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Events for January 2026
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| Jan 17, 2026 |
| Experience Polynesia |
| Dates: |
Jan 17 to 18 |
| Sponsor: |
The Musical Instrument Museum |
| Auditorium: |
The Musical Instrument Museum |
| Contact: |
Sydney Rich |
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4725 E. Mayo Blvd. |
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Phoenix, AZ United States |
| Phone: |
(480) 478-6000 |
| e-mail: |
sydney.rich@mim.org |
| Web: |
https://mim.org/events/experience-polynesia-2026/2026-01-17/ |
Take a musical journey through Polynesia and explore the rich history of the cultures that make up the island region. Enjoy exciting live performances, participate in dance workshops, and learn about traditional and contemporary instruments. |
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| Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA Presents Young Artist Showcase with VSO’s Young Artist Competition Gold Medalists |
| Dates: |
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 at 7 p.m. |
| Sponsor: |
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA |
| Auditorium: |
Skyview Concert Hall |
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1300 NW 139th Street, Vancouver, WA 98685 |
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Vancouver, WA United States |
| Phone: |
(360) 735-7278 |
| e-mail: |
thevso@vancouversymphony.org |
| Web: |
https://vancouversymphony.org/2025-2026-january-symphonic-performance/ |
Our annual Young Artist Showcase program opens with an exciting 2011 work by Mason Bates, his techno-inspired Mothership. We then feature the three winners of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. Pianist Wilson Liu plays the opening movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20. Alto saxophonist Jacob Peizner plays Jacques Ibert’s Concertino da camera. Hana Gottesman plays Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane. The program also includes, as always, music that showcases the VSO itself, a pair of colorful works by Richard Strauss, the suite from the opera Der Rosenkavalier, and his symphonic poem Till Eulenspeigel’s Merry Pranks. |
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| Vocal Master Class with Justin Austin, baritone |
| Dates: |
Jan 17 |
| Sponsor: |
La Jolla Music Society |
| Auditorium: |
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center |
| Contact: |
8584593728 |
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7600 Fay Ave |
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La Jolla, CA United States |
| Phone: |
8584593728 |
| e-mail: |
boxoffice@theconrad.org |
| Web: |
https://theconrad.org/events/cotton-master-class/ |
With a “mighty lyric voice” (The New York Times) and “a burly, burnished tone capable of striking nuance and color” (Washington Post), baritone Justin Austin was named Rising Star of the Year at the 2024 International Opera Awards and is a recipient of the 2024 Marian Anderson Vocal Award. Observe artistry in action as Austin works with local singers and helps them hone their craft. |
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| Jan 18, 2026 |
| Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival presents: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin & Jason Vieaux, guitar |
| Dates: |
Jan 18 |
| Sponsor: |
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival |
| Auditorium: |
Amelia River Club |
| Contact: |
Robyn Lamp |
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4477 Buccaneer Trail |
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Fernandina Beach, FL United States |
| Phone: |
9042611779 |
| e-mail: |
office@aicmf.org |
| Web: |
https://aicmf.org/event/meyersvieaux/ |
Two Grammy-winning virtuosi join forces for an intimate evening of violin and guitar, in a breathtaking marsh-front setting at The Amelia River Club.
Program (subject to change)
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne
Mason Bates: *New Commissioned Work*
Philip Glass: New Chaconne
15-Minute Intermission
Jose Luis Merlin: Suite del Recuerdo
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Arturo Marquez: Danzon No.2 |
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| Composers Concordance All About the Balkans |
| Dates: |
Sunday, Jan. 18th, 2026 at 5pm |
| Auditorium: |
Gallery MC |
| Contact: |
genepritsker@gmail.com |
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549 West 52nd Street, NYC |
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New York City, NY United States |
| Phone: |
+1 646-522-9442 |
| e-mail: |
composersconcordance@gmail.com |
| Web: |
https://composersconcordance.wixsite.com/2025-26-season |
"Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves." -Ivo Andri?, The Bridge on the Drina
For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Sunday, January 18th at 5pm at Gallery MC, Composers Concordance continues its 42nd season with 'All About the Balkans,' a concert event celebrating the culturally-vibrant region traversing the borders of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey. |
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| Memories, Shadows and Ghosts |
| Dates: |
Jan 13 to Jan 18 |
| Sponsor: |
North South Consonance, Inc |
| Auditorium: |
Klavierhaus |
| Contact: |
Max Lifchitz |
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790 11th Ave |
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New York, NY United States |
| e-mail: |
ns.concerts@att.net |
| Web: |
https://www.northsouthmusic.org |
Pianist Max Lifchitz plays music by Luciano Berio, Lee Calhoun, Leon Kirchner, Max Lifchitz, Gisli Magnusson, John McGinn, B. Allen Schulz & Ludmila Yurina.
