Experience the magic of tomorrow’s musical superstars
CAG in NYC
Upcoming CAG events in NYC.
We’re delighted to share our 2025/26 concert season highlights featuring the extraordinary musicians of Concert Artists Guild!
This page offers a glimpse of their upcoming performances in New York City designed to make it easy for you to explore the wide range of venues and artists that define this exciting season. Visit our ‘Artists on Tour’ webpage to see if other musicians are coming to a city near you!
Note - this is not a complete listing (as of 2/25/26). Our artists continue to receive new engagements throughout the year, so we invite you to stay connected for updates as the season unfolds!
Nathan Meltzer, violin
In collaboration with Americas Society
Enjoy a concert spanning 80 years of music from the Americas as 2026 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient violinist Nathan Meltzer and pianist Zhu Wang present Of String and Wood. With works by Eleanor Alberga, Roque Cordero, inti figgis-vizueta, and more, this concert is the first collaboration between CAG and Music of the Americas! Tickets are free - click the link below for further information.
Free event - register here!
Carter Johnson and Alumni Ariel Horowitz, Mitch Lyon with Creative Stage Collective
Step into a world of play, laughter, and creativity with this special collaboration with Creative Stage Collective!
In this interactive workshop-performance, audiences help build a story—MadLibs-style—inspired by world-class live chamber music from performers Carter Johnson (piano), Ariel Horowitz (violin, CAG ‘20), and Mitch Lyon (cello, Empire Wild CAG ‘20). Your ideas shape a quasi-improvised musical and theatrical adventure that’s as surprising as it is delightful.
Performances at 3:00pm and 6:00pm
Click here for tickets!
The Katarina String Quartet
The Schneider Concerts season closes with the Katarina String Quartet! Selected by curating/performing ensemble Ulysses Quartet, the Katarina will perform works by Vivian Fung and Franz Joseph Haydn, and be joined by the Ulysses Quartet in a performance of Felix Mendelssohn's Octet.
This concert is available as a pay-what-you-wish simultaneous on-line broadcast for those who can't attend in person.
The Katarina String Quartet
Enjoy Katarina String Quartet’s performance at the Lisa Arnhold Memorial Recital in Carnegie Hall! Tickets will be available soon. Please check back for updates.
CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Artist Showcase & Celebration
Join us for the CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Artist Showcase & Celebration, a special event honoring the first recipients of the CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Prize! This spectacular evening celebration will be held on May 11th, 2026 at The Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City.
Poiesis Quartet & Amiri Harewood, piano
Musicians on the Rise
In collaboration with Kaufman Music Center
CAG–YCAT star pianist Amiri Harewood joins forces with the trailblazing Poiesis Quartet (CAG ’24) - fresh off their Grand Prize win at the Banff International String Quartet Competition - for a sparkling evening of musical homages and tributes this Friday, April 10 at Merkin Hall. This concert is part of Amiri’s debut U.S. tour and reflects his place within the dynamic partnership between CAG and London’s Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT).
Click here for tickets!
Cerus Quartet
In collaboration with The Bohemians
Join 2025 CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Competition Winner Cerus Quartet in this thrilling midweek performance.
Andrew J. Kim, conductor
Join Andrew J. Kim, The Marica and Jan Vilcek Music Director of the New York Youth Symphony, in a delightful afternoon at Carnegie Hall!
Click here for tickets!
The Katarina String Quartet
Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, the Katarina Quartet has quickly distinguished itself as one of North America’s compelling young ensembles. Their program in the key of C showcases two masterworks: one of the delightful “Prussian” Quartets by Haydn, and Benjamin Britten’s formidable Second Quartet, his homage to the great English composer Henry Purcell.
Free admission!
Njioma Grevious, violin
Njioma Grevious's playing “seemed to stop time both with its violin pyrotechnics and with its sheer intensity" (Washington Classical Review). Described as “superb” by the Chicago Classical Review, Grevious is a versatile violinist recognized for her exceptional contributions as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer. She was awarded the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Grand Prize at the 2023 CAG Elmaleh Competition, and First Prize at the 2023 Sphinx Competition.
