Classical Music - Orchestra - Traditional Music Events in Trenton, United States

Ask any young violinist which professional artist they most revere, and they will most likely respond: Janine Jansen. Ask any violin aficionado, in fact, and they will say the same. This superstar Dutch violinist is in high demand by the world's most prestigious venu ..

In 1988, philosophy student Christian Gerhaher asked his friend Gerold Huber to read through some of Robert Schumann's vocal works. Fast forward three decades, and the duo - firmly established as "the greatest partnership in singing" (The New York Times) - released a ..

The Djibouti-French 28-year-old phenom makes his Princeton University Concerts debut amid his meteoric rise as the new voice of classical guitar. In an hour-long program - grounded in translating works originally written for baroque instruments into the vibrant sound ..

The Djibouti-French 28-year-old phenom makes his Princeton University Concerts debut amid his meteoric rise as the new voice of classical guitar. In an hour-long program - grounded in translating works originally written for baroque instruments into the vibrant sound ..

In the wake of the Iranian revolution, teenage Kayhan Kalhor left his homeland and family with nothing but a backpack and his beloved kamancheh (an Iranian bowed string instrument) in tow. Since that time, he has built an international reputation as one of the most f ..

Three-time Grammy nominee Kayhan Kalhor, the world's premier Grammy-nominated pipa virtuoso Wu Man, and Guggenheim Fellow and Grammy Award-winning tabla player Sandeep Das are established soloists in their individual traditions. These artists, who forged a relationsh ..

Three-time Grammy nominee Kayhan Kalhor, the world's premier Grammy-nominated pipa virtuoso Wu Man, and Guggenheim Fellow and Grammy Award-winning tabla player Sandeep Das are established soloists in their individual traditions. These artists, who forged a relationsh ..

A long-anticipated return by the beloved Takacs Quartet also serves as the Princeton University Concerts debut of legendary pianist and composer Sir Stephen Hough. These revered musicians combine forces in a work often referred to as the pinnacle of Brahms' chamber m ..

A resident ensemble of Princeton University performance faculty presents, guest artists, and talented students a Sunday-afternoon program of mixed chamber works. URL: Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2429115-2?pid=2874 Category: Live Music | Classical ..

The world's greatest and only private ear, Inspector Pulse, inspects his own pulse and discovers the rhythm of life-the heartbeat! This leads him to explore stethoscopes and metronomes as well as a marimba, and concepts like tempo, beat, and polyrhythm! URL: Webs ..

Following his unforgettable appearance with the Jupiter Ensemble as part of our 2022-23 season, Thomas Dunford now treats us to a program of works for solo lute that are sure to be a testimony to his reputation as a "rockstar of historical performance." Program J ..

Following his unforgettable appearance with the Jupiter Ensemble as part of our 2022-23 season, Thomas Dunford now treats us to a program of works for solo lute that are sure to be a testimony to his reputation as a "rockstar of historical performance." Program J ..

After an instantly sold-out performance at Princeton University Concerts in March 2022, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and pianist Mitsuko Uchida return for two more breathtaking concerti by W.A. Mozart conducted from the piano, paired with Leos Janacek's woodwind sext ..

Clarinetist Martin Frost, celebrated for his infectious energy and uncanny ability to completely transform his instrument, returns after a stunning 2018 debut to join forces with ECHO Klassik Award-winning violist Antoine Tamestit, alongside the exceptional pianist S ..

With her natural energy, infectious personality and talent to spare, 26-year-old saxophone wonder Jess Gillam was the first saxophonist to reach the finals of BBC Young Musician and the youngest-ever soloist to perform at the Last Night of the Proms. She was also the ..

A resident ensemble of Princeton University performance faculty presents, guest artists, and talented students a Sunday-afternoon program of mixed chamber works. Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2429111-2?pid=2874 Category: Live Music | Classical ..

The much-celebrated, Grammy-winning vocal ensemble makes its return for a classic holiday program of a cappella choral music, ranging from Renaissance masterworks to roof-raising spirituals within the magical setting of the Princeton University Chapel. Website: ht ..

