April 2017
Chopin, a Refugee in Paris: a Chatty Pianist Concert
Join us for a Chatty Pianist Concert about Frederic Chopin and his influence on music and culture around the world as a refugee in Paris.CONCERT PROGRAM Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849) Op.53…
Find out more »May 2017
Brahms Encounters at Bruno Walter Auditorium
New York Classical Players continue their series of engaging concerts inspired by the Library’s collection of Johannes Brahms manuscripts. See Brahms’ hand-written Variations on a Theme by Paganini, then hear…
Find out more »The Heart and Soul of the Piano: Michael Sellers at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Pianist Michael Sellers plays works by Beethoven, Schumann, Barber, Chopin, Piazzolla, and Ravel. The Library for the Performing Arts is proud to offer free admission to this program on a…
Find out more »Con Brio Ensemble at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The acclaimed Con Brio Ensemble (Alexander Meshibovsky, violin, Alan Hollander, oboe, Osceola Davis, soprano, and Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, piano) perform works by Richard Strauss, Dvorak and others. The Library for the…
Find out more »Music for World Peace: Alex Wu and the Millennium Chamber Symphony at Bruno Walter Auditorium
“Creativity is the hardest work there is” — John F. Kennedy Millennium Chamber Symphony celebrates the President John F. Kennedy centennial and pays tribute to the artistic leadership of the…
Find out more »Jane Austen’s Music Library: Broadwood Junction, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
With Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and other works, Jane Austen charmed her era and ours, while boldly blazing a trail that women writers continue to follow today.…
Find out more »June 2017
Silent Clowns Film Series ‘Show People’ and ‘Sure-Mike!’, with Piano Accompaniment, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Marion Davies is best remembered today as the mistress of wealthy newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and as the prototype for Susan Alexander in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (’41). What’s…
Find out more »Jacqueline Jonée Presents: A Date with Liberace (Lecture/Film), at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Jacqueline Jonée, the world's première concert pianist drag diva, presents an up close and personal screening of her 2009 HD video biography that brings to the concert stage Liberace’s life,…
Find out more »Liz & Andy at Bruno Walter Auditorium
This youthful duo was formed in 2015, bringing music to international audiences. Currently based in NYC, combining fresh vocals, and piano together performs, records and writes regularly. Their collaboration started…
Find out more »July 2017
New York Opera Forum: Don Giovanni
New York Opera Forum performs the complete opera of DON GIOVANNI by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A live musical recital performed in concert with piano accompaniment. The musical program is cosponsored with…
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Phillip Dyson at Bruno Walter Auditorium
International Concert Pianist Phillip Dyson, from London, England returns with another sensational show featuring some of the world's most popular and best loved Piano Classics, including: Rachmaninov Prelude in C…
Find out more »November 2017
Bernstein Findings: Copland’s Keys, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
A collage of live performance, conversation, and historic document recitation illuminates a pivotal moment in Leonard Bernstein’s education. In 1938, Bernstein had his first exposure to American Modernism: learning Aaron…
Find out more »Bernstein Findings: Lenny on the Town, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The Library teams up with The New York Philharmonic Archives and Music from Copland House to present a sonic portrait of Leonard Bernstein’s spirited first years in New York City.…
Find out more »Anyone Who Had a Heart: The Burt Bacharach Songbook, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Russian American pianist, Sasha Papernik, and her ensemble explore the songbook of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The program includes music influential to Bacharach's style, from the harmonic influences of…
Find out more »Benjamin Bradham Performs Works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Ravel and Liszt, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Library perennial favorite pianist Benjamin Bradham returns to perform a program of masterworks by "the greats." Program: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Maurice Ravel…
Find out more »December 2017
American Encounters: New York Classical Players at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The New York Classical Players launch a new season of “Encounters” concerts that explore the rich holdings of American chamber music in the archival collections of The Library for the…
Find out more »New York Piano Society Holiday Concert at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Saturday, December 2nd at 8 pm Bruno Walter Auditorium: 111 Amsterdam Ave Free Admission – Suggested Donation $25 To RSVP please visit: http://www.nypianosociety.org/upcoming-events/rsvp/ A festive program of works by Beethoven,…
Find out more »History by Michael John LaChiusa, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Michael John LaChiusa is a five-time TONY Award nominated composer, lyricist, and librettist for his Broadway productions of The Wild Party, Marie Christine, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold. LaChiusa’s…
Find out more »February 2018
“Collecting Phyllis Chen” at the Bruno Walter Auditorium
ICE at the Library: Collecting Phyllis Chen Thursday, February 15, 2018, 6 p.m. A founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), composer and toy pianist Phyllis Chen has been…
Find out more »Songs of Schumann and Mahler: Matthew Odell at the Bruno Walter Auditorium
Hailed as “excellent” by the New York Times and “brilliant . . . playing with total commitment and real abandon” by Gramophone, pianist Matthew Odell is one of his generations most thoughtful, versatile,…
Find out more »Raj Bhamani Performs Works by Debussy, Brenet and Liszt at the Bruno Walter Auditorium
Acclaimed concert pianist, Raj Bhamani, returns to the Library stage for a recital of colorful and virtuosic piano masterworks by Debussy, Brenet, and Liszt.