The free-admission concert will start at 7 PM and conclude around 8:20 PM.
It will be streamed via YouTube @
https://www.youtube.com/live/U5rfmVXsRAs |
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| Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East |
| Dates: |
Jan 18 |
| Sponsor: |
La Jolla Music Society |
| Auditorium: |
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center |
| Contact: |
8584593728 |
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7600 Fay Avenue |
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La Jolla, CA United States |
| Phone: |
8584593728 |
| e-mail: |
boxoffice@theconrad.org |
| Web: |
https://theconrad.org/events/sunny-jains-wild-wild-east/ |
Whether performing on the National Mall in DC for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival or in the foothills of the Himalayas in Pakistan for 10,000 people, Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East creates hypnotic rhythms that intertwine with Hindustani vocals, saxophone, and guitar. Drawing from his family’s immigration story, Jain recasts the immigrant as the modern-day cowboy and cowgirl, inspired by Bollywood classics, Spaghetti Westerns, Punjabi folk traditions, jazz improvisation, and rollicking psychedelic styles. |
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| Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA Presents Young Artist Showcase with VSO’s Young Artist Competition Gold Medalists |
| Dates: |
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026 at 3 p.m. |
| Sponsor: |
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA |
| Auditorium: |
Skyview Concert Hall |
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1300 NW 139th Street, Vancouver, WA 98685 |
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Vancouver, WA United States |
| Phone: |
(360) 735-7278 |
| e-mail: |
thevso@vancouversymphony.org |
| Web: |
https://vancouversymphony.org/2025-2026-january-symphonic-performance/ |
Our annual Young Artist Showcase program opens with an exciting 2011 work by Mason Bates, his techno-inspired Mothership. We then feature the three winners of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. Pianist Wilson Liu plays the opening movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20. Alto saxophonist Jacob Peizner plays Jacques Ibert’s Concertino da camera. Hana Gottesman plays Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane. The program also includes, as always, music that showcases the VSO itself, a pair of colorful works by Richard Strauss, the suite from the opera Der Rosenkavalier, and his symphonic poem Till Eulenspeigel’s Merry Pranks. |
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| Jan 22, 2026 |
| Lucas and Arthur Jussen |
| Dates: |
Jan 22 |
| Sponsor: |
La Jolla Music Society |
| Auditorium: |
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center |
| Contact: |
8584593728 |
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7600 Fay Avenue |
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La Jolla, CA United States |
| Phone: |
8584593728 |
| e-mail: |
boxoffice@theconrad.org |
| Web: |
https://theconrad.org/events/lucas-and-arthur-jussen/ |
“You realise that this is not usual. This is not just two good pianists playing together. They sense each other’s most small, individual little bit of interpretation.”
— Sir Neville Marriner |
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| Jan 23, 2026 |
| Cellist Misha Quint & Pianist Alexei Volodin Perform in Songs without Words at Carnegie Hall on Jan 23 at 8PM |
| Dates: |
Jan 23 |
| Sponsor: |
InterHarmony International Music Festival |
| Auditorium: |
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall |
| Contact: |
Caitlin McConnell |
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57th Street and, 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019 |
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New York, NY United States |
| Phone: |
2122477800 |
| e-mail: |
boxoffice@carnegiehall.org |
| Web: |
https://www.interharmony.com/interharmony-concert-series |
InterHarmony® Concert Series returns to Carnegie Hall on January 23 with Songs Without Words, featuring cellist Misha Quint and pianist Alexei Volodin. Two virtuosos reunite for a concert framed around the simple idea: music doesn’t need lyrics for the highest expression, with poignantly romantic works by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Davydov and Rostropovich. Tickets can be purchased at carnegiehall.org or by calling 212.247.7800.
After the concert, Quint and Volodin’s new album, Paris Mirages, will be available for purchase. It will be the debut album for the new InterHarmony® Records label.
