Performance Calendar

Emi Ferguson, the principal flutist of the Handel and Haydn Society, and freewheeling Baroque continuo band Ruckus take you on a wild romp through some of Bach’s most playful and transcendent works as they infuse the music with equal parts tradition, funk, whimsy, and fun. 

GRAMMY-winning guitarist Claudio Ragazzi and his quartet perform to Ragazzi’s evocative, Latin jazz-inflected originals. This event is co-hosted by Ágora Cultural Architects and Celebrity Series of Boston Neighborhood Arts. Rebroadcast video returns February 16 and will be available on demand for three months.

Brilliant pianist, composer, and multimedia artist Jason Moran turns his boundless creativity and curiosity to a celebration of the life of often-overlooked African American musical pioneer James Reese Europe, credited with introducing jazz music to the European continent during World War I. 

Violinist Alexi Kenney—praised for his “beautiful, aching tone” (Strings)—makes his Celebrity Series debut this season with a program entitled Shifting Ground. In this recital for solo violin with and without electronics, which the New York Times called “breathless and often daring,” Kenney weaves selections from Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas with contemporary compositions, placing the past and the present in a compelling dialogue. 

A new force in Nordic world music is the young Scandinavian trio, Dreamers’ Circus. Contemporary and innovative in their approach, the trio draws inspiration from the deep traditions of folk music in the region and reshapes them into something bright, shiny, and new. 

Violinist Alexi Kenney—praised for his “beautiful, aching tone” (Strings)—makes his Celebrity Series debut this season with a program entitled Shifting Ground. In this recital for solo violin with and without electronics, which the New York Times called “breathless and often daring,” Kenney weaves selections from Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas with contemporary compositions, placing the past and the present in a compelling dialogue. 

Tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das and Suhail Yusuf Khan, who brings a rock sensibility to India’s traditional stringed sarangi, team up to present Soundscapes of India along with young musicians. 

Virtuosic pianist Igor Levit—who became a social media sensation during the COVID-19 lockdown for his series of 52 consecutive home performances spanning the piano repertory from Bach to Billy Joel—returns in the new season to a more habitual setting to take on three pinnacles of the piano literature. Don’t miss these masterworks performed by one of the “most important artists of his generation” (New York Times) when Igor Levit plays Beethoven’s last sonatas.  

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee, “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR), returns alongside pianist Kevin Miller with a program of song based on texts by poets and authors of the Harlem Renaissance set to brand-new music that he is commissioning from acclaimed Black composers. Join Lawrence Brownlee as he shares a bold and thrilling vision: he reflects on the past as he looks ahead to a more inclusive vocal repertoire. 

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee, “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR), returns alongside pianist Kevin Miller with a program of song based on texts by poets and authors of the Harlem Renaissance set to brand-new music that he is commissioning from acclaimed Black composers. Join Lawrence Brownlee as he shares a bold and thrilling vision: he reflects on the past as he looks ahead to a more inclusive vocal repertoire.