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From Ford’s Theater to the Kennedy Center to the Smithsonian Institution, no city fuses history and the arts quite like Washington D.C. And no publication brings all the local arts under one cover quite like the Guide for the Arts. As Music Director and Conductor of the National Philharmonic, it is my great honor and pleasure to serve as this season’s Ambassador to the Arts for Washington, D.C. John Adams wrote: “My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.” It is indeed our “right” and privilege to enjoy, here in Washington, “painting, poetry, music,” and theater and dance too! In the pages of this guide are all the tools to facilitate the multitude of discoveries that await patrons of the arts. Go forth, explore, and enjoy!
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Contents
Ambassador’s Note
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Sponsors
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Publisher’s Note
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Arena Stage
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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National Philharmonic
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National Symphony Orchestra
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Olney Theatre
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Phillips Collection
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Shakespeare Theatre Company
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Signature Theatre
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Strathmore
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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The Washington Ballet
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The Washington Chorus
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Washington National Opera
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Arena Stage
FOUNDED AUGUST 16, 1950 Arena Stage exterior. Photo: Nic Lehoux, courtesy of in Washington by Zelda FichanBing Thom Architects dler, Tom Fichandler, and Edward Mangum, Arena Stage is a flagship American theater. It is one of the first nonprofit theaters in the U.S. and a pioneer of the regional theater movement. Arena Stage was the first regional theater to transfer a production to Broadway, the first invited by the U.S. State Department to tour behind the Iron Curtain, and the first to receive the Regional Theater Tony Award. Arena Stage is alive as a center for American theater in the nation’s capital with diverse and innovative works from around the country. Its focus is on American artists, producing and presenting all that is passionate, exuberant, profound, deep, and dangerous in the American spirit. Arena Stage explores issues from the past, present, and future that reflect America’s diversity and challenges.
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JANUARY 16 – FEBRUARY 22, 2015 Kreeger Theater BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY By KEN LUDWIG Directed by AMANDA DEHNERT GET YOUR DEERSTALKER cap on – the play’s afoot! From the Tony Award-winning mastermind of mayhem, Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor), comes a fast-paced comedy about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most notorious case. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must crack the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than 30 characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be. FEBRUARY 6 – MARCH 8, 2015 Fichandler Stage KING HEDLEY II By AUGUST WILSON Directed by TIMOTHY DOUGLAS KING HEDLEY HAS returned, but to reign for how long? With an angry scar down the length of his face and seven years of prison haunting him, King has a chance to lock away his past and achieve an entrepreneurial dream. But Pittsburgh’s Hill District is an unforgiving place, and August Wilson the return of Elmore, a schemPhoto: Rich Sugg/Kansas City Star ing conman armed with a derringer and family secrets, could strike a fatal blow to King’s second coming. The eighth installment of August Wilson’s acclaimed play cycle examining Black America, King Hedley II is one of the most stirring and ferocious explorations of fate, honor, and the daily struggles of American life.
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Arena Stage
MARCH 6 – APRIL 26, 2015 Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle THE ORIGINALIST By JOHN STRAND Directed by MOLLY SMITH FOUR-TIME HELEN HAYES Award winner Edward Gero (Red) returns to Arena Stage as one of America’s most brilliant and polarizing figures: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. When a bright, liberal, Harvard Law School graduate embarks on a nervewracking clerkship with Justice Scalia, she discovers him to be both an infuriating sparring partner and an unexpected mentor. How will their relationship affect one of the most incendiary cases ever to reach the nation’s highest court? From Charles MacArthur Award winner John Strand (Lovers and Executioners) comes this daring new work about passionate people risking heart and soul to defend their version of the truth. This production will be performed in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle in an exciting new three-quarter thrust configuration. APRIL 3 – MAY 3, 2015 Fichandler Stage VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE By CHRISTOPHER DURANG Directed by AARON POSNER
Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike comes to the Arena Stage. Photo: Craig Schwart
WINNER OF THE 2013 Tony Award for Best Play (and the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League and the Drama Desk), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a “sunny new play about gloomy people” (New York Times). Siblings
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Vanya and Sonia live out their days in an endless, bleak tableau in Bucks County, PA. All seems numbingly mundane until in sweeps hurricane Masha, their fading movie star sister, with her shiny new boy toy and a big announcement. Satirizing characters and themes from Chekhov’s classics, Christopher Durang’s latest madcap masterpiece serves up family drama with comic savagery and poses the question: if you could choose your family, would you necessarily choose your family? APRIL 24 – JUNE 7, 2015 Kreeger Theater THE BLOOD QUILT By KATORI HALL Directed by KAMILAH FORBES INAUGURAL RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT Katori Hall (The Mountaintop) is once again “fearlessly redefining theater” (Washington Post) with this funny and fierce world premiere. Welcome to the Jernigan Gals’ Quilting Corner. Gathering at their childhood island home off the coast of Georgia, four disconnected sisters meet to create a family quilt to honor their recently deceased mother. When their reunion turns into a reading of their mother’s will, everyone must grapple with a troubling inheritance. Stitched with history and ritual, laughter, and tears, will their “blood quilt” bind the family together or tear them apart forever?
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TICKETS & CONTACT Arena Stage 1101 Sixth Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 (202) 554-9066 (General) (202) 488-3300 (Tickets) www.arenastage.org
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
IN THE WORDS of its founder, Exterior of The Corcoran. Photo courtesy of The Corcoran the Corcoran is “dedicated to art.” Its museum presents, interprets, and preserves the art of our times and of times past; its college of art nurtures and helps shape new generations of artists and designers. Though American art is the collection’s emphasis, the art of other nations and cultures is, when appropriate, acquired and exhibited. The Corcoran is committed to making the historic art in its collections, and the emerging art of our time, accessible and understandable to the broadest possible audience through innovative exhibitions and educational programming, systematic research, and rigorous scholarship. OPENING LATE 2015 TICKETS & CONTACT Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 639-1700 www.corcoran.org
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
John F. Kennedy Center for the THE CENTER, WHICH Performing Arts opened on September 8, 1971, Photo: Ron Blunt continues its efforts to fulfill President Kennedy’s vision by producing and presenting an unmatched variety of theater and musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, world, and folk music, and multimedia performances for all ages. Each year, the institution that bears President Kennedy’s name brings his dream to fruition, touching the lives of millions of people through thousands of performances by the greatest artists from across America and around the world. The Center also nurtures new works and young artists, creating performances, broadcasts, and touring productions while serving the nation as a leader in arts and arts management education.
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JANUARY 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall THE FRIARS FOUNDATION PRESENTS: THE LINCOLN AWARDS – A CONCERT FOR VETERANS & THE MILITARY FAMILY JANUARY 9, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater BARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT: WILL CHASE JANUARY 10, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB PRESENTS: NORTHEAST TOUR 2015 JANUARY 11, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater THE KENNEDY CENTER CHAMBER PLAYERS: WORKS BY BARTÓK, RAVEL, BOWEN & ARENSKY
The Kennedy Center Chamber Players. Photo: Margot Ingoldsby Schulman
JANUARY 12, 2015, 6:30 P.M. Concert Hall DC PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND PRESENTS: A STANDING OVATION FOR DC TEACHERS
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JANUARY 14, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater VOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: MATTHEW POLENZANI, TENOR & JULIUS DRAKE, PIANO JANUARY 15 – 17, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: RIHM’S PIANO CONCERTO, WORKS BY BERLIOZ & DVORÁK CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor TZIMON BARTO, Piano
Christoph Eschenbach conducts the NSO. Photo: Herbert Pfarrhofer
JANUARY 17 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015 Family Theater PERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: MOCKINGBIRD JANUARY 18, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater THE METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL: MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION AUDITIONS 2015
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JANUARY 22 – 24, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: FANTASY & FATE – TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKS CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor NURIT BAR-JOSEF, Violin JANUARY 23, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO-CUBAN EXPERIENCE FEATURING MACHITO JR.
Machito Jr. performs as part of the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience. Photo: Lisa Luevanos
JANUARY 23 & 24, 2015 Terrace Theater WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE NEW HOUR-LONG OPERA – PENNY JANUARY 24, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Atrium BALLET 360o: BALLETS RUSSES – REVOLUTION AND REUNION
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JANUARY 24, 2015 Terrace Gallery DISCOVERY ARTIST IN THE KC JAZZ CLUB: SULLIVAN FORTNER QUARTET JANUARY 27, 2015, 12:30 P.M. Opera House OPEN REHEARSAL: MARIINSKY BALLET JANUARY 27, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Gallery OPERA MASTER CLASS: DOLORA ZAJICK
Dolora Zajick. Photo: David Sauer
JANUARY 27 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015 Opera House MARIINSKY BALLET JANUARY 29 – 31, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: FANTASY & FATE – TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKS CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor ARABELLA STEINBACHER, Violin
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JANUARY 30 & 31, 2015 Terrace Theater AN EVENING WITH COMPANY E JANUARY 31, 2015 Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: YARD BYARD – THE JAKI BYARD PROJECT FEATURING JAMIE BAUM, GEORGE SCHULLER & JEROME HARRIS FEBRUARY 2, 2015 Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations MASTER CLASS: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER FEBRUARY 3 – 8, 2015 Opera House ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Photo: Andrew Eccles
FEBRUARY 3, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater VOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: KARINE DESHAYES, MEZZO-SOPRANO
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts FEBRUARY 4, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall ORGAN RECITAL: CAMERON CARPENTER FEBRUARY 5 – 7, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: TCHAIKOVSKY’S SYMPHONY NO. 5, WORKS BY STRAVINSKY & BRUCH JURAJ VALCUHA, Conductor FEBRUARY 6 & 7, 2015 Terrace Theater ZERO HOUR: TOKYO ROSE’S LAST TAPE FEBRUARY 6, 2015 Atrium THE CROSSROADS CLUB: MACEO PARKER FEBRUARY 7, 2015 Family Theater NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: TWO DIVAS AND A BEAR! Maceo Parker.
Photo: Hans Speekenbrink FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 5:30 P.M. Grand Foyer REVELATIONS WORKSHOP WITH ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
FEBRUARY 7, 2015 Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: CHRIS BRUBECK’S TRIPLE PLAY FEBRUARY 10, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts FEBRUARY 13, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater BARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT: LACHANZE FEBRUARY 13, 2015 Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: JENNY SCHEINMAN FEATURING BRIAN BLADE
LaChanze. Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times
FEBRUARY 14, 2015 Terrace Theater KURT ELLING: PASSION WORLD
FEBRUARY 14 & 15, 2015 Family Theater PERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: JACK’S TALE – A MYTHIC MOUNTAIN MUSICAL ADVENTURE
FEBRUARY 15, 2015, 11:30 A.M. Terrace Gallery JAZZ MASTER CLASS: KURT ELLING FEBRUARY 15, 2015 Concert Hall NSO FAMILY CONCERT: THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS!
