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Welcome to our 2026–27 season, a celebration capping 120 years of presenting the world’s most exciting live performing arts!
The Australian Ballet
Oscar© by Christopher Wheeldon
Takács Quartet with
Jeremy Denk, piano
Michael Pollan & Christof Koch
A Journey into Consciousness
Judy Collins
Sweet Judy Blue Eyes:
The Farewell Tour
Mariachi Herencia de México
La Nueva Generación Tour
Día de los Muertos
Steve Reich at 90:
A Birthday Celebration
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Ensemble Signal
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Oliver Wass, harps
Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha
Program in Critical Theory’s 20th Anniversary and Jefferson Memorial Lecture
“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”:
Movements for Liberation and Transfigurations of Freedom
Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano
Sean Shibe, guitar
Orlando Variations
Jean Rondeau, harpsichord
All-French Baroque Program
William Kentridge’s
The Head & the Load
Jason Moran and the Harlem Hellfighters
James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin
Cirque Kalabanté
WOW (World of Words)
Ambrose Akinmusire & Aszure Barton
A a | a B : B E N D
Mark Morris Dance Group
Holidayland
Cal Performances Co-commission
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
Holiday Spectacular 2026!
Attacca Quartet with Caroline Shaw, voice and violin
Compagnie Hervé Koubi
Sol Invictus
Maria Manetti Shrem Great Artist Performance
Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Il Pomo d’Oro Orchestra and Choir
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández
75th Anniversary Tour
Blake Pouliot, violin
Henry Kramer, piano
Follow the Lieder
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
LUNA LAB@10:
Celebrating a Decade of Young Composers
Vienna Philharmonic
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Cheyenne Jackson
That Guy From That Thing
David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Baroque violin
Thomas Dunford, lute
The Mad Lover
Aga Khan Master Musicians with Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director
Slings and Arrows…
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, director
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5
The English Concert
Handel’s Alessandro
Harry Bicket, conductor and harpsichord
