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- Margaret Leng Tan at the National Gallery of Art
- Jupiter String Quartet at the Phillips Collection
- Composer Anders Hillborg at the Phillips Collection
- Roomful of Teeth and A Far Cry at the National Gallery of Art
- Lise de la Salle at the Phillips Collection
- Composer Zhou Long at The Phillips Collection
- In Wales, It's Back to the Old Family Castle
- Venice Baroque Orchestra at Dumbarton Oaks
- Sandbox Percussion at the Phillips Collection
- Talea Ensemble at the Library of Congress
- Arditti Quartet at the Phillips Collection
- Chad Hoopes and David Fung at the Terrace Theater
- Timo Andres and Yevgeny Kutik at the Phillips Collection
- Eric Ruske at the Library of Congress
- PostClassical Ensemble at Gaston Hall
- Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Library of Congress
- Amit Peled at the Terrace Theater
- Lightbulb and the JACK Quartet at the Freer Gallery
- Verge Ensemble at Westmoreland Congregational Church
- Ariel Quartet at the Kreeger Museum
- The Knights at Dumbarton Oaks
- Sara Daneshpour at the American Art Museum
- Jennifer Koh at the Library of Congress
- Two Thousand Flutes at the Library of Congress
- The Shanghai Quartet at the Freer Gallery
- Sharon Isbin and Isabel Leonard at the Terrace Theater
- Third Coast Percussion at the American Music Festival
- JACK Quartet at the National Gallery of Art
- AnyWhen Ensemble at the Phillips Collection
- Simon Shaheen at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
- Kristóf Baráti at the Phillips Collection
- Kennedy Center Chamber Players at the Terrace Theater
- Baltimore Consort at the National Gallery of Art
- Einav Yarden at the Phillips
- Hans Abrahamsen at The Phillips Collection
- Music From China at the Freer Gallery of Art
- PostClassical Ensemble at Dumbarton Church
- Maya Beiser at the Synagogue at Sixth and I
- The Blues Master and the Prodigy
- China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra at the Kennedy Center
- Musicians From Marlboro at the Freer Gallery
- Kennedy Center Chamber Players at the Terrace Theater
- Margaret Leng Tan at the Hill Center
- Phillips Camerata at the Phillips Collection
- Margaret Leng Tan reigns over a toy piano renaissance
- All Points West at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
- Lara Downes at the Embassy of the Czech Republic
- Verge Pianists at the American Art Museum
- Sara Daneshpour at American Art Museum
- Sarabande and Arcovoce at the Church of the Epiphany
- June Chamber Festival at the Kreeger Museum
- Gilles Vonsattel at the National Gallery of Art
- Emmanuel Ceysson at the National Gallery of Art
- Arvo Pärt at the Phillips Collection
- Stefan Jackiw and Anna Polansky at the Terrace Theater
- Martin Helmchen at the Terrace Theater
- The Washington Bach Consort at National Presbyterian Church
- Ann Schein at the National Gallery of Art
- Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at the Library of Congress
- Naoko Takada at the National Gallery of Art
- Mayuko Kamio and Katherine Chi at the Freer Gallery
- Fairfax Symphony Orchestra at Harris Theater
- A Winged Victory for the Sullen at the Synagogue at Sixth and I
- Sonic Escape at Evermay Estate
- The Elias Quartet at the Library of Congress
- New Music from Anatolia at the Freer Gallery
- Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio at the Terrace Theater
- Folk Music of Okinawa at the Freer Gallery
- Go-Go Symphony at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
- Saxophonist Ashu at Dumbarton Oaks
- Simone Dinnerstein at the Kennedy Center
- Sybarite5 at the Synagogue at Sixth and I
- Andreas Brantelid at the Phillips Collection
- Quatuor Éclisses at the Phillips Collection
- Dénes Várjon at the Phillips Collection
- Parker Quartet at the Library of Congress
- Calder String Quartet at the Phillips Collection