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FEBRUARY 18, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Terrace Gallery OPERA MASTER CLASS: ERIC OWENS FEBRUARY 18 – 22, 2015 Eisenhower Theater THE WASHINGTON BALLET: SLEEPY HOLLOW FEBRUARY 19 – 21, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: PINTSCHER’S MAR’EH, WORKS BY FAURÉ & RAVEL MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, Conductor KAREN GOMYO, Violin FEBRUARY 20 – MARCH 1, 2015 Family Theater PERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: OUTSIDE THE BACHX FEBRUARY 21, 2015, 3:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: ORCHESTRE DE LA SUISEE ROMANDE CHARLES DUTOIT, Music Director
Matthias Pintscher conducts the NSO playing his work Mar’eh. Photo: Andrea Medici
FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 10, 2015 Opera House WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: LIVING THE DREAM… SINGING THE DREAM
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts FEBRUARY 23, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: RENÉE FLEMING, SOPRANO FEBRUARY 24, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater OPERA LAFAYETTE PRESENTS: A WINK AT THE PAST – CHAMBER MUSIC OF HANDEL & BACH
Renée Fleming. Photo: Andrew Eccles
FEBRUARY 26 – 28, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: ALL BEETHOVEN PROGRAM HERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor EMANUEL AX, Piano
FEBRUARY 27, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater THE GREAT FLOOD: FILM BY BILL MORRISON, MUSIC BY BILL FRISSELL FEBRUARY 28, 2015, 5:30 P.M. South Opera Tier Lounge BEETHOVEN AND THE STIRRING OF THE ROMANTICISM SPIRIT FEBRUARY 28, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: AN EVENING OF JAZZ STANDARDS WITH ERIC OWENS FEATURING THE MUSIC OF ECKSTINE AND HARTMAN
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 1, 2015, 5:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE WITH YO-YO MA MARCH 1, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: IMANI WINDS MARCH 3, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: FESTIVAL OPENING PERFORMANCE MARCH 4, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater IBERIAN SUITE: ARAKAENDER CHOIR & ORCHESTRA – BAROQUE MUSIC FROM JESUIT REDUCTIONS IN BOLIVIA ASHLEY SOLOMAN, Conductor MARCH 4, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Family Theater IBERIAN SUITE: TEATRO MERIDIONAL – CONTOS EM VIAGEM, CABO VERDE MARCH 5 – 7, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JESÚS LÓPEZ-COBOS, Conductor CAMANÉ & CARMINHO, Fado JUANITA LESCARRO, Soprano JAVIER PERIANES, Piano Camané sings fado with the NSO. Photo: Mikel Martinez de Trespuentes
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 6 – 7, 2015 Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: GRUPO CORPO – SEM MIM & ONGOTO MARCH 7, 2015, 4:00 P.M. Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS: LANG LANG IN RECITAL MARCH 7 – 21, 2015 Opera House WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN MARCH 7 & 8, 2015 Terrace Theater IBERIAN SUITE: MUNDO PERFEITO – BY HEART & THREE FINGERS BELOW THE KNEE MARCH 8, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall IBERIAN SUITE: CONCHA BUIKA WITH IVÁN “MELON” LEWIS & CONTINUUM QUARTET MARCH 9, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: BALLET FLAMENCO SARA BARAS – VOCES, SUITE FLAMENCA
Concha Buika. Photo: Bernardo Doral
MARCH 10 & 11, 2015 Terrace Theater IBERIAN SUITE: COMPANHIA PORTUGUESA DE BAILADO CONTEMPORANEO – FADO, RITUALS, AND SHADOWS
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 10 & 11, 2015 Family Theater IBERIAN SUITE: POSTCLASSICAL ENSEMBLE – IBERIAN MYSTICS: THE CONFLUENCE OF FAITHS MARCH 11 & 12, 2015 Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: COMPANÍA MARÍA PAGÉS – UTOPÍA
María Pagés. Photo: David Ruano
MARCH 12 – 14, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: FOUR FRENCH COMPOSERS INSPIRED BY SPAIN CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor
MARCH 13 & 14, 2015 Family Theater IBERIAN SUITE: MALA VOADORA WITH THIRD ANGEL – WHAT I HEARD ABOUT THE WORLD MARCH 13 & 14, 2015 Terrace Theater IBERIAN SUITE: MARÍA MUNOZ, MAL PELO & TANIA PÉREZSALAS COMPANÍA DE DANZA
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 13, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: TRES PABLOS – CASALS, NERUDA, AND PICASSO: A MULTIMEDIA CELEBRATION MARCH 14 & 15, 2015 Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: EUGENIA LEÓN Y LAS VOCES DE MUJERES, VOCES DEL PUEBLO MARCH 16, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: CARMEN SOUZA – LIVE AT LAGNY JAZZ FESTIVAL TOUR
Eugenia León. Photo: Bernardo Doral
MARCH 17 & 18, 2015 Terrace Theater IBERIAN SUITE: TEATRO DE LA ABADÍA – ENTREMESES MARCH 18 & 19, 2015 Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: COMPANHIA HIATO – O JARDIM
Companhia Hiato performs O Jardim. Photo: Annelize Tozetto
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MARCH 19 – 21, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 9 CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 20 & 21, 2015 Terrace Theater IBERIAN SUITE: ODE MARÍTIMA WITH DIOGO INFANTE & JOÃO GIL MARCH 20, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Opera House WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: STARS OF TOMORROW – THE DOMINGO-CAFRITZ YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONCERT MARCH 20 & 21, 2015 Eisenhower Theater IBERIAN SUITE: PIAZZOLOGÍA – EL MUNDO DE PIAZZOLLA SU VIDA Y SU OBRA MARCH 21 & 22, 2015 Family Theater RON LAL������ Á THE���� ATER COMPANY: SOMEWHERE IN THE QUIXOTE MARCH 21, 2015, 2:00 P.M. South Opera Tier Lounge BALLET 360o: ABT AT 75
Ron Lalá Theater Company brings Somewhere in the Quixote to the Lincoln Photo: David Ruiz
MARCH 21, 2015, 3:00 P.M. African Lounge LISTENING PARTY: THE MUSIC OF THELONIOUS MONK MARCH 22, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Concert Hall IBERIAN SUITE: ORQUESTRA JOVEM DO ESTADO WITH HAROLYN BLACKWELL – FROM VILLA-LOBOS TO TOM JOBIM: SYMPHONIC MUSIC FROM BRAZIL
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 23, 2015, 6:30 P.M. Concert Hall 28TH ANNUAL NANCY HANKS LECTURE ON ARTS AND PUBLIC POLICY: NORMAN LEAR MARCH 24 – 29, 2015 Opera House AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
American Ballet Theatre comes to the Lincoln Center. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor
MARCH 24, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: SHARON ISBIN, GUITAR & ISABEL LEONARD, MEZZO-SOPRANO MARCH 26, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: EMERSON STRING QUARTET MARCH 27, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater BARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT: MALCOLM GETS
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 27, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Eisenhower Theater CASSANDRA WILSON: COMING FORTH BY DAY – A TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY MARCH 27 & 28, 2015 Concert Hall NSO POPS: DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING STEVEN REINEKE, Conductor MARCH 28, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: JAN LISIECKI, PIANO MARCH 28, 2015, 4:30 P.M. Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations MASTER CLASS: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE MARCH 28, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Eisenhower Theater JASON MORAN’S IN MY MIND: MONK AT TOWN HALL, 1959 MARCH 29, 2015 Concert Hall NSO FAMILY CONCERT: THE MAGIC HORN
Jason Moran. Photo: Clay Patrick McBride
MARCH 29, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY PRESENTS: THE WILLIAM AND MARY WIND ENSEMBLE
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MARCH 30, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: RAPHAËL SÉVÈRE, CLARINET MARCH 31, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN APRIL 1, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: STEPHEN HOUGH, PIANO
Joshua Bell. Photo: Phil Knott
APRIL 2 – 4, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: SHOSTAKOVICH’S SYMPHONY NO. 10, RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 KRYSZTOF URBANSKI, Conductor DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano
APRIL 3, 2015 Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: NATE SMITH & KINFOLK APRIL 3, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY PRESENTS: WILLIAM AND MARY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts APRIL 4, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Gallery BALLET 360o: BALANCHINE AND HIS LEGACY APRIL 4, 2015, 5:30 P.M. Terrace Gallery THE GRAND GESTURE OF RUSSIAN CONCERT MUSIC APRIL 5, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater THE KENNEDY CENTER CHAMBER PLAYERS: WORKS BY SHOSTAKOVICH & DVORÁK APRIL 6, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations MASTER CLASS: NEW YORK CITY BALLET
New York City Ballet dancers. Photo: Andrea Mohin/The New York Times
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts APRIL 7, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater VOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: KAREN CARGILL, MEZZO-SOPRANO APRIL 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN, Music Director APRIL 8, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Concert Hall COMEDY AT THE KENNEDY CENTER: JAY LENO
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra. Photo: Marco Borggreve
APRIL 8, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: EDGAR MEYER, DOUBLE BASS APRIL 8 – 12, 2015 Eisenhower Theater THE WASHINGTON BALLET: SWAN LAKE APRIL 10 & 11, 2015 Terrace Theater BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE: VICTORY ROAD (WORLD PREMIERE)
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts APRIL 10, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: CHICK COREA & HERBIE HANCOCK APRIL 11, 2015, 10:30 A.M. Rehearsal Room – Hall of Nations CREATIVE MOVEMENT WITH NEW YORK CITY BALLET
Chick Corea. Photo: Sakurai Toshi
APRIL 11 & 12, 2015 Family Theater NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: IMAGINATION DUO APRIL 11, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall DIANNE REEVES AND FRIENDS APRIL 12, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: JAY CAMPBELL, CELLO & CONOR HANICK, PIANO APRIL 16 – 18, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: RACHMANINOFF’S THE BELLS, MOZART’S CLARINET CONCERTO VASSILY SINAISKY, Conductor LOREN KITT, Clarinet
Jay Campbell. Photo: Beowulf Sheehan
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts APRIL 17 – 26, 2015 Opera House SHEN YUN 2015: REVIVING 5,000 YEARS OF CIVILIZATION APRIL 19, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS APRIL 21, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: ORCHESTRE RÉ��������� ����������� VOLUTIONNAIRE ET ROMANTIQUE SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER, Music Director
Wynton Marsalis. Photo: Arlene Ng
APRIL 25, 2015, 11:00 A.M. Rehearsal Hall – Hall of Nations EXPLORING BALLET WITH SUZANNE FARRELL (FOR ADULTS! 201) APRIL 25 & 26, 2015 Family Theater PERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: TETRISPLUS APRIL 26, 2015 Concert Hall NSO FAMILY CONCERT: GERSHWIN’S MAGIC KEY APRIL 28, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater 36TH YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS SERIES: BELLA HRISTOVA, VIOLIN
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts APRIL 29, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: MIRÓ QUARTET WITH SASHA COOKE, MEZZO-SOPRANO APRIL 29, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, AMERICA’S ORCHESTRAL ACADEMY APRIL 30 – MAY 2, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 5, WORKS BY PENDERECKI & J. STRAUSS JR. CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor APRIL 30, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater VOCAL ARTS DC PRESENTS: NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG MAY 1, 2015, 6:00 P.M. Grand Foyer BLUES JAM SESSION MAY 1, 2015, Terrace Theater THE BLUES HALL OF FAME TOUR New York Festival of Song.
