Performance Calendar

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.

Sep 8 @

Bergamot Quartet – Best in Score

Tribeca New Music is thrilled to present the Bergamot Quartet - Best in Score 2023. This concert will feature new and recent works including Arcade by Charles Peck who won first prize in the TNM 2023 Young Composer... Read More
Sep 9 @

Cantata No. 1: An Island Seen and Felt

Jonathon Crompton's genre-defying new work for two sopranos, string quartet, alto saxophone, and electric guitar receives its world premiere. Cantata No. 1: An Island Seen and Felt marks a distinct evolution of Crompton's compositional practice, which is rooted... Read More
Sep 10 @

Explorations Vol. 6: Time and Breath

New Thread presents its 6th Explorations concert with a program of cutting edge works for saxophone, drawing from meditative breath, temporal flux, sine tone clusters, dissembled instruments, and vocalization. The concert opens with Neva Derewetzky‘s "small voices," exploring... Read More
Sep 10 @

An Evening of World Premieres by F-PLUS

F-PLUS Presents an Evening of World Premieres Twist (2023) Zachary Gulaboff Davis Air Variations (2022) Matthew Ricketts This commission was funded with a generous grant from the Canada Council for the Arts Dream On (2022) Emma O'Halloran This... Read More
Sep 16 @

Evening with Jonathan Gilbert

This event is a world premiere of compositions by Jonathan Gilbert. This concert will also be performed by The Manhattan Collective Orchestra and many other world class performers.
Sep 29 @

Ramin Arjomand Solo at The DiMenna Center

Pianist and composer Ramin Amir Arjomand presents an evening-length solo performance. Arjomand's work is born of a complex interplay of cross-cultural creative impulses. His long-form improvisations attain extremes of sound intensity, pushing the limits of spontaneous thinking while... Read More
Oct 10 @

Record Release Concert: Procession Along the Aciga Tree

Composer and percussionist Susie Ibarra joins PRISM Quartet for a concert celebrating the XAS Records release of their most recent collaboration: Ibarra’s “Procession Along the Aciga Tree.” The program, curated by Ibarra, also includes new arrangements of two... Read More
Oct 28 @

Pathos Trio – Best in Score 2023

Pathos Trio, nominated in the 1st Round Ballot Voting for the 2023 GRAMMYS, is presented by Tribeca New Music in Best in Score 2023, along with special guest artists pianist Adrian Zaragoza and percussionist Glenn Choe. This concert... Read More
Nov 4 @

Premiere Works XXIX: Composers as Performers

Music From China presents "Premiere Works XXIX" concert featuring commissioned composers performing their own works. Program: HONG-DA CHIN: Almost Identical (world premiere) for dizi, pipa, erhu, bawu, cello, percussion; HONG-DA CHIN: Chinese Winds Improvisation; ZHOU JING: Melancholique for... Read More
Nov 14 @

Ten pages

Ten pages of a yet to be written book open to new ideas and new horizons. CreArtBox celebrates its 10th anniversary of creating and producing live art performances, merging classical and contemporary music. In 2013 we presented 'Pictures... Read More
Nov 29 @

Ekmeles with Strings

Ekmeles vocal ensemble performs works with and without strings. The US premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas's ....... with viola (Carrie Frey) and a new arrangement of Delphia Gaedhlica by Dan Trueman with violin (Giancarlo Latta) and viola anchor... Read More
Dec 5 @

Serials/Sets: Vienna, Berlin, Cambridge

An evening showcasing the connection between German, Austrian and UK composers through the lens of blackbirds, snails, mice, horses, and more. Cash or card donation at the door. Amber Evans, soprano Sam Fairbrother, voice/movement artist Francesca Ferrara, flute... Read More
Dec 8 @

Translucent Harmonies Record Release Concert

Join andPlay to celebrate the release of their most recent album,“Translucent Harmonies” (Another Timbre, September 2023). andPlay will perform works by Catherine Lamb and Kristofer Svensson, joined by musicians David Adamcyk, Tristan Kasten-Krause, Thea Mesirow, and Corie Rose... Read More
Dec 14 @

2024 Artists Competition Preliminary Round

Every few years, the world’s most promising pianists convene in Salt Lake City for the prestigious Bachauer Artists Competition to compete for fame, cash, and prizes. This December, join us at the DiMenna Center, when pianists from 20... Read More
Jan 13 @

Opus 961 Album Launch

Lebanese-French-American Violist Noémie Chemali releases her debut album, Opus 961, under the label Dreyer-Gaido. This album launch event is an immersive concert experience which will feature performances of works for solo viola and chamber music by Lebanese composers... Read More
Jan 24 @