- Amy Beth Kirsten's "Colombine's Paradise Theater" at the Atlas
- Enso Quartet at the Terrace Theater
- Steve Antosca's "Habitat" at the National Gallery of Art
- Sophie Shao and Ieva Jokubaviciute at the Phillips Collection
- Ivana Gavric at the Phillips Collection
- Dublin Guitar Quartet at the Phillips Collection
- Claire Chase at the Atlas
- Wynton Marsalis' "Abyssinian Mass" at the Kennedy Center
- New Music Ensemble at the National Gallery of Art
- Mirage Trio at the Atlas
- Fairfax Symphony Orchestra at George Mason Center for the Arts
- Verge Ensemble at the Museum of American Art
- “Dreaming of the Phoenix” at the Sackler Gallery
- Chicago lawyer’s second act: Playing piano on the concert stage
- Guzheng music at the Sackler Gallery
- Vocal Colors at the Phillips Collection
- Mendelssohn Piano Trio at the National Gallery of Art
- Carpe Diem Quartet at the National Gallery of Art
- Newspeak at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
- American Chamber Players at the Kreeger Museum
- Hoerr and Sigfridsson Duo at the National Gallery of Art
- Pulse Chamber Music at Church of the Epiphany
- Jennifer Koh at the Atlas
- Alexandria Symphony Orchestra at the National Gallery of Art
- Great Noise Ensemble at the Atlas
- Pomerium at the Phillips Collection
- Carducci String Quartet at the Terrace Theater
- Orchestra 2001 plays George Crumb at Library of Congress
- Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio at the Terrace Theater
- Keller Quartet at the Library of Congress
- Maurizio Pollini at Strathmore
- Marcin Dylla at The Marlow Guitar Series
- International Contemporary Ensemble at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
- Music of Hi Kyung Kim at the Freer Gallery
- The Great Noise Ensemble at the Atlas
- Verge Ensemble at the Corcoran
- James Galway at the Kennedy Center
- Sharon Isbin at the Church of the Epiphany
- Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo at the Terrace Theater
- Juho Pohjonen at the Terrace Theater
- Pacifica Quartet at the Kreeger Museum
- PostClassical Ensemble Does Dvorak at Clarice Smith
- Kaija Saariajo at the Phillips Collection
- João Paulo Figueirôa at Westmoreland Church
- Marouan Benabdallah at the Phillips Collection
- Harlem Quartet & Misha Dichter at the Terrace Theater
- Jeffrey Mumford at the National Gallery of Art
- Laurie Anderson premieres "Landfall" at the Clarice Smith Center
- Brooklyn Rider at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
- Fairfax Symphony Orchestra at George Mason University
- Roll Over, Paganini: Here Comes Rachel Barton Pine
- The JACK Quartet at Wolf Trap
- A Munch Celebration at the National Gallery of Art
- Anthony Braxton at the Terrace Theater
- Fine Arts Quartet at the Kennedy Center
- Eclipse Chamber Orchestra at the Masonic Memorial
- miXt Trio at the Terrace Theater
- Hermitage Piano Trio at the Phillips Collection
- Anna Han at the Phillips Collection
- Apollon Musagète at the Library of Congress
- Dido and Aeneas, El Amor Brujo at Source Theater
- Ariel Quartet and Orion Weiss at the Terrace Theater
- Morton Subotnick at the Library of Congress
- Momenta Quartet at the Freer Gallery
- PostClassical Ensemble at the National Gallery of Art
- Midori at the Terrace Theater
- Michael Brown at the Phillips Collection
- Musicians from Marlboro at the Freer Gallery
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble at George Mason
- Great Noise Ensemble at the Atlas
- Charlie Albright at the Phillips Collection
- Sphinx Virtuosi at the Kennedy Center
- Mak Grgic and Stephen Ackert at the National Gallery of Art
- Verge Ensemble at the Corcoran Gallery
- John Cage Centennial Festival at the National Gallery of Art
- Alexis Descharmes at the Cage Centennial Festival
- Old Instruments Suffer in the Breakneck Modern World
- Tamaki Kawakubo at Evermay
- Davitt Moroney at the Museum of American History
