Experience the majesty of Beethoven's final piano concerto. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes joins Music Director Gianandrea Noseda and the National Symphony Orchestra for a stirring performance of…
Experience the haunting beauty of Samuel Barber's Vanessa: Intermezzo, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda. This exquisite excerpt captures the …
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2024-2025/sesame-street/ Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and your favorite Sesame Street friends are bringing th…
Get a special preview of Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra with this segment, "Birth of Sprite." Watch as the animated Sprite comes to life, embarking on a musical journe…
Step inside the world of Philharmonia Fantastique, a dynamic animated film that explores the inner workings of the orchestra. In this short video, composer Mason Bates introduces the project…
Step inside the world of Philharmonia Fantastique, a dynamic animated film that explores the inner workings of the orchestra. In this short video, composer Mason Bates introduces the project…
Experience the mesmerizing warmth of Brazilian musical artist Tim Bernardes as he brings his soul-stirring hit "BB (Garupa de Moto Amarela)" to life in this intimate Millennium Stage perform…
Four rising stars. One unforgettable experience. Go behind the scenes of the National Symphony Orchestra's inaugural Emerging Conductors Workshop and Showcase under the mentorship of Music …
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Under the direction of Jason Moran, the Kennedy Center artistic director for Jazz, Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead is an international two-we…
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Under the direction of Jason Moran, the Kennedy Center artistic director for Jazz, Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead is an international two-we…
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Daruma's music speaks to the 21st century through a potent blend of improvisation, electronics, driving grooves, and evocative cinemati…
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Jen Mack grew up dividing time between parents in Vail, Colorado, and Detroit, Michigan. She learned guitar in order to sing at open mi…
The Summer Film Series schedule is as follows: Friday, May 30, 2025: THE BOURNE IDENTITY Friday, June 6, 2025: WONKA Friday, June 13, 2025: BLACK PANTHER Friday, June 20, 2025: BELFAST Pres…
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb In collaboration with the Cabo Verde Embassy Assol Garcia, one of today's most prominent voices in traditional music from Cabo Verde,…
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Join in an evening of performances by graduating seniors of the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship program as they take the s…
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb In collaboration with the Embassy of Austria Founded in 2013 at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, the accio piano trio has been makin…
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Founded in Cleveland, Ohio, Mourning [A] BLKstar is an Afrofuturist collective dedicated to sharing songs and stories of America's cult…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/porgy-and-bess Gershwin's "Great American Opera" marries jazz, blues, and gospel. It's "summertime, and the livin' is easy" in Catfish Row…
Get the inside scoop on Washington National Opera's Porgy and Bess with director Francesca Zambello, who returns to this iconic work 20 years after first staging it at WNO. 🎠Porgy …
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb The Kennedy Center is proud to be a managing partner of the the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. We are proud to present The Duke Ell…
East Tennessee's own Bill and the Belles perform their bittersweet original "Happy Again (I'll Never Be)" live on the Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center. Featured on their deadpan-yet-d…
Go behind the scenes for a quick Q&A with internationally acclaimed soprano Alyson Cambridge, who returns to Washington National Opera's Porgy and Bess"this time in the title role of Bess. …
It's "summertime, and the livin' is easy" in Catfish Row, a working-class fishing town in South Carolina. When a murder shakes the community and tempts Bess to return to her drug-filled past…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/porgy-and-bess/ It's "summertime, and the livin' is easy" in Catfish Row, a working-class fishing town in South Carolina. When a murder sha…
Find your joy! The Kennedy Center's 2025"2026 Performances for Young Audiences season invites kids"and kids at heart"on unforgettable journeys through theater, music, and dance. From laugh-…