Music: Classical
Find concerts from local, national, & international orchestras, symphonies & philharmonics, plus guest soloists & conductors.
Performances
Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Joshua Bell, director & violin
StrathmoreThu. Feb 20
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySat. Feb 22
American Festival Pops Orchestra: Spotlight on Broadway
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySat. Apr 4
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Close Encounters of a Musical Kind
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySun. Apr 19
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: The Joyous Music of Beethoven
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Apr 11
Manassas Chorale: One Voice, Many Voices
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Mar 21
Manassas Symphony Orchestra: American Idols
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Mar 7
Manassas Symphony Orchestra: From the Old World and New
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. May 9
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSun. Feb 23
The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
Hylton Performing Arts CenterFri. Jan 31
Beijing Guitar Duo
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Jan 30
Margot MacDonald & Piotr Pakhomkin
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Feb 6
Bowie Symphonic: Blackstar
StrathmoreSat. Feb 15
Invoke
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Feb 20
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Mar 12
Matt Haimovitz, cello & Laura Colgate, violin
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Mar 26
Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet
Dumbarton ConcertsSat. Feb 29
Thalea String Quartet with Michelle Cann, Piano
Dumbarton ConcertsSat. Mar 14
PUBLIQuartet: American (Re)Invention
Dumbarton ConcertsSat. Apr 18
Washington Performing Arts: Budapest Festival Orchestra
StrathmoreFri. Feb 21
Washington Performing Arts: The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterWed. Apr 15
Washington Performing Arts: Chineke! Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterTue. Apr 21
Comedy Tonight: Broadway's Greatest Laughs
Arena StageSat. May 23
SHIFT Festival: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 25
Lang Lang in Recital
The Kennedy CenterSat. May 23
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: A Far Cry
The Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 31
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Dover Quartet
The Kennedy CenterWed. Apr 15
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Emerson String Quartet and Renée Fleming
The Kennedy CenterThu. May 14
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Maurizio Pollini in recital
The Kennedy CenterSun. May 10
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Trio Con Brio Copenhagen
The Kennedy CenterWed. Feb 19
SHIFT Festival: Jacksonville Symphony
The Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 24
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
The Kennedy CenterMay. 28 & 29
NSO Family Concert: Girl Power! Celebrating Women in Music
The Kennedy CenterSun. Feb 16
NSO Family Concert: Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (a Symphonic Spectacular)
The Kennedy CenterSun. Apr 19
SHIFT Festival: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 27
NSO Music for Young Audiences: Mozart Mash-Up
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 22 – 23
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
The Kennedy CenterJun. 5 & 6
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8
The Kennedy CenterJun. 9 & 10
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphony No. 9
The Kennedy CenterJun. 12 – 14
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
The Kennedy CenterMay. 30 & Jun. 3
NSO: Memory and Myth: Music by Sibelius and an NSO premiere
The Kennedy CenterMay. 14 & 16
NSO: Dvořák's Cello Concerto
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 6 & 9
NSO: Eschenbach conducts Ravel's Boléro / Carpenter plays Poulenc
The Kennedy CenterApr. 23 – 25
NSO: Kozhukhin plays Grieg's Piano Concerto
The Kennedy CenterApr. 2 – 4
NSO: Langrée conducts Brahms's First / Hough plays Beethoven
The Kennedy CenterApr. 16 & 18
NSO: Lugansky plays Mozart / Honeck conducts Dvořák
The Kennedy CenterJan. 30 – Feb. 1