- Simone Dinnerstein at the Phillips Collection
- Gloria Cheng at Gildenhorn Recital Hall
- Wolf Trap Singers at the Phillips Collection
- The Vivaldi Project at the Washington Early Music Festival
- American Chamber Players at the Kreeger Museum
- L’Arabesque Baroque at the Washington Early Music Festival
- Deviant Septet at the Atlas
- Vanessa Perez at the Embassy of Venezuela
- A Far Cry at Dumbarton Oaks
- "Affirmations" at the Kennedy Center
- The Arditti String Quartet at the Library of Congress
- UrbanArias: Reinventing Opera
- Janus Trio at the Atlas
- Maki Mori at the Terrace Theater
- Midori: the maturing of a violin prodigy
- Alsop and the BSO: Higdon and Tchaikovsky at Strathmore
- Folger Consort turns spotlight on Francesca Caccini
- Thymos Quartet at the Terrace Theater
- Julianne Baird and Preethi de Silva: CPE Bach at the Library of Congress
- Leon Fleisher at the Library of Congress
- Dina Koston Tribute at the Library of Congress
- Roger Wright at the National Gallery of Art
- The Emerson String Quartet at Strathmore
- Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio at the Terrace Theater
- Joshua Bell at the Kennedy Center
- Steven Honigberg at Dumbarton
- Americantiga at the National Gallery of Art
- Orion Weiss at the Terrace Theater
- Arceci, McKean & Friends at the Phillips Collection
- Iestyn Davies at the Phillips Collection
- Kathryn Stott at the Terrace Theater
- Genova and Dimitrov at the Library of Congress
- In the Eye of India's Tigers
- The Ives Project: Beyond an innovator’s sound, to his spirit
- Tokyo String Quartet at the Kennedy Center
- Eclipse Chamber Orchestra Opens 20th Season
- Emerson String Quartet at the Museum of Natural History
- Czech composer Miroslav Srnka at the Phillips Collection
- Alexandria Symphony Orchestra at Schlesinger
- Philip Glass at the Phillips Collection
- Washington Bach Consort at National Presbyterian Church
- Genadi Zagor at the Bohemian Cavern
- Verge Ensemble at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Mobtown Modern: Jack Quartet plays Xenakis
- Tan Dun’s ‘Martial Arts Trilogy’ at Wolf Trap
- Adam Golka kicks off Washington International Piano Festival
- Jenny Lin and Lura Johnson at the American Art Museum
- Passion at the Washington Early Music Festival
- Scarlatti and Stella at the Phillips Collection
- Chantry sings Byrd at St Mary Mother of God
- Art forgeries snare unwary at online auction sites
- Samuel Pisar's 'Kaddish': A warning to the world
- eighth blackbird at the Library of Congress
- In Copenhagen, A Renaissance for Finn Juhl
- Missy Mazzoli's New Take on Classical
- Verge Ensemble at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
- 21st Century Consort at The Museum of American Art
- League of the Unsound Sound at Ward Hall
- Cuarteto Latinoamericano at Wolf Trap
- Antosca and Shatin at the National Gallery of Art
- Antares Quartet at the Library of Congress
- Roger Reynolds at the Phillips Collection
- Lou Harrison Festival this weekend!
- Shanghai Quartet and Wu Man at the Freer Gallery
- Andrius Zlabys and Adam Neiman at Dumbarton
- Erkki-Sven Tüür and the New Tallinn Trio at the Phillips Collection
- Del Sol String Quartet at the Freer Gallery
- Frances-Marie Uitti at St. Mary's Church
- Dar Williams and IBIS at the Spectrum
- Ariel Quartet at the Corcoran
- Trio Bolero at Westmoreland
- Aleksandr Haskin at the Terrace Theater
- Alessandrini's "Messiah" at the Kennedy Center
- 21st Century Consort at American Art Museum
- Burning Bridge at the Freer Gallery
- Contemporary Vietnamese Music at the Freer Gallery
- Charles Rosen & Christoph Genz at Clarice Smith
- Arcanto Quartet at the Library of Congress
- Yuriy Mynenko at the Kennedy Center
- Defiant Requiem at the Kennedy Center
- Slowik and Ogg at the Museum of American History
- Post Classical Ensemble's "Russian Gershwin"
- Verge Ensemble at the Corcoran
- Surf's Up!
