Sebastian Bach News

THE DRAMA FACTORY will host SUNDAY SALON - From Europe to Africa featuring pianist Lucas Marques and musicians Nceba Gongxeka and Nomapostile Nyiki on April 19, 2026. Learn more here!

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced its upcoming 2026-27 season lineup, which will include Brian Cox in The Score, a major production of Follies, and more.

The San Francisco Symphony has revealed details of the Orchestra’s 115th season. The 2026–27 season features 26 guest conductors, including five making their Orchestral Series debuts, alongside a lineup of returning and debuting guest artists.

ARCA IMAGES will present the world premiere of MEMORY & BETRAYAL by CARLOS CELDRÁN from April 24 to May 3 at the Westchester Cultural Arts Center. The production will be performed in Spanish with simultaneous English translation.

On April 30th, pianist and composer Guy Mintus will return to Manhattan's Upper West Side for a special performance commemorating International Jazz Day at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue.

The Shriver Hall Concert Series has announced its 61st season for 2026-27, featuring a robust lineup including two U.S. premieres co-commissioned by SHCS. The season will also mark the Baltimore debut of renowned saxophonist Steven Banks alongside the Verona Quartet, as well as the first Baltimore performances by pianist Igor Levit and Trio Afiori. Additionally, cellist Pablo Ferrández will make his Baltimore recital debut. Other highlights include appearances by pianist Hélène Grimaud, violinis

 The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is pleased to present the New York premiere of Johnny Loves Johann, April 14–19, in the Tino & Rajika Puri Auditorium.

Running from 7-30 August 2026, this year's Edinburgh International Festival will present 24 days of world-class performances selected for their artistic and cultural resonance across opera, theatre, music and dance.  

Hoff-Barthelson Music School's Youth Orchestras will perform ¡OLÉ! A SALUTE TO SPAIN, featuring Spanish-inspired music and young soloists, on March 21, 2026, in Rye, NY.

The Dessoff Choirs, led by Music Director Malcolm J. Merriweather, will conclude its season with a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s MASS IN B MINOR on Saturday, April 18 at 4 p.m. The concert will take place at Mother AME Zion Church in Harlem.

New Chamber Ballet returns to Manhattan on Friday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. with CHACONNE, an evening of new ballets presented at Dance Lab Studios (307 W. 38th St., 9th floor). A reception will follow the performance in one of the adjacent Paul Taylor Studios.

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present Le Consort at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center. The four outstanding young musicians of Le Consort have established themselves as stars of the early-music world.

Smuin Ballet will present its spring season featuring new works by choreographers Andrea Schermoly and Amy Seiwert in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, and Mountain View from April 17 to May 17.

The internationally celebrated GRAMMY Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs will present a solo organ recital at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church (207 Washington St., Wellesley, MA) on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. The performance is part of the church’s Saturdays at 4 Concert Series.

Bach in the City will present the Midwest premiere of the reconstructed ST. MARK PASSION by J.S. Bach, featuring a unique performance led by Music Director Richard Webster at St. Vincent de Paul Church. The event will showcase top soloists and a period-instrument orchestra.

Primed to chase away the winter doldrums, Ohio Contemporary Ballet (OCB) returns to the University of Akron’s E. J. Thomas Hall on Saturday, February 28, 2026, with Ballet Unbound*. The mixed repertory program will showcase four diverse dance works, including two premieres.  

Artistic Director & Chief Executive, Daniel Brine, has announced the full programme for the 2026 Norfolk & Norwich Festival. One of the oldest arts festivals in England, having been established in 1772, Norfolk & Norwich Festival presents world-class international performances alongside emerging talent and homegrown East Anglian artists in an expansive multi-arts programme featuring theatre, dance, music, film, literature and visual arts. 

Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli has released her first piano concerto, DAIMON, on Sony Classical. Inspired by Homer’s Odyssey, the album explores themes of journey, identity and return, drawing on both Greek mythology and Belli’s personal story.

Check out photos from arts luminaries, trustees, benefactors, alumni, and students gathering at The Juilliard School’s annual Celebration: A Benefit for Scholarship on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, in New York City.

The San Francisco Symphony has unveiled its March programming lineup, which features three Orchestral Series programs, a concert with Itzhak Perlman and the SF Symphony, Aleksey Igudesman’s The Music Critic featuring actor John Malkovich, and more.