Richard O'Neill, Viola and Jeremy Denk, Piano

Monday, November 20, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

Richard O’Neill and Jeremy Denk bring a program of landmark works for the viola, two composed by master violists better known today as composers: Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith. Expect a searing performance of Clarke’s eloquent 1919 sonata, now a classic in the repertoire. A third star appearing in this concert is the Library’s 1690 magnificent Tuscan-Medici viola, on loan from the Tuscan Corporation, one of only a handful of Stradivari violas in existence.  

Escher Quartet with Jason Vieaux, Guitar

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

 The quartet has broadened its reputation by becoming collaborators with a wide range of artists. One of its more enduring and rewarding partnerships has been with Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. They join forces for a delightful program of chamber music by Boccherini, Bach, Beethoven and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, some of which is held in manuscript at the Library of Congress.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Friday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Trumpeter, composer, producer and innovative artist, he is the creator of “Stretch Music,” a jazz-rooted, genre-blind musical form that tries to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions to encompass multiple musical forms and cultures. Chief Adjuah is also the creator of a signature line of instruments including the new Adjuah Bow. Join the Library for an evening of powerful sounds from the mind of one of the finest and most fearless sons of New Orleans. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 p.m., available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Cécile McLorin Salvant is “one of the most daring and resourceful vocalists in jazz—or any other genre, for that matter” (Uncut). A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Award, Salvant is a visionary performer and composer, a master storyteller inspired by visual art, whose first three recordings each earned a Grammy Award for jazz vocals. In this concert she performs music from her recent project, “Ghost Song.”  “Disarmingly beautiful” is Downbeat’s verdict for this album, an intriguing mix of seven original songs and five covers on themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning. As Salvant described it, “The idea of dancing with a ghost, or a memory—I connect with that idea so much. To me, the domain of memory, of reminiscing, is a form of celebrating something that is not with you… like unrequited love. It points to how fleeting everything is.”

Stradivari Anniversary Concert: Dalí Quartet with Ricardo Morales, Clarinet

Monday, December 18, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Silver Medal winner of the Piazzolla Music Competition, the Dalí Quartet is renowned for their innovative programming bringing the spotlight to Latin American repertoire. They come to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s historic stringed instruments with a beautifully curated program featuring works by Puerto Rican composer Sonia Morales-Matos, Spanish composer Turina, Cuban clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera, Beethoven and Weber.

6:30 p.m: Conversation with the Artists
Join the Dalí Quartet as they share their reflections on their experience of working with the Library’s Stradivari instruments and the program they have prepared for the Stradivari Anniversary Concert.

David Fulton’s talk scheduled for 7:00 pm has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Live! At the Library: Shakespeare Everywhere Festival Concert Cafritz Young Artists of the Washington National Opera

Thursday, November 9, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

Coolidge Auditorium
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
If you are asked for a timed entry pass, notify staff that you are just attending the concert

Enjoy a wide ranging concert of Shakespeare-inspired music featuring the Cafritz Young Artists of the Washington National Opera as part of the citywide Shakespeare Everywhere Festival. Performers include Teresa Perrotta, Kresley Figueroa, Tiffany Choe, Winona Martin, Sahel Salam, Justin Burgess, Jonathan Patton, Sergio Martínez, Nicole Cloutier, and Pei-Hsuan Lin. Co-presented by the Library of Congress and Washington National Opera. WNO is presenting the Charles Gounod’s masterwork Romeo et Juliette in November and this event will include a range of arias, scenes, and ensembles from operating repertoire based on Shakespeare’s works. Excerpts include “The Willow Song” and “Ave Maria” from Verdi’s Otello, “Ophelia’s Mad Scene” from Thomas’ Hamlet, excerpts from Romeo and Juliet by Gounod, and more.

Visitors will also be able to see a special Shakespearean treasures display in the Coolidge Foyer in conjunction with the performance.

Co-presented by the Music Division and Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Founder's Day: Piece Offerings - Focused Encounters with Recent Works by Reynolds and Soper

Monday, October 30, 2023, 7:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

This year’s Founder’s Day concert features an inaugural set of “Piece Offerings: Focused Encounters with Recent Works,” where audiences will hear a single work or portion of a work, followed by an onstage discussion with its creators. Composers Roger Reynolds and Kate Soper will be joined by pianist Eric Huebner, computer musician Jacob Sundstrom and the Wet Ink Ensemble for this novel experience, with a special start time of 7 pm.

Lakecia Benjamin

Thursday, November 2, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center LJ 119
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Her talent has been recognized by the Downbeat Critics Poll, which voted her as the "Rising Star Alto Saxophonist" in 2020, and the Jazz Journalists Association, which named her the "Up and Coming Artist of the Year."  Her tribute to Alice and John Coltrane in her successful release of “Pursuance” in 2020 showcases her artistic growth, while her latest album, “Phoenix,” released in 2023, proves her continued success. 