- Olivier Messiaen, Visionary
- Musicians from Marlboro at the Freer Gallery
- Tori Ensemble at the Freer
- 21st Century Consort at the Smithsonian
- Canadians at the Terrace Theater
- Verdehr Trio at the Phillips Collection
- Helmut Lachenmann at the Library of Congress
- Arciuli Plays (Mostly) Native American Music
- Jonatha Brooke at the Birchmere
- Tony Arnold at the Library of Congress
- Denyce Graves: That New Carmen Feel
- Fireworks at the Library of Congress
- Jupiter String Quartet at the Freer
- Turtle Island Quartet & the Assad Brothers
- Kenny Garrett at Blues Alley
- Anne-Sophie Mutter at the Kennedy Center
- Time for Three at the Kennedy Center
- Sonya Kitchell at Iota
- New Japanese Music at the Freer Gallery
- Blind Boys of Alabama at the Kennedy Center
- Rachael Yamagata at the Birchmere
- Mos Def at the Kennedy Center
- Thereminists for Obama
- Double Divas
- Nico Muhly's New Territory
- Janis Ian at the Birchmere
- Neil Diamond at the Verizon Center
- Gato Barbieri at The Birchmere
- "Not the Messiah" at Wolf Trap
- Kenny Loggins at the Birchmere
- Harpists
- At the Alexandria Guitar Festival
- A Little Bach for the Doldrums
- Orchestra Baobab at Lisner
- Salif Keita: From Outcast to Icon
- Kids and Modern Art: Think Outside the Frame
- McFerrin Leads "World of Voices" at Kennedy Center
- Lord of the Rings at Wolf Trap
- Great Noise Ensemble at the National Gallery
- Antares play Bartók, Messiaen at Strathmore
- Capitol Woodwind Quintet: 20th Century Gems
- Wynton Marsalis at the Kennedy Center
- Del Tredici's "Final Alice" Returns
- Poulenc Trio at the National Gallery of Art
- Varèse, Scelsi at the Kennedy Center
- Berta Rojas plays Barrios
- Verge and Aleph at the Embassy of France
- Zakir Hussain at Lisner Auditorium
- The Fessenden Ensemble at St. Paul's
- Sonny Rollins at the Kennedy Center
- Intoxication
- Holloway/Linden/Mortensen Trio at the Library of Congress
- The Altenberg Trio at Dumbarton Oaks
- 21st Century Consort: Fields of Color
- East Village Opera Company at Lisner
- Buddy Guy at the Birchmere
- Rock Opera. Seriously.
- The Amelia Trio: East Meets West
- Daniel Bernard Roumain, postmodernist
- Terry Riley's "The Cusp of Magic"
- Chavez, Revueltas to Square Off in DC
- Maceo Parker at the State Theatre
- Krakauer and the Orion Quartet at the Library of Congress
- James Galway at the Kennedy Center
- Mary Wilson at Blues Alley
- At Strathmore, a Lively "Alcantara"
- The Amazing Petr Spatina
- Laptop Orchestra at the Kennedy Center
- Verge Ensemble at the Corcoran Gallery
- Corey Harris at Blues Alley
- Jennifer Larmore and Ensemble Matheus
- The Hugo Wolf Quartet at the National Gallery
- Matmos, Electronica's Clamour Couple
- Erlkönig, with Anne Sofie von Otter & Abbado
- Fine Mozinsky from the NSO Players
- Ween at DAR Constitution Hall
- Darkness and Light from the Left Bank Quartet
- Dandelion
- At the Portrait Gallery, a Spanish "Legacy"
- Cambodian Modern: The Architectural Legacy of Vann Molyvann
- Feet Accompli in St. Michaels
- Haskell Small Plays Mompou
- Todd Rundgren at the Birchmere
- Anabel Montesinos at Westmoreland
- Shafer's Return
- In the Sanctuary: Roger Reynolds
- Paul Badura-Skoda at the National Gallery
- Eartha Kitt at the Warner
