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Upcoming CAG
events in NYC.
We’re delighted to share our 2026/27 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 6/22/26). Our artists continue to receive new engagements throughout the year, so we invite you to stay connected for updates as the season unfolds!
Adam W. Sadberry, flute at Caramoor Center for the Arts
Enjoy flutist Adam W. Sadberry and bassoonist Alexander Davis during this installation on the Music & Meditation series. Join us for deep listening in the tranquil Sunken Garden, including a short led meditation led by Jennifer Llewellyn.
Fresh coffee, tea, and treats from LMNOP Bakery are available for purchase before or after the concert.
Tickets are available here!
Evren Ozel, piano, with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
CMS’s summer tradition returns for its 11th year! Join pianist Evren Ozel and friends in Alice Tully Hall for an evening of favorite chamber music works. Stay after the performance and get to know the artists in the lobby with a complimentary glass of wine.
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Katarina String Quartet at the Pierrot Chamber Music Festival at Adelphi University
The Katarina String Quartet shares masterclasses and informal performance as part of their 2026 Educational Residencies for the Pierrot Chamber Music Festival!
Carnegie Hall Citywide with Cerus Quartet
Discover the dynamic possibilities of a saxophone quartet in this free outdoor concert with Cerus Quartet! Join us at Madison Square Park to experience the innovative ensemble present a program of contemporary compositions and imaginative transcriptions of classical masterworks.
This is a free event!
Evren Ozel, piano, at the Mannes Summer Piano Festival
We're delighted to have Evren Ozel at The New School for a recital as part of the Mannes International Piano Festival!
This is a free event!
CAG 75th Anniversary Gala
We welcome you to Tribeca Rooftop on Monday, September 14th at 6:30pm for cocktails, and 7:30pm sharp for seated dinner, for a festive evening celebrating 75 years of Concert Artists Guild!
Join us for performances by CAG musicians Joshua Brown (violin), Leland Ko (cello), Evren Ozel (piano), and alumna JIJI (guitar), as well as a live auction, paddle raise, and encore donations.
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Nina Bernat, bass, with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Join bassist Nina Bernat and the CMSLC musicians for a program showcasing American music in a wide range of styles from four of its greatest composers: William Bolcom, an American icon as prolific as Mozart; Amy Beach, who broke the gender barrier with works of genius; Bernard Herrmann, a New York City wunderkind who took Hollywood by storm; and Aaron Copland, whose music personified the American spirit.
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Musicians on the Rise with Joshua Brown, violin & Evren Ozel, piano
Recipients of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and many other international prizes, violinist Joshua Brown and pianist Evren Ozel perform a program exploring the writer Marcel Proust’s assertion that music alone can access what language leaves unsaid.
Tickets on sale in July!
Oswald Huỳnh with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Tonight, hear the legendary American Composers Orchestra and conductor Kedrick Armstrong premiere five new works by exciting American composers, including CAG’s very own Oswald Huỳnh.
Nathan Meltzer, violin & The Green Room Ensemble with Eleanor Alberga at National Sawdust
The Green Room Ensemble (Nathan Meltzer, violin; co-founder and Artistic Director) is thrilled to present the U.S. Premiere performance cycle of Eleanor Alberga’s Three String Quartets, along with the World Premiere of her Second Piano Quintet with the composer herself at the piano.
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Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet, at Tuesday Matinees
Joint CAG-YCAT artist Jonathan Leibovitz presents a program tracing the lineage of the German-speaking musical tradition of the 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most fertile chapters in Western music and a world of Romantic introspection, rigorous craftsmanship and expressive depth.
Tickets on sale soon!
Carter Johnson, piano, at Carnegie Hall
Pianist Carter Johnson, presented by Dublin International Piano Competition, makes his Weill Recital Hall debut!
More details coming soon.
Evren Ozel, piano, with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
No piano aficionado should miss this concert filled with the camaraderie of five pianists - including Evren Ozel, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Alessio Bax, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Wu Han.
Evren Ozel, piano, at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Come experience Evren Ozel and members of CMSLC perform the music of three inspired composers — Brahms, Arensky, and Fauré — at the height of their powers.
Evren Ozel, piano & Andrew J. Kim, conductor with New York Youth Symphony
Join CAG artists conductor Andrew J. Kim and pianist Evren Ozel at the opening concert of the Symphony Orchestra’s 2026/27 season at Carnegie Hall this Fall!
Tickets on sale soon!
Nina Bernat, bass, with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Join double bassist Nina Bernat and members of the CMSLC in a program — with wind players in every work — illuminating a golden musical era from a sonically refreshing and delightful perspective.
Musicians on the Rise with Katarina String Quartet & Carter Johnson, piano
Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and winners of the CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Prize, the Katarina String Quartet joins prize-winning pianist Carter Johnson for an evocative and gripping program that invites listeners to reimagine their connection to the natural world.
Tickets on sale in July!
Nina Bernat, bass & Evren Ozel, piano at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Double bassist Nina Bernat and pianist Evren Ozel join other CMSLC artists for an all-Mozart program you definitely don’t want to miss!
Nina Bernat, bass, at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Introduce your children to the fundamentals of classical music in a warm and inviting atmosphere featuring double bassist Nina Bernat and the musicians of the CMSLC!
Tickets on sale soon. Find complete details here!
Nina Bernat, bass, at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
A huge force of performers convenes to celebrate the season’s close with chamber works of orchestral scale.
Tickets on sale soon. Find complete details here!
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.
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.
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.
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
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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!
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).
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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