Richard O'Neill, Viola and Jeremy Denk, Piano

Monday, November 20, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

Richard O’Neill and Jeremy Denk bring a program of landmark works for the viola, two composed by master violists better known today as composers: Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith. Expect a searing performance of Clarke’s eloquent 1919 sonata, now a classic in the repertoire. A third star appearing in this concert is the Library’s 1690 magnificent Tuscan-Medici viola, on loan from the Tuscan Corporation, one of only a handful of Stradivari violas in existence.  

Escher Quartet with Jason Vieaux, Guitar

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

 The quartet has broadened its reputation by becoming collaborators with a wide range of artists. One of its more enduring and rewarding partnerships has been with Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. They join forces for a delightful program of chamber music by Boccherini, Bach, Beethoven and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, some of which is held in manuscript at the Library of Congress.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Friday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 p.m., available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Trumpeter, composer, producer and innovative artist, he is the creator of “Stretch Music,” a jazz-rooted, genre-blind musical form that tries to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions to encompass multiple musical forms and cultures. Chief Adjuah is also the creator of a signature line of instruments including the new Adjuah Bow. Join the Library for an evening of powerful sounds from the mind of one of the finest and most fearless sons of New Orleans. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant Quintet

Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 p.m., available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Cécile McLorin Salvant is “one of the most daring and resourceful vocalists in jazz—or any other genre, for that matter” (Uncut). A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Award, Salvant is a visionary performer and composer, a master storyteller inspired by visual art, whose first three recordings each earned a Grammy Award for jazz vocals. In this concert she performs music from her recent project, “Ghost Song.”  “Disarmingly beautiful” is Downbeat’s verdict for this album, an intriguing mix of seven original songs and five covers on themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning. As Salvant described it, “The idea of dancing with a ghost, or a memory—I connect with that idea so much. To me, the domain of memory, of reminiscing, is a form of celebrating something that is not with you… like unrequited love. It points to how fleeting everything is.”

Stradivari Anniversary Concert: Dalí Quartet with Ricardo Morales, Clarinet

Monday, December 18, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 p.m., available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Silver Medal winner of the Piazzolla Music Competition, the Dalí Quartet is renowned for their innovative programming bringing the spotlight to Latin American repertoire. They come to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s historic stringed instruments with a beautifully curated program featuring works by Puerto Rican composer Sonia Morales-Matos, Spanish composer Turina, Cuban clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera, Beethoven and Weber.

6:30 p.m: Conversation with the Artists
Join the Dalí Quartet as they share their reflections on their experience of working with the Library’s Stradivari instruments and the program they have prepared for the Stradivari Anniversary Concert.

David Fulton’s talk scheduled for 7:00 pm has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Founder's Day: Piece Offerings - Focused Encounters with Recent Works by Reynolds and Soper

Monday, October 30, 2023, 7:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

This year’s Founder’s Day concert features an inaugural set of “Piece Offerings: Focused Encounters with Recent Works,” where audiences will hear a single work or portion of a work, followed by an onstage discussion with its creators. Composers Roger Reynolds and Kate Soper will be joined by pianist Eric Huebner, computer musician Jacob Sundstrom and the Wet Ink Ensemble for this novel experience, with a special start time of 7 pm.

Lakecia Benjamin

Thursday, November 2, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center LJ 119
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Her talent has been recognized by the Downbeat Critics Poll, which voted her as the "Rising Star Alto Saxophonist" in 2020, and the Jazz Journalists Association, which named her the "Up and Coming Artist of the Year."  Her tribute to Alice and John Coltrane in her successful release of “Pursuance” in 2020 showcases her artistic growth, while her latest album, “Phoenix,” released in 2023, proves her continued success. 

Richard O'Neill, Viola and Jeremy Denk, Piano

Monday, November 20, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

Richard O’Neill and Jeremy Denk bring a program of landmark works for the viola, two composed by master violists better known today as composers: Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith. Expect a searing performance of Clarke’s eloquent 1919 sonata, now a classic in the repertoire. A third star appearing in this concert is the Library’s 1690 magnificent Tuscan-Medici viola, on loan from the Tuscan Corporation, one of only a handful of Stradivari violas in existence.  

Escher Quartet with Jason Vieaux, Guitar

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

 The quartet has broadened its reputation by becoming collaborators with a wide range of artists. One of its more enduring and rewarding partnerships has been with Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. They join forces for a delightful program of chamber music by Boccherini, Bach, Beethoven and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, some of which is held in manuscript at the Library of Congress.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Friday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Trumpeter, composer, producer and innovative artist, he is the creator of “Stretch Music,” a jazz-rooted, genre-blind musical form that tries to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions to encompass multiple musical forms and cultures. Chief Adjuah is also the creator of a signature line of instruments including the new Adjuah Bow. Join the Library for an evening of powerful sounds from the mind of one of the finest and most fearless sons of New Orleans. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant Quintet

Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 p.m., available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Cécile McLorin Salvant is “one of the most daring and resourceful vocalists in jazz—or any other genre, for that matter” (Uncut). A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Award, Salvant is a visionary performer and composer, a master storyteller inspired by visual art, whose first three recordings each earned a Grammy Award for jazz vocals. In this concert she performs music from her recent project, “Ghost Song.”  “Disarmingly beautiful” is Downbeat’s verdict for this album, an intriguing mix of seven original songs and five covers on themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning. As Salvant described it, “The idea of dancing with a ghost, or a memory—I connect with that idea so much. To me, the domain of memory, of reminiscing, is a form of celebrating something that is not with you… like unrequited love. It points to how fleeting everything is.”