MAY 1, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: BEYOND THE SCORE – BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 5: FATE KNOCKS? MAY 2, 2015 Family Theater NSO ENSEMBLE CONCERT: CONNECTIONS – SCIENCE & MATH + MUSIC
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MAY 4, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND LETTERS: 2015 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS MAY 6 – 17, 2015 Eisenhower Theater THE WASHINGTON BALLET: ALICE (IN WONDERLAND) MAY 7 – 9, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5, SIBELIUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTO CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, Violin
The Washington Ballet performs ALICE (in Wonderland). Photo: Brianne Bland
MAY 7, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater PRO MUSICA HEBRAICA PRESENTS: ARC ENSEMBLE – BEFORE THE NIGHT: JEWISH CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES OF PRE-1933 EUROPE MAY 8, 2015 Terrace Gallery KC JAZZ CLUB: ANTONIO HART ORGAN TRIO MAY 9, 2015 Family Theater NSO KINDERCLASSICS: BEETHOVEN AT THE BALLPARK! MAY 9, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: IGOR LEVIT, PIANO
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MAY 9 – 21, 2015 Opera House WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: CINDERELLA MAY 10, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: PAUL LEWIS, PIANO MAY 11, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, VIOLIN & CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, PIANO MAY 13 – 15, 2015 Eisenhower Theater THE WASHINGTON BALLET: TOUR-DE-FORCE – SERENADE MAY 13, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall ORGAN RECITAL: THIERRY ESCAICH, ORGAN MAY 14 – 16, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: WORKS BY J. S. BACH, MUSSORGSKY & SIBELIUS LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, Conductor and Violin
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MAY 15 & 16, 2015 Terrace Theater 20TH ANNUAL MARY LOU WILLIAMS JAZZ FESTIVAL
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MAY 15 – 17, 2015 Family Theater PERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW! MAY 16, 2015, 4:00 P.M. African Lounge LISTENING PARTY: THE MUSIC OF MARY LOU WILLIAMS MAY 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Concert Hall THE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON PRESENTS: CARL ORFF’S CARMINA BURANA MAY 19, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater FORTAS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: THE MYRIAD TRIO WITH ANTHONY MCGILL, CLARINET MAY 28 – 30, 2015 Opera House SCOTTISH BALLET
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MAY 29 – 31, 2015 Eisenhower Theater ARDANI ARTISTS PRESENTS: EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG MAY 29 & 30, 2015 Concert Hall NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: AKIHO – NEW WORK FOR STEELPAN MANUEL LÓPEZ-GÓMEZ, Conductor LIAM TEAGUE, Steelpan
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts MAY 30 & 31, 2015 Family Theater NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: VIOLINS AND TROMBONES AND BEARS, OH MY! MAY 30, 2015 Terrace Theater OPERA LAFAYETTE PRESENTS: GRÉTRY’S ����������������������� L������������� ’������������ É����������� PREUVE VILLAGEOIS (THE VILLAGE TRIAL)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra. Photo: Stan Barouh
JUNE 5 & 6, 2015 Concert Hall NSO POPS: LET’S BE FRANK STEVEN REINEKE, Conductor JUNE 6, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Terrace Theater WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS: FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI, PIANO JUNE 9, 2015, 1:30 P.M. Opera House OPEN REHEARSAL: THE ROYAL BALLET
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JUNE 9 – 14, 2015 Opera House THE ROYAL BALLET
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts TICKETS & CONTACT The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 (202) 467-4600 www.kennedy-center.org
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National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting the A JUDICIOUS MERGING of National Philharmonic. Photo: Michael Ventura the National Chamber Orchestra and Masterworks Chorus on July 1, 2003 created the National Philharmonic, an ensemble with a 55-year combined history of high caliber musical performances in the local area. The National Philharmonic performed at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville, Maryland until Feb. 2005, when it became the Music Center at Strathmore’s ensemble-inresidence. Since then, the Philharmonic has performed more than 100 concerts in the Concert Hall at Strathmore, showcasing world-renowned guest artists in time-honored symphonic masterpieces conducted by Maestro Piotr Gajewski and monumental choral masterworks under National Philharmonic Chorale Artistic Director Stan Engebretson. In addition to its commitment to critically acclaimed concert presentations, the National Philharmonic continuously strives to create remarkable and significant educational opportunities in the community.
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JANUARY 10, 2015, 8:00 P.M. HAYDN’S SURPRISE SYMPHONY PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor ZUILL BAILEY, Cello MOZART, Symphony No. 38, “Prague” HAYDN, Cello Concerto No. 2 HAYDN, Symphony No. 94, “Surprise” JANUARY 24, 2015, 8:00 P.M. JANUARY 25, 2015, 3:00 P.M. BACH’S BRANDENBURGS PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor JUSTINE LAMB-BUDGE, Violin VICTORIA CHIANG, Viola JULIUS WIRTH, Viola BACH, Brandenberg Concerto No. 2 BACH, Brandenberg Concerto No. 3 BACH, Brandenberg Concerto No. 4 BACH, Brandenberg Concerto No. 6 FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M. BRIAN GANZ, PIANO, PLAYS CHOPIN CHOPIN, Four Mazurkas Op. 24, Polonaise in F-sharp minor Op. 44, Three Mazurkas Op. 50, Three Waltzes Op. 64, Two Nocturnes Op. 15, Three Mazurkas Op. 59, Rondo a la Mazur Op. 5
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FEBRUARY 8, 2015, 3:00 P.M. 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT: BEETHOVEN’S NINTH PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor BRIAN GANZ, Piano SUMMER HU, Cello DANIELLE TALAMANTES, Soprano COLIN EATON, Tenor MAKRIS, Strathmore Overture TCHAIKOVSKY, Variations on a Rococo Theme CHOPIN, Introduction and Grande Polonaise Brillante BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral” MARCH 28, 2015, 8:00 P.M. MARCH 29, 2015, 3:00 P.M. RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor HOACHEN ZHANG, Piano TCHAIKOVSKY, Romeo and Juliet Overture – Fantasy RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Capriccio Espagnol RACHMANINOFF, Piano Concerto No. 3
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APRIL 11, 2015, 8:00 P.M. BACH’S ST. JOHN PASSION VICTORIA GAU, Conductor ROSA LAMOREAUX, Soprano MAGDALENA WÓR, Mezzo-soprano RUFUS MULLER, Tenor MATTHEW SMITH, Tenor BACH, St. John Passion MAY 2, 2015, 8:00 P.M. MAY 3, 2015, 3:00 P.M. MOZART’S JUPITER SYMPHONY PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR, Piano MOZART, Overture to The Marriage of Figaro MOZART, Piano Concerto No. 21, “Elvira Madigan” MOZART, Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
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MAY 30, 2015, 8:00 P.M. FAURÉ’S REQUIEM PIOTR GAJEWSKI, Conductor JULIE KEIM, Soprano ANDREW MCLAUGHLIN, Baritone NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE BRAHMS, Serenade No. 2 FAURÉ, Requiem TICKETS & CONTACT National Philharmonic The Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane North Bethesda, MD 20852 (301) 493-9283 (General) (301) 581-5100 (Tickets) www.nationalphilharmonic.org
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National Symphony Orchestra
THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY National Symphony Orchestra with Music Director Christoph Eschenbach. ORCHESTRA’S 84th season is Photo: Scott Suchman its fifth under the leadership of Music Director Christoph Eschenbach, who also serves as the Music Director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Founded in 1931 and an affiliate company of the Kennedy Center since 1986, the Orchestra has maintained its commitment to artistic excellence and music education. The Orchestra numbers 96 musicians, presenting a year-long season of approximately 150 concerts each year. These include classical subscription series, pops concerts, summer performances at Wolf Trap and on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol, chamber music performances in the Terrace Theater and on the Millennium Stage, and an extensive educational program. JANUARY 15 – 17, 2015 RIHM’S PIANO CONCERTO, WORKS BY BERLIOZ & DVORÁK CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor TZIMON BARTO, Piano DVORÁK, Carnival Overture, Op. 92 RIHM, Piano Concerto No. 2 BERLIOZ, Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
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JANUARY 22 – 24, 2015 FANTASY & FATE: TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKS CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor NURIT BAR-JOSEF, Violin TCHAIKOVSKY, Hamlet, Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare, Op. 67 TCHAIKOVSKY, Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 TCHAIKOVSKY, Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Dreams” JANUARY 29 & 30, 2015 FANTASY & FATE: TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKS CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor ARABELLA STEINBACHER, Violin TCHAIKOVSKY, Fate, Op. 77 TCHAIKOVSKY, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Arabella Steinbacher. Photo: Peter Rigaud
FEBRUARY 4, 2015, 8:00 P.M. ORGAN RECITAL: CAMERON CARPENTER
FEBRUARY 5 – 7, 2015 FANTASY & FATE: TCHAIKOVSKY MASTERWORKS JURAJ VALCUHA, Conductor VILDE FRANG, Violin STRAVINSKY, Pulcinella Suite BRUCH, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
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FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 11:00 A.M. & 1:30 P.M. NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: TWO DIVAS AND A BEAR! FEBRUARY 15, 2015, 2:00 & 4:00 P.M. NSO FAMILY CONCERT: THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS! FEBRUARY 19 – 21, 2015 PINTSCHER’S MAR’EH, WORKS BY FAURÉ AND RAVEL MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, Conductor KAREN GOMYO, Violin FAURÉ, Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite, Op. 8ö PINTSCHER, Mar’eh RAVEL, Daphnis et Chloé FEBRUARY 26 & 27, 2015 ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM HERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Karen Gomyo. Conductor Photo courtesy of the artist EMANUEL AX, Piano BEETHOVEN, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica” MARCH 5, 2015, 8:00 P.M. PORTUGUESE FADO JESÚS LÓPEZ-COBOS, Conductor CARMINHO & CAMANÉ, Singers TURINA, Danzas fantásticas ALBÉNIZ (ARR. ARBÓS), Iberia VARIOUS, Fado from Portugal
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MARCH 6 & 7, 2015 COMPOSERS FROM SPAIN AND BRAZIL JESÚS LÓPEZ-COBOS, Conductor JUANITA LASCARRO, Soprano JAVIER PERIANES, Piano C. HALFFTER, Tento del primer tono y batalla imperial VILLA-LOBOS, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 FALLA, Noches en los jardines de España TURINA, Danzas fantásticas ALBÉNIZ (ARR. ARBÓS), Iberia
Juanita Lascarro. Photo: Diana Karch
MARCH 7, 2015, 4:00 P.M. LANG LANG IN RECITAL MARCH 12 – 14, 2015 FOUR FRENCH COMPOSERS INSPIRED BY SPAIN CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor CHABRIER, España LALO, Symphonie Espagnole DEBUSSY, Images – Ibéria RAVEL, Boléro
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MARCH 19 – 21, 2015 MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 9 CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor MAHLER, Symphony No. 9 in D major MARCH 27 & 28, 2015 NSO POPS: DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING STEVEN REINEKE, Conductor MARCH 29, 2015, 2:00 & 4:00 P.M. NSO FAMILY CONCERT: THE MAGIC HORN APRIL 2 – 4, 2015 SHOSTAKOVICH’S SYMPHONY NO. 10, RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 KRZYSZTOF URBANSKI, Conductor DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano RACHMANINOFF, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 SHOSTAKOVICH, Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 APRIL 11 & 12, 2015 NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: IMAGINATION DUO APRIL 16 – 18, 2015 WORKS BY RACHMANINOFF AND MOZART VASSILY SINAISKY, Conductor LOREN KITT, Clarinet BORODIN, Overture to Prince Igor MOZART, Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 RACHMANINOFF, The Bells APRIL 26, 2015, 2:00 & 4:00 P.M. NSO FAMILY CONCERT: GERSHWIN’S MAGIC KEY MAY 1, 2015, 8:00 P.M. BEYOND THE SCORE: BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 5 MAY 2, 2015, 8:00 P.M. BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 5, WORKS BY PENDERECKI
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AND J. STRAUSS JR. CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor J. STRAUSS JR., Overture to Die Fledermaus PENDERECKI, Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos and Orchestra BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Christoph Eschenbach. Photo: Scott Suchman
MAY 2, 2015, 11:00 A.M. & 1:30 P.M. NSO ENSEMBLE CONCERT: CONNECTIONS – SCIENCE & MATH + MUSIC MAY 7 – 9, 2015 MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5, SIBELIUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTO CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Conductor LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, Violin SIBELIUS, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 MAHLER, Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor MAY 9, 2015, 11:00 A.M. & 1:30 P.M. NSO KINDERCLASSICS: BEETHOVEN AT THE BALLPARK! MAY 13, 2015, 8:00 P.M. ORGAN RECITAL: THIERRY ESCAICH
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MAY 14 – 16, 2015 WORKS BY J. S. BACH, MUSSORGSKY & SIBELIUS LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, Conductor and Violin J. S. BACH, Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 SIBELIUS, Pelléas and Mélisande MUSSORGSKY (ORCH. RAVEL), Pictures at an Exhibition MAY 29 & 30, 2015 AKIHO’S NEW WORK FOR STEELPAN AND ORCHESTRA MANUEL LÓPEZ-GÓMEZ, Conductor LIAM TEAGUE, Steelpan GERSHWIN, Cuban Overture CARREÑO, Margariteña AKIHO, Steelpan Concerto GINASTERA, Estancia – Suite ESTÉVEZ, Melodia en el llano BERSTEIN, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story MAY 30, 2015, 11:00 A.M. & 1:30 P.M. NSO TEDDY BEAR CONCERT: VIOLINS AND TROMBONES AND BEARS, OH MY! JUNE 5 & 6, 2015 NSO POPS: LET’S BE FRANK STEVEN REINEKE, Conductor TICKETS & CONTACT NSO The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 (202) 467-4600 www.kennedy-center.org/nso
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Olney Theatre
Olney Theatre exterior. LOCATED JUST NORTH of Photo courtesy of Olney Theatre Washington, D.C. in arts-rich Montgomery County, Maryland, Olney Theatre Center offers a diverse array of professional productions year-round that enrich, nurture, and challenge a broad range of artists, audiences, and students. In addition to its Subscription Season, which emphasizes 20th-century American classics, new works, area premieres, reinterpretations of classics, and musical theater, Olney Theatre Center offers a wide range of programs and affiliations including National Players, America’s longest running classical touring company; an annual Summer Shakespeare Festival; PostShow Discussions; and In-School Workshops.