About the Program
The concert will begin from Romance without Words, a piece written by Karl Dadvidov, a monumental cello virtuoso of the 19th century, with sweet and charming melodies. It will end with the music of of the 20th century icon of cello playing, Mstislav Rostropovich, with his Humoresque. These two pieces create a foundation for a bridge made of masterpieces of the cello and piano repertoir |
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| Newport Classical: Cellist Jonathan Swensen Returns |
| Dates: |
Jan 23 |
| Sponsor: |
Newport Classical |
| Auditorium: |
Newport Classical Recital Hall |
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42 Dearborn St |
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Newport, RI United States |
| e-mail: |
info@newportclassical.org |
| Web: |
https://newportclassical.org/event/cellist-jonathan-swensen-returns/ |
After a memorable debut as a 2024 Festival Artist, Newport Classical begins 2026 with the highly anticipated return of cellist Jonathan Swensen. Honored with the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant and recently awarded joint First Prize at the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition, Swensen has won international acclaim. Described as “a musician of charisma and thrilling physicality” (BBC Music Magazine), he brings his signature intensity and imagination back to Newport for an evening that promises both passion and artistry. On his Newport Classical program is music of Beethoven, Leoš Janá?ek, Robert Schumann, Bartók, and Shostakovich. |
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| Jan 24, 2026 |
| Mason Home Concerts 2026 Opening Night: Pianist Marisa Gupta Plays Chopin & Barber |
| Dates: |
Jan. 24 |
| Sponsor: |
Mason Home Concerts |
| Auditorium: |
Mason Home Concerts |
| Contact: |
lynn@greengalactic.com |
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3484 Redwood Avenue |
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Los Angeles, CA United States |
| e-mail: |
lynn@greengalactic.com |
| Web: |
https:// masonconcerts.org |
Mason Home Concerts announces its 2026 season of chamber music in an acoustically refined, salon-style setting offering rare access to world-class musicians on Los Angeles’s Westside. Now in its 12th year, the series takes place in the purpose-designed Santa Monica home of composer Todd Mason, running from January 24 through May 16, 2026. The season features principal and longtime members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Long Beach Symphony, along with faculty and alumni from Juilliard, USC, and UCLA. Programs span traditional and contemporary repertoire and include preconcert talks by LA Philharmonic’s Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano.
Founded in 2013 by Mason and his late wife, Robin, the series continues Los Angeles’s tradition of private-residence concerts in an intimate, custom-built 50-seat space. Season opens Jan. 24 with pianist Marisa Gupta performing works by Chopin, Barber, Migo, and a new piece by Mason.
Tickets are a suggested $40 donation. |
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| Jan 25, 2026 |
| Composers Concordance Timbre Tantrum: Saxophones |
| Dates: |
Sunday, Jan. 25th, 2025 at 7pm |
| Auditorium: |
Jim Kempner Fine Art Gallery |
| Contact: |
genepritsker@gmail.com |
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501 W 23 St, New York, NY 10011 |
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New York City, NY United States |
| Phone: |
+1 646-522-9442 |
| e-mail: |
composersconcordance@gmail.com |
| Web: |
https://composersconcordance.wixsite.com/2025-26-season |
For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Sunday, January 25th at 7pm, Composers Concordance unleashes the next installment of its adventurous Timbre Tantrum series—this time putting the spotlight squarely on the saxophone.
The Timbre Tantrum concept is simple and bold: multiple performers, one instrument, endless sonic possibilities. Previous 'Tantrums' have shaken the room with brass and strings—'Trumpetation' (four trumpets), 'TromBonafide' (four trombones), and 'The Fiddlers' (four violins). Now, the spotlight turns to the saxophone family, ready to howl, whisper, and explode across the full spectrum of sound.
The evening features an electrifying lineup of saxophonists: Todd Rewoldt, Gottfried Stöger, Dennis Brandner, and Melissa Williams, joined by a powerhouse rhythm section: Gene Pritsker -guitar, Jeniffer Vincent - bass, and Max Pollak - percussion.