Find out more »Raj Bhimani Performs Works by Debussy, Brenet, and Liszt at the Bruno Walter Auditorium
Acclaimed concert pianist, Raj Bhimani, returns to the Library stage for a recital of colorful and virtuosic piano masterworks by Debussy, Brenet, and Liszt.
Find out more »April 2018
Opus Two Violin/Piano Duo at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Opus Two, the award-winning duo comprised of violinist William Terwilliger and pianist Andrew Cooperstock, are champions of American Music. Since being named United States Information Agency's Artistic Ambassadors in 1993,…
Find out more »Daniel Le Anzac Day Concert at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Anzac Day Concert at Bruno Walter Auditorium Performer Daniel Le, Piano Program Franz Schubert - Sonata in A Major D.664 I. Allegro Moderato II. Andante III. Allegro Carl Vine -…
Find out more »May 2018
New York Classical Players at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The New York Classical Players continue their year-long exploration of American chamber music with a concert of women composers from the early 20th century. Enjoy Rebecca Clarke's sublime Viola Sonata,…
Find out more »Charles Jones at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The Library proudly welcomes virtuoso pianist Charles Jones back to our Library stage for a recital of piano classics.
Find out more »July 2018
Neil Rynston and Taka Kigawa Perform Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center teams up with Tanglewood to present a sonic portrait of Leonard Bernstein’s spirited first years in New York City. In 1940,…
Find out more »August 2018
Stephen Hough on Writing and Music, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Before his much-anticipated performances at this summer’s Mostly Mozart Festival, pianist, composer, and writer Stephen Hough comes to the Library to read from his new novel, The Final Retreat, and…
Find out more »Silent Clowns Film Series: “The Circus” (1928) plus 100th Anniversary Screening: “The Bond” (1918), at Bruno Walter Auditorium
"The Circus" (1928) plus 100th Anniversary Screening: "The Bond" (1918) Produced after his legendary classic, THE GOLD RUSH (1925) and before his triumphant masterpiece, CITY LIGHTS (1931) - THE CIRCUS…
Find out more »Louise Dubin and Spencer Myer Perform French Works for Cello and Piano, at Bruno Walter
Cellist Louise Dubin and pianist Spencer Myer present a concert of sonatas and showpieces by Debussy, Auguste Franchomme, Chopin, Saint-Sans, Koechlin, and Poulenc.
Find out more »October 2018
Evelyn Chen Performs Works of Schumann, Liszt and Chopin at Bruno Walter Auditorium
In 1831, Robert Schumann, writing as a music journalist, launched Frédéric Chopin’s international career with "Hats off, gentlemen! A genius." In 1863, Franz Liszt, mourning Chopin’s death, penned a surprising…
Find out more »Noree Chamber Soloists at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Noree Chamber Soloists American RomanticsWalter Bruno Auditorium at Lincoln Center Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 7:30 PM Noree Chamber Soloists presents an exciting glimpse of rich American art music in its season-opening…
Find out more »November 2018
Joanne Chen Solo Recital at Bruno Walter Auditorium: When East Meets West in New York City
This concerts features 20th century music from Europe paired with contemporary piano solos written by Syrian-American, Taiwanese-American, and Chinese American composers. These contemporary works, written by esteemed professors from major…
Find out more »Bill Lewis Solo Recital at Bruno Walter Auditorium: Collages/Refaire
Cabaret artist and pianist Bill Lewis returns to our stage with another of his eclectic programs, this time featuring music of Chopin, Debussy, and Schubert, along with Berlin, Sondheim, and…
Find out more »Timothy Jones and Jakub Kuszlik Replay the Famous Paderewski New York Debut, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Virtuoso pianist, composer, peacemaker, adviser to presidents, and Prime Minister of Poland, Ignacy Jan Paderewski was an artist who changed the world. The Library for the Performing Arts celebrates Paderewski…
Find out more »Soloists of New England Concert, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Soloists of New England "Autumn Blossom" concert. PROGRAM M.Durufle (1902-1986) Prelude, recitative et variations for Flute, Viola and Piano Ju Hee Kang, flute / Minjung Chun, viola / Hokyong Choi,…
Find out more »Keyboard Connections: Benjamin Bradham Solo Recital at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Pianist Benjamin Bradham presents a recital illuminating the inspirational connections between the composers Beethoven and Brahms, and Chopin and Fauré.