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FEBRUARY 4 – MARCH 1, 2015 Mainstage GODSPELL Book by JOHN MICHAEL TEBELAK Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Directed by JASON KING JONES COME SING ABOUT love, enjoy all good gifts, and raise your spirits with the Stephen Schwartz Tony-nominated classic, Godspell. Told through an exciting array of music and dance, the parables of Jesus Christ come to life in this modern take on a timeless tale of friendship, loyalty, and love. FEBRUARY 25 – MARCH 22, 2015 Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab GROUNDED By GEORGE BRANT Directed by DEREK GOLDMAN GROUNDED IS THE story of an ace fighter pilot who unexpectedly becomes pregnant and gets reassigned to the “Chair Force,” operating drones from a windowless trailer on an Air Force base in George Brant, playwright of Grounded. the desert outside Las Vegas. Photo: Mark Turek Hunting terrorists by day and coming home to her family by night, the boundaries between reality and the screen – between the desert where she lives and the desert where she fights – blur until the pressure becomes impossible to bear.
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APRIL 15 – MAY 10, 2015 Mainstage CAROUSEL Music by RICHARD RODGERS Book and Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Directed by JASON LOEWITH FOLLOWING THE SPECTACULAR success of their first musical hit, Oklahoma, Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote this classic tale of love and redemption that Time Magazine calls the “greatest musical of the twentieth century.” After a bank robbery gone wrong, carousel barker Billy Bigelow is given a second chance to make things right for millworker and love-of-his-life Julie Jordan and their unborn child. Featuring some of the form’s best loved songs: “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “Love Is Bustin’ Out All Over,” and “If I Love You.” MAY 13 – JUNE 21, 2015 Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab THE PRICE By ARTHUR MILLER Directed by MICHAEL BLOOM CELEBRATE THE 100TH anniversary of Arthur Miller’s birth with this brilliant, powerful, and deeply moving play. With compassion, humor, and rare insight, the play examines the relationship of two long-estranged brothers who meet after many years to dispose of their late father’s belongings.
Michael Bloom directs The Price. Photo: Laura Fong
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JUNE 24 – JULY 26, 2015 Mainstage THE PRODUCERS Book by MEL BROOKS AND THOMAS MEEHAN Music and Lyrics by MEL BROOKS THE NAMES “BIALYSTOCK AND BLOOM” should strike hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ best comedy. What could possibly go wrong when washed-up Broadway producer, Max Bialystock, and his mousy accountant, Leo Bloom, scheme to make a mint by raising a million bucks to produce a 100,000 dollar flop in the form of a gay romp entitled Springtime for Hitler? The Producers is a truly “boffo” hit, winning a record twelve Tony Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night with its modern, outrageous, and in-your-face humor. SEPTEMBER 2 – 27, 2015 Mainstage HAY FEVER By NOËL COWARD Directed by ELEANOR HOLDRIDGE HOPING FOR A quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist, and his wife Judith, a retired actress, find that an impossible dream when their high-spirited children Simon and Sorel appear with guests of their own. A house full of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings occur and tempers flare. With Judith’s new flame and David’s newest literary ‘inspiration’ keeping company as the children follow suit, the Bliss family lives up to its name as the ‘quiet weekend’ comes to an exhausting and hilarious finale worthy of Feydeau. SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 25, 2015 Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab BAD DOG By JENNIFER HOPPE-HOUSE AFTER TEN YEARS clean and sober, Molly Drexler falls off the wagon and drives her Prius through her living room wall. With a
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hole in the house as big as the hole in their hearts, Molly’s two sisters, mother, father, and wicked stepmother descend on the house for an “intervention” that doesn’t play out the way anyone thought it would. NOVEMBER 11 – DECEMBER 27, 2015 Mainstage GUYS AND DOLLS Book by JO SWERLING AND ABE BURROWS Music and Lyrics by FRANK LOESSER CONSIDERED BY MANY to be the perfect musical comedy and featuring great musical theatre classics like “Luck Be A Lady,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” Guys and Dolls weaves a tale of old-time gangsters, hot-box girls, and gambling. This musical has received nearly unanimous positive reviews from critics and has won a bevy of awards including Tonys, Drama Desks, and Oliviers. TICKETS & CONTACT Olney Theatre 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road Olney, MD 20832 (301) 924-4485 (General) (301) 924-2654 (Tickets) www.olneytheatre.org
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ENCOUNTER SUPERB The interior of a gallery in the Sant Building WORKS of modern art in an of the Phillips Collection. Photo: Max Hirshfeld intimate setting at The Phillips Collection, opened to the public in 1921 in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood. Paintings by Renoir and Rothko, Bonnard and O’Keeffe, van Gogh, and Diebenkorn are among the many stunning impressionist and modern works that fill the museum. Its distinctive building combines extensive new galleries with the former home of its founder, Duncan Phillips. The collection continues to develop with selective new acquisitions, many by contemporary artists.
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NEO-IMPRESSIONISM AND THE DREAM OF REALITIES: PAINTING, POETRY, MUSIC SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 – JANUARY 11, 2015 THE FASCINATION WITH the imagination, the dream, or the intangible, so eloquently defined by artist Henry van de Velde in 1890 as the goal of Neo-Impressionism, was shared by many of his colleagues. It was nurtured in large part by the interactions between Neo-Impressionist painters and Symbolist writers and composers since the mid-1880s. Paris, capital of the art world at the time, and Brussels, home to the influential avant-garde group Les XX, became two centers that facilitated these exchanges. Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities presents more than 70 works that reflect the Neo-Impressionist’s preoccupation with the idea, emotion, or the synergy of senses, particularly from 1888 to 1895, when adherence to the group was at its height and relations with Symbolist writers were especially fruitful. From idealized landscapes to expressive portraits and figural compositions that highlight their interest in literature and music, the artists created evocative images that went beyond observed reality. O’KEEFFE AND FRIENDS: DIALOGUES WITH NATURE SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 – MAY 31, 2015 GEORGIA O’KEEFFE’S SEMINAL Jack-in-the-Pulpit IV (1930) and No. VI (1930), on loan from the National Gallery of Art, are featured alongside landscapes in The Phillips Collection by her compatriots, including Alvin Langdon Coburn, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, and John Marin. The works, dating from the 1900s to the 1940s, reveal how O’Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, 1930. On loan from the National these leading Georgia Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, bequest of Georgia O’Keeffe. American Image courtesy of the Phillips Collection modernists
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each developed their own personal abstract language to give expression to their physical and spiritual response to nature. INTERSECTIONS: BERNARDI ROIG – NO/ESCAPE OCTOBER 25, 2014 – MARCH 8, 2015 MALLORCAN ARTIST BERNARDI ROIG (b. 1965) installs six sculptural works in unexpected interior and exterior spaces, challenging visitors to rethink the definition of the museum. Roig draws parallels between his and Honoré Daumier’s works, both of which offer poignant social commentary. Roig addresses the existential dualities of entrapment and liberation, blinding and illumination, absence and presence. Typical of the artist’s work are the cruel-looking white plaster figures cast from real people, often cornered or crushed against walls or twisting in pain. By including the element of light – whether a single light bulb, neon tubes, or fluorescent lights – Roig’s work blends minimalist forms with highly charged expressions of anxiety and loneliness. THE JOURNALS OF DUNCAN PHILLIPS MARCH 14, 2014 – FEBRUARY 27, 2015 DUNCAN PHILLIPS WAS a prolific writer. Starting in his days as a student at Yale, Phillips wrote about art and literature, recounted trips abroad, and recorded his dreams for his museum. He generated lists of works desired and works acquired; once the museum opened, he detailed how the paintings spoke to each other when hung in the galleries. Meticulously cared for in the Phillips archives, the texts from the 1900s to 1930s show the development of his collecting vision and his passion for art. MAN RAY: HUMAN EQUATIONS FEBRUARY 7 – MAY 10, 2015 WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD in the late 1940s, Man Ray (1890– 1976) created Shakespearean Equations, a series of paintings he considered to be the pinnacle of his creative vision. This culmination of years of work across media was inspired by photographs of mathematical models he made in Paris in the 1930s. Featuring over 100 pieces, this exhibition displays side-by-side for the
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first time the original mathematical models, Man Ray’s inventive photographs of the objects, and the surrealist-inflected Shakespearean Equations, connecting his approach to the geometric forms with his other works that relate inanimate objects with the human body. Man Ray’s inquisitive spirit and mastery of transforming three-dimensional objects into two-dimensional imagery is revealed in this exploration of the intersections of art and science.
Man Ray, Julius Caesar, 1948. The Rosalind & Melvin Jacobs Collection, New York. © Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2014). Image courtesy of the Phillips Collection
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TICKETS & CONTACT The Phillips Collection 1600 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 387-2151 www.phillipscollection.org
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Shakespeare Theatre Company at The OVER THE PAST quarter of a Harman Center for the Arts. century, the Shakespeare ThePhoto: Max Lyons atre Company has dedicated itself to becoming the nation’s premier classic theatre. By focusing on works with profound themes, complex characters, and heightened language written by Shakespeare, his contemporaries and those playwrights he influenced, STC’s artistic mission is unique among regional theatres: to bring to vibrant life groundbreaking, thought-provoking, and eminently accessible classic theatre in a uniquely American style.
DECEMBER 2, 2014 – JANUARY 11, 2015 Sidney Harman Hall THE TEMPEST By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by ETHAN MCSWEENY TRICKERY AND MAGIC, romance and revenge set the stage for one of Shakespeare’s late masterpieces, The Tempest, in which sprites, goddesses, and fools hold court. Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan and now a powerful magician, raises a great storm to wreck the vessel bearing his betrayers onto the shores of the mysterious island he has made his home. There, attended upon by his daughter, a magical sprite, and a villainous prisoner, Pros-
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pero leads them through a mysterious dream on the course from vengeance to reconciliation. FEBRUARY 3 – MARCH 8, 2015 Lansburgh Theatre THE METROMANIACS Translated and Adapted by DAVID IVES Directed by MICHAEL KAHN MISTAKEN IDENTITY, MISPLACED ardor and a fight for true love ensues in Alexis Piron’s classic 1738 French farce, The Metromaniacs. Would-be poet Damis has fallen for the works of the mysterious Breton poetess, not knowing she is really middle-aged gentleman Francalou. However, Francalou allows Damis to believe the poetess is his own daughter, Lucile, in order to separate her from Dorante, the son of his sworn enemy. Add to the chaos some scheming servants, pseudonyms, disguises, and poetic wooing reminiscent of Cyrano and there is much to untangle before loveplots are resolved and a happy ending found. FEBRUARY 4 – 21, 2015 Sidney Harman Hall DUNSINANE By DAVID GREIG Directed by ROXANA SILBERT A DRAMATIC SEQUEL to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, David Greig’s Dunsinane by the National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Shakespeare Company is a vision of one man’s attempt to restore peace in a country ravaged by war. Under cover of night, an English army has swept through Scotland, killed the tyrant Macbeth and taken the seat of power. Siward, the English commanding officer, tries to put in place a new ruler while beset by a brutal guerrilla uprising and simmering discontent amongst his troops. Written from the perspective of a Scot, Dunsinane examines the struggle of a foreign invader to grasp local customs and politics while trying to restore order in a war-torn land.
