Music: Classical
Find concerts from local, national, & international orchestras, symphonies & philharmonics, plus guest soloists & conductors.
Performances
Embassy of Romania: Irina Muresano, Violin
Embassy of RomaniaFri. Sep 13
Jennifer Hudson with NSO - Thomas Wilkins Conductor
Wolf TrapThu. Sep 5
Mark Knopfler: Down The Road Wherever Tour
Wolf TrapSun. Aug 18
The Piano Guys
Wolf TrapFri. Sep 6
Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Joshua Bell, director & violin
StrathmoreThu. Feb 20, 2020
Tony Bennett
Wolf TrapSat. Aug 17
The Four Seasons
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySun. Nov 10
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Mistresses and Masterpieces
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySun. Oct 20
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Commemorating Rachmaninoff and Debussy
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySun. Jan 26, 2020
American Festival Pops Orchestra: Holiday Pops
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySat. Dec 14
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySat. Feb 22, 2020
American Festival Pops Orchestra: Spotlight on Broadway
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySat. Apr 4, 2020
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Close Encounters of a Musical Kind
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySun. Apr 19, 2020
American Festival Pops Orchestra: Holiday Pops
Hylton Performing Arts CenterFri. Dec 13
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Spellbinding Bach
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Oct 5
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: The Joyous Music of Beethoven
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Apr 11, 2020
Manassas Chorale: One Voice, Many Voices
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Mar 21, 2020
Manassas Symphony Orchestra: American Idols
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Mar 7, 2020
Manassas Symphony Orchestra: From the Old World and New
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. May 9, 2020
Manassas Symphony Orchestra: Innovative Brilliance
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Oct 26
Manassas Symphony Orchestra: Story Time
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSat. Dec 7
Matinee Idylls: Terra Voce
Hylton Performing Arts CenterTue. Oct 22
Matt Haimovitz with Simone Dinnerstein
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSun. Oct 13
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Hylton Performing Arts CenterSun. Feb 23, 2020
The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
Hylton Performing Arts CenterFri. Jan 31, 2020
Lunchtime with the Arts at Mason-Bernstein Does Broadway
Reston Town CenterThu. Oct 10
Lunchtime with the Arts at Mason-NOVATEQ
Reston Town CenterThu. Sep 26
Lunchtime with the Arts at Mason-Singers and Players from the School of Music
Reston Town CenterThu. Sep 12
Calidore String Quartet
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Sep 19
Clarice Assad, piano
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Sep 26
Clarice Assad, piano
Thu. Sep 26
Bridget Kibbey, harp
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Dec 5
Paul Galbraith, guitar & Antonio Meneses, cello
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Jan 23, 2020
Beijing Guitar Duo
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Jan 30, 2020
Margot MacDonald & Piotr Pakhomkin
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Feb 6, 2020
Bowie Symphonic: Blackstar
StrathmoreSat. Feb 15, 2020
Invoke
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Feb 20, 2020
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Mar 12, 2020
Matt Haimovitz, cello & Laura Colgate, violin
The Mansion at StrathmoreThu. Mar 26, 2020
The Quartetto di Cremona: Italian Journey
Dumbarton ConcertsSat. Oct 19
Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet
Dumbarton ConcertsSat. Feb 29, 2020
Thalea String Quartet with Michelle Cann, Piano
Dumbarton ConcertsSat. Mar 14, 2020
PUBLIQuartet: American (Re)Invention
Dumbarton ConcertsSat. Apr 18, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Budapest Festival Orchestra
StrathmoreFri. Feb 21, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterWed. Apr 15, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Chineke! Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterTue. Apr 21, 2020
Coat of Many Colors: The Music of Dolly Parton
Arena StageSat. Sep 21
The Pied Piper
Arena StageSat. Jan 18, 2020
Comedy Tonight: Broadway's Greatest Laughs
Arena StageSat. May 23, 2020
Shift: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 25, 2020
NSO Pops: Game ON!
