Upcoming Events and Performances
The Sound of Spring
Saturday, January 25, 2025 | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterA Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now
2 pm • Pre-concert celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year
3 pm • Performance
Celebrate the Year of the Snake with music! Now in its sixth year, The Sound of Spring is an authentic Chinese New Year concert featuring dramatic orchestral works and world-class Chinese instrument soloists, led by Maestro Jindong Cai.
This year, The Orchestra Now is joined by soloists from the legendary faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing on erhu, sheng (Chinese mouth organ), and percussion. The diverse program combines traditional favorites with new compositions, including a commission especially for this concert by Bard faculty member Xinyan Li.
Be sure to come early for treats and Chinese instrument demonstrations courtesy of the US-China Music Institute!
For more information, visit barduschinamusic.org.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-sound-of-spring-2025/
Undergraduate Opera Workshop
Friday, January 31, 2025 | 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterThe popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/undergraduate-opera-workshop/
Undergraduate Opera Workshop
Saturday, February 1, 2025 | 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterThe popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/undergraduate-opera-workshop/
Undergraduate Opera Workshop
Sunday, February 2, 2025 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterThe popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/undergraduate-opera-workshop/
Noon Concert Series
Monday, February 24, 2025 | 12:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceAn hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public.Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
SIGNS, GAMES, AND MESSAGES 2025: A KURTÁG FESTIVAL
Kurtág Festival, Program I
Friday, February 28, 2025 | 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Kurtág Festival, Program I: Hiromi Kikuchi, violin and Ken Hakii, viola
The opening night concert for this year's Kurtág Festival.
Works by Kurtág and Bartók.
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Contact: Concert Office
E-mail: [email protected]
SIGNS, GAMES, AND MESSAGES 2025: A KURTÁG FESTIVAL
Kurtág Festival, Program II
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | 2:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Kurtág Festival, Program IIBard student pianists of all ages perform Bartók’s Mikrokosmos (Books 4-6)
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Contact: Concert Office
E-mail: [email protected]
SIGNS, GAMES, AND MESSAGES 2025: A KURTÁG FESTIVAL
Kurtág Festival, Program III
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Chapel of the Holy Innocents Kurtág Festival, Program III:
Works by Kurtág, J.S. Bach, Gubaidulina, Purcell, Eötvös, John Cage, and more.
Performers include: Conservatory students as well as Luosha Fang, violin/viola, Rieko Aizawa, piano, Lucy Fitzgibbons, soprano, Will Langlie-Miletich, double bass, and more!
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Contact: Concert Office
E-mail: [email protected]
SIGNS, GAMES, AND MESSAGES 2025: A KURTÁG FESTIVAL
Kurtág Festival, Program IV
Sunday, March 2, 2025 | 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Kurtág Festival, Program IV
Works by Kurtág, Schubert and Beethoven.
Performers include: Ryan McCullough, piano, Luosha Fang, violin/viola, Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, Daniel Phillips, violin, Carmit Zori, violin, Melissa Reardon, viola.
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Contact: Concert Office
E-mail: [email protected]
Noon Concert Series
Monday, March 10, 2025 | 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceAn hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public.Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterA concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein, featuring works by Brahms, Franck, Perle, and pianist Tianxiang Ni, performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 24.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-3-25/
Noon Concert Series
Monday, April 14, 2025 | 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceAn hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public.Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Noon Concert Series
Monday, April 14, 2025 | 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceAn hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public.Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Heaven in a Wild Flower: The Earthly and the Divine
Sunday, April 27, 2025 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterA Graduate Conducting Degree Recital with The Orchestra Now
The Degree Recital is the culminating project of the Graduate Conducting Program. Given during the second year of study, students have the opportunity to conduct the repertoire of their choice in this concert.
Join The Orchestra Now and the Graduate Conducting Program’s class of 2025 on a journey through the spiritual and the mundane, and their essential roles in the human experience. Featuring works from Mozart to Ginastera, this program explores the joy of life, the solemnity of death, and the hope for renewal.
Phone: 845-758-7900
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/gcdr-25/
Bard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun
Saturday, May 10, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater“I have two goals in my heart: I don’t just want to establish a musical idea…I want to develop a cross-cultural idea that brings nature and classical music, ancient and modern, together.”—Tan Dun
Tan Dun conducts the Conservatory Orchestra; program to be announced.
Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, Tan Dun, has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-tan-dun-25/