- Zappa Redux, at the Warner
- Hee-Young Lim at the Terrace
- Angkor in the Monsoon: When it Rains, You Score
- Conversations: Eartha Kitt
- Annie Lennox at Lisner
- Verdehr Trio at the Phillips
- St. George's Choir in Alexandria
- Queen Latifah, Reigning at Strathmore
- Ravi and Anoushka Shankar at the Kennedy Center
- The Post-Classical Ensemble, Storming the Ramparts
- Andrei Licaret at the Romanian Embassy
- Rebel Baroque at Clarice Smith
- Folger Consort: In the Grove
- From Berlin, French Refinement
- John McLaughlin: Fusion Powerhouse
- At the Austrian Embassy, Cage Triumphs
- In Conversation: Jefferson Friedman
- The New Face of Afrobeat
- From the Levine, Unpolished Gems
- The National Philharmonic at Strathmore: Blocks Unbusted
- The Puppini Sisters: Glamour at the Birchmere
- From Sierra Leone, Songs of Survival
- Enchanted Animals, Padlocked Lips
- Monheit's Dilemma
- The iPod in the Concert Hall
- Is the Classical Guitar Ready for its Closeup?
- At the Sackler: Portugal's Haunted Empire
- "Four Angels" Takes Flight at NSO
- Mark Adamo, Wild at Harp
- Brentano String Quartet at the Kreeger Museum
- Angelique Kidjo at Lisner
- Pamela Z at the Tivoli
- Choral Arts Society at the Kennedy Center
- Slanty Eyed Mama at the Freer
- And yet more Josefowicz ....
- Leila Josefowicz: The Dharma of The Violin
- Brian Irvine at the Library of Congress
- Norah Jones at DAR Constitution Hall
- Contemporary Music Forum at the Corcoran Gallery
- Euclid and Degas Quartets at the Library of Congress
- Belohlavek keeps NSO in Czech
- Metheny and Mehldau at the Warner Theater
- 21st Century Consort: Steinberg's Wit as Music
- Britten, Kazik from the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
- Alizadeh at Lisner: Dissolving Borders
- This weekend in Baltimore: "Music of Japan Today 2007"
- Mariza: A Wild Night of Fado at the KenCen
- The Post-Classical Ensemble: Cutting to the Roots
- Inti-Illimani at Lisner
- Taj Mahal and Los Lobos at the State Theater
- Jupiter rocks; Carmen sags
- Marin, Savion and the BSO at Strathmore
- Joyce DiDonato at the Terrace
- Alsop's First BSO Season Unveiled
- Mason Bates' "Liquid Interface" at the Kennedy Center
- "Life" -- A Glass Act at Strathmore
- Bates Premiere -- Outshining Mendelssohn?
- Venice Baroque Orchestra: Stunning Vivaldi
- Mason Bates, Bringing Electronica to the Concert Hall
- Soweto Gospel Choir at GMU
- Way Overdue: Philip Glass Finally in Baltimore
- Paco de Lucía: Impassioned Flamenco at Lisner
- Emersons & Shostakovich at the Terrace
- Bashmet's Takemitsu; KTK & the Flying Panties Problem
- Guitarist Adam Holzman plays Cruz, Assad
- Italian Opera, Eastern European style
- Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists
- Musica Pacifica at Strathmore
- Musical fauna at the Kennedy Center
- Shakespeare's iPod
- Jubilant Sykes & Christopher Parkening: Greensleeves
- Capitol Woodwind Quintet: 30 and Still Wailing
- Swan Song for the Vermeer Quartet
- Ivan Fischer at KenCen; LPO with Masur
- Christine Brewer, Unleashed at the Terrace
- The Brandenburgs Endure
- Guitarist Ana Vidovic: polished and elegant
- Bill Frisell Rocks Lisner
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, Reluctant Goddess
- Marlboros at the Freer; Bill Frisell tonight!
