Sunday, April 6, 2025
Each week, we invite you to pause, breathe, and enjoy moments of beauty through symphonic excerpts—performed live on the Kennedy Center stage. Whether you’re waking up, reflecting, or re…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:03PMExperience the powerful opening of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, performed live by the National Symphony Orchestra under Gianandrea Noseda. The first movement sets the tone with its brooding…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:03PMThursday, April 3, 2025
Saxophonist and bandleader Brad Linde beautifully showcases "Facades," a movement from Philip Glass's iconic "Glassworks."
Brad Linde’s tribute to Philip Glass includes performances of th…
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Vocalist composer Heidi Martin received the 2024 Berger-Carter Berger Fellowship from Rutgers Dana Library Jazz Studies Dept., for her …
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Tamagawa University Dance and Taiko Group has been touring the world since 1961, visiting Mexico, England, Greece, Canada, Malaysia, Ru…
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Back by popular demand!
Based out of Washington, D.C., Carly Harvey combines blues, jazz, and Soul to produce a unique sound. She is t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:42PMThe Kennedy Center is a launchpad for imagination in Earth to Space, a bold, multi-week festival celebrating the intersection of the arts and the cosmos.
Now through April 20, experience b…
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“The most danceable hip-hop on the planet!”
—Havana Cultura
Telmary is a Cuban rapper, musician, and spoken-word artist. Her mus…
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Marty Risemberg is a percussionist and composer in the Washington, D.C. area who performs with an eclectic mix of contemporary ensemble…
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Hailed by American Songwriter as “one of America’s most intriguing, creative, and idiosyncratic voices,” Eilen Jewell rises from …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:36PMTuesday, April 1, 2025
Conan O’Brien has long been a featured guest at the #MarkTwainPrize for American Humor. This time, he’s the one taking the main seat. Take a look at his appearances over the years and tu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PMSunday, March 30, 2025
Experience the sweeping drama of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman Overture, performed live by the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gianandrea Noseda. This electrifying overtu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMFriday, March 28, 2025
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For three weeks, EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky will fill the Center with musicians and astronauts, poets and…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:06PMThursday, March 27, 2025
For the calendar year 2026, we join the Kennedy Center in its shared theme, “The Promise of the US,” a celebration of 250 years of America. To do our part in building an American opera r…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PMJoin us in celebration of American artists in our 2025–2026 season of
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts! We celebrate multiple generations of
American musicians that intersect with the past an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PMA night at the symphony has the power to inspire, to challenge, and to unite us beyond words. This season, the NSO begins a new journey of sound and discovery—through cherished classics, g…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PMGrazyna Auguscik, one of the most intriguing contemporary vocalists on today’s world jazz scene, delivers a mesmerizing performance of Louis Armstrong's "A Kiss to Build a Dream On," live …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PMWednesday, March 26, 2025
Watch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025.
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Take a seat at an int…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMWatch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025.
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Comedy greats and lon…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMWatch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025.
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Comedy greats and lon…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMWatch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/
Comedy greats and lon…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMWatch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/
Comedy greats and lon…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMWatch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/
Comedy greats and lon…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMWatch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/
Comedy greats and lon…
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Comedy greats and lon…
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Washington Performing Arts Men and Women of the Gospel Choir (MWOTG) celebrates the heritage of gospel music and its related genres wit…
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Comedy’s brightest …
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Part of the 2025 Words Beats & Life Festival running April 3–6 in Washington, D.C.
In Combine Poetry All Stars, presented by Words B…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMJoin Aneeshwar Kunchala, the Kennedy Center’s Youth Ambassador for the Arts and Environment, as he embarks on an inspiring journey to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in the new mini-d…
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Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music.
Featuring
Mahoko Eguchi, viola
Rachel Young, cello
Pau…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMSunday, March 23, 2025
Experience Michael Daugherty’s Blue Electra, a violin concerto inspired by the legendary Amelia Earhart, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gianandrea Nose…
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