Kick off your holiday season with this annual tradition featuring Lambertville and New Hope's very own professional orchestra. Featuring soprano Beautiful Sheriff of the Academy of Vocal Arts, 14-year-old violinst Elizabeth "Poppy" Song, winner of the 2024 Caprio Com ..

Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory. The young ensemble ..

Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory. The young ensemble ..

Two of today’s finest string quartets become even more than the sum of their parts in octets by Felix Mendelssohn and George Enescu as they return to Princeton University Concerts the evening prior to heading to Carnegie Hall. These monumental works—each, incredibly, ..

Since making his PUC debut seven years ago when he was just 24-years-old, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor has firmly established himself as one of the most important pianists to emerge in several decades. The program that he brings for his long-awaited return is a ..

Igor Levit has become one of the "one of the essential artists of his generation" (The New York Times). Nine years after his Princeton University Concerts debut, he returns at long last with a program that combines his trademark interpretations of J.S. Bach and Johan ..

Legendary jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant returns to Princeton University Concerts with an ensemble of renowned improvisers from genres spanning early music, jazz, folk, and electronic music to create a new type of folk song inspired by timeless and universal st ..

Experience "Home Within," an audio-visual project by Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Syrian-Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad, as the duo reflects on the Syrian revolution and its aftermath. Created with the intention of raising awareness for Syria ..

Finally making its PUC debut after a pandemic cancellation, the U.K.-based Doric Quartet has been at the helm of a new generation of string quartets, winning countless accolades for its riveting interpretations and inimitable sound. We will have the extraordinary opp ..

South African soprano Golda Schultz has been gracing the stage of the world's greatest opera houses-from the Metropolitan Opera to the Vienna State Opera. Equally at home in leading operatic roles as she is as a soloist with the world's foremost orchestras and in the ..

"Jonathan and I share the deep conviction that you can never really know all there is to know about great music," remarks Mitsuko Uchida, one of the world's most revered Schubert interpreters, "and that it's worth spending your whole life trying to know a little more ..

"One of the finest quartets of our time, the Hagen [Quartet] … comes too rarely to our shores," proclaims the Washington Post. Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, the most senior and venerated of the European quartets finally returns to PUC with a progra ..

When the Faust-Queyras-Melnikov trio first came to PUC in 2020 with an all-Beethoven program, their sold-out performance was pronounced one of the most profound recitals in our recent history. Individually, each artist is exceptional; together, they are nothing short ..

It is quite rare on our series for an artist to make consecutive appearances from season to season. Yet Víkingur Ólafsson's stunning debut on our 2022-23 season made a return appearance paramount. J.S. Bach is especially close to the Icelandic virtuoso's heart-his al ..

Considered to be "the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years" (The New York Times) with the touch of Bill Evans, range of Keith Jarrett, and innovation of Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau is one of the greatest musical giants of our time. The 2020 GRAMMY-winner ..

One of the most remarkable individuals of our time, pianist Helene Grimaud is as renowned for her heartfelt, poetic interpretations and dazzling technical prowess as she is for her profound work as a conservationist and human rights activist-distinctions for which sh ..

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra returns to Princeton – in virtual reality! With the aid of VR headsets you will be transported to a fully immersive world of music in which you can move around (or through/over/under!) the musicians as a multi-dimensional recording respon ..

Whatever your preconceptions of the harpsichord may be, Jean Rondeau will undoubtedly shatter them all as he takes us to Parnassus, the mythological mountain home of the Muses. Leading the charge of a new generation of keyboardists, including as a founding member of ..

Whatever your preconceptions of the harpsichord may be, Jean Rondeau will undoubtedly shatter them all as he takes us to Parnassus, the mythological mountain home of the Muses. Leading the charge of a new generation of keyboardists, including as a founding member of ..

Describing themselves as "your friendly neighborhood string quartets with above average amounts of beard," the Grammy Award-nominated Danish String Quartet combines a down-to-earth sensibility with an astounding unity of sound that has placed them firmly within the r ..