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MARCH 17 – APRIL 26, 2015 Sidney Harman Hall MAN OF LA MANCHA Book by DALE WASSERMAN Lyrics by JOE DARION Composed by MITCH LEIGH Directed by ALAN PAUL A STORY OF hope and idealism rises from the darkness and despair of a prison cell in Man of La Mancha, carried aloft by some of the most familiar and moving songs of the American theatre. As Miguel de Cervantes presents his tale of knight errant Don Quixote, his journey comes alive in a play-within-the-play, featuring loyal friends, troubled maidens, giant monsters, and brave knights. Don Quixote’s quest – filled with humor and poignancy in equal measure – dares everyone to dream “The Impossible Dream.” JUNE 2 – JULY 5, 2015 Sidney Harman Hall TARTUFFE By MOLIÈRE Directed by DOMINIQUE SERRAND ORGON HAS FALLEN under the spell of the pious fraud Tartuffe, at great cost to his family and household, in Tartuffe, Molière’s crowning achievement and scathing indictment of religious hypocrisy. The family watches in astonishment as their leader obeys every word of Tartuffe’s false piety and divine authority – who meanwhile is stealing secrets and seducing the lady of the house. Only by conspiring, hiding in closets and climbing under tables (all in true French farce fashion) can the family reveal Tartuffe’s fake divinity. TICKETS & CONTACT Shakespeare Theatre Company Lansburgh Theatre 450 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 547-1122 www.shakespearetheatre.org
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Signature Theatre exterior. JUST TWO DECADES AGO, Photo: Scott Suchman Washington, DC’s theater scene was dominated by large venues that presented mostly traditional plays. Few theaters dared to take the risk of producing new work, and even fewer produced lesser known or new musicals. Today, Signature Theatre broadens and brightens the region’s cultural landscape with its bold productions of challenging new and established works. Musical Theater is Signature’s “signature,” and the Theatre is renowned for its definitive Sondheim productions, inventive adaptations of overlooked or forgotten works, and investment in fresh new projects.
DECEMBER 9, 2014 – JANUARY 25, 2015 DINER Book by BARRY LEVINSON Music and Lyrics by SHERYL CROW Directed and Choreographed by KATHLEEN MARSHALL CHRISTMAS, BALTIMORE: 1959. A circle of childhood friends reunite for the upcoming wedding of one of them. Well, only if his fiancée passes a football trivia test. From the comfort of their all-night diner, the men, now in their early-twenties, confront the realities of adulthood: marriage, careers, money, and the evermysterious opposite sex. But no matter where life takes them,
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they know they’re welcome back at the diner, the one place they’ll always belong. Infused with swinging 1950s rock and roll sound, three-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall joins Crow and Levinson to transform Diner’s groundbreaking evocation of burgeoning adulthood and friendship for the stage. FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 22, 2015 KID VICTORY Story by JOHN KANDER AND GREG PIERCE Music by JOHN KANDER Book and Lyrics by GREG PIERCE Directed by LIESL TOMMY
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SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LUKE returns home after vanishing a year ago. Profoundly changed, Luke and his parents struggle to adjust to life following his disappearance. Only finding solace with Emily, the quirky proprietor of an offbeat garden shop, Luke grapples with a past undone and a coming of age that came too late to a boy who just wants to fade away. The second collaboration between Kander (Chicago, Cabaret) and Pierce (Slowgirl), Kid Victory is a hauntingly mesmerizing original musical about what it means to disappear. MARCH 10 – APRIL 26, 2015 SOON Book, Music, and Lyrics by NICK BLAEMIRE Directed by MATTHEW GARDINER IT IS THE hottest summer in human history and, in a few short months, all water on earth will evaporate. In response, twenty-
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something Charlie has taken to her couch with only her beloved possessions: peanut butter, Wolf Blitzer, and Herschel, the fish. Her mother, roommate, and sometimes-boyfriend all attempt to persuade her to leave her apartment and enjoy life. However, as Charlie’s memories take over, more complicated reasons for her self-inflicted hibernation emerge as she confronts her deferred dreams and considers the possibility of life and love just outside her door. Filled with Blaemire’s (Glory Days) trademark quirky style reminiscent of past Signature contemporary musicals and The Last Five Years, Soon’s youthful humor, energy, and wit deliver a searing and sardonic commentary on what to do with the time you have left.
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APRIL 2 – 19, 2015 SIMPLY SONDHEIM Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Co-conceived by DAVID LOUD AND ERIC SCHAEFFER Orchestrations by JONATHAN TUNICK Musical Supervision and Vocal Arrangements by DAVID LOUD Choreographed by MATTHEW GARDINER Directed by ERIC SCHAEFFER AN ORIGINAL TRIBUTE celebrating Stephen Sondheim and Signature Theatre’s special partnership over the last 25 years. With special permission from Sondheim himself, this completely new revue created by Artistic director Eric Schaeffer and David
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Loud plays only at Signature and will never be seen again. Whether you’d like to race Into the Woods with Sweeney Todd and a few Assassins, enjoy A Little Night Music at the Follies on a Saturday Night, or simply relish a Sunday in the Park with George, you’ll be in good Company when six Signature favorites and a gorgeous 16-piece orchestra take the stage to honor the genius himself, Stephen Sondheim. MAY 12 – JUNE 28, 2015 CABARET Book by JOE MASTEROFF Music by JOHN KANDER Lyrics by FRED EBB Directed by MATTHEW GARDINER WILLKOMMEN TO THE Kit Kat Club, the hottest nightclub in seedy, prewar Berlin; here, life is beautiful. American writer Cliff Bradshaw travels to Berlin searching for inspiration. He finds it in English club performer Sally Bowles and they begin a torrid affair. However, outside their door, the nazis’ impending rise to power heralds a brutal end to their decadent way of life. Featuring the treasured songs “Maybe This Time,” “Willkommen,” “Don’t Tell Mama” and the title song, Kander and Ebb’s Tony Award-winning masterpiece graces the Signature stage for the first time in twenty years. TICKETS & CONTACT Signature Theatre 4200 Campbell Avenue Arlington, VA 22206 (571) 527-1880 (General) (703) 820-9771 (Tickets) www.signature-theatre.org
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Strathmore
LOCATED ONE-HALF mile The Music Center at Strathmore. Photo courtesy of BSO outside the Capital Beltway in North Bethesda, Maryland, Strathmore provides affordable, accessible, multi-disciplinary arts programming in the Mansion at Strathmore, the Music Center at Strathmore, and on its scenic 11-acre site. Founded in 1981, the arts center presents a lively and diverse program of art exhibitions, concerts and performing arts programs, and literary lectures and events. High-quality arts programming, designed for audiences of many tastes, served with the hospitality and warmth of a family enterprise, are the hallmarks of Strathmore. Seasonal outdoor events seek to be inclusive in their programming appeal, reaching out to people of all ages, interests, and cultural heritage. JANUARY 9, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Mansion LOUIS WEEKS JANUARY 10, 2015, 7:30 & 9:30 P.M. Mansion DELORES KING WILLIAMS: “I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU�
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JANUARY 18, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore STEP AFRIKA
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JANUARY 22, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion JENNIFER KOH, VIOLIN: BACH & BEYOND PART III JANUARY 29, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion VADIM NELESLOVSKYI, JAZZ PIANO JANUARY 30, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO FEBRUARY 6, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore SAVION GLOVER FEBRUARY 8, 2015, 7:00 & 9:00 P.M. Mansion CYRILLE AIMEE, JAZZ VOCALIST
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FEBRUARY 12, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion SPEKTRAL QUARTET FEBRUARY 14, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore JOHN PIZZARELLI & JANE MONHEIT FEBRUARY 18, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore IRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 4:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore IMAGO THEATRE: FROGZ FEBRUARY 25, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore TANGO BUENOS AIRES: SONG OF EVA PERÓN
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FEBRUARY 26, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion JENNY LIN, PIANO FEBRUARY 27, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion TIM WHALEN QUINTET: MUSIC OF BUD POWELL MARCH 1, 2015, 3:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore ANNAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, PIANO
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MARCH 4, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore THE CHIEFTAINS MARCH 12, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion STEVEN LIN, PIANO MARCH 16, 2015, 7:00 & 9:00 P.M. Mansion CALADH NUA MARCH 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore CARLOS NÚÑEZ WITH THE SEAN CULKIN DANCERS MARCH 19, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion TRIO CON BRIO COPENHAGEN MARCH 27, 2015, 7:00 & 9:00 P.M. Mansion MATT HAIMOWITZ, CELLO: BACH LISTENING ROOM MARCH 27, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore AUDRA MCDONALD APRIL 9, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion MIRANDA CUCKSON, VIOLIN APRIL 15, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK: ENGELBERT CALLING TOUR APRIL 16, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion ISRAELI CHAMBER PROJECT
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APRIL 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore ROSANNE CASH: THE RIVER & THE THREAD
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APRIL 23, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Mansion LILY NEILL & VESA NORILO
APRIL 26, 2015, 4:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN MAY 9, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore SHIRLEY MACLAINE JUNE 25, 2015, 2:00 & 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR TICKETS & CONTACT The Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane North Bethesda, MD 20852 The Mansion at Strathmore 10701 Rockville Pike North Bethesda, MD 20852 (301) 581-5100 www.strathmore.org
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SOME WERE NEIGHBORS: COLLABORATION & COMPLICITY IN THE HOLOCAUST ONGOING THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION explores how countless ordinary people, from all walks of life and influenced by a spectrum of motives and pressures, acted in ways that directly or indirectly aided the persecution and murder of Jews and other groups within Nazi Germany and across Europe. REMEMBER THE CHILDREN: DANIEL’S STORY ONGOING REPRESENTING THE EXPERIENCES of many Jewish children during the Nazi era, “Daniel” narrates through his diary the history of the Holocaust in ways that children can understand. Recreated environments present life in a middle-class German home, in a Jewish ghetto in occupied Poland, and finally at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The exhibition is explicit without being graphic. Recommended for ages 8 and above. A DANGEROUS LIE: THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION ONGOING A DANGEROUS LIE explores the continuing impact of the most widely distributed antisemitic publication of modern times, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Despite countless exposures of the Protocols as a hoax, its fraudulent allegations of a Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world have retained incredible power for both individuals and groups who seek to spread hatred of Jews. Accompanying the exhibition is a 13-minute film that chronicles antisemitism in Europe before the Holocaust. FROM MEMORY TO ACTION: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF GENOCIDE ONGOING THIS PRESENTATION EXPLORES three genocides that have occurred since the Holocaust: in Rwanda (1994), in Bosnia-
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Herzegovina (1995), and in the Darfur region of Sudan (2003 to its peak in 2005). Visitors are encouraged to leave a pledge of personal action against genocide and join the Museum’s ecommunity engaged in its efforts to prevent genocide. THE NUREMBERG TRIALS: WHAT IS JUSTICE? ONGOING AT THE CONCLUSION of World War II, 24 major Nazi figures were brought before an International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, to face charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit these crimes. Film footage and artifacts from the Nuremberg trial and interactive stations with photos and oral histories give visitors the opportunity to trace the legacy of the Nuremberg tribunal. SUDAN DIVIDED: PEOPLES AT RISK ONGOING FOR MORE THAN 50 years, the nation of Sudan has been wracked by civil war and ethnic violence. This room presents two video programs: an animated slide-show of maps that provides an overview of the conflicts in Sudan, and a 7-minute film about the Museum’s bearing witness trips to the region at the height of the Darfur crisis and on the eve of South Sudan’s vote for independence. TICKETS & CONTACT United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024 (202) 488-0400 www.ushmm.org
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Members of the Washington Ballet ORIGINALLY FOUNDED AS perform. The Washington School of Ballet Photo: Brianne Bland in 1944 by legendary ballet pioneer Mary Day, The Washington Ballet (TWB) was incorporated as a professional company in 1976 and is one of the pre-eminent ballet organizations in the United States. TWB has built an international reputation presenting bold works by choreographers from around the world, and with its first artist-in-residence, Choo-San Goh, set the tone for the company’s emergence as a powerhouse among national ballet companies. Contemporary pieces by Christopher Wheeldon, Mark Morris, Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, and Nacho Duato expanded the repertoire, as did Neoclassical masterworks and fresh interpretations of 19th century classics.