Find out more »March 2019
New York Classical Players at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The New York Classical Players continue the Library for the Performing Arts’ Felix Mendelssohn celebration! See a display of Mendelssohn’s hand-written letters before enjoying performances of the popular Piano Trio…
Find out more »Duos and Trios for Violin, Soprano, Clarinet and Piano at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The Con Brio Ensemble presents works by Handel, Brahms, Schubert, Shostakovich, and Paganini. Featuring Alexander Meshibovsky, violin; Osceola Davis, soprano; Gary Dranch, clarinet; and Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, piano. Program: Handel Arias…
Find out more »April 2019
Mendelssohn Duos for Cello and Piano at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Two of New York’s most in-demand chamber music masters come to the Library for a Felix Mendelssohn celebration. Help us celebrate the release of Rosen and Artymiw’s new album, Mendelssohn’s…
Find out more »A Charlie Chaplin 130th Birthday Tribute with Piano Accompaniment at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Our salute to the crowned genius of film comedy focuses on his much loved Mutual period with a rare screening of the first episode of Brownlow & Gill's acclaimed documentary…
Find out more »Geller-Anderson Violin-Piano Duo at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Wenhan Anderson, Piano The Geller-Anderson Violin-Piano Duo returns to the Library for the Performing Arts with Mozart’s A-Major Sonata, Romance in D by Szymanowski, Grieg’s Sonata No. 2 in G…
Find out more »May 2019
Noree Chamber Soloists Romantic Gems, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Noree Chamber Soloists Romantic Gems Walter Bruno Auditorium at Lincoln Center Program Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, Opus 80 Inmo Yang, violin | Yi Qun Xu, cello…
Find out more »The Heart and Soul of the Piano: Michael Sellers at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Pianist Michael Sellers will play works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Barber, and Liszt. The Library for the Performing Arts is proud to offer free admission to this program on…
Find out more »June 2019
Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The Gotham Jazzmen present a weekly concert of jazz favorites certain to lift your spirits and make you forget your âlibrary voices.â Doors open at 11:45 a.m. FEATURING Pete Sokolow,…
Find out more »Film with Live Piano Accompaniment: Laurel & Hardy: Holding Their Own, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Welcome to The Silent Clowns Film Series, NYC's longest-running regularly-scheduled showcase for classic silent film comedy (since 1997)! We present monthly, year-round showings of the silent movies of Chaplin, Keaton,…
Find out more »Charles Jones performs works by Bach, Ginastera, and Schumann, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Pianist Charles Jones performs works by Bach, Ginastera, and Schumann. The Library for the Performing Arts is proud to offer free admission to this program on a first come, first…
Find out more »Fifty Shades of Jonée, at Bruno Walter Auditorium (Afternoon and Evening Performances)
Jacqueline Jonée returns with a sparkling brand-new presentation for two farewell Gay Pride performances in “Fifty Shades of Jonée” with the JouJou Jacquettes Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Jonée has delighted audiences…
Find out more »Chill. An Evening with Joe Iconis at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The New York Times says Joe Iconis is “… the future of musical theatre.” Well, the future is now. This spring, Iconis’ newest sci-fi musical Be More Chill, makes a…
Find out more »July 2019
Film with Live Piano Accompaniment: Domestic Disturbances, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Welcome to The Silent Clowns Film Series, NYC's longest-running regularly-scheduled showcase for classic silent film comedy (since 1997)! We present monthly, year-round showings of the silent movies of Chaplin, Keaton,…
Find out more »August 2019
Film with Live Piano Accompaniment: The Iron Mask (1929), at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Welcome to The Silent Clowns Film Series, NYC's longest-running regularly-scheduled showcase for classic silent film comedy (since 1997)! We present monthly, year-round showings of the silent movies of Chaplin, Keaton,…
Find out more »October 2019
Mishka Rushdie Momen: Celebrating Clara Schumann, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The contemporary chamber pianist honors a Romantic-era musical icon and the primacy of female composers.* When people hear the name Schumann, they most often think of prolific composer and pianist…
Find out more »Phillip Dyson Solo Recital at Bruno Walter Auditorium
International concert pianist Phillip Dyson returns from London, England for a performance featuring some of the world's most popular and best loved piano classics, including works by Beethoven, Debussy, Scott…
Find out more »November 2019
Radosław Sobczak Performs Two Epic Works of Paderewski and Szymanowski, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Radosław Sobczak performs two epic, romantic sonatas by revolutionary Polish composers Karol Szymanowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. The Library for the Performing Arts is proud to…
Find out more »Bill Lewis “On Occasion,” at Bruno Walter Auditorium
We all celebrate the important occasions of our lives. Usually, music is part of these celebrations. Pianist Bill Lewis will present new arrangements to remember our universal passages. The Library…
Find out more »Beethoven: Still Modern at Two Hundred Fifty, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Pianist Benjamin Bradham presents a program that honors Beethoven's stature as a composer of unsurpassed inventiveness, power, and expression. Unlike his predecessors, who were always in the service of royal…