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 8, 2020
Lang Lang in Recital
The Kennedy CenterSat. May 23, 2020
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: A Far Cry
The Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 31, 2020
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Cantus
The Kennedy CenterWed. Nov 13
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Dover Quartet
The Kennedy CenterWed. Apr 15, 2020
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Emerson String Quartet and Renée Fleming
The Kennedy CenterThu. May 14, 2020
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
The Kennedy CenterWed. Oct 30
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Maurizio Pollini in recital
The Kennedy CenterSun. May 10, 2020
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Pamela Frank and Peter Serkin
The Kennedy CenterWed. Dec 4
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Jay Campbell
The Kennedy CenterTue. Jan 21, 2020
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Takács Quartet I
The Kennedy CenterTue. Oct 15
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Takács Quartet II
The Kennedy CenterWed. Oct 16
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Trio Con Brio Copenhagen
The Kennedy CenterWed. Feb 19, 2020
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Nelly’s Harpsichord: Music from Mount Vernon
The Kennedy CenterSun. Jan 26, 2020
Jacksonville Symphony (part of SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras)
The Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 24, 2020
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
The Kennedy CenterMay. 28 & 29, 2020
NSO: Noseda conducts Tristan and Isolde—Act II with Gould and Goerke
The Kennedy CenterNov. 13 & 15
NSO Pops: An Evening with Maxwell
The Kennedy CenterSep. 18 – 20
NSO: Handel's Messiah
The Kennedy CenterDec. 19 – 22
NSO Pops: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert
The Kennedy CenterNov. 29 – Dec. 1
NSO Family Concert: Girl Power! Celebrating Women in Music
The Kennedy CenterSun. Feb 16, 2020
NSO Family Concert: Halloween Spooktacular
The Kennedy CenterSun. Oct 20
NSO Family Concert: Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (a Symphonic Spectacular)
The Kennedy CenterSun. Apr 19, 2020
NSO Music for Young Audiences: Beauty and the Beat
The Kennedy CenterJan. 18 – 26, 2020
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (part of SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras)
The Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 27, 2020
NSO Music for Young Audiences: Mozart Mash-Up
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 22 – 23, 2020
NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops! with Leslie Odom, Jr.
The Kennedy CenterDec. 13 – 14
The Kennedy Center Chamber Players—Fall Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. Nov 3
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
The Kennedy CenterJun. 5 & 6, 2020
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8
The Kennedy CenterJun. 9 & 10, 2020
NSO Pops: Nat King Cole at 100
The Kennedy CenterOct. 17 – 19
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphony No. 9
The Kennedy CenterJun. 12 – 14, 2020
NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
The Kennedy CenterMay. 30 & Jun. 3, 2020
NSO: Memory and Myth: Music by Sibelius and an NSO premiere
The Kennedy CenterMay. 14 & 16, 2020
NSO: Bronfman plays Beethoven / Holst's The Planets
The Kennedy CenterJan. 16 – 19, 2020
NSO: Celebrating Slatkin at 75 / Kern plays Rachmaninoff
The Kennedy CenterDec. 5 & 7
NSO: Dvořák's Cello Concerto
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 6 & 9, 2020
NSO: Eschenbach conducts Ravel's Boléro / Carpenter plays Poulenc
The Kennedy CenterApr. 23 – 25, 2020
NSO: Eschenbach returns / Tetzlaff plays Dvořák
The Kennedy CenterJan. 24 & 25, 2020
NSO: Fleming and Gilfry in an NSO co-commission / Noseda conducts Also sprach Zarathustra
The Kennedy CenterNov. 21 – 23
NSO: Janowski conducts Bruckner's Seventh / Steinbacher plays Mozart
The Kennedy CenterOct. 10 – 12
NSO: Kozhukhin plays Grieg's Piano Concerto
The Kennedy CenterApr. 2 – 4, 2020
NSO: Langrée conducts Brahms's First / Hough plays Beethoven
The Kennedy CenterApr. 16 & 18, 2020
NSO: Lugansky plays Mozart / Honeck conducts Dvořák
The Kennedy CenterJan. 30 – Feb. 1, 2020
NSO: Noseda conducts a dance-inspired program / Bar-Josef plays Piazzolla
The Kennedy CenterNov. 7 & 9
NSO: Noseda conducts Mahler's Fifth and Schubert
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 20 – 22, 2020
NSO: Noseda conducts Mahler's Fourth / NSO stars play Haydn
