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Event | concerts and performances Gary Bartz and NTU Troop with Special Guest Theo Croker- Wednesday, June 18, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Grammy-winning saxophonist and 2024 NEA Jazz Master Gary Bartz brings his legendary groove to the Coolidge Auditorium. -
Event | concerts and performances An Evening with Judy Collins- Wednesday, June 04, 2025 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Join us for a concert and book signing with one of America’s most-loved performers: the legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins. -
Event | concerts and performances The (Effortless) Now: Dances of Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski- Tuesday, June 03, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
Choreographer Katherine Duke and the Erick Hawkins Dance Company join some of Lucia Dlugoszewski’s most ardent advocates—pianist Agnese Toniutti and the Daedalus String Quartet—for a can’t-miss exploration of the creative team. Features music and choreography from the Library’s Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski papers. -
Event | concerts and performances Piece Offerings: Muntendorf’s Trilogy- Saturday, May 31, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
The brilliant German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf will be featured in a D.C.-premiere of her work Trilogy for Two Pianos. Hear the composer speak about her work in conjunction with the performance. -
Event | concerts and performances loadbang with Christopher Otto, Violin and Ning Yu, Piano- Friday, May 30, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
loadbang, the only group we know of for bass clarinet, baritone voice, trumpet, and trombone, offers an evening of new music, with guest artists Christopher Otto, violin, and Ning Yu, piano. -
Event | concerts and performances Live! At the Library: Jlin- Thursday, May 15, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Great Hall
Jlin brings her signature electronic dance party energy to the Library of Congress, where she will present the world premiere of the first electronic music piece commissioned by the Library. -
Event | concerts and performances Live! At the Library: Somi- Thursday, May 01, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
With a sound that blends her Rwandan and Ugandan heritage with jazz and other rhythms, Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning artist Somi brings her sextet to the Library of Congress for an evening of rich musical textures. -
Event | concerts and performances Horszowski Trio- Saturday, April 26, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
The multi-dimensional Horszowski Trio performs the music of Rebecca Clarke, Charles Wuorinen, and Franz Schubert. -
Event | concerts and performances Hélène Grimaud, Piano- Friday, April 25, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
One of the world’s most celebrated pianists, acclaimed for technical mastery and poetic, captivating interpretations, Hélène Grimaud plays late works by Beethoven and Brahms in a beautiful program that ends with the great Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor. -
Event | concerts and performances Porgy and Bess 90th Anniversary Concert & Panel- Wednesday, April 23, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
The Library of Congress and Washington National Opera celebrate the 90th anniversary of George and Ira Gershwin's landmark work "Porgy and Bess." Artists of the Washington National Opera perform selections from "Porgy and Bess," and hear a discussion about the history and impact of this iconic American work for the stage. -
Event | concerts and performances Jennifer Koh, Violin and the Del Sol String Quartet- Friday, April 11, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
Celebrate the creativity, brilliance, and legacy of Cuban-born American composer, conductor, and educator Tania León in an evening featuring Grammy-winning violinist Jennifer Koh and Chamber Music America Award-winning Del Sol String Quartet. -
Event | concerts and performances Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin, and Lambert Orkis, Piano- Tuesday, April 08, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
The Library welcomes the extraordinary violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis for a concert of music by Mozart, Schubert and Respighi, and a new work by Iranian composer Aftab Darvishi. -
Event | concerts and performances The String Queens- Friday, April 04, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
Praised for its authentic, soulful and orchestral sound, The String Queens is a dynamic trio of artists who create stimulating musical experiences that inspire audiences to love, hope, feel and imagine. -
Event | concerts and performances Fröst-Tamestit-Wosner Trio- Saturday, March 29, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Admired worldwide as soloists, a trio of leading touring artists unite for a rare chamber music collaboration. Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst, French violinist Antoine Tamestit and American pianist Shai Wosner perform their own arrangements of works by Bizet, Brahms and Dvořák, and their irresistible Dance Mosaic of European folk tunes. -
Event | concerts and performances Brandee Younger- Friday, March 14, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Experience the melodic and dynamic sounds of Brandee Younger’s harp. Grammy-nominated, 2024 NAACP Image Award winner, celebrated harpist, composer and educator, Brandee Younger is a leading voice of the harp today. -
Event | concerts and performances Music of Anthony Braxton- Saturday, March 08, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Anthony Braxton headlines a concert commemorating the Library of Congress' acquisition of his papers. An array of stellar collaborators come together with Braxton to celebrate the music of this iconic American contemporary composer and multi-instrumentalist. -
Event | concerts and performances José James- Friday, February 28, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
José James returns to the Coolidge Auditorium to perform music from his deeply personal, self-produced album, 1978. -
Event | concerts and performances Jupiter Quartet- Wednesday, February 19, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Celebrated as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” (The New Yorker), the award-winning Jupiter String Quartet brings a program of Carlos Simon, Shulamit Ran and Beethoven to the Library of Congress, performing on its renowned Stradivari instruments. -
Event | concerts and performances Holger Falk, Baritone and Steffen Schleiermacher, Piano- Wednesday, February 05, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Baritone Holger Falk and pianist Steffen Schleiermacher perform the music of Hanns Eisler and Franz Schubert in a one-of-a-kind vocal recital. -
Event | concerts and performances Francesco Corti, Harpsichord- Saturday, February 01, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Italian harpsichordist Francesco Corti adds joyful spontaneity to virtuosity and flair in his recital of magisterial keyboard works by George Frideric Händel and J.S. Bach. -
Event | concerts and performances Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello- Tuesday, January 28, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt plays the Library’s magnificent 1699 Stradivari “Castelbarco” cello in a powerhouse solo recital of works by J.S. Bach, Dutilleux and Kodály. -
Event | concerts and performances Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Julia Bullock, Soprano- Friday, January 24, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Grammy-winning American soprano Julia Bullock joins Britain’s famed Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a brilliant evening of vocal and instrumental showpieces from the Golden Age of the Baroque. -
Event | concerts and performances Stradivari Anniversary: Pacifica Quartet, Performance 2- Thursday, December 19, 2024 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
The mighty Pacifica Quartet will celebrate the Library’s Stradivari Anniversary with a pair of concerts designed to give more listeners a chance to hear our fabled instruments in person. The program includes iconic works by Crumb, Barber, Ives, and Dvořák. -
Event | concerts and performances Stradivari Anniversary: Pacifica Quartet, Performance 1
- Wednesday, December 18, 2024 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
The mighty Pacifica Quartet will celebrate the Library’s Stradivari Anniversary with a pair of concerts designed to give more listeners a chance to hear our fabled instruments in person. The program includes iconic works by Crumb, Barber, Ives, and Dvořák. -
Event | concerts and performances Barbara Hannigan, Soprano; Bertrand Chamayou, Piano- Monday, December 16, 2024 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou are superbly matched partners in this recital pairing Scriabin piano works with song cycles by Olivier Messiaen and John Zorn that Hannigan describes as “deeply spiritual, mysterious tender and ecstatic.”