Season Opener
Back by popular demand, violinist Alexi Kenney kicks off our 42nd season with Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, the piece that he performed in his debut with The Santa Fe Symphony in 2015.
The Swell Season
The Swell Season is back. After reconvening for a limited number of sold-out shows in March 2022, followed by a more extensive US tour in August 2023, the duo returns with new music. A studio session that started out as an effort to create a couple new singles to bring with them on tour, ended up yielding a full length album, fittingly titled ´Forward´.
"Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI" - Dan Rockmore
Dan Rockmore (computational science, mathematics) explores how AI is shaping our ideas - for better or for worse
Billy Childs Quartet
One of the foremost American composers of his era, pianist Billy Childs has successfully married the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism.
John Scofield's Combo 73
Aside from being one of the principal innovators of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield is a creative artist of an even rarer sort: a stylistic chameleon who has forged a consistent, rock-solid aesthetic identity.
Dianne Reeves Quintet
NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves who is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world today, was described by The New York Times as “the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.”
Lensic 360 Events
Lensic 360 brings the power of performance outside of the historic Lensic theater, presenting concerts at venues across New Mexico and offering top-quality, free community programs. See all events at lensic360.org.
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Since 2015, Nathaniel Rateliff has led his denim-clad, horn-flanked Night Sweats, supplying the zeal of a whiskey-chugging Pentecostal preacher to songs about this world’s shared woes.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
As if channeling another dimension where genres don’t exist, Rainbow Kitten Surprise finds harmony in unpredictability.
The Head and The Heart
With every song fortified by the sense of beginning again, Aperture is The Head and the Heart’s most vital and poignant album.
Passion for Bach & Coltrane w. Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Brown-Perez-Smith Piano Trio & A.B. Spellman
Passion for Bach & Coltrane w. Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Brown-Perez-Smith Piano Trio & A.B. Spellman
Imani Winds & Harlem Quartet have built parallel legacies around their virtuoso musicality as well as expanding the canon of great works through their commitments to commissioning, composing, and arranging for their ensembles.
Next to Normal
Next to Normal is an intimate exploration of family and illness, loss and grief, featuring a thrilling rock score from composer Tom Kitt and book and lyrics from Brian Yorkey.
Renée Fleming: Music and Mind
Renée Fleming and a panel of experts explore how the arts impact the brain, drawing from Fleming’s 2024 anthology Music and Mind and leading initiatives in music, health, and neuroscience.
Renée Fleming: Voice of Nature
Renée Fleming’s Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene blends Romantic and contemporary song with film, reflecting on humanity’s evolving relationship with nature through music and visual storytelling.
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Since 2015, Nathaniel Rateliff has led his denim-clad, horn-flanked Night Sweats, supplying the zeal of a whiskey-chugging Pentecostal preacher to songs about this world’s shared woes.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby, and Ben Foster lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, filmed during the production's sold-out run at the Young Vic.