Classical Music in New York City

This Week: May 20 - 26, 2026
🎶 On Stage This Week
May 22 | 7:30 PM · Baruch Performing Arts Center · Gramercy

Acclaimed indie opera company. Heartbeat Opera brings Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Vanessa to NYC — a searing 100-minute adaptation sung in English, direct from a five-star run at Williamstown

Open Event
May 23 | 5:00 PM · St. Michael’s Church · Midtown West

Free organ concert. Bálint Karosi — winner of the 2008 Bach Prize in Leipzig — performs Bach’s Art of Fugue in its entirety. Thirteen albums of the complete Bach organ works under his belt

Open Event
May 23 | 7:00 PM · the cell · Chelsea

Nice string quartet program

Open Event
May 23 | 7:30 PM · Gowanus Dredgers Bunker Boathouse · Gowanus

Very strange concert on the Gowanus Canal. Unheard-of Ensemble meets Discocactus — a video game jazz-funk band — at the boathouse. New premieres, wild arrangements, canoe launch at 7 PM

Open Event
📖 Worth Reading

Charles III's Coronation: Music That Made Kings and Queens

A fascinating dive into the rich history of coronation music - from Handel's enduring anthems to new commissions for Charles III's ceremony. The sound of the divine right of kings.

Read in The New York Times →

Have a great week!

Daniel Zinn
Conductor · Fort Greene Orchestra

We’re a collective of professional musicians in the city keeping an ear out for all the great concerts that are happening under the radar. Hope you find this useful.