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29 events

Mostly Music — Jazz, Classical & Global and Music — Indie, Rock & Singer-Songwriter.

Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC. 29 upcoming events, mostly Music — Jazz, Classical & Global and Music — Indie, Rock & Singer-Songwriter. Dates, times and details on AskAlice.

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An Evening with Composer John Adams and the Washington National Opera
Talks, Ideas & Policy classicalintimate
Tue, Oct 13 · Free, ticket required
Tue, Oct 13 · 7:00 PM · Free, ticket required
John Adams is the guest of honor at a special event celebrating the John Adams Papers at the Library and previewing Washington National Opera’s (WNO) upcoming production of Nixon in China. The evenin…
7:00PM
7:00 PM
Musicians from the Teatro Real of Spain
Music classicalembassy
Mon, Oct 19 · Free (tickets required)
Mon, Oct 19 · 7:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
Musicians from the Teatro Real of Spain present a program in commemoration of America's semiquincentennial, featuring Antonín Dvořák's Quartet No. 12, Op. 96, "American" and Amy Beach's String Quarte…
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8:00 PM
“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band Chamber Orchestra
Music classical
Wed, Oct 21 · Free, ticket required
Wed, Oct 21 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Drawing on the Library’s collection, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band Chamber Orchestra presents a survey of American music for chamber orchestra as part of the Library’s America 250 c…
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6:00 PM
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 55th Anniversary Celebration
Film classic film
Mon, Oct 26 · Free, registration required
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:00 PM · Free, registration required
The Library of Congress presents a celebration of the 55th anniversary of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” which is featured on the National Film Registry. This special event includes a panel d…
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8:00 PM
Founder’s Day: Attacca Quartet
Music classicalintimate
Fri, Oct 30 · Free, ticket required
Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Grammy Award–winning Attacca Quartet presents a program featuring the Washington, D.C. premiere of John Adams’s most recent string quartet "Iron Jig," co-commissioned by the Library of Congress and d…
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8:00 PM
Live! At the Library: Edmar Castañeda, harp
Music jazzdate night
Thu, Nov 5 · Free (tickets required)
Thu, Nov 5 · 8:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
Colombian-born Edmar Castañeda has emerged as the preeminent virtuoso of the jazz harp. With a singular technique that seamlessly blends bass lines, harmony, and melody, Castañeda brings unbridled at…
6:30PM
6:30 PM
"Miles Davis at 100," Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr, PhD
Talks, Ideas & Policy talks general
Fri, Nov 6 · Free
Fri, Nov 6 · 6:30 PM · Free
Join the Music Division for a lecture celebrating Miles Davis at 100 with acclaimed music historian, pianist, composer, and University of Pennsylvania Professor Emeritus Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.
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8:00 PM
Unlimited Miles: John Beasley's Miles Davis at 100
Music jazzdate night
Fri, Nov 6 · Free (tickets required)
Fri, Nov 6 · 8:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
The Library of Congress pays tribute to the all-time giant trumpet player, composer, bandleader, painter, and cultural icon, Miles Davis, with a performance led by Davis’s onetime collaborator John B…
7:00PM
7:00 PM
Anthony Roth Costanzo on “Countertenor”
Talks, Ideas & Policy author talkclassical
Mon, Nov 9 · Free (tickets required)
Mon, Nov 9 · 7:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
Grammy-winning countertenor and President and General Director of Opera Philadelphia, Anthony Roth Constanzo, comes to the Library for a special event that will include a short recital and intimate c…
8:00PM
8:00 PM
Bennewitz Quartet with Arsentiy Kharitonov
Music classicaldate night
Fri, Nov 13 · Free (tickets required)
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
The Bennewitz Quartet is joined by pianist Arsentiy Kharitonov for an evening of music by Medtner, Suk and Dvořák.
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8:00 PM
Live! At the Library: Sistastrings
Music classicalintimate
Thu, Nov 19 · Free, ticket required
Thu, Nov 19 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Sister duo Sistastrings, featuring Chauntee and Monique Ross, return to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s Stradivari instruments, featuring the world premiere of Larissa Maestro's M…
8:00PM
8:00 PM
Graindelavoix
Music classicaldate night
Fri, Nov 20 · Free (tickets required)
Fri, Nov 20 · 8:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
Belgian period vocal ensemble Graindelavoix presents a bespoke program highlighting the Laborde Chansonnier and other treasures from the Music Division’s Renaissance collections.
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8:00 PM
Live! At the Library: Lizz Wright and Kenny Banks Sr.
Music jazzdate night
Thu, Dec 10 · Free (tickets required)
Thu, Dec 10 · 8:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
Acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright brings a powerful and soulful voice to the Coolidge stage, offering a reflection of America’s rich cultural fabric.
8:00PM
8:00 PM
Ensemble Correspondances with Lucile Richardot
Music classicaldate night
Fri, Dec 11 · Free (tickets required)
Fri, Dec 11 · 8:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
Ensemble Correspondances, led by Sébastien Daucé and featuring mezzo-soprano Lucile Richardot, returns to the Library with a program selected from J.S. Bach’s earliest cantatas, composed during his b…
8:00PM
8:00 PM
Stradivari Anniversary: Brentano Quartet with Hsin-Yun Huang (Concert 1)