NSO: Noseda conducts Mahler's Fifth and Schubert
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 20 – 22
NSO: Noseda conducts Mahler's Fourth / NSO stars play Haydn
The Kennedy CenterMay. 7 – 9
NSO: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 27 – 29
SHIFT Festival : Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterSat. Mar 28
The Kennedy Center Chamber Players—Spring Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. May 17
The Kennedy Center Chamber Players—Winter Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. Feb 23
Washington Performing Arts: Daniil Trifonov
The Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 4
Washington Performing Arts: Seong-Jin Cho
The Kennedy CenterSun. Mar 8
Washington Performing Arts: Kronos Quartet
GW Lisner AuditoriumFri. Mar 13
Washington Performing Arts: Murray Perahia
StrathmoreFri. Mar 20
Washington Performing Arts: Jenny Lin
The Kennedy CenterSun. Apr 5
Washington Performing Arts: Argus Quartet
The Kennedy CenterTue. Apr 14
Washington Performing Arts: Emanuel Ax
StrathmoreWed. May 6
Maximus Minimalists
AMP by StrathmoreFri. Apr 24
Jazz Masters with John Eaton- Cole Porter
McLean Community CenterSat. Apr 25
Chineke! Orchestra with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
The Kennedy CenterTue. Apr 21
Washington Bach Consort: Bach on the Lute: Nigel North
Virginia Theological SeminarySat. Feb 29
Washington Bach Consort: Bach on the Lute: Nigel North
Live! at 10th & GFri. Feb 28
Washington Bach Consort: Concerti virtuosi
St. Paul's Lutheran ChurchSun. Apr 26
Washington Bach Consort: Devotion & Contemplation
Virginia Theological SeminarySat. Apr 4
Washington Bach Consort: The Passion
St. Paul's Lutheran ChurchSun. Mar 22
The Three Fountains: Music for Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchMar. 6 – 8
Palestrina's Perfect Art
Washington National CathedralFeb. 7 & 8
Cantate Chamber Singers: Wonder: Music and the Natural World
Bradley Hills Presbyterian ChurchSun. May 10
Dunedin Consort
Library of CongressThu. Jan 30
Asko|Schönberg
Library of CongressJan. 31 & Feb. 1
Skride Piano Quartet
Library of CongressWed. Feb 5
Phaeton Trio
Library of CongressFri. Feb 7
Perfection: The Laurent Crystal Flute, 1807-1848
Library of CongressSat. Feb 15
Miranda Cuckson & Friends
Library of CongressFri. Feb 21
Sphinx Virtuosi
Library of CongressFri. Feb 28
Concerto Köln
Library of CongressSat. Feb 29
Arabesque Marouan Benabdallah
Library of CongressSat. Mar 14
Takács Quartet
Library of CongressTue. Mar 17
Tabea Zimmermann, viola | Javier Perianes, piano
Library of CongressWed. Mar 18
Conrad Tao, piano | Caleb Teicher, tap dance
Library of CongressSat. Apr 4
Chamber Music at The Barns: Paul Huang, Danbi Um, and Orion Weiss
The Barns at Wolf TrapFri. Feb 14
International Contemporary Ensemble
Library of CongressFri. May 8
Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata: Two Visions
Library of CongressFri. May 15
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Library of CongressFri. Jul 24
Chiarina Chamber Players: Monuments — Beethoven at 250, Part I
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Feb 16
Chiarina Chamber Players: Monuments — Beethoven at 250, Part II
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Mar 15
Chiarina Chamber Players: Pierrot
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. May 10
The Apollo Orchestra with Peter Orth, piano
The Kennedy CenterThu. Mar 5
The Apollo Orchestra with Michelle Kim, violin
Church of the EpiphanySun. May 17
The Apollo Orchestra presents Rossini’s Stabat Mater
Church of the Little FlowerSun. Jun 14
Congressional Chorus: VOGUE: Return to the 90's
Church of the EpiphanyMar. 21 & 22
Congressional Chorus: Go West! Music from the Rockies and Beyond
Church of the EpiphanySat. May 30
Georgetown Chorale: Celebration of Beethoven
Church of the EpiphanySat. May 2
ChorSymphonica: Leipzig’s 1st Taste
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic ChurchFri. Jun 26
National Philharmonic: Brian Ganz Plays Chopin
StrathmoreSat. Feb 1
National Philharmonic: Black Pioneers Composers w/Melissa White, violin
StrathmoreSat. Feb 22
National Philharmonic: Mozart Requiem
StrathmoreSat. Mar 21
National Philharmonic: Music and Prose
StrathmoreSat. Apr 18
National Philharmonic: Missa Solemnis
StrathmoreSat. May 30
Cathedral Choral Society: March of the Women
Washington National CathedralSun. Mar 22
