Season of Hope
The U.S. Air Force Band
Guest Artists: The Children of the Gospel Choir
Dec 10, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Dec 11, 3 p.m.
DAR Constitution Hall
With guest artists “COTG,” The U.S. Air Force Band is excited to return to DAR Constitution Hall to present “Season of Hope,” an annual holiday concert tradition on December 10th and 11th.

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Tue, Jan 24, 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Effortless virtuosity, penetrating insight, and emotional nuance from Norwegian piano luminary Leif One Andsnes.

Hayes Piano Series
Charles Richard-Hamelin
Sat, Jan 28, 2 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
The rising-star Québecois virtuoso, honored with two awards at Warsaw’s prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, devotes his Hayes Piano Series recital to works by Chopin, Franck, and Ravel.

Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Tito Muñoz and Eugene Rogers
Members of The Washington Chorus
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
Tue, Jan 31, 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
The unique all Black and Latinx Sphinx Symphony Orchestra celebrates its namesake organization’s 25th anniversary, joined by very special guests.

Living the Dream…Singing the Dream
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Sun, Feb 5, 7 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
In a perennial season highlight, our combined gospel choirs unite with Choral Arts in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Joshua Bell, violin
Peter Dugan, piano
Wed, Feb 8, 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Grammy-winning violin superstar and perennial Washington Performing Arts favorite Joshua Bell returns in recital to share “playing [that] is almost uncannily lovely" (New York Times).

Our Song, Our Story
Damien Sneed, Justin Austin, and Jacqueline Echols
Sphinx Quartet
Fri, Feb 10, 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
A salute to African American operatic pioneers Marian Anderson and Jessye Norman, featuring rising-star vocalists of today.

A Broadway Valentine
Jessica Vosk
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, music director & piano
Tue, Feb 14, 7 p.m.
Sixth & I
D.C. debut! Famed as a star of Broadway’s Wicked, Jessica Vosk turns Sixth & I into a sizzling Valentine’s cabaret, singing favorite showtunes and pop hits.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis
Sun, Feb 26, 7 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Peerless trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsalis and the renowned JLCO build upon the classic big-band tradition with lock-step precision and stunning virtuosity.

COTTON
John E. Dowell, Damien Geter, Denyce Graves, Justin Austin, Laura Ward
Tue, Feb 28, 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
The legendary Denyce Graves joins a multi-disciplinary team of creators for this powerful new song cycle connecting African American ancestors and their heirs of today.

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Rafael Payare, music director
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Mon, Mar 6, 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
The “OSM” returns to D.C. led by its celebrated new music director, Rafael Payare, with a program of Mahler, Dorothy Chang, and (joined by revered pianist Yefim Bronfman) Bartók.

Chad Lawson, piano
Judy Kang, violin
Seth Parker Woods, cello
Sat, Mar 18, 8 p.m.
Sixth & I
An evening of graceful and meditative music—classically inspired yet stylistically diverse—from pianist/composer Chad Lawson and collaborators Judy Kang and Seth Parker Woods.

Yefim Bronfman, piano
Tue, Apr 4, 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
A legendary pianist celebrated equally for his commanding technique are refined lyricism, Yefim Bronfman offers a recital of rare intimacy.

Emanuel Ax, piano
Sun, Apr 16, 4 p.m.
Strathmore
The first Washington Performing Arts solo recital in more than a dozen years from one of today’s most accomplished and beloved pianists.

Taiwan Philharmonic
(a.k.a. National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan)
Jun Märkl, music director
Paul Huang, violin
Wed, Apr 19, 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
The Taiwan Philharmonic makes its first-ever Washington Performing Arts appearance in a wide-ranging program, joined by acclaimed violin virtuoso Paul Huang.

Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour
Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Lakecia Benjamin, Christian Sands, Yasushi Nakamura, and Clarence Penn
Thu, Apr 20, 8 p.m.
Strathmore
The world-renowned festival celebrates its 65th anniversary with a sizzling ensemble fronted by Grammy-winning vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling.

Danish String Quartet
Fri, Apr 21, 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Washington Performing Arts audience favorites, the DSQ return with a fascinating program balancing Schubert classics with a new work by Iceland’s Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain
with Rakesh Chaurasia
Sun, Apr 23, 7 p.m.
Strathmore
A genre-crossing supergroup returns to Washington Performing Arts in an evening of astounding virtuosity, cultural convergence, and the spark of improvisation.

ANGEL ISLAND - An Oratorio for Voices & String Quartet
Huang Ruo, Del Sol Quartet, The U.S. Air Force Band's Singing Sergeants
Tue, May 2, 7 p.m.
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Acclaimed Chinese-American composer, Huang Ruo, gives voice to the dark history of Chinese immigration and discrimination inscribed onto the walls of the “Ellis Island of the West.”

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, music director
Claire Chase, solo flute
Mon, May 8, 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Finland’s foremost orchestra salutes two of its homeland’s greatest composers: Jean Sibelius and (joined by the acclaimed flute soloist Claire Chase) Kaija Saariaho.

Evgeny Kissin, piano
Renée Fleming, soprano
Wed, May 10, 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Two eminent Grammy winners perform the music of Rachmaninoff, in a program boasting both solo piano and vocal works.

Geneva Lewis, violin
Evren Ozel, piano
Sun, May 14, 2 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
The Washington Performing Arts debut of a rising-star violinist from New Zealand, in a centuries-spanning program celebrating the concept of “home.”

Children of the Gospel Choir
Michele Fowlin, artistic director
Fri, Jun 2, 8 p.m.
Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center
Season finale! In a program co-curated by the choir members themselves, our stellar “COTG” sing out on matters of social justice.