The Kennedy CenterMay. 7 – 9, 2020
NSO: Season Opening Concert
Noseda leads a jazz-inspired evening with Yuja Wang
The Kennedy CenterSat. Sep 28
NSO: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 27 – 29, 2020
NSO: Urbański conducts Tchaikovsky's Fourth / De la Salle plays Chopin
The Kennedy CenterOct. 31 – Nov. 2
NSO: Carmina Burana
The Kennedy CenterOct. 3 – 5
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (part of SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras)
The Kennedy CenterSat. Mar 28, 2020
The Kennedy Center Chamber Players—Spring Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. May 17, 2020
The Kennedy Center Chamber Players—Winter Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. Feb 23, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Taipei Symphony Orchestra
StrathmoreFri. Nov 15
Washington Performing Arts: Jacksonville Symphony
The Kennedy CenterTue. Mar 24, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 25, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Knoxville Symphony
The Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 27, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
The Kennedy CenterSat. Mar 28, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Drew Petersen
The Kennedy CenterSat. Oct 19
Washington Performing Arts: Zoltán Fejérvári
The Kennedy CenterSun. Nov 17
Washington Performing Arts: Daniil Trifonov
The Kennedy CenterWed. Mar 4, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Seong-Jin Cho
The Kennedy CenterSun. Mar 8, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Kronos Quartet
GW Lisner AuditoriumFri. Mar 13, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Murray Perahia
StrathmoreFri. Mar 20, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Jenny Lin
The Kennedy CenterSun. Apr 5, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Argus Quartet
The Kennedy CenterTue. Apr 14, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Emanuel Ax
StrathmoreWed. May 6, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Pink Martini
The Kennedy CenterSun. Oct 13
Washington Performing Arts: Damien Sneed
Sixth & ISat. Dec 7
Washington Performing Arts: Melbourne Symphony
The Kennedy CenterWed. Oct 16
Outside the Bachs
AMP by StrathmoreSun. Dec 15
Maximus Minimalists
AMP by StrathmoreFri. Apr 24, 2020
NSO Orchestra: Labor Day Capitol Concert 2019
West Lawn US CapitolSun. Sep 1
Jazz Masters with John Eaton- Cole Porter
McLean Community CenterSat. Apr 25, 2020
John Eaton's Holiday Songbook
McLean Community CenterSun. Dec 15
Chineke! Orchestra with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
The Kennedy CenterTue. Apr 21, 2020
Washington Bach Consort: A Royal Occasion
National Presbyterian ChurchSun. Sep 22
Washington Bach Consort: At Home with Bach
Live! at 10th & GFri. Nov 8
Washington Bach Consort: At Home with Bach
Virginia Theological SeminarySat. Nov 9
Washington Bach Consort: Bach on the Lute: Nigel North
Virginia Theological SeminarySat. Feb 29, 2020
Washington Bach Consort: Bach on the Lute: Nigel North
Live! at 10th & GFri. Feb 28, 2020
Washington Bach Consort: Concerti virtuosi
St. Paul's Lutheran ChurchSun. Apr 26, 2020
Washington Bach Consort: Devotion & Contemplation
Virginia Theological SeminarySat. Apr 4, 2020
Washington Bach Consort: The Christmas Story
National Presbyterian ChurchSun. Dec 22
Washington Bach Consort: The Passion
St. Paul's Lutheran ChurchSun. Mar 22, 2020
Washington Bach Consort: The Tudors
Live! at 10th & GFri. Dec 6
Washington Bach Consort: The Tudors
Virginia Theological SeminarySat. Dec 7
The Apollo Orchestra with Carter Brey, Cellist
Chevy Chase Presbyterian ChurchSun. Nov 17
The Apollo Orchestra with Cho-Liang Lin, Violin
Church of the Little FlowerFri. Oct 18
The Apollo Orchestra with Chris Gekker, Trumpet
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory SchoolSat. Sep 14
Music for Machiavelli
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSep. 27 – 29
Gloria! A Baroque Italian Christmas
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchDec. 13 – 18
The Three Fountains: Music for Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchMar. 6 – 8, 2020
Palestrina's Perfect Art
Washington National CathedralFeb. 7 & 8, 2020
Fresh AIR: Artist in Residence Class of 2020 Preview Concert
AMP by StrathmoreWed. Nov 20
Chiarina Chamber Players: New Paths
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Jan 12, 2020
Cantate Chamber Singers: Continuum - New Voices, Ancient Words
Bradley Hills Presbyterian ChurchSun. Oct 20
Cantate Chamber Singers: Joy - How Can I Keep from Singing?
