Performance Calendar

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Please note, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music does not provide ticketing for the events at its location. To inquire about tickets to an event, please see the individual event for contact information.

Dec 18 @ 1:00 pm

2026 Bachauer International Piano Competitions Preliminary Round

International pianists ages 11-14 from 28 countries perform 30-minute concerts to vie for their spot in Salt Lake City this June, when they will compete for over $60,000 USD in prizes and the opportunity to perform with Utah... Read More

Dec 19 @ 1:00 pm

2026 Bachauer International Piano Competitions Preliminary Round

Dec 20 @ 1:00 pm

2026 Bachauer International Piano Competitions Preliminary Round

International pianists ages 11-18 from 28 countries perform 30-minute concerts to vie for their spot in Salt Lake City this June, when they will compete for over $60,000 USD in prizes and the opportunity to perform with Utah... Read More

Mar 21 @ 7:30 pm

Tilted Head Ensemble: Spring 2026

The Tilted Head Ensemble returns to Benzaquen Hall with music by Karen Tanaka, Aníbal Vidal, Amelia Kaplan, Gabriel Bolaños, Jennifer Jolley, Carl Bettendorf, and Scott D. Miller. Carl Bettendorf, conductor

Past Events

Dec 12, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

Musica Ricercata

This program pairs two masterworks linked by the idea of "ricercata," or "sought music." The concert opens with György Ligeti’s Musica ricercata (1951-53) in a new arrangement. The title is literal: Ligeti’s goal was to "build a new music from... READ MORE

Dec 10, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

New Music from Bulgaria

Join us on December 10 for this Special Presentation of new works from Bulgaria, commissioned by the Off the Beaten Path Festival, featuring three U.S. premieres of new works by Dobrinka Tabakova, Kenji Bunch and Peter Kerkelov. To close the... READ MORE

Dec 6, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

OF SORROW BORN – Michael Hersch’s works for solo instruments

A composer of “uncompromising brilliance” (The Washington Post) whose work has been described by The New York Times as “viscerally gripping and emotionally transformative music ... claustrophobic and exhilarating at once, with moments of sublime beauty nestled inside thickets of... READ MORE

Dec 2, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

Coriolis Duo Presents: Daisy Chain

NYC-based Coriolis Duo (Catherine Boyack, flute, and Oliver Xu, percussion) presents a concert at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music's Cary Hall. This program features the world premiere of Ted Babcock's Daisy Chain, a five-movement work commissioned by the ensemble... READ MORE

Nov 23, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

Chao Plays Chopin Piano Solo Works

Chao He presents an evening illuminating the full emotional spectrum of Chopin through a program of nocturnal lyricism, magnanimous polonaise grandeur, storm-driven scherzo intensity, and sweeping balladic drama. His selections showcase Chopin’s intimate poetry and breathtaking virtuosity, moving from whispered... READ MORE

Nov 22, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

Science Fiction: The New Music of the Spheres

Commencing with a love-sick cry to the stars in Monteverdi’s madrigal Sfogava con stelle, this collaborative program between the contemporary music group Ensemble Ipse and early music group Repast Baroque explores themes of novelty and innovation spanning from the 16th-century... READ MORE