Stradivari Anniversary Concert: Dalí Quartet with Ricardo Morales, Clarinet

Monday, December 18, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Silver Medal winner of the Piazzolla Music Competition, the Dalí Quartet is renowned for their innovative programming bringing the spotlight to Latin American repertoire. They come to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s historic stringed instruments with a beautifully curated program featuring works by Puerto Rican composer Sonia Morales-Matos, Spanish composer Turina, Cuban clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera, Beethoven and Weber.

6:30 p.m: Conversation with the Artists
Join the Dalí Quartet as they share their reflections on their experience of working with the Library’s Stradivari instruments and the program they have prepared for the Stradivari Anniversary Concert.

David Fulton’s talk scheduled for 7:00 pm has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Eliane Elias

Friday, October 13, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 pm, available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Eliane Elias is a highly acclaimed pianist, composer, and vocalist, with numerous Grammy and Latin Grammy awards to her name. Her unique style seamlessly blends jazz with the lively rhythms of her Brazilian heritage, showcasing her exceptional piano skills and smooth vocals. Eliane has collaborated with some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés, to name just a few. Her worldwide recognition has firmly established her as one of the most prominent jazz artists of the modern era.

Founder's Day: Piece Offerings - Focused Encounters with Recent Works by Reynolds and Soper

Monday, October 30, 2023, 7:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

This year’s Founder’s Day concert features an inaugural set of “Piece Offerings: Focused Encounters with Recent Works,” where audiences will hear a single work or portion of a work, followed by an onstage discussion with its creators. Composers Roger Reynolds and Kate Soper will be joined by pianist Eric Huebner, computer musician Jacob Sundstrom and the Wet Ink Ensemble for this novel experience, with a special start time of 7 pm.

Lakecia Benjamin

Thursday, November 2, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center LJ 119
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Her talent has been recognized by the Downbeat Critics Poll, which voted her as the "Rising Star Alto Saxophonist" in 2020, and the Jazz Journalists Association, which named her the "Up and Coming Artist of the Year."  Her tribute to Alice and John Coltrane in her successful release of “Pursuance” in 2020 showcases her artistic growth, while her latest album, “Phoenix,” released in 2023, proves her continued success. 

Richard O'Neill, Viola and Jeremy Denk, Piano

Monday, November 20, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

Richard O’Neill and Jeremy Denk bring a program of landmark works for the viola, two composed by master violists better known today as composers: Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith. Expect a searing performance of Clarke’s eloquent 1919 sonata, now a classic in the repertoire. A third star appearing in this concert is the Library’s 1690 magnificent Tuscan-Medici viola, on loan from the Tuscan Corporation, one of only a handful of Stradivari violas in existence.  

Escher Quartet with Jason Vieaux, Guitar

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

 The quartet has broadened its reputation by becoming collaborators with a wide range of artists. One of its more enduring and rewarding partnerships has been with Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. They join forces for a delightful program of chamber music by Boccherini, Bach, Beethoven and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, some of which is held in manuscript at the Library of Congress.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Friday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Trumpeter, composer, producer and innovative artist, he is the creator of “Stretch Music,” a jazz-rooted, genre-blind musical form that tries to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions to encompass multiple musical forms and cultures. Chief Adjuah is also the creator of a signature line of instruments including the new Adjuah Bow. Join the Library for an evening of powerful sounds from the mind of one of the finest and most fearless sons of New Orleans. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant Quintet

Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 p.m., available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Cécile McLorin Salvant is “one of the most daring and resourceful vocalists in jazz—or any other genre, for that matter” (Uncut). A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Award, Salvant is a visionary performer and composer, a master storyteller inspired by visual art, whose first three recordings each earned a Grammy Award for jazz vocals. In this concert she performs music from her recent project, “Ghost Song.”  “Disarmingly beautiful” is Downbeat’s verdict for this album, an intriguing mix of seven original songs and five covers on themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning. As Salvant described it, “The idea of dancing with a ghost, or a memory—I connect with that idea so much. To me, the domain of memory, of reminiscing, is a form of celebrating something that is not with you… like unrequited love. It points to how fleeting everything is.”

Stradivari Anniversary Concert: Dalí Quartet with Ricardo Morales, Clarinet

Monday, December 18, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Silver Medal winner of the Piazzolla Music Competition, the Dalí Quartet is renowned for their innovative programming bringing the spotlight to Latin American repertoire. They come to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s historic stringed instruments with a beautifully curated program featuring works by Puerto Rican composer Sonia Morales-Matos, Spanish composer Turina, Cuban clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera, Beethoven and Weber.

6:30 p.m: Conversation with the Artists
Join the Dalí Quartet as they share their reflections on their experience of working with the Library’s Stradivari instruments and the program they have prepared for the Stradivari Anniversary Concert.