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSat. Dec 7
Cantate Chamber Singers: Wonder: Music and the Natural World
Bradley Hills Presbyterian ChurchSun. May 10, 2020
Fretwork with Iestyn Davies
Library of CongressWed. Oct 16
Arod Quartet Concerts from the Library of Congress, 2019-2020
Library of CongressFri. Oct 18
Quicksilver - Founder's Day Concert
Library of CongressWed. Oct 30
Midori, violin & Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
Library of CongressSat. Nov 2
Chopin: the Raphael of the Piano
Library of CongressSat. Nov 16
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Library of CongressWed. Nov 20
Leila Josefowicz, violin & John Novacek, piano
Library of CongressSat. Nov 23
Clara Schumann at 200
Library of CongressFri. Dec 6
Miró Quartet | Antonio Stradivari Memorial Concert
Library of CongressWed. Dec 18
Dunedin Consort
Library of CongressThu. Jan 30, 2020
Asko|Schönberg
Library of CongressJan. 31 & Feb. 1, 2020
Skride Piano Quartet
Library of CongressWed. Feb 5, 2020
Phaeton Trio
Library of CongressFri. Feb 7, 2020
Perfection: The Laurent Crystal Flute, 1807-1848
Library of CongressSat. Feb 15, 2020
Miranda Cuckson & Friends
Library of CongressFri. Feb 21, 2020
Sphinx Virtuosi
Library of CongressFri. Feb 28, 2020
Concerto Köln
Library of CongressSat. Feb 29, 2020
Arabesque Marouan Benabdallah
Library of CongressSat. Mar 14, 2020
Takács Quartet
Library of CongressTue. Mar 17, 2020
Tabea Zimmermann, viola | Javier Perianes, piano
Library of CongressWed. Mar 18, 2020
Conrad Tao, piano | Caleb Teicher, tap dance
Library of CongressSat. Apr 4, 2020
Chamber Music at The Barns: David Finckel and Wu Han
The Barns at Wolf TrapSun. Oct 27
Chamber Music at The Barns: Escher String Quartet and Jason Vieaux
The Barns at Wolf TrapFri. Nov 22
Chamber Music at The Barns: Jeffrey Kahane
The Barns at Wolf TrapSun. Dec 1
Chamber Music at The Barns: Paul Huang, Danbi Um, and Orion Weiss
The Barns at Wolf TrapFri. Feb 14, 2020
Chamber Music at The Barns: Will Liverman and Ken Noda
The Barns at Wolf TrapSun. Jan 12, 2020
Chiarina Chamber Players: A Hebrew Overture
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Sep 22
Chiarina Chamber Players: A Poet’s Love
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Oct 20
Chiarina Chamber Players: Movement Reflected
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Dec 8
International Contemporary Ensemble
Library of CongressFri. May 8, 2020
Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata: Two Visions
Library of CongressFri. May 15, 2020
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Library of CongressFri. Jul 24, 2020
Chiarina Chamber Players: Monuments — Beethoven at 250, Part I
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Feb 16, 2020
Chiarina Chamber Players: Monuments — Beethoven at 250, Part II
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. Mar 15, 2020
Chiarina Chamber Players: Pierrot
Saint Mark's Episcopal ChurchSun. May 10, 2020
The Apollo Orchestra with Roberto Diaz, viola
Chevy Chase Presbyterian ChurchSun. Jan 12, 2020
The Apollo Orchestra with Peter Orth, piano
The Kennedy CenterThu. Mar 5, 2020
The Apollo Orchestra with Michelle Kim, violin
Church of the EpiphanySun. May 17, 2020
The Apollo Orchestra presents Rossini’s Stabat Mater
Church of the Little FlowerSun. Jun 14, 2020
DC Strings Workshop
REACH Plaza StageWed. Sep 11
Maryland Lyric Opera Orchestra Soloist Leon Fleisher
StrathmoreTue. Nov 12
Congressional Chorus: Nevertheless, She Persisted . . .
Church of the EpiphanySun. Nov 24
Congressional Chorus: VOGUE: Return to the 90's
Church of the EpiphanyMar. 21 & 22, 2020
Congressional Chorus: Go West! Music from the Rockies and Beyond
Church of the EpiphanySat. May 30, 2020
NSO Orchestra: Labor Day Capitol Concert 2019 ( Open Rehearsal)
US Capitol West LawnSun. Sep 1