Cathedral Choral Society: Rossini Messe Solennelle
Washington National CathedralSun. May 17
Chamber Music at The Barns: Arnaud Sussmann, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel, Wu Han
The Barns at Wolf TrapFri. May 1
Chamber Music at The Barns: Brentano Quartet
The Barns at Wolf TrapFri. Feb 28
Chamber Music at The Barns: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Barns at Wolf TrapSun. Apr 5
Igudesman & Joo: BIG Nightmare Music
StrathmoreSun. May 3
Choral Arts Society of Washington: Terry Riley’s Sun Rings
GW Lisner AuditoriumFri. Mar 13
Choral Arts Society of Washington: Schumann: Requiem, Op. 148
The Kennedy CenterSun. May 3
Choral Arts Society of Washington: Christopher Tin’s To Shiver the Sky (World Premiere)
The AnthemSat. May 30
National Chamber Ensemble - Swingin’ Sweethearts Day, Valentine's Tribute To Benny Goodman
Gunston Theatre OneSat. Feb 15
National Chamber Ensemble - Something Borrowed
Gunston Theatre OneSat. May 2
National Chamber Ensemble - The Remarkable Four Seasons of Vivaldi
Gunston Theatre OneSat. Mar 21
The Atlantic Reed Consort
Montpelier Arts CenterSun. Mar 15
Grace Liu
Montpelier Arts CenterSat. Apr 25
Washington Performing Arts: The United States Air Force Band
The AnthemSat. May 30
Rachmaninoff Vespers
National City Christian ChurchSat. May 2
Rob Kapilow's What Makes It Great?: Beethoven, String Quartet no. 16, Op. 135
Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HistorySun. Feb 23
New Orchestra of Washington: The Great Minimalists
Arts BarnSat. Apr 18
Sunday Music Salon - Folk Re-Imagined 2, Chopin & the Russians
Kentlands MansionSun. Feb 9
Belgian Ambassador's Residence: Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp
Belgian Ambassador's ResidenceMon. Mar 23
Embassy of Hungary- Balasz Fülei, piano
Embassy of HungaryFri. May 22
NSO: Star Spangled Symphony
Wolf TrapFri. Jul 17
MDLO Orchestra with Cecile Licad
StrathmoreWed. Apr 22
Portuguese Ambassador’s Residence- Barrantes & Pinto-Ribeiro Piano Duo
Portuguese Ambassador's ResidenceWed. Mar 4
FMMC: Jordan Kitt's Concert Series
Jordan Kitt’s MusicSat. Feb 8
FMMC: Friday Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Feb 7
FMMC: Lyceum Concert Series
The LyceumSun. Feb 9
FMMC: Miller’s Grant Concert Series
Miller’s Grant Retirement CommunityMon. Jan 27
FMMC: Strathmore Concert Series
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Feb 6
FMMC: The Cavani Quartet Remembers Irene Wise
Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GWSat. Feb 22
Young Artist Award Competition Concert
Arts BarnSat. Feb 1
Washington Bach Consort: The Passion
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSat. Mar 21
Songs Both Great and Small
Capitol Hill Presbyterian ChurchMar. 21 & 22
Perfect Octave: Tracing Italian Influence with Monteverdi, Bach and Vivaldi
Hill Center at the Old Naval HospitalSun. May 10
FMMC: Composers Concert
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Feb 21
FMMC: Friday Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Mar 6
FMMC: Friday Concert Series
Calvary Baptist ChurchFri. Feb 14
FMMC: Lyceum Concert Series
The LyceumSun. Mar 1
FMMC: Old Town Hall Concert Series
Old Town HallThu. Feb 20
FMMC: Strathmore Concert Series
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Mar 5
Yo-Yo Ma's Goat Rodeo Sessions
Wolf TrapWed. Aug 12
FMMC: Avanti Orchestra
Church of the EpiphanyFri. Mar 13
FMMC: Avanti Orchestra
Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery CollegeSat. May 30
Diane Monroe, violin, with PUBLIQuartet
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySun. Feb 2
McGill-McHale Trio
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySun. Mar 1
Vera Quartet with Meng-Chieh Li, piano
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySun. Mar 22
Bomsori Kim, violin, and Amy Yang, piano
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySun. Apr 5
Junction Trio
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySun. Apr 12
Ariel Quartet with Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Smithsonian National Portrait GallerySun. May 17
Residence of the Polish Ambassador: Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano
Residence of the Polish AmbassadorTue. Apr 7
Concert – Nancy Peery Marriott and David Chapman
Anderson House & The American Revolution InstituteSat. Mar 21
The BSO Music Box
AMP by StrathmoreMar. 28 – May. 9