Click here for tickets!
ArcoStrum
This program highlights their broad range of musical interests and their commitment to presenting familiar works alongside less frequently heard repertoire. Transcriptions of Scarlatti and John Williams are heard alongside selections from Piazzolla’s The History of Tango and his Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. The program also includes Ink Orchid Pavilion by Zhihui Li and Horse Racing by Haihuai Huang, two works that reflect the duo’s engagement with music of contemporary Chinese composers.
Click here for tickets!
Nina Bernat, bass
CMS’s holiday tradition continues with the joyful and astonishingly varied Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach. Join the musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, joined by bassist Nina Bernat, for this spectacular performance.
Nina Bernat, bass
CMS’s holiday tradition continues with the joyful and astonishingly varied Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach. Join the musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, joined by bassist Nina Bernat, for this spectacular performance.
Note, there will be an additional performance 12/16/25 at 7:30pm.
Nina Bernat, bass
CMS’s holiday tradition continues with the joyful and astonishingly varied Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach. Join the musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, joined by bassist Nina Bernat, for this spectacular performance.
Note, there will be additional performances 12/14/25 at 5pm, and 12/16/25 at 7:30pm.
Leland Ko, cello
Presented by The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation from winning joint First Prize at the 2024 Naumburg Competition, cellist Leland Ko makes his Carnegie Hall solo debut!
OAK Trio
TUESDAY MATINEES
Three acclaimed young performers join forces in a powerhouse trio. Pianist Evren Ozel, 2025 Van Cliburn Bronze Medalist and Mozart Concerto Award recipient, combines fluent virtuosity with probing, thoughtful interpretations. Violinist Nathan Amaral, praised by Yo-Yo Ma for ”getting to the heart and soul of musical expression” and “drawing his audiences in with a great range of color and emotion,” has won many international competitions and performed as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Cellist Leland Ko“plays with the beauty of sound and subtlety that we don’t often encounter in a cellist of his age,” says violinist Itzhak Perlman. In addition to being awarded co-First Prize in the 2024 Walter W. Naumburg International Competition, in 2023 Leland captured First Prize at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) Competition.
Andrew J. Kim, conductor
Witness New York Youth Symphony’s first concert of the season led by Andrew J. Kim celebrating American composers ranging from Gabriella Ortiz to Samuel Barber. The Symphony will also be joined by NYYS Jazz as they perform Ellington’s “Harlem” and their assistant conductor will lead the orchestra for Christopher Theofanidis’ Rainbow Body.
Evren Ozel, piano
Delight in an exquisite night of chamber music with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Rose Studio. In a program with works by Mozart, Schumann, & Spohr, CAG pianist Evren Ozel is joined by Tara Helen O'Connor, James Austin Smith, David Shifrin, Jake Thonis, and Eric Reed.
Evren Ozel, piano
Delight in an exquisite night of chamber music with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Rose Studio. In a program with works by Mozart, Schumann, & Spohr, CAG pianist Evren Ozel is joined by Tara Helen O'Connor, James Austin Smith, David Shifrin, Jake Thonis, and Eric Reed.
Note, there will be an additional repeat performance at 9:00pm.
Adam W. Sadberry, flute
Enjoy a performance featuring flutist Adam W. Sadberry brought to you by The Bohemians at the Kosciuszko Foundation.
Trio Accordé
Musicians on the Rise
In collaboration with Kaufman Music Center
Three award-winning performers – Nathan Amaral, violin, Valentin Kovalev, saxophone, & Iwo Jedynecki, accordion – join forces for a dynamic program of music by Mozart, Bartók, Gershwin, Piazzolla and more. This newly-formed trio delves into its unique instrumentation with classic works and original arrangements in this singular one-night-only performance.
Click here for tickets!