David Fulton’s talk scheduled for 7:00 pm has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Eliane Elias

Friday, October 13, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 pm, available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Eliane Elias is a highly acclaimed pianist, composer, and vocalist, with numerous Grammy and Latin Grammy awards to her name. Her unique style seamlessly blends jazz with the lively rhythms of her Brazilian heritage, showcasing her exceptional piano skills and smooth vocals. Eliane has collaborated with some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés, to name just a few. Her worldwide recognition has firmly established her as one of the most prominent jazz artists of the modern era.

Founder's Day: Piece Offerings - Focused Encounters with Recent Works by Reynolds and Soper

Monday, October 30, 2023, 7:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

This year’s Founder’s Day concert features an inaugural set of “Piece Offerings: Focused Encounters with Recent Works,” where audiences will hear a single work or portion of a work, followed by an onstage discussion with its creators. Composers Roger Reynolds and Kate Soper will be joined by pianist Eric Huebner, computer musician Jacob Sundstrom and the Wet Ink Ensemble for this novel experience, with a special start time of 7 pm.

Lakecia Benjamin

Thursday, November 2, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center LJ 119
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Her talent has been recognized by the Downbeat Critics Poll, which voted her as the "Rising Star Alto Saxophonist" in 2020, and the Jazz Journalists Association, which named her the "Up and Coming Artist of the Year."  Her tribute to Alice and John Coltrane in her successful release of “Pursuance” in 2020 showcases her artistic growth, while her latest album, “Phoenix,” released in 2023, proves her continued success. 

Richard O'Neill, Viola and Jeremy Denk, Piano

Monday, November 20, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

Richard O’Neill and Jeremy Denk bring a program of landmark works for the viola, two composed by master violists better known today as composers: Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith. Expect a searing performance of Clarke’s eloquent 1919 sonata, now a classic in the repertoire. A third star appearing in this concert is the Library’s 1690 magnificent Tuscan-Medici viola, on loan from the Tuscan Corporation, one of only a handful of Stradivari violas in existence.  

Escher Quartet with Jason Vieaux, Guitar

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

 The quartet has broadened its reputation by becoming collaborators with a wide range of artists. One of its more enduring and rewarding partnerships has been with Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. They join forces for a delightful program of chamber music by Boccherini, Bach, Beethoven and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, some of which is held in manuscript at the Library of Congress.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Friday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Trumpeter, composer, producer and innovative artist, he is the creator of “Stretch Music,” a jazz-rooted, genre-blind musical form that tries to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions to encompass multiple musical forms and cultures. Chief Adjuah is also the creator of a signature line of instruments including the new Adjuah Bow. Join the Library for an evening of powerful sounds from the mind of one of the finest and most fearless sons of New Orleans. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant Quintet

Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

This performance has reached its in-advance registration limit. However, we encourage patrons without registrations to attend the night of the event and join the standby group. Patrons without registrations will receive a number based on the order of arrival, and at 7:55 p.m., available seats will be filled from this group, space permitting.

Cécile McLorin Salvant is “one of the most daring and resourceful vocalists in jazz—or any other genre, for that matter” (Uncut). A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Award, Salvant is a visionary performer and composer, a master storyteller inspired by visual art, whose first three recordings each earned a Grammy Award for jazz vocals. In this concert she performs music from her recent project, “Ghost Song.”  “Disarmingly beautiful” is Downbeat’s verdict for this album, an intriguing mix of seven original songs and five covers on themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning. As Salvant described it, “The idea of dancing with a ghost, or a memory—I connect with that idea so much. To me, the domain of memory, of reminiscing, is a form of celebrating something that is not with you… like unrequited love. It points to how fleeting everything is.”

Stradivari Anniversary Concert: Dalí Quartet with Ricardo Morales, Clarinet

Monday, December 18, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Silver Medal winner of the Piazzolla Music Competition, the Dalí Quartet is renowned for their innovative programming bringing the spotlight to Latin American repertoire. They come to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s historic stringed instruments with a beautifully curated program featuring works by Puerto Rican composer Sonia Morales-Matos, Spanish composer Turina, Cuban clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera, Beethoven and Weber.

6:30 p.m: Conversation with the Artists
Join the Dalí Quartet as they share their reflections on their experience of working with the Library’s Stradivari instruments and the program they have prepared for the Stradivari Anniversary Concert.

David Fulton’s talk scheduled for 7:00 pm has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Monday, October 30, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 1st Street SE,
Washington, DC 20540

Register Here
This event is free and open to the public but registration in advance is suggested. 

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Did you miss one of our concerts? It may be available online. Check it out!
For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation’s capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season’s concerts as well as past concerts here.

We have great educational videos. Let's watch!
From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.

Eliane Elias

Friday, October 13, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

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Eliane Elias is a highly acclaimed pianist, composer, and vocalist, with numerous Grammy and Latin Grammy awards to her name. Her unique style seamlessly blends jazz with the lively rhythms of her Brazilian heritage, showcasing her exceptional piano skills and smooth vocals. Eliane has collaborated with some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés, to name just a few. Her worldwide recognition has firmly established her as one of the most prominent jazz artists of the modern era.

