Performance Calendar

Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart Tour (Postponed to 2021-22)

Postponed feat. Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Mark Schatz, and Bryan Sutton

Béla Fleck returns to Boston – alongside some of the best of the new generation of players – for his first bluegrass tour in 24 years.

Saturday Sep. 26

Sanders Theatre

8:00pm

Redman · Mehldau · McBride · Blade (Postponed to 2021-22)

Postponed A MoodSwing Reunion

Joshua Redman’s astonishing 1994 MoodSwing album brought together four players who – in the years since – have soared to creative heights. After years of individual triumphs, they join forces again.

Sunday Oct. 4

Symphony Hall

7:00pm

Silkroad Ensemble (Postponed to 2021-22)

Postponed Falling Out of Time, a song cycle by Osvaldo Golijov

A who’s-who of contemporary world musicians come together for the Boston premiere of Falling out of Time, a song cycle by Osvaldo Golijov.

Saturday Oct. 17

Sanders Theatre

8:00pm

Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro, Och & Oy, A Considered Cabaret (Postponed to 2021-22)

Postponed

The multi-talented Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro – of NPR’s All Things Considered and Pink Martini – team up for an amazing evening of story and song.

Sunday Oct. 18

Sanders Theatre

7:00pm

Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Abridged) (Postponed to 21-22 Season)

Postponed

An abridged version of Taylor Mac’s epic journey through–and queer reframing of--American popular song, from the Revolutionary era to the present.

Friday Oct. 23

Emerson Colonial Theatre

8:00pm

Compañía Nacional de Danza, Carmen (Canceled)

Canceled

Spain’s leading modern dance company brings Swedish choreographer Johan Inger’s sizzling contemporary imagining of Bizet’s opera to Boston.

Saturday Oct. 24

Boch Center Shubert Theatre

8:00pm

Compañía Nacional de Danza, Carmen (Canceled)

Canceled

Spain’s leading modern dance company brings Swedish choreographer Johan Inger’s sizzling contemporary imagining of Bizet’s opera to Boston.

Sunday Oct. 25

Boch Center Shubert Theatre

3:00pm

Not Our First Goat Rodeo Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile (Canceled)

Canceled with guest vocalist Aoife O’Donovan

Five stars come together for the first time in nearly a decade in a supergroup that combines bluegrass and blues with a hint of Bach.

Monday Oct. 26

Symphony Hall

7:00pm

Alexander Malofeev, piano (Postponed to 2021-22)

Postponed

Astounding young Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev – who won the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at just thirteen – makes his Boston debut.

Wednesday Oct. 28

Longy's Pickman Hall

8:00pm

Daniil Trifonov, piano (Postponed to 2021-22 Season)

Postponed

Daniil Trifonov, “one of the most awesome pianists of our time” (New York Times) makes his Symphony Hall recital debut with an exciting program featuring Karol Szymanowski, Carl Maria Von Weber, and Johannes Brahms.

Friday Oct. 30

Symphony Hall

8:00pm

Duets – Dianne Reeves, Chucho Valdés & Joe Lovano (Canceled)

Canceled

Three greats come together for an intimate program of duets.

Sunday Nov. 8

Berklee Performance Center

7:00pm

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko, conductor (Canceled)

Canceled

One of the world’s great orchestras returns to Boston for their first visit under the baton of new Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko.

Wednesday Nov. 11

Symphony Hall

8:00pm

What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow and the Ariel Quartet (Canceled)

Canceled Mozart, “Dissonance Quartet”

Rob Kapilow and the Ariel Quartet examine the rule-breaking choices that make Mozart’s “Dissonance Quartet” an iconic work. This performance's status is to be determined for the current season.

Sunday Nov. 15

NEC’s Jordan Hall

3:00pm

Watkins Family Hour (now a streaming concert)

Canceled featuring Sara and Sean Watkins

Siblings Sara and Sean Watkins bring their freewheeling, virtuosic, collaborative bluegrass and folk showcase to Sanders Theatre.

Sunday Nov. 15

Sanders Theatre

7:00pm

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano, Winterreise (Postponed to 2021-22)

Postponed Bryan Wagorn, piano

The incomparable Joyce DiDonato returns to Boston with her own take on Schubert’s iconic Winterreise, told from the perspective of the woman the hapless poet left behind. This concert has been rescheduled for the 2021-22 season.