Find out more »December 2019
New York Piano Society Holiday Concert at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The program will feature a fascinating program with a blend of literature and poetry with great musical masterpieces New York Piano Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering, developing,…
Find out more »January 2020
An Afternoon of Opera and Song, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Presented by Manhattan Opera Association with soprano Alexandra Lang, contralto Barbara Norcia-Broms, bass-baritone Martin Broms, and pianist Eric Sedgwick. The Library for the Performing Arts is proud to offer free…
Find out more »February 2020
Raj Bhimani Presents Reflections on Beethoven, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Beethoven’s Sonata Opus 101 took inspiration from Baroque keyboard works and also provided inspiration for later composers. In this program,Opus 101 is presented with Bach’s Toccata in E Minor and…
Find out more »Beethoven at the Library: Archduke Trio, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Among the Librarys most treasured artifacts are Beethovens extensive sketches for the famous Archduke trio. Accompanied by recitations of Beethoven letters and journal entries, pianist Evelyn Chen, violinist Richard Lin,…
Find out more »March 2020
Paul Bowles: A Musical Portrait, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Join for a recital of Bowles songs and solo piano works, interspersed with recitations of selections from Bowles's letters and memoir, plus other texts by his literary friends including Gertrude…
Find out more »October 2022
The Faucon at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts – Bruno Walter Auditorium
This event will take place in person at the Library for the Performing Arts. Song and vocal chamber ensemble celebrating contemporary musical creation inspired by Middle English and Elizabethan Mystical…
Find out more »November 2022
Silent Clowns Film Series: Charlie Chaplin at Bruno Walter Auditorium
In the latest silent film series, Silent Clowns, with live piano accompaniment, we pay tribute to Charlie Chaplin, focusing on his second year in films, at Essanay. Not content to…
Find out more »Zeze Xue Piano Recital, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Program: Schubert: Sonata in A, D.664 Schubert: Fantasy in C, D.760 “Wanderer” Albéniz: Suite Española, Op.47 Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp, Op.30
Find out more »Zeze Xue Performs Works of Schubert, Albéniz and Scriabin, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Program Schubert: Sonata in A, D.664 Schubert: Fantasy in C, D.760 “Wanderer” Albéniz: Suite Española, Op.47 Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp, Op.30 Performer Zeze Xue began his piano studies at…
Find out more »March 2023
New York Classical Players at Bruno Walter Auditorium
This event will take place in person at the Library for the Performing Arts. The New York Classical Players return to the Library for the Performing Arts with a free…
Find out more »April 2023
Silent Clown Film Series with Live Piano Accompaniment, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
This event will take place in person at The Library for the Performing Arts. The Silent Clowns Film Series is New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase. Our programming…
Find out more »September 2023
Raj Bhimani Performs Germaine Tailleferre at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Germaine Tailleferre was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. She lived a long life and was prolific as a…
Find out more »Germaine Tailleferre at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Germaine Tailleferre was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. She lived a long life and was prolific as a…
Find out more »October 2023
In Evening Air with Emiko Edwards and Aaron Copland at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Pianist Emiko Edwards performs a recital of Aaron Copland music featuring a NYPL archived sketch. Described as “dazzling” and “scintillating,” (Classical Source) and lauded for her “beautiful singing lines” and…
Find out more »January 2024
Silent Clowns: Laurel & Hardy Year One at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Laurel and Hardy came together in 1927—the characters, relationships, and the cinematic style that they began to develop during that seminal year would stay with them for years to come.…
Find out more »February 2024
Silent Clowns: Marcel Perez, The International Mirth-Maker at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Marcel Perez is one of the best, lesser known comedians of the silent film era. Part of the first generation of screen clowns, his career began in 1900 and flourished…
Find out more »New York Classical Players & Carnegie Hall: Sounds of a Periclean Age, at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The centerpiece of Carnegie Hall’s upcoming season explores one of the most complex and consequential chapters in modern human history: Germany’s Weimar Republic of 1919–1933. In this performance, the New…
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Silent Clowns: Constance Talmadge, The Duchess of Buffalo (1926) at Bruno Walter Auditorium
After starting her career as a teenager at Brooklyn’s Vitagraph Studio, Constance Talmadge became one of the most popular comediennes of her day in starring features such as Dulcy (1923),…
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Silent Clowns: What Happened to Jones? (1926) with Reginald Denny at Bruno Walter Auditorium
Reginald Denny was the most popular of the “light comedians” of the silent screen. In a series of expertly-made farces for Universal Pictures, the British-born Denny starred as an All-American…
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