- A Bare-bones "Orlando" from the Washington Concert Opera
- Missa Solemnis at the Kennedy Center
- Elliott Schwartz: Card-Carrying Post-Modernist
- Top-Heavy Rossini from the New Dominion Chorale
- Maya Beiser at the Kennedy Center
- Trio Levinson at the Embassy of Hungary
- Opera week at our house
- Pink Martini shakes it up; Sophie gets her debut
- Sophie's Choice, Zorn's MacArthur
- Improvisers invade Baltimore -- Pink Martinis all around!
- Beach's birthday; Kirchner on composing
- New music in Amsterdam, exploding pianos, and The Maltese Tenor
- Andrea Marcon at the Library of Congress; and the perils of lists
- This weekend: Corey Harris, the Smithsonian Chamber Players, and a roomful of weimaraners
- What I want for Christmas
- The coming of the "virtual concert"?
- Tower Records -- an idea whose time has gone
- A summer night's Figaro
- ClassicalLounge.com goes online
- Heinrich Biber: Man of Mysteries
- Music from Jupiter; Mozart's subscriber base; and a little scratchy spirituality
- Munchkins, Mendelssohn and Flying Monkeys
- The Dark Side of the Rainbow
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf passes away at 90
- Tony Snow plays the blues
- Books for the heat
- Anderszewski's mission, Richter's breast issues, and the brainwashed babies problem
- Ricardo Cobo and Ken Meyer at the AGF
- Superduo "Soloduo"; and Beethoven's Funniest Home Symphonies?
- Report from the Doldrums
- Points in space
- Armonia Nova at St. Mark's
- Fermata
- Supreme Court Rules for Domashenko!
- Cooking at the Ospedali
- Post-Classical Ensemble's next season; Dolphy solos
- Alexandria Guitar Festival, & a little Laurie Anderson
- It's going to be a long day
- Roll Over, Titian
- Stravinsky's friends
- Jerry Springer saves mankind, and other operas
- Gyorgi Ligeti, 1923-2006
- Mahler's Eighth, and Ammirati at the Blazin' Bee
- Nurit Bar-Josef & Co. at the KenCen
- In which Sting gets a lute
- Crunchy vegetables, Mahler 8th and other tastes
- "L'Italiana" ends ... but early music begins
- Music over martinis, and a bird or two
- Woody bleatings, raucous cries
- Stomping around the house
- Nassif and Domashenko in a fine "Clemenza"
- Not dead yet
- Lang Lang's Effusions and Other News
- Not suspicious. Not cheesy.
- Contemporary Music Forum
- Sing Along With Kim Jong Il
- A Brief Encounter With Fast-moving Entities
- Close Enough to the Sun
- Vitaly Samoshko, Untied
- Marlboros Are Good For You
- The Wicked are Put to Silence; Women Dance With Glee
- German Lieder Will Set You Free
- The Ahn Trio: Girls Gone Mild
- Ann Schein Is My New God. Goddess. Whatever.
- On Clarinet: Eric Hoeprich's Authentic Mozart
- Pepe Romero: Spanish Guitar with Passion & Brains
- Ute Lemper's Dark and Beautiful Journeys
- Lang Lang: Shock-and Awe Pianism at Strathmore
- Paint Takes on Mozart, and Both Lose
- Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center
- Yundi Li: the Piano Showdown Begins
- Rachel Barton Pine Unleashed at the National Gallery
- Bach Collegium Japan at the Library of Congress
- Ned Rothenberg: Forays into the Sonic Unknown
- Eclipse Chamber Orchestra at Schlesinger
- Post-Classical Ensemble Spotlights Falla Masterpiece
- Steven Blier: Exploring the Belle Epoque
- Meredith Monk's "Impermanence": the Fragility of Life
- Kuijken at the Library of Congress: Not So Lovable
- Minetti String Quartet, Celebrating Mozart
- Steven Salters at the Kennedy Center
- Guarneri String Quartet at the Kennedy Center
- Toru Takemitsu at the Library of Congress
- Beaux Arts Trio at the National Gallery of Art