Friday Nov. 20

NEC’s Jordan Hall

8:00pm

Seong-Jin Cho, piano (Canceled)

Canceled

With an overwhelming talent and innate musicality, Seong-Jin Cho is a rising star on the world stage and considered one of the most distinctive pianists of his generation. (Status Pending for 2020-2021)

Sunday Dec. 6

NEC’s Jordan Hall

3:00pm

Tetzlaff Quartet (Canceled)

Canceled

The Tetzlaff Quartet have rapidly established a reputation as "one of the world's most fascinating chamber ensembles" (La Nazione).

Friday Dec. 11

NEC’s Jordan Hall

8:00pm

Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis, Big Band Holidays con Rubén Blades (Rescheduled)

Postponed Two Performances

Featuring salsa giant Rubén Blades, this uplifting holiday event is perfect for the whole family!

Saturday Dec. 12

Berklee Performance Center

3:00pm

Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis, Big Band Holidays con Rubén Blades (Rescheduled)

Postponed Two Performances

Featuring salsa giant Rubén Blades, this uplifting holiday event is perfect for the whole family!

Saturday Dec. 12

Berklee Performance Center

8:00pm

Sankofa Danzafro, Accommodating Lie (Canceled)

Canceled

The Afro-Colombian dance company that thrilled audiences in 2018 returns with an evening-length work that dismantles stereotypes, clichés, and falsehoods about the Black body.

Thursday Jan. 21

NEC - Black Box

8:00pm

Sankofa Danzafro, Accommodating Lie (Canceled)

Canceled

The Afro-Colombian dance company that thrilled audiences in 2018 returns with an evening-length work that dismantles stereotypes, clichés, and falsehoods about the Black body.

Friday Jan. 22

NEC - Black Box

8:00pm

Sankofa Danzafro, Accommodating Lie (Canceled)

Canceled

The Afro-Colombian dance company that thrilled audiences in 2018 returns with an evening-length work that dismantles stereotypes, clichés, and falsehoods about the Black body.

Saturday Jan. 23

NEC - Black Box

8:00pm

Doric String Quartet with Benjamin Grosvenor, piano (Canceled)

Canceled

An electrifying pianist joins forces with a superb string quartet in a Jordan Hall concert by Debut Series alumni.

Saturday Jan. 23

NEC’s Jordan Hall

8:00pm

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano (Postponed to 2021-22)

Postponed

One of today’s finest pianists makes a long-awaited Boston recital debut.

Friday Jan. 29

NEC’s Jordan Hall

8:00pm

Aakash Odedra Company (Canceled)

Canceled

One of the most exciting young talents on the international dance scene, British artist Aakash Odedra makes his highly anticipated Boston debut in a captivating solo show.

Friday Jan. 29

NEC - Black Box

8:00pm

Aakash Odedra Company (Canceled)

Canceled

One of the most exciting young talents on the international dance scene, British artist Aakash Odedra makes his highly anticipated Boston debut in a captivating solo show.

Saturday Jan. 30

NEC - Black Box

8:00pm

The Romeros' 60th Anniversary Tour (Canceled)

Canceled featuring Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano

The world’s first classical guitar quartet–and still one of the finest–teams with mezzo Isabel Leonard for a sumptuous evening of song.

Saturday Jan. 30

NEC’s Jordan Hall

8:00pm

Doug Varone and Dancers (Canceled)

Canceled

For more than 30 years, Doug Varone and Dancers has devoted itself to the humanity and virtuosity of dance; the company’s latest work, Somewhere, invokes the iconic West Side Story.

Friday Feb. 5

NEC - Black Box

8:00pm

Doug Varone and Dancers (Canceled)

Canceled

For more than 30 years, Doug Varone and Dancers has devoted itself to the humanity and virtuosity of dance; the company’s latest work, Somewhere, invokes the iconic West Side Story.

Saturday Feb. 6

NEC - Black Box

8:00pm

What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow (Canceled)

Canceled The Music of Lerner and Loewe

Rob Kapilow examines iconic songs such as “Almost Like Being in Love” and “I Could Have Danced All Night." This performance is not currently for sale, and its status is pending for 2020-2021.

Friday Feb. 19

NEC’s Jordan Hall

8:00pm

Emerson String Quartet (Postponed to 2021-22)

Postponed

The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its status as one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades. This performance has been postponed to the 2021-22 season.

Friday May 7

NEC’s Jordan Hall

8:00pm