Founder's Day: Piece Offerings - Focused Encounters with Recent Works by Reynolds and Soper

Monday, October 30, 2023, 7:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

This year’s Founder’s Day concert features an inaugural set of “Piece Offerings: Focused Encounters with Recent Works,” where audiences will hear a single work or portion of a work, followed by an onstage discussion with its creators. Composers Roger Reynolds and Kate Soper will be joined by pianist Eric Huebner, computer musician Jacob Sundstrom and the Wet Ink Ensemble for this novel experience, with a special start time of 7 p.m.

Lakecia Benjamin

Thursday, November 2, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center LJ 119
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Her talent has been recognized by the Downbeat Critics Poll, which voted her as the "Rising Star Alto Saxophonist" in 2020, and the Jazz Journalists Association, which named her the "Up and Coming Artist of the Year."  Her tribute to Alice and John Coltrane in her successful release of “Pursuance” in 2020 showcases her artistic growth, while her latest album, “Phoenix,” released in 2023, proves her continued success. 

Richard O'Neill, Viola and Jeremy Denk, Piano

Monday, November 20, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

Richard O’Neill and Jeremy Denk bring a program of landmark works for the viola, two composed by master violists better known today as composers: Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith. Expect a searing performance of Clarke’s eloquent 1919 sonata, now a classic in the repertoire. A third star appearing in this concert is the Library’s 1690 magnificent Tuscan-Medici viola, on loan from the Tuscan Corporation, one of only a handful of Stradivari violas in existence.  

Escher Quartet with Jason Vieaux, Guitar

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

 The quartet has broadened its reputation by becoming collaborators with a wide range of artists. One of its more enduring and rewarding partnerships has been with Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. They join forces for a delightful program of chamber music by Boccherini, Bach, Beethoven and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, some of which is held in manuscript at the Library of Congress.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Friday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Trumpeter, composer, producer and innovative artist, he is the creator of “Stretch Music,” a jazz-rooted, genre-blind musical form that tries to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions to encompass multiple musical forms and cultures. Chief Adjuah is also the creator of a signature line of instruments including the new Adjuah Bow. Join the Library for an evening of powerful sounds from the mind of one of the finest and most fearless sons of New Orleans. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant Quintet

Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Cécile McLorin Salvant is “one of the most daring and resourceful vocalists in jazz—or any other genre, for that matter” (Uncut). A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Award, Salvant is a visionary performer and composer, a master storyteller inspired by visual art, whose first three recordings each earned a Grammy Award for jazz vocals. In this concert she performs music from her recent project, “Ghost Song.”  “Disarmingly beautiful” is Downbeat’s verdict for this album, an intriguing mix of seven original songs and five covers on themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning. As Salvant described it, “The idea of dancing with a ghost, or a memory—I connect with that idea so much. To me, the domain of memory, of reminiscing, is a form of celebrating something that is not with you… like unrequited love. It points to how fleeting everything is.”

Stradivari Anniversary Concert: Dalí Quartet with Ricardo Morales, Clarinet

Monday, December 18, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Silver Medal winner of the Piazzolla Music Competition, the Dalí Quartet is renowned for their innovative programming bringing the spotlight to Latin American repertoire. They come to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s historic stringed instruments with a beautifully curated program featuring works by Puerto Rican composer Sonia Morales-Matos, Spanish composer Turina, Cuban clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera, Beethoven and Weber.

6:30 p.m: Conversation with the Artists
Join the Dalí Quartet as they share their reflections on their experience of working with the Library’s Stradivari instruments and the program they have prepared for the Stradivari Anniversary Concert.

7:00 p.m.: David Fulton: “Two Gentlemen of Cremona: 42 Years with Strads and del Gesùs … Adventures of a Violin Collector"
Violin collector David Fulton comes to the Library to share his longtime love for violins and his journey as a collector.

Eliane Elias

Friday, October 13, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Eliane Elias is a highly acclaimed pianist, composer, and vocalist, with numerous Grammy and Latin Grammy awards to her name. Her unique style seamlessly blends jazz with the lively rhythms of her Brazilian heritage, showcasing her exceptional piano skills and smooth vocals. Eliane has collaborated with some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés, to name just a few. Her worldwide recognition has firmly established her as one of the most prominent jazz artists of the modern era.

Founder's Day: Piece Offerings - Focused Encounters with Recent Works by Reynolds and Soper

Monday, October 30, 2023, 7:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

This year’s Founder’s Day concert features an inaugural set of “Piece Offerings: Focused Encounters with Recent Works,” where audiences will hear a single work or portion of a work, followed by an onstage discussion with its creators. Composers Roger Reynolds and Kate Soper will be joined by pianist Eric Huebner, computer musician Jacob Sundstrom and the Wet Ink Ensemble for this novel experience, with a special start time of 7 p.m.

Lakecia Benjamin

Thursday, November 2, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center LJ 119
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Her talent has been recognized by the Downbeat Critics Poll, which voted her as the "Rising Star Alto Saxophonist" in 2020, and the Jazz Journalists Association, which named her the "Up and Coming Artist of the Year."  Her tribute to Alice and John Coltrane in her successful release of “Pursuance” in 2020 showcases her artistic growth, while her latest album, “Phoenix,” released in 2023, proves her continued success. 