Music classicaldate night
Fri, Dec 18 · Free (tickets required)
Fri, Dec 18 · 8:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
The Brentano Quartet (joined by violist Hsin-Yun Huang) performs two of Beethoven’s middle quartets and Mozart’s Quintet in C Major, whose manuscript is one of the Music Division’s treasures. The art…
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8:00 PM
Stradivari Anniversary: Brentano Quartet with Hsin-Yun Huang (Concert 2)
Music classicaldate night
Sat, Dec 19 · Free (tickets required)
Sat, Dec 19 · 8:00 PM · Free (tickets required)
The Brentano Quartet (joined by violist Hsin-Yun Huang) performs two of Beethoven’s middle quartets and Mozart’s Quintet in C Major, whose manuscript is one of the Music Division’s treasures. The art…
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8:00 PM
Audra McDonald
Music classicalintimate
Wed, Jan 13 · Free, ticket required
Wed, Jan 13 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Broadway legend Audra McDonald returns to the Library to partner with leading music director and conductor Andy Einhorn for an intimate preview recital of their latest collaboration. The evening will…
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8:00 PM
Live! At the Library: Christopher Maltman, baritone and Bryan Wagorn, piano
Music classicalintimate
Thu, Jan 21 · Free, ticket required
Thu, Jan 21 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Grammy Award-winning baritone Christopher Maltman collaborates with pianist Bryan Wagorn on a program of music by Jules Massenet, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.
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8:00 PM
JACK Quartet
Music classicalintimate
Fri, Jan 29 · Free, ticket required
Fri, Jan 29 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
The astounding virtuosity and musical sensitivity of the JACK Quartet will be on display as they perform new and recent music by Georg Friedrich Haas, Philip Glass, Juri Seo, Gabriela Smith and Trist…
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8:00 PM
"Reverie: Dreams of Harlem and Paris:” Valerie Coleman and Friends
Music classicaljazz
Wed, Feb 3 · Free, ticket required
Wed, Feb 3 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
"Reverie" honors a cultural exchange with a program pairing the music of Valerie Coleman with works by Ravel, Debussy and Poulenc.
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8:00 PM
Live! At the Library: Alfredo Rodríguez Band featuring Pedrito Martínez
Music jazzworld & folk
Thu, Feb 11 · Free, ticket required
Thu, Feb 11 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Grammy-nominated Alfredo Rodríguez and Pedrito Martinez unite virtuosity and Afro-Latin folkloric rhythm in a dynamic fusion of Cuban roots, jazz and global influences. Made possible by the Revada Fo…
2:00PM
2:00 PM
Schoenberg’s “Erwartung” with Tony Arnold, Sharon Harms, and the Argento Ensemble
Music classical
Sat, Feb 20 · Free, ticket required
Sat, Feb 20 · 2:00 PM · Free, ticket required
The Argento Ensemble perform a powerful collection of works from the Music Divisions collections, including Arnold Schoenberg’s Erwartung, and music by American composers Ruth Crawford Seeger and Mar…
8:00PM
8:00 PM
Live! At the Library: Cuarteto Casals with Santiago Cañón Valencia
Music classicalintimate
Thu, Feb 25 · Free, ticket required
Thu, Feb 25 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Cuarteto Casals returns to the Library with a program featuring Haydn’s op. 20, no 4, a new commission by Raquel García-Tomás, and, in collaboration with cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia, Schubert’s f…
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8:00 PM
Live! At the Library: Tango Night with the Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Music social dance
Thu, Mar 4 · Free, ticket required
Thu, Mar 4 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
The Pan American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sergio Bušlje, presents a vibrant program that brings the spirit of tango to life through music and dance.
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8:00 PM
Beethoven/Liszt Symphonies 8 and 9 with Christopher Taylor
Music classicalintimate
Fri, Mar 5 · Free, ticket required
Fri, Mar 5 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Pianist Christopher Taylor performs Beethoven’s symphonies 8 and 9 as transcribed by Franz Liszt for solo piano, as the opening concert for the Library’s “Beethoven as Cultural Phenomenon,” which mar…
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8:00 PM
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Music classicalintimate
Fri, Mar 12 · Free, ticket required
Fri, Mar 12 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Grammy-nominated pianist Kirill Gerstein performs great works of the German Romantics, including Mendelssohn’s “Variations sérieuses,” Liszt’s B-minor Sonata, Schumann’s op. 17 “Fantasie” and Liszt’s…
8:00PM
8:00 PM
Kayhan Kalhor with Brooklyn Rider
Music intimateworld & folk
Wed, Mar 17 · Free, ticket required
Wed, Mar 17 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
Three-time Grammy-winning kamancheh virtuoso and composer Kahan Kalhor comes to the Library with New York-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider to present their collaborative work, "Silent City."
8:00PM
8:00 PM
Longleash
Music jazzintimate
Sat, Mar 20 · Free, ticket required
Sat, Mar 20 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
The avant-garde Longleash piano trio combines traditional instrumentation with new music inspiration for a concert of recent works by Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber, Marco Stroppa and Igor Santos.
8:00PM
8:00 PM
Live! At the Library: Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane
Music jazz
Thu, Apr 1 · Free, ticket required
Thu, Apr 1 · 8:00 PM · Free, ticket required
The Branford Marsalis Quartet, joined by Dianne Reeves, comes together to revisit Coltrane’s landmark 1963 collaboration with vocalist Johnny Hartman. This concert commemorates John Coltrane at 100.
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