Carnegie Hall’s fall season features a wide array of performances spanning classical, jazz, and contemporary music, highlighting both renowned artists and emerging talents.
The season opens on October 13 with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra launching a full cycle of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies, beginning with the composer’s Fifth. Nézet-Séguin returns on December 6 to conduct the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, joined by pianist Beatrice Rana in a program including Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No. 2.
Among the chamber performances, the Trio Azura, winner of the Young Concert Artists 2025 audition, will perform on October 14, featuring piano trios by Maurice Ravel, Felix Mendelssohn, and Jennifer Higdon. On October 16, the Sphinx Virtuosi’s “American Dialogues 250” program will showcase mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges alongside violinists Amaryn Olmeda and Rubén Rengel, performing works by Igor Stravinsky, Fritz Kreisler, Jessie Montgomery, and others.
A major highlight occurs on October 22, celebrating the 90th birthday of minimalist composer Steve Reich. The all-star Bang on a Can All-Stars Ensemble, led by conductor Brad Lubman, features pianists Lisa Kaplan and Nico Muhly, and electric guitarist Bryce Dessner, presenting a program that includes two U.S. premieres of Reich’s compositions.
The New York Pops contribute two notable concerts: on October 23, they will celebrate six decades of James Bond themes with guest artist Lena Hall, a Tony Award winner known for her work on Broadway. Later, on November 20, the ensemble presents “One Night Only: An Evening with Denée Benton and Jordan Donica,” featuring songs from their stage careers, including selections from "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Aida."
Jazz performances are highlighted on October 23 as well, with six-time Grammy nominee saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin making her Zankel Hall debut. She will be joined by Greg Glassman on trumpet, Oscar Perez on piano, Elias Bailey on bass, Jerome Jennings on drums, and vocalist Melodie Ray, as part of the Late Nights at Zankel Hall series, supported by the Joyce and George Wein Foundation.
Celebrating the centennial of jazz legend John Coltrane, Branford Marsalis and vocalist Dianne Reeves perform on October 27 with the Branford Marsalis Quartet, offering a program focused on ballads and other selections associated with Coltrane.
November 4 welcomes the Punch Brothers, known for their virtuosic acoustic music, featuring Chris Thile, Chris Eldridge, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, and Brittany Haas. The next day, November 5, cellist Alisa Weilerstein presents the final installment of her immersive “FRAGMENTS” series, melding J.S. Bach’s Sixth Cello Suite with new works by contemporary composers including Andy Akiho and Gabriela Lena Frank. On the same day, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique” under conductor Louis Langrée, featuring tenor Benjamin Bernheim.
The season continues into December with Grammy-winning tenor Karim Sulayman and pianist Tom Poster performing French art songs on December 2, followed by pianist Hélène Grimaud presenting Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32 and Schubert’s Piano Sonata in B-flat Major later that day. On December 3, soprano Renée Fleming teams with banjo player Béla Fleck and vocalist Aoife O’Donovan for a celebration of Appalachian folk music in “The Fiddle and the Drum” program.
Tickets for these performances are available through Carnegie Hall’s box office and website, with programs and artists subject to change.