The program includes several world premieres, among them Gene Pritsker’s Summit, Faye-Ellen Silverman’s Three Can Be…, and Dennis Bathory-K |
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| Jan 27, 2026 |
| Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival presents: Imani Winds |
| Dates: |
Jan 27 |
| Sponsor: |
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival |
| Auditorium: |
Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island |
| Contact: |
Robyn Lamp |
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4750 Amelia Island Pkwy |
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Fernandina Beach, FL United States |
| Phone: |
9042611779 |
| e-mail: |
office@aicmf.org |
| Web: |
https://aicmf.org/event/imaniwinds/ |
The trailblazing Imani Winds bring their vibrant, genre-spanning repertoire and cultural storytelling to the Ritz stage — a dynamic celebration of wind chamber music like you’ve never heard before. |
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| The Notebook |
| Dates: |
Jan. 27 - Feb. 8 |
| Auditorium: |
Segerstrom Center for the Arts |
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600 Town Center Dr |
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Costa Mesa, CA United States |
| Phone: |
714-556-2787 |
| Web: |
http://www.scfta.org/events/2026/the-notebook |
“The Notebook is everything. Run, don’t walk!” — Hoda Kotb, Today
“Romantic, life-affirming, and ingeniously adapted.” — USA Today
“Strikingly beautiful. A bonafide hit!” — Vanity Fair
Based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, The Notebook tells the story of Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, who share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart. “Full of butterfly-inducing highs and beautiful songs” (Entertainment Weekly), The Notebook is a deeply moving portrait of the enduring power of love.
Chris Jones of The Chicago Tribune says The Notebook is “absolutely gorgeous, not to be missed,” and The New York Daily News calls it “a love story for the ages.”
The Notebook is directed by Michael Greif (Dear Evan Hansen, Next to Normal, RENT) and Schele Williams (The Wiz, Aida), and features music and lyrics by multi-platinum singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, book by Bekah Brunstetter (NBC’s “This Is Us”), and choreography by Katie Spelman. |
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| We're All in the Mood for a Melody: Polyphony Through the Ages |
| Dates: |
Jan 27 |
| Sponsor: |
La Jolla Music Society |
| Auditorium: |
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center |
| Contact: |
8584593728 |
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7600 Fay Ave |
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La Jolla, CA United States |
| Phone: |
8584593728 |
| e-mail: |
boxoffice@theconrad.org |
| Web: |
https://theconrad.org/events/music-101-session-1/ |
Engage with history in this introduction to Western classical music! Led by Michael Gerdes, Director of Orchestras at San Diego State University and a longtime guest lecturer for our organization, this free, five-part public series is designed for anyone curious about the composers, works, and cultural movements that shaped the music we know and love. No prior musical background is required. Each lecture builds on the previous one, yet every session stands on its own, so you can join at any point in the series. |
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| Jan 29, 2026 |
| Steven Banks & Xak Bjerken: Beethoven, Barber & Blues |
| Dates: |
Jan 29 |
| Auditorium: |
The Old Church Concert Hall |
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1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97201 |
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Portland, OR United States |
| Phone: |
503-294-6400 |
| e-mail: |
tickets@cmnw.org |
| Web: |
https://cmnw.org/concerts-events/2025-26-season/steven-banks-beethoven-barber-blues/2383 |
STELLAR SAXOPHONIST WITH PASSIONATE PIANIST
A charismatic ambassador for the classical saxophone, CMNW Protégé Project Alumnus Steven Banks (Kenari Saxophone Quartet) returns to Portland this season with the energetic pianist Xak Bjerken for an intimate recital. Winner of the prestigious 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Banks captivates audiences with his balance of refined lyricism and virtuosic flair. Traversing classical, contemporary, and popular repertoire, Banks and Bjerken will perform baritone saxophone works by Beethoven, Barber, Saint-Saëns, and John Musto’s Shadow of the Blues for an utterly unique evening of music. |
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| Jan 30, 2026 |
| Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus |
| Dates: |
Jan 30 |
| Sponsor: |
La Jolla Music Society |
| Auditorium: |
Balboa Theatre |
| Contact: |
8584593728 |
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868 4th Avenue |
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San Diego, CA United States |
| Phone: |
8584593728 |
| e-mail: |
boxoffice@theconrad.org |
| Web: |
https://theconrad.org/events/herve-koubi/ |
In Sol Invictus, Compagnie Hervé Koubi combines contemporary and urban dance movements, capoeira, and martial arts with powerful imagery and inspired choreography. Luminous, generous, and universal, Sol Invictus is Koubi’s declaration of love to dance, to its past, its present, its future.
Drawing creative strength from Koubi’s Algerian roots and Mediterranean culture, Compagnie Hervé Koubi is a powerhouse player on the international touring circuit. |
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