Home Grown Talent Celebration

The North/South Chamber Orchestra under the baton of its founder Max Lifchitz performs a free-admission concert featuring recent works by New York based composers Victor Kioulaphides, Max Lifchitz, Robert Martin and Rufus Reid. Soloists will include flutist Lisa... Read More
Feb 14 @

Shijun Wang and Chih-Long Hu in Recital

Pianists Shijun Wang and Chih-Long Hu, both devoted educators and virtuosic performers, bring an evening of classics from the golden age of the piano, including works by Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Johann Strauss and Rachmaninoff.
Feb 15 @

Yaron Kohlberg in Recital

Yaron Kohlberg, the President of Piano Cleveland and former winner of its prestigious Cleveland International Piano Competition, brings a dynamic program of Romantic showpieces and modern discoveries, including works by Schubert, Grieg, Mussorgsky, Guang Ren, and Lalo Schifrin.
Feb 20 @

Benjamin Hochman in Recital

Winner of Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Career Grant, pianist and conductor Benjamin Hochman gives a unique program weaving together renaissance and contemporary musical essences, including works and arrangements by Josquin des Prez, Carlo Gesualdo, John Dowland, Galina Ustvolskaya,... Read More
Feb 21 @

Chu-Fang Huang in Recital

Chinese-American pianist Chu-Fang Huang is the recipient of the 2011 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a finalist in the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and First Prize winner at the Cleveland International Piano Competition. At the latter, she... Read More
Feb 23 @

Shan Sui/Mountain Water

The North/South Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Max Lifchitz perform four recent works by composers from Argentina and the US. Featured will be music by Silvina Milstein, Eugene O'Brien, Miguel Rosas-Cobian and William Schimmel. Accordionist Denise Koncelik... Read More
Mar 1 @

Ramin Arjomand Solo at The DiMenna Center

Pianist and composer Ramin Amir Arjomand presents an evening-length solo improvisation. Ramin Amir Arjomand's work is born of a complex interplay of cross-cultural creative impulses. His long-form improvisations achieve extremes of sound intensity, pushing the limits of spontaneous... Read More
Mar 16 @

Talea at 15!

This year’s program will look back at the past 15 years of commissions and premieres, while also bringing to life new works by composers we will continue to celebrate for years to come. Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: Between Carnival... Read More
Mar 26 @

Shadows of the Minor

Explore 'Shadows of the Minor,' presented by MusicY Creative, a dynamic platform dedicated to bringing music to life. Led by violinist Filip Pogády, cellist Adrian Daurov, and pianist Yoojung Kim, immerse yourself in Beethoven's Violin and Piano Sonata... Read More
Mar 28 @

Defense-Defiance-Dedication

Since the start of Russia’s current war against Ukraine, Ukrainian music has taken on new purposes. Each of the works on this program has a function, but their utility goes beyond conventional music for purpose–entertainment, education, …–and serves... Read More
Mar 28 @

The Bottomless Well

Argento presents Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire with soprano Ariadne Greif along with a companion piece, Black Pierrot by William Grant Still, sung by tenor Lindell Carter. Bethany Younge performs her composition, Bodyscape, for ensemble, video and audience participation. Miles... Read More

Past Events

The Bottomless Well

Argento presents Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire with soprano Ariadne Greif along with a companion piece, Black Pierrot by William Grant Still, sung by tenor Lindell Carter. Bethany Younge performs her composition, Bodyscape, for ensemble, video and audience participation. Miles Walter plays... READ MORE

Defense-Defiance-Dedication

Since the start of Russia’s current war against Ukraine, Ukrainian music has taken on new purposes. Each of the works on this program has a function, but their utility goes beyond conventional music for purpose–entertainment, education, …–and serves a function... READ MORE

Shadows of the Minor

Explore 'Shadows of the Minor,' presented by MusicY Creative, a dynamic platform dedicated to bringing music to life. Led by violinist Filip Pogády, cellist Adrian Daurov, and pianist Yoojung Kim, immerse yourself in Beethoven's Violin and Piano Sonata No. 7... READ MORE

Spring Concert featuring Jay Gandhi and Ehren Hanson

Join us for an evening of music and community as we usher in Spring with a very special concert featuring Jay Gandhi and Ehren Hanson. The event will start with a vocal performance by Indian Classical vocalist, Monica Joshi. She... READ MORE

I Will Transform: A Trans Day of Visibility Concert

Join us for a free event at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music on March 22, 2024, for I Will Transform: A Trans Day of Visibility Concert, a powerful evening presented by NYCGMC. This profound performance not only celebrates but... READ MORE

Talea at 15!

This year’s program will look back at the past 15 years of commissions and premieres, while also bringing to life new works by composers we will continue to celebrate for years to come. Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: Between Carnival and Lent... READ MORE