Richard O'Neill, Viola and Jeremy Denk, Piano

Monday, November 20, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

Richard O’Neill and Jeremy Denk bring a program of landmark works for the viola, two composed by master violists better known today as composers: Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith. Expect a searing performance of Clarke’s eloquent 1919 sonata, now a classic in the repertoire. A third star appearing in this concert is the Library’s 1690 magnificent Tuscan-Medici viola, on loan from the Tuscan Corporation, one of only a handful of Stradivari violas in existence.  

Escher Quartet with Jason Vieaux, Guitar

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

 Register Here

 The quartet has broadened its reputation by becoming collaborators with a wide range of artists. One of its more enduring and rewarding partnerships has been with Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. They join forces for a delightful program of chamber music by Boccherini, Bach, Beethoven and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, some of which is held in manuscript at the Library of Congress.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Friday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Trumpeter, composer, producer and innovative artist, he is the creator of “Stretch Music,” a jazz-rooted, genre-blind musical form that tries to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions to encompass multiple musical forms and cultures. Chief Adjuah is also the creator of a signature line of instruments including the new Adjuah Bow. Join the Library for an evening of powerful sounds from the mind of one of the finest and most fearless sons of New Orleans. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant Quintet

Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Cécile McLorin Salvant is “one of the most daring and resourceful vocalists in jazz—or any other genre, for that matter” (Uncut). A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Award, Salvant is a visionary performer and composer, a master storyteller inspired by visual art, whose first three recordings each earned a Grammy Award for jazz vocals. In this concert she performs music from her recent project, “Ghost Song.”  “Disarmingly beautiful” is Downbeat’s verdict for this album, an intriguing mix of seven original songs and five covers on themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning. As Salvant described it, “The idea of dancing with a ghost, or a memory—I connect with that idea so much. To me, the domain of memory, of reminiscing, is a form of celebrating something that is not with you… like unrequited love. It points to how fleeting everything is.”

Stradivari Anniversary Concert: Dalí Quartet with Ricardo Morales, Clarinet

Monday, December 18, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Silver Medal winner of the Piazzolla Music Competition, the Dalí Quartet is renowned for their innovative programming bringing the spotlight to Latin American repertoire. They come to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s historic stringed instruments with a beautifully curated program featuring works by Puerto Rican composer Sonia Morales-Matos, Spanish composer Turina, Cuban clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera, Beethoven and Weber.

6:30 p.m: Conversation with the Artists
Join the Dalí Quartet as they share their reflections on their experience of working with the Library’s Stradivari instruments and the program they have prepared for the Stradivari Anniversary Concert.

7:00 p.m.: David Fulton: “Two Gentlemen of Cremona: 42 Years with Strads and del Gesùs … Adventures of a Violin Collector"
Violin collector David Fulton comes to the Library to share his longtime love for violins and his journey as a collector.

Bill Charlap Trio with Jon Faddis, Trumpet

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Bill Charlap and his Trio appear with a terrific partner for a charming, close-focus encounter with Strayhorn’s unforgettable songs—and some scintillating piano solos.  Trumpeter Jon Faddis is an artist known for “…making the practically impossible seem effortless” (Time Out New York). It’s a sizzling collaboration, one appropriate to honor what jazz scholar Larry Appelbaum called “the creative work of a musical architect of the highest order…one who added greatly to the brilliance and beauty of 20th-century music.” 

Paris Blues 

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 2:00 pm
James Madison Building - Pickford Theater 
101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540

Register Here

Paris Blues is a classic love story about American expatriate jazz musicians in Paris, with memorable performances by figures including Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier and Louis Armstrong. Billy Strayhorn’s significant contributions to Paris Blues went uncredited, with an Oscar nomination going instead to Duke Ellington for Best Music and Scoring.

Strayhorn Symposium: Known and Unknown

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 4:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center LJ 119
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003
 Register Here

Join us to hear experts on Strayhorn and his legacy celebrate this important figure and his collection at the Library of Congress with a lecture and panel discussion..

Keynote Lecture: David Hajdu, author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
4pm

Panel Discussion: Strayhorn: Known and Unknown
5pm

Big Band Evening with Russell Malone, Guitar

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003
                                                Register Here

Saxophonist and conductor Loren Schoenberg, Senior Scholar at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, has delved into the Library’s archives to design a standout big band evening bringing to life both great Strayhorn classics and a few rediscovered gems. You’ll hear lesser-known Strayhorn masterpieces like “Overture To A Jam Session,” “Orson,” and “Boll Weevil Ballet,” along with the classics: “Take the A Train,” “Satin Doll,” “Lost In Meditation,” “Chelsea Bridge,” and others. Russell Malone will share his new interpretations of Strayhorn’s music, in a very rare chance to hear electric guitar merged with the magical Strayhorn arrangements. 

