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St phane Den ve will conduct the New York Philharmonic in an all-Prokofiev program featuring the Violin Concerto No. 1, with James Ehnes as soloist; selections from Romeo and Juliet; and The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Today, January 25, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 26 at 2:00 p.m.; and Saturday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m.

The New York Philharmonic will present Bernstein's Mahler Marathon: The Sony Recordings, a 13-hour expedition through Bernstein's recordings of Mahler's complete symphonies. Hosted by Fred Child, the free event, part of the Philharmonic's Insights at the Atrium series, takes place Sunday, February 25, 2018, 10:00 a.m. 11:00 p.m., at the David Rubenstein Atrium.Both Bernstein and Mahler served as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, and Bernstein is credited with popularizing the music of his predecessor through performances and recordings. Bernstein's marked scores from the New York Philharmonic Leon Levy Digital Archives will be projected in real time during the marathon. Music students and fans have volunteered to page turn the digital score live for each of the 39 movements. Between each symphony, special guests will read selections from Bernstein's own writings on Mahler, and video clips of Bernstein talking about Mahler will be projected.

The Lincoln Center Young Patrons, a membership group that supports Lincoln Center's arts education and audience development initiatives, will present a wide range of events throughout winter/spring 2018. Designed to drive arts engagement with New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s, the program has expanded its activities in recent years, now offering more than 30 events annually, and seen significant growth in its centerpiece initiative, the 101 Series.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced its January 2018 programs and events.

St phane Den ve will conduct the New York Philharmonic in an all-Prokofiev program featuring the Violin Concerto No. 1, with James Ehnes as soloist; selections from Romeo and Juliet; and The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Thursday, January 25, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 26 at 2:00 p.m.; and Saturday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced its January 2018 programs and events.

This New Year's Eve, Live From Lincoln Center rings in 2018 with a celebration of the legendary Leonard Bernstein on the occasion of his centennial year.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announced today the 2018 class of Emerging Artists, recognizing diverse talents, from a choreographer bridging the worlds of classical Indian and contemporary dance to one of the new faces of indie film to world-class musicians. Each recipient was nominated by one of Lincoln Center's 11 resident organizations, acknowledging his or her extraordinary talent and budding career.

Filmmaker Ken Burns today announced the launch of UNUM, a new digital destination where users can access clips from across Burns's films, explore themes that run through American history including Leadership, Race, Innovation, and War and relate them to issues of the present.

Debora L. Spar, President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA), announced today that the center's artistic programming will be consolidated under the curation of Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss.

Staged during Veterans Week 2017, NYC Public Artist in Residence (PAIR) Bryan Doerries and Theater of War Productions will bring together leading actors and city officials such as Council Member Jumaane Williams, Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order), Maryann Plunkett (House of Cards), Bill Camp (Jason Bourne), and Jay O. Sanders (The Good Wife) in dramatic readings of scenes from Classical Greek plays. Events are free and open to the wider public.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced its programs and events for December 2017 - scroll down for details!

The 19th season of Lincoln Center's acclaimed American Songbook series opens this January, presenting the voices and stories of singers, songwriters, and musicians across a range of genres. From musical theater to Americana to R&B and gospel, these performers will chronicle personal journeys, pay tribute to legendary artists, and showcase the breadth of creativity, emotion, and expression found throughout American song.

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced Lincoln Center's 2017 White Light Festival, which runs from October 18 through November 15. With more than 35 events presented in 13 venues throughout the city, including U.S. and New York premieres and nine commissions, the eighth annual international festival will explore transcendence, interior illumination, and faith in the human spirit, as exhibited through artistic expression across continents and centuries. The multidisciplinary festival takes its name from a quotation by Estonian composer Arvo Part: "Icouldcomparemymusic to white light, which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener."

The New York Philharmonic's Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-Residence Esa-Pekka Salonen and Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Leif Ove Andsnes will both launch their 2017-18 Philharmonic residencies in a Scandinavian-themed program led by Paavo Jarvi.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will officially re-open the Terrace Theater today, October 6, kicking off a month-long suite of performances that highlight the theater's unique position as the Center's most intimate and versatile space. The re-opening follows a 16-month renovation intended to update the theater and facilities, and enhance the overall guest experience.

This fall, Lincoln Center's White Light Festival will present the U.S. premiere of The Psalms Experience, an unprecedented choral project featuring four world-renowned choirs traversing 1,000 years of music over the course of 12 thematic concerts. Staged in four illuminated spaces across New York City November 1 11, the project will present all 150 psalms set to music by 150 composers, from Bach and Handel to living composers from around the globe, including new commissions by Caroline Shaw, Nico Muhly, and David Lang, among others.

See a day in the life of dancers from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, France, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Romania, Spain, and Venezuela (Russia, China, Japan, England, Scotland, and the USA too) on Thursday, October 5, 2017. Learn more at WorldBalletDay.com.

The New York Philharmonic will celebrate its 175th birthday with a subscription program led by former Music Director Alan Gilbert; nearly 100 historic radio broadcast performances released for streaming for the first time; a New York Philharmonic Digital Archives release of all of the Orchestra's archival material from the 19th century; a New York Philharmonic Archives exhibit, The New York Philharmonic at 175: A History of Innovation; and a free Insights at the Atrium event, 'Inside the Orchestra: Yesterday, Today, and Imagining the Future,' with Philharmonic musicians.

Following its critically acclaimed Mostly Mozart Festival debut in July, the Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) performs with Meredith Monk in Dancing Voices at Lincoln Center's White Light Festival. This multidimensional, multiperceptual program of the composer's music is presented in three concerts on Friday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 21 at 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College.