbabwe Workshop
Brown Hall
Charismatic Zimbabwean master musician Vitalis “Samaita” Botsa creates gorgeous waves of sound with his mbira, connecting the living with the ancestors. “I’m just the car, it’s the spirits doing the driving, making the music,” he says. Visiting from his village in Zimbabwe for duo tour with Erica Azim, Botsa is presenting mbira, an ancient form of sacred musi…