Bill Charlap Trio with Jon Faddis, Trumpet

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium 
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Bill Charlap and his Trio appear with two terrific partners for a charming, close-focus encounter with Strayhorn’s unforgettable songs—and some scintillating piano solos.  Trumpeter Jon Faddis is an artist known for “…making the practically impossible seem effortless” (Time Out New York). Joining them is rising star Samara Joy, newly signed to Verve Records and a recent headliner for the Jazz Society of Lincoln Center. It’s a sizzling collaboration, one appropriate to honor what jazz scholar Larry Appelbaum called “the creative work of a musical architect of the highest order…one who added greatly to the brilliance and beauty of 20th-century music.” 

Paris Blues 

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 2:00 pm
James Madison Building - Pickford Theater 
101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540

Register Here

Paris Blues is a classic love story about American expatriate jazz musicians in Paris, with memorable performances by figures including Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier and Louis Armstrong. Billy Strayhorn’s significant contributions to Paris Blues went uncredited, with an Oscar nomination going instead to Duke Ellington for Best Music and Scoring.

Strayhorn Symposium: Known and Unknown

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 4:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center LJ 119
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003
 Register Here

Join us to hear experts on Strayhorn and his legacy celebrate this important figure and his collection at the Library of Congress with a lecture and panel discussion..

Keynote Lecture: David Hajdu, author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
4pm

Panel Discussion: Strayhorn: Known and Unknown
5pm

Big Band Evening with Russell Malone, Guitar

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 8:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20003
                                                Register Here

Saxophonist and conductor Loren Schoenberg, Senior Scholar at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, has delved into the Library’s archives to design a standout big band evening bringing to life both great Strayhorn classics and a few rediscovered gems. You’ll hear lesser-known Strayhorn masterpieces like “Overture To A Jam Session,” “Orson,” and “Boll Weevil Ballet,” along with the classics: “Take the A Train,” “Satin Doll,” “Lost In Meditation,” “Chelsea Bridge,” and others. Russell Malone will share his new interpretations of Strayhorn’s music, in a very rare chance to hear electric guitar merged with the magical Strayhorn arrangements. 

Harlem Quartet
with Michael Brown, piano

Friday, April 21, 2023, 8:00 pm 
St. Marks Episcopal Church 
301 A St. SE. Washington DC 20003

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Ilmar Gavilán & Melissa White, violin
Jaime Amador, viola
Felix Umansky, cello

The Grammy-winning, New York-based Harlem Quartet and pianist-composer Michael Brown come to the Library of Congress with a fierce program that features the beauty and versatility of the string quartet and piano. Known for its concept of cross-pollination, the idea that there are common factors across different musical styles, the Harlem Quartet brings together an extraordinarily diverse program drawn from composers of different times and backgrounds

Program

AMY BEACH

Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 67

GUIDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN

Cuarteto en Guaguancó

BILLY STRAYHORN

Take the A Train

DELPHINE VON SCHAUROTH

Selected Song Without Words, op. 18/1, 3 & 4

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Rondo Capriccioso, op. 14

ROBERT SCHUMANN

Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44

Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hiller, artistic director

Monday, March 20, 2023, 8:00 pm 
St. Marks Episcopal Church 
301 A Street SE, Washington DC 20003

 Register Here 

With “My end is my beginning,” the gorgeous voices of Ars Nova Copenhagen link the worlds of Machaut and Gibbons to those of the 20th-century and beyond. Known for their performances of early and new music, the ensemble led by Paul Hillier is equally at home voicing the Cries of London and Copenhagen. The second half of their concert is devoted to a recent work by Caroline Shaw, the title of which suggests some delicate origami in its construction.

Stephen Hough, Piano

Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 8:00 pm 
St. Marks Episcopal Church 
301 A Street SE, Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Sir Stephen Hough brings his trademark eloquence and precision to a recital filled with music by composers close to his heart. From the mysterious and mystical realms of Mompou and Scriabin to the evocative imagery of Debussy and Hough’s own Partita, Hough leaves a stamp on all of this repertoire. His recital closes with a suite of pieces selected from the second volume of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage—the famous Petrarch sonnets as well as the astounding “Dante Sonata.” The Library has several works by Mompou in its collections, and an original song manuscript that is a darker revision of one of Liszt’s most beloved songs and piano transcriptions, the Sonetto 104 del Petrarca.

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

Friday, March 31, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
1101 6th St. SW. Washington DC 20024

Register Here

Saxophonist, composer and arranger, Blue Note artist and Downbeat Rising Star, Immanuel Wilkins is a vital voice in a new generation of jazz thinkers. “His sound is most often silky and lush…with a gorgeous tone and phrasing… but he can shift into a grittier gospel feel or an airier whisper as the art requires.” (Pop Matters.com). “My work is the intersection between spiritual practice and Black aesthetics,” Wilkins says, referencing John Coltrane and the music of the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of his Philadelphia childhood. Last fall, he toured major jazz havens in Europe, hitting festivals in Stockholm, Berlin and Madrid and venues like Hamburg’s Elb Philharmonie. In March, after a residency at New York’s The Stone, performing with Bill Frisell, Susie Ibarra and other colleagues, Wilkins makes a stop at the Library as part of a nationwide swing across the heartland with his longtime quartet: Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass, and Kweku Sumbry on drums.

Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hiller, artistic director

Monday, March 20, 2023, 8:00 pm 
St. Marks Episcopal Church 
301 A Street SE, Washington DC 20003

 Register Here 

With “My end is my beginning,” the gorgeous voices of Ars Nova Copenhagen link the worlds of Machaut and Gibbons to those of the 20th-century and beyond. Known for their performances of early and new music, the ensemble led by Paul Hillier is equally at home voicing the Cries of London and Copenhagen. The second half of their concert is devoted to a recent work by Caroline Shaw, the title of which suggests some delicate origami in its construction.

Stephen Hough, Piano

Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 8:00 pm 
St. Marks Episcopal Church 
301 A Street SE, Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Sir Stephen Hough brings his trademark eloquence and precision to a recital filled with music by composers close to his heart. From the mysterious and mystical realms of Mompou and Scriabin to the evocative imagery of Debussy and Hough’s own Partita, Hough leaves a stamp on all of this repertoire. His recital closes with a suite of pieces selected from the second volume of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage—the famous Petrarch sonnets as well as the astounding “Dante Sonata.” The Library has several works by Mompou in its collections, and an original song manuscript that is a darker revision of one of Liszt’s most beloved songs and piano transcriptions, the Sonetto 104 del Petrarca.

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

Friday, March 31, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
1101 6th St. SW. Washington DC 20024

Register Here

Saxophonist, composer and arranger, Blue Note artist and Downbeat Rising Star, Immanuel Wilkins is a vital voice in a new generation of jazz thinkers. “His sound is most often silky and lush…with a gorgeous tone and phrasing… but he can shift into a grittier gospel feel or an airier whisper as the art requires.” (Pop Matters.com). “My work is the intersection between spiritual practice and Black aesthetics,” Wilkins says, referencing John Coltrane and the music of the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of his Philadelphia childhood. Last fall, he toured major jazz havens in Europe, hitting festivals in Stockholm, Berlin and Madrid and venues like Hamburg’s Elb Philharmonie. In March, after a residency at New York’s The Stone, performing with Bill Frisell, Susie Ibarra and other colleagues, Wilkins makes a stop at the Library as part of a nationwide swing across the heartland with his longtime quartet: Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass, and Kweku Sumbry on drums.

Washington Men's Camerata

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (online only)
Streaming information will be available closer to the event date.

Watch Frank Albinder and the Washington Men’s Camerata take us through a survey of music by Barber, Beach, Fine, Foote, Weber, Wagner and more! This program of music for men’s chorus by American and German composers is drawn mostly from music that the Library holds in manuscript. From the zany McCord’s Menagerie of Irving Fine to the beautiful and little-known So Sweet is She by Patty Stair, this repertoire has a lot to offer. BONUS: You can join James Wintle of the Music Division in a webinar for a special behind-the-scenes look at this music at 1pm ET on February 21. Register for “Music for Men’s Chorus at the Library of Congress” here, all are welcome!

Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hiller, artistic director

Monday, March 20, 2023, 8:00 pm 
St. Marks Episcopal Church 
301 A Street SE, Washington DC 20003

 Register Here 

With “My end is my beginning,” the gorgeous voices of Ars Nova Copenhagen link the worlds of Machaut and Gibbons to those of the 20th-century and beyond. Known for their performances of early and new music, the ensemble led by Paul Hillier is equally at home voicing the Cries of London and Copenhagen. The second half of their concert is devoted to a recent work by Caroline Shaw, the title of which suggests some delicate origami in its construction.

Stephen Hough, Piano

Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 8:00 pm 
St. Marks Episcopal Church 
301 A Street SE, Washington DC 20003

Register Here

Sir Stephen Hough brings his trademark eloquence and precision to a recital filled with music by composers close to his heart. From the mysterious and mystical realms of Mompou and Scriabin to the evocative imagery of Debussy and Hough’s own Partita, Hough leaves a stamp on all of this repertoire. His recital closes with a suite of pieces selected from the second volume of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage—the famous Petrarch sonnets as well as the astounding “Dante Sonata.” The Library has several works by Mompou in its collections, and an original song manuscript that is a darker revision of one of Liszt’s most beloved songs and piano transcriptions, the Sonetto 104 del Petrarca.

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

Friday, March 31, 2023, 8:00 pm 
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
1101 6th St. SW. Washington DC 20024

Register Here

Saxophonist, composer and arranger, Blue Note artist and Downbeat Rising Star, Immanuel Wilkins is a vital voice in a new generation of jazz thinkers. “His sound is most often silky and lush…with a gorgeous tone and phrasing… but he can shift into a grittier gospel feel or an airier whisper as the art requires.” (Pop Matters.com). “My work is the intersection between spiritual practice and Black aesthetics,” Wilkins says, referencing John Coltrane and the music of the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of his Philadelphia childhood. Last fall, he toured major jazz havens in Europe, hitting festivals in Stockholm, Berlin and Madrid and venues like Hamburg’s Elb Philharmonie. In March, after a residency at New York’s The Stone, performing with Bill Frisell, Susie Ibarra and other colleagues, Wilkins makes a stop at the Library as part of a nationwide swing across the heartland with his longtime quartet: Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass, and Kweku Sumbry on drums.