FEBRUARY 18 – 22, 2015 The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater SLEEPY HOLLOW FROM THE CREATORS of ALICE (in wonderland) and Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises comes a third exploration of iconic American literature – Sleepy Hollow. An atmospheric thriller, Washington Irving’s classic tale is now being told through the expressive and lush language of ballet. A love triangle, the new
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school teacher, Ichabod Crane, finds himself smitten by a flirtatious beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, much to the displeasure of town rowdy, “Brom Bones” Van Brunt. A rivalry ensues and the ghostly “Headless Horseman” comes into play one fateful night. This program features original live music. APRIL 8 – 12, 2015 The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater SWAN LAKE MESMERIZING AUDIENCES FOR over 100 years, Swan Lake is considered by many to be the greatest classical ballet of all time. Now The Washington Ballet will take on this mysterious, lyrical and dramatic ballet. The classical enchantment of Swan Lake involves a beautiful princess, a passionate prince, and the wicked sorcerer von Rothbart who captures the Princess Odette and turns her into a swan by day. The evil spell can only be broken when a young man pledges his love and marries her. Should he betray her, she will remain a swan forever. MAY 6 – 17, 2015 The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater ALICE (IN WONDERLAND)
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imaginative choreography of TWB’s production was highly popular with adults as well as children. ALICE (in wonderland) is, without a doubt, one of the most famous and enduring children’s classic as she stumbles into adventure following a time-obsessed rabbit into a wonderland where everything is illogical. She has a series of marvelous adventures with the White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and other strange creatures. MAY 13 – 15, 2015 The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater TOUR-DE-FORCE: SERENADE THE COMPANY’S THIRD Tour-de-Force gala-style program of classical and contemporary ballets includes audience favorites and masterworks from the canon, star-turns by TWB’s international dancers and displays of virtuosity. The program’s centerpiece is the TWB’s premiere of George Balanchine’s iconic Serenade, his first ballet in the US, is one of his signature works. A romantic work of immense sweep, it is set to Tchaikovsky’s transcendent Serenade for Strings in C. MAY 30 & 31, 2015 THEARC Theater THE SLEEPING BEAUTY A TIMELESS FAIRY-TALE of a beautiful princess, an evil sorceress and 100 years of sleep broken by the kiss of a handsome prince. TICKETS & CONTACT The Washington Ballet 3515 Wisconsin Avenue Washington, DC 20016 (202) 362-3606 (General) (202) 362-3606 ext. 605 (Tickets) www.washingtonballet.org
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The Washington Chorus performs at THE WASHINGTON CHORUS the Kennedy Center. (TWC) is noted for its critically Photo: Margot Schulman acclaimed performances and recordings of the entire range of the choral repertoire. A Grammy Award–winner and a cultural leader in the Washington area, The Washington Chorus is concluding its 53rd season. The Chorus presents an annual subscription series at the Kennedy Center, the Music Center at Strathmore, and other major venues throughout the Washington, D.C. area. In addition the Chorus has sung for national and international audiences and appeared at the invitation of leading orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
MAY 17, 2015, 5:00 P.M. National Presbyterian Church ISRAEL IN EGYPT HANDEL, Isreal in Egypt TICKETS & CONTACT The Washington Chorus 2801 Upton Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 (202) 342-6221 www.thewashingtonchorus.org 104
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The Washington National Orchestra IN 1956, THE sound of opera performs Nabucco. rang out in DC, heralding the birth Photo: Scott Suchman of a new company. Four decades and countless artistic leaps later, Washington National Opera continues to move boldly forward on the great adventure that began years ago in a university auditorium. Washington National Opera is now one of the nation’s leading opera companies and plays to standing room audiences in the Kennedy Center. Recent seasons have continued the traditions set by the founders of WNO, offering performances by the greatest talents the opera world has to offer, in works beloved and unfamiliar. WNO’s commitment to nurturing the future of the art form manifests itself in the celebrated Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and the annual Opera in the Outfield event, in which a production is simulcast for free to Nationals Park. These programs, along with the considerable work and outreach of the Education Department continue to broaden the public’s awareness and understanding of opera, and cultivate the next generation of opera stars and supporters of the arts.
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JANUARY 23 & 24, 2015 Terrace Theater AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: PENNY THE YOUNG COMPOSER/LIBRETTIST team of Douglas Pew and Dara Weinberg (AOI’s 20-minute A Game of Hearts) was selected to create this season’s hour-long world premiere, about a woman with a disability who discovers her talent for vocal music. FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 10, 2015 Opera House DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES Music and Libretto by FRANCIS POULENC Conducted by ANTONY WALKER Directed by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO Featuring LEAH CROCETTO, LAYLA CLAIRE & DOLORA ZAJICK FAITH IS PUT to the ultimate test in Poulenc’s powerful 1957 opera about an order of Carmelite nuns who refuse to renounce their beliefs in the wake of the French Revolution. With social unrest rippling through Paris, a timid young woman leaves her aristocratic family to seek refuge at a convent in northern France. She strives to align with her fellow sisters, who soon discover they must either abandon their monastery or face certain execution. Their act of defiance in the face of fear becomes a gripping, emotional story of loyalty, redemption, and sacrifice.
FEBRUARY 28, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Terrace Theater AN EVENING OF JAZZ STANDARDS WITH ERIC OWENS, FEATURING THE MUSIC OF ECKSTINE AND HARTMAN
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A WEEK BEFORE he stars in WNO’s Opera House revival of The Flying Dutchman, bass-baritone Eric Owens takes the Terrace Theater stage for an evening of jazz standards made famous by two legendary singers: Billy Eckstine and Johnny Hartman.
MARCH 7 – 21, 2015 Opera House THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Music and Libretto by RICHARD WAGNER Conducted by PHILIPPE AUGUIN & ERIC WEIMER Directed by STEPHEN LAWLESS Featuring ERIC OWENS, CHRISTINE LIBOR, AIN ANGER & JAY HUNTER MORRIS IN WAGNER’S RETELLING of the nautical legend, formidable bass-baritone and two-time Grammy Award winner Eric Owens – one of the most in-demand American opera stars of our day – returns to WNO to make his staged role debut as the Flying Dutchman. Condemned to wander the seas upon a ship of ghosts, he can only venture ashore once every seven years to seek his salvation: a woman’s unconditional love. When Senta, the beguiling daughter of a sea captain, pledges to be faithful to him forever, it seems the ancient curse might finally be broken. But her jealous huntsman suitor poses just one of many obstacles in a tale where greed, fidelity, and misfortune collide in full force.
MARCH 20, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Opera House STARS OF TOMORROW: THE DOMINGO-CAFRIZ YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONCERT WNO’S DOMINGO-CAFRITZ YOUNG ARTISTS perform scenes and arias from favorite operas. Taking a break from his role in WNO’s The Flying Dutchman, Eric Owens offers his vocal mentorship to WNO’s rising stars and showcases his conducting skills.
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MAY 9 – 21, 2015 Opera House CINDERELLA (LA CENERENTOLA) Music by GIOACHINO ROSSINI Libretto by JACOPO FERRETTI Conducted by SPERANZA SCAPPUCCI Directed by JOAN FONT Featuring ISABEL LEONARD, MAXIM MIRONOV & SIMONE ALBERGHINI ROSSINI’S POPULAR RETELLING of Charles Perrault’s beloved Cinderella story adds a few fabulous twists to the traditional fairy tale, a perfect springtime treat for the entire family. In this bright and whimsical production by Spanish director Joan Font and his performance troupe Els Comediants, a kindhearted girl named Angelina dreams of one day escaping her impoverished stepfather’s castle. When the prince announces he’ll choose his bride at a glamorous ball, she seizes the opportunity to escape the tyranny of her vain stepsisters and take control of her own destiny.
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TICKETS & CONTACT The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 (202) 467-4600 www.kennedy-center.org/wno
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Washington Performing Arts Society FOR MORE THAN four decades, presents the Dresden Staatskapelle at the Kennedy Center. Washington Performing Arts Photo: Philip Kennicott Society has created profound opportunities for connecting the community to artists, in both education and performance. Through live events in venues that crisscross the landscape of the D.C. metropolitan area, the careers of emerging artists are guided, and established artists who have a close relationship with local audiences are invited to return. In this way, the space between artists and audiences is eliminated, so that all may share life-long opportunities to deepen their cultural knowledge, enrich their lives, and expand their understanding and compassion for the world through the universal language of the arts. Washington Performing Arts is one of the leading presenters in the nation. The organization’s inherent belief in the complete spectrum of the arts is revealed in performances of the highest quality, including classical music, jazz, gospel, contemporary dance, international music and art forms, and works that bend genres in provocative ways.
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JANUARY 16, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore GIL SHAHAM, VIOLIN BACH, The Complete Sonatas and Partitas JANUARY 23, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA IVÁN FISCHER, Conductor PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, Violin Gil Shaham. Photo: Luke Ratray ANNA LUCIA RICHTER, Soprano BARBARA KOZELJ, Mezzo-soprano PRO MUSICA GIRLS’ CHOIR MOZART, Overture to The Magic Flute MOZART, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 MENDELSSOHN, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (complete incidental music) FEBRUARY 4, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore WYNTON MARSALIS QUINTET, SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAN WAGNER, Conductor WYNTON MARSALIS, Blues Symphony FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue SIMON SHAHEEN
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FEBRUARY 21, 2015, 3:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall ORCHESTRE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDE CHARLES DUTOIT, Music Director NIKOLAI LUGANSKY, Piano DEBUSSY, Iberia RACHMANINOFF, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini STRAVINSKY, The Song of the Nightingale RAVEL, La Valse
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FEBRUARY 21, 2015, 3:00 P.M. Atlas Performing Arts Center FACE THE MUSIC: HEAR THE FUTURE FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall MLK TRIBUTE CONCERT WITH THE WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS GOSPEL CHOIR & CHORAL ARTS CHORUS FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 8:00 P.M. GWU Lisner Auditorium HUGH MASEKELA & VUSI MAHLASELA: 20 YEARS OF FREEDOM
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FEBRUARY 23, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall RENÉE FLEMING, SOPRANO & OLGA KERN, PIANO MARCH 1, 2015, 5:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE WITH YO-YO MA
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MARCH 14, 2015, 6:00 P.M. Baird Auditorium A NIGHT WITH ANDRÁS SCHIFF MARCH 14, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue CRISTINA PATO MARCH 15, 2015, 4:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore ANDRÁS SCHIFF, PIANO MARCH 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M. GWU Lisner Auditorium ZAKIR HUSSAIN: CELTIC CONNECTIONS
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MARCH 21, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue BROOKLYN RIDER VARIOUS, Selections from Almanac TYONDAI BRAXTON, New work TBD MARCH 28, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater JAN LISIECKI, PIANO BACH/BUSONI, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 BACH/BUSONI, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 GRIEG, Lyric Piece, Op. 12, No. 1, “Arietta” BACH, Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 PADEREWSKI, 3 Humoresques de concert, Op. 14 PADEREWSKI, Nocturne in B-flat major, Op. 16, No. 4 MENDELSSOHN, Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14 CHOPIN, Complete Etudes, Op. 10 MARCH 28, 2015, 8:00 P.M. GWU Lisner Auditorium JESSICA LANG DANCE
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MARCH 29, 2015, 6:00 P.M. Baird Auditorium WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? WITH ROB KAPILOW PEABODY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MOZART, Symphony No. 40 in G minor MARCH 30, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater RAPHAËL SÉVÈRE, CLARINET STRAVINSKY, L’Histoire du soldat BRAHMS, Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2 POULENC, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano SYLVAIN PICART, Fantasy on Themes by John Williams BOULEZ, Domaines for Solo Clarinet MARCH 31, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN APRIL 1, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater STEPHEN HOUGH, PIANO DEBUSSY, La plus que lente DEBUSSY, Estampes CHOPIN, Four Ballades DEBUSSY, Children’s Corner DEBUSSY, L’Isle joyeux
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APRIL 2, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue DAKHABRAKHA APRIL 7, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN, Music Director JAN LISIECKI, Piano GRIEG, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 RACHMANINOFF, Symphony No. 2 APRIL 10, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall CHICK COREA & HERBIE HANCOCK APRIL 12, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater JAY CAMPBELL, CELLO DEBUSSY, Sonata STRAVINSKY, Suite Italienne DAVID FULMER, New work ELLIOTT CARTER, Elegy BRAHMS, Cello Sonata in D major, Op. 78 (after Violin Sonata in G major) APRIL 16 & 17, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Lansburgh Theatre GALLIM DANCE APRIL 18, 2015, 2:00 & 8:00 P.M. Lansburgh Theatre JULIAN SANDS: A CELEBRATION OF HAROLD PINTER
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APRIL 18, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue HOT SARDINES APRIL 19, 2015, 7:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA APRIL 21, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS & MONTEVERDI CHOIR MONTEVERDI, L’Orfeo (concert version) APRIL 22, 2015, 8:00 P.M. The Music Center at Strathmore EVGENY KISSIN, PIANO BEETHOVEN, Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 52, “Waldstein” PROKOFIEV, Sonata No. 4, in C minor, Op. 29 CHOPIN, Selected Mazurkas CHOPIN, Three Nocturnes LISZT, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, S. 244/15, “Rákóczi March”
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APRIL 25, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue UTE LEMPER: FOREVER – THE LOVE POEMS OF PABLO NERUDA
APRIL 26, 2015, 6:00 P.M. Baird Auditorium SONGS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM
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APRIL 29, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Concert Hall NEW WORLD SYMPHONY – AMERICA’S ORCHESTRAL ACADEMY MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Conductor ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER, Violin SCHUBERT, Selections from Incidental Music to Rosamunde BERG, Violin Concerto NORBERT MORET, En Rêve DEBUSSY, La Mer MAY 9, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater IGOR LEVIT, PIANO BACH, Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 BEETHOVEN, Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 RONALD STEVENSON, Fantasy on Peter Grimes RACHMANINOFF, Etudes Tableaux, Op. 39 MAY 10, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater PAUL LEWIS, PIANO BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 MAY 16, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue KAYHAN KALHOR
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JUNE 6, 2015, 2:00 P.M. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI, PIANO SCARLATTI, Selected Sonatas MENDELSSOHN, Selection from Songs Without Words BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 MAXIMILIAN SCHNAUS, Commissioned work TBD SCHUMANN, Kreisleriana, Op. 16 TICKETS & CONTACT WPAS 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 510 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 785-9727 www.wpas.org
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The Smithsonian Arts and FOUNDED IN 1846, the Industries Building Smithsonian is the world’s Credit: Smithsonian largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and nine research facilities. Termed “the nation’s attic” for its eclectic holdings of 137 million items, the Institution’s Washington, D.C., nucleus is the largest such complex in the world. The Institution’s thirty million annual visitors are admitted without charge; funding comes from the Institution’s own endowment, private and corporate contributions, membership dues, government support, and retail, concession, and licensing revenues.
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Representing quality in American Indian Arts for more than 75 years The Indian Craft Shop U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC www.indiancraftshop.com | 202.208.4056
Smithsonian Institute Museums African Art Museum
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE MUSEUM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM of African American History and Culture was established in 2003 by an Act of Congress, making it the 19th Smithsonian Institution museum. It is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history, and culture. It is expected to open in 2016. CONTACT National Museum of African American History and Culture Second Floor, East Wing 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 633-1000 http://nmaahc.si.edu/
AFRICAN ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS THE FINEST examples of traditional and contemporary art from the entire continent of Africa. CONVERSATIONS: AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTWORKS IN DIALOGUE NOVEMBER 9, 2014 – EARLY 2016 IN CELEBRATION OF the 50th anniversary of the museum in 2014, this exhibition recognizes the museum’s unique history and its contributions towards furthering meaningful dialogue between Africa and the African diaspora. CHIEF S.O. ALONGE: PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE COURT OF BENIN, 1926–1989 SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 TO CELEBRATE THE history of Nigerian photography, this exhibition features the collection of Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge, one
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of Nigeria’s premiere early photographers. As an official photographer of the Royal Court of the Benin Kingdom, Alonge documented the rituals, pageantry, and regalia of the court for over a half-century. Also highlighted are works of art from Benin in the museum’s permanent collection and rare collections of Nigerian photography in the museum’s Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives.
Solomon Osagie Alonge, Self-portrait with painted studio backdrop, c. 1942, Silver gelatin print, with sepia tone mat: H x W x D: 20 x 16 x ¼ in. photo: H x W x D: 14 13/16 x 10 ¾ x 1/16 in. Chief S. O. Alonge Collection, EEPA 2009-007-1799, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution
AFRICAN MOSAIC: BUILDING A COLLECTION ONGOING THE DIVERSITY AND outstanding quality of Africa’s arts are reflected in some 112 objects collected by the museum during the past 10 years.
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THE WALT DISNEY-TISHMAN AFRICAN ART COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS ONGOING ON VIEW ARE objects from this comprehensive 525-piece collection of African art representing 20 African countries and 75 peoples and covers 5 centuries of African art. CONTACT National Museum of African Art 950 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 http://africa.si.edu
AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM TWENTY-THREE GALLERIES exhibiting hundreds of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts. HAWAII BY AIR JULY 25, 2014 – JULY 2015 IN THE EARLY days of flight, getting to Hawaii, one of the most remote places on Earth, was a challenge. See how things have changed since then.
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OUTSIDE THE SPACECRAFT: 50 YEARS OF EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY JANUARY 8 – JUNE 8, 2015 TO COMMEMORATE THE 50th anniversary of those first two ventures outside the spacecraft, this exhibition presents art, photography, artifacts, and personal accounts that relate the continuing story of EVA. TIME AND NAVIGATION: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE ONGOING THIS EXHIBITION REVEALS why a good clock is crucial to navigation – for 18th-century mariners to current-day GPS users – and how increasingly accurate timekeeping has influenced how we find our way. CONTACT National Air and Space Museum Independence Avenue at 6th Street, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-2214 http://airandspace.si.edu
AMERICAN ART MUSEUM ARTWORKS – INCLUDING PAINTINGS, sculpture, photographs, folk art, and decorative arts from the colonial period to today – offer an unparalleled record of the American experience. THE SINGING AND THE SILENCE: BIRDS IN CONTEMPORARY ART OCTOBER 31, 2014 – FEBRUARY 22, 2015 EXPLORE HOW CONTEMPORARY artists employ bird imagery as a conduit for understanding contemporary culture.
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RICHARD ESTES’ REALISM OCTOBER 10, 2014 – FEBRUARY 8, 2015 EXPLORE THE WORK of Richard Estes, the foremost practitioner of photorealism and premier painter of American cityscapes.
Richard Estes, Diner, 1971, oil on canvas, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Museum purchase 1977. © Richard Estes, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York. Photo: Lee Stalsworth
UNTITLED: THE ART OF JAMES CASTLE SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015 VIEW A SAMPLING of the immense oeuvre of work by artist James Castle (1899–1977). WATCH THIS! NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE ART OF THE MOVING IMAGE MAY 1, 2013 – FEBRUARY 15, 2015 IN THIS PERMANENT rotating gallery dedicated to the media arts, the museum examines the history and the latest developments in the art of the moving image. SCULPTURES BY PAUL MANSHIP JULY 15, 2007 – EARLY 2015 FROM THE MUSEUM’S collection of nearly 500 works by Paul Manship (1885–1966) are 25 of his graceful sculptures.
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Smithsonian AmericanInstitute HistoryMuseums Museum MINGERING MIKE’S SUPERSONIC GREATEST HITS FEBRUARY 27 – AUGUST 2, 2015 SEE HOW SELF-TAUGHT Washington, D.C., artist “Mingering Mike” exercised his youthful fantasy of being a famous soul singer/songwriter in the late 1960s and the 1970s – and reflected the aspirations of countless other kids who dreamed of being discovered. LIVING MODERN OCTOBER 30, 2015 – APRIL 3, 2016 FEATURES THE STELLAR collection of Sam Rose and Julie Walters, who for the past twenty-five years have collected the work of Georgia O’Keeffe, Alexander Calder, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso and a host of others. IRVING PENN: BEYOND BEAUTY OCTOBER 23, 2015 – MARCH 20, 2016 SOME 160 PHOTOGRAPHS by Irving Penn demonstrate his legacy as a modern master and place him in the context of the contemporary moment.
Irving Penn, Dior Black Suit (Tania), Paris, 1950, Gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum © The Irving Penn Foundation. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution
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THE ARTISTIC JOURNEY OF YASUO KUNIYOSHI APRIL 3 – AUGUST 30, 2015 SOME 70 OF Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s best paintings and drawings are on view in this first survey of the artist’s work in 25 years.
WATCH THIS! REVELATIONS IN MEDIA ART APRIL 24 – SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 ARTISTS HAVE FEARLESSLY engaged technological innovation to create an artistic revolution that continuously redefines how we imagine, receive, and understand our time. The exhibition includes forty-four works of art from 1941 to 2013, many of which were recently acquired by the museum.
CONTACT American Art Museum 8th and F Streets, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 633-7970 http://americanart.si.edu
AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM DEVOTED TO THE scientific, cultural, social, technological, and political development of the United States. RISING UP: HALE WOODRUFF’S MURALS AT TALLADEGA COLLEGE NOVEMBER 7, 2014 – MARCH 1, 2015 SIX MURALS BY ATLANTA-BASED artist Hale Woodruff for Talladega College, Alabama, trace the rise of African Americans from slavery to freedom.
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Smithsonian Institute American IndianMuseums Museum THE EARLY SIXTIES: AMERICAN SCIENCE APRIL 25, 2014 – AUGUST 23, 2015 SEE SOME CUTTING-EDGE technology circa 1964, the year the National Museum of American History (originally the Museum of History and Technology) opened.
Klystron Tube, 1959. Image courtesy of the National Museum of American History
THE EARLY SIXTIES: AMERICAN CULTURE APRIL 25, 2014 – AUGUST 23, 2015 EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE of the early 1960s, the era in which the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, opened. HEAR MY VOICE: EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS FROM ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL’S VOLTA LABORATORY JANUARY 26 – SEPTEMBER 2015 SEE AND HEAR some of the earliest sound recordings ever made, by Alexander Graham Bell’s Volta Laboratory in Washington, D.C., in the 1880s.
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LINCOLN’S CARRIAGE MARCH 23 – MAY 25, 2015 A SPECIAL DISPLAY of the carriage that transported the President, Mary Todd Lincoln, Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancée Clara Harris to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865. GRAND PIANO MADE BY BLÜTHNER, LEIPZIG, GERMANY, 1900 ONGOING THIS PIANO HAS a version of the ornate Jubilee cast-iron plates Blüthner produced from 1898 to 1907. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE: FIFTY YEARS OF MUSEUM HISTORY ONGOING EXPLORE THE MUSEUM’S transformation from a history and technology museum to one devoted to American history through images of key exhibitions and activities. CONTACT American History Museum 1400 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 633-1000 http://americanhistory.si.edu
AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM HOME TO ONE of the largest and most diverse collections of Native art and historical and cultural objects; exhibitions are designed in collaboration with Native communities from across the hemisphere. NATION TO NATION: TREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND AMERICAN INDIAN NATIONS SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 – SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
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Smithsonian Institute Museums Anacostia Community Museum Learn about the treaties that lie at the heart of the relationship between Indian nations and the United States. CERAMICA DE LOS ANCESTROS: CENTRAL AMERICA’S PAST REVEALED MARCH 29, 2013 – FEBRUARY 15, 2015 TREASURES FROM THE museum’s collection of Central American ceramics shed new light on the exchange of dynamic ideas about art, culture, politics, and technology within the region’s largely unknown civilizations. THE GREAT INKA ROAD: ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE JUNE 26, 2015 – JANUARY 2017 THIS EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATES the remarkable engineering prowess of the people of the Inka (Inca) Empire. Some 600 years ago the Inka, without wheeled vehicles, iron tools, or draft animals, built a road system that stretched more than 20,000 miles over the Andes Mountains from present-day Quito, Ecuador, to Santiago, Chile, and from the Pacific coast to upper Amazonia. These roads and the accompanying agricultural terraces and structures that have survived through the centuries are a testament to the skills of the Inka engineers and a symbol of the Andean peoples’ strength and adaptability.
Inka suspension bridge. Photo: Ramiro Matos/Smithsonian
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AS WE GROW: TRADITIONS, TOYS, GAMES ONGOING SEE NATIVE AMERICAN toys from all over North, Central, and South America, and find out what life lessons and traditions they teach. CONTACT National Museum of the American Indian Fourth Street & Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 http://nmai.si.edu
ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUM EXAMINES, DOCUMENTS, AND interprets the impact of historical and contemporary social issues on urban communities. HOW THE CIVIL WAR CHANGES WASHINGTON FEBRUARY 2 – OCTOBER 18, 2015 THIS EXHIBITION EXAMINES the changing physical layout and the dynamic population growth in wartime Washington, D.C. SEPARATE AND UNEQUALED: BLACK BASEBALL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ONGOING THIS SMALL EXHIBITION provides an overview of the popularity of African American baseball teams that played on segregated fields in Washington, D.C., from Reconstruction to the second half of the 20th century. The Homestead Grays, 1944. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution
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SmithsonianFreer Institute Museums Gallery of Art CONTACT The Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place, SE Washington, DC 20020 (202) 633-4820 http://anacostia.si.edu
ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION has two museums of Asian art: the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler Gallery features both permanent and temporary exhibitions of Asian art from ancient times to contemporary. UNEARTHING ARABIA: THE ARCHEOLOGICAL ADVENTURES OF WENDELL PHILLIPS OCTOBER 11, 2014 – JUNE 7, 2015 THE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS Phillips’s key expedition finds, recreates his adventures (and misadventures), and conveys the thrill of discovery on the last great archaeological frontier. NASTA’LIQ: THE GENIUS OF PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 – MARCH 22, 2015 MORE THAN 20 WORKS focus on nasta’liq, a calligraphic script that developed in the 14th century in Iran and remains one of the most expressive forms of aesthetic refinement in Persian culture to this day. PERSPECTIVES: CHIHARU SHIOTA AUGUST 30, 2014 – JUNE 7, 2015 HAUNTED BY THE traces that the human body leaves behind, the work amasses personal memories of lost individuals and past moments through an accumulation of discarded shoes and notes collected by the artist.
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FILTHY LUCRE: REIMAGINING WHISTLER’S PEACOCK ROOM MAY 16, 2015 – NOVEMBER 29, 2016 FILTHY LUCRE, AN immersive interior by painter Darren Waterston, reinterprets the James McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room as a resplendent ruin. THE TRAVELER’S EYE: SCENES OF ASIA NOVEMBER 22, 2014 – MAY 31, 2015 THE EXHIBITION PROVIDES glimpses of travels across the continent, from pilgrimages and research trips to expeditions for trade and tourism. CONTACT Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20013 (202) 633-4880 http://asia.si.edu
ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING THE ARTS AND INDUSTRIES Building has a special role among Smithsonian buildings—as the original home of the National Museum. The Arts & Industries Building is currently closed for renovation. CONTACT Arts and Industries Building 900 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 www.si.edu/museums/arts-and-industries-building
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Museums HirshhornSmithsonian Museum AndInstitute Sculpture Garden FREER GALLERY OF ART THE FREER GALLERY houses one of the premier collections of Asian art, with objects dating from Neolithic times to the early 20th century, as well as the world’s most important collection of works by James McNeill Whistler. FINE IMPRESSIONS: WHISTLER, FREER, AND VENICE OCTOBER 18, 2014 – INDEFINITELY IN 1887, MUSEUM founder Charles Lang Freer purchased the entire Second Venice Set, twenty-six atmospheric etchings by James McNeill Whistler. SYLVAN SOUNDS: FREER, DEWING, AND JAPAN MAY 18, 2013 – MARCH 22, 2015 LANDSCAPES BY THOMAS DEWING are juxtaposed with Japanese works that Freer acquired in the late 1890s to illuminate the connection between Freer’s taste for Japanese art and his affection for American tonalist paintings. STYLE IN CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING: THE YUAN DYNASTY LEGACY NOVEMBER 22, 2014 – MAY 31, 2015
Zhao Yong, Horse and Groom, after Li Gonglin, China, Yuan dynasty, 1347, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Purchase F1945.32. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution
A TRADITION DATING to the third century, landscape painting is one of the most outstanding achievements of Chinese culture. This exhibition includes the earliest work in the museum collection together with later examples tracing the characteristics and evolution of six of these styles.
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ORIBE WARE: COLOR AND PATTERN COME TO JAPANESE CERAMICS DECEMBER 13, 2014 – JUNE 14, 2015 THIS EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS the best selections of Oribe ware in the Freer’s collection, including two new acquisitions on view for the first time. ZEN, TEA, AND CHINESE ART IN MEDIEVAL JAPAN DECEMBER 13, 2014 – JUNE 14, 2015 IN THIS EXHIBITION, Chinese and Japanese paintings, lacquer ware, and ceramics illuminate this remarkable period of cultural contact and synthesis. CHINESE CERAMICS: 13TH – 14TH CENTURY DECEMBER 20, 2014 – DECEMBER 2015 A DOZEN CHINESE ceramics from the Freer collection show highlights of Yuan ceramic styles. THE NILE AND ANCIENT EGYPT ONGOING BEAUTIFUL AND MAJESTIC, the mighty Nile River inspired ancient Egyptian artists and craftsmen for more than four millennia. On view are exceptional artifacts from the Freer Gallery’s collection. Made of glass, wood, and stone, these objects illuminate the important role water animals played in ancient Egyptian religion and concepts of the afterlife. Other highlights include a masterfully rendered pharaonic head from the third millennium BCE and a selection of extraordinary glass decorated with wave patterns that recall the Nile. Together they evoke the power and enduring fascination of this waterway. CONTACT Freer Gallery Jefferson Drive and 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-4880 http://asia.si.edu 138
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Smithsonian NATURALInstitute HISTORYMuseums MUSEUM HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN DISPLAYS THE ART of our time in a cylindrical building, and adjoining plaza and sunken sculpture garden. BLACK BOX: RAGNAR KJARTANSSON OCTOBER 28, 2014 – APRIL 5, 2015 AT THE 2013 Venice Biennale, Kjartansson took over a waterside post and assembled a floating concert with a brass band aboard a small, vintage-style wooden boat. What few knew at the time, however, was that the artist was filming the proceedings from a different perspective; the resulting footage is the core of “S.S. Hangover.” DAYS OF ENDLESS TIME OCTOBER 16, 2014 – APRIL 12, 2015 THE GALLERIES WILL be transformed into a compelling refuge where visitors enter a poetic, drifting, reflective realm that Jorge Luis Borges once characterized in a phrase, days of endless time… AT THE HUB OF THINGS: NEW VIEWS OF THE COLLECTION OCTOBER 16, 2014 – TBA
Su-Mei Tse, L’Echo, 2003. Courtesy of the artist and Peter Blum Gallery, New York. Image courtesy of and © Su-Mei Tse
A DRAMATIC NEW installation of postwar masterworks from the Hirshhorn’s permanent collection, rehung in the museum’s newly renovated 3rd-level collection galleries.
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SPECULATIVE FORMS JUNE 16, 2014 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 DRAWING UPON THE Hirshhorn’s expansive sculpture collection, this exhibition collapses such conventional art historical divisions as figuration vs. abstraction; volumetric vs. stereometric sculpture; still vs. kinetic forms; and illusionary vs. unitary objects. CONTACT Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Independence Avenue and 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 http://hirshhorn.si.edu
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK ONE OF THE WORLD’S best zoos and home to approximately 2,000 animals representing nearly 400 species, of which about a quarter are endangered, provides leadership in animal care, science, education, and sustainability. AMERICAN TRAIL ONGOING VISIT THE AMERICAN TRAIL, the Zoo’s new home for seals, sea lions, and brown pelicans, which is modeled on the central California coast. Also located here are bald eagles, gray wolves, North American river otters, beavers, and ravens. THE INSIDE STORY: RADIOGRAPHY ONGOING VIEW INTERESTING X-RAYS to learn how animals move, eat, and play. ELEPHANT TRAILS
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Shanthi explores her new lower yard as part of Phase I of Elephant Trails. Photo: Meghan Murphy/National Zoo
ONGOING AS PART OF the Zoo’s campaign to save Asian elephants, this expanded and transformed home for the Zoo’s Asian elephants provides new indoor and outdoor space, and features a variety of habitats that support the natural behavior of the multi-generational herd.
CONTACT National Zoo 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 (202) 633-4888 http://nationalzoo.si.edu
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS ON EARLIEST human origins; development of world cultures; ancient and modern mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and sea creatures. ONCE THERE WERE BILLIONS: VANISHED BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA JUNE 24, 2014 – JANUARY 3, 2016 THE STORY OF the last passenger pigeon and the disappearance of the great auk, Carolina parakeet, and heath hen and reveal the fragile connections between species and their environment.
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WILDERNESS FOREVER: 50 YEARS OF PROTECTING AMERICA’S WILD PLACES SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 – SUMMER 2015 SEE AMERICA AS you’ve never seen it – wild, untouched, and
Cadiz Dunes Wilderness, California. Photo: Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management
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2013 NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY: WINDLAND SMITH RICE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS OCTOBER 24, 2014 – APRIL 20, 2015 WITNESS NATURE AND wildlife through the eyes of some of the most talented amateur and professional photographers in the world. THE LAST AMERICAN DINOSAURS: DISCOVERING A LOST WORLD NOVEMBER 25, 2014 – TBA HOW DO WE learn about dinosaurs and their ecosystems? Come see some of their fossils and find out! ORCHIDS: INTERLOCKING SCIENCE AND BEAUTY
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JANUARY 24 – APRIL 26, 2015 THOUSANDS OF LIVE orchids and the opportunity to explore how new ideas, technologies, and inventions change the way we study, protect, and enjoy these beautiful plants. BIOCUBES NOVEMBER 1, 2015 – TBA WHAT CAN WE discover in just a cubic foot of ocean? Enter the small worlds of marine biocubes to find out! PORTRAITS OF PLANET OCEAN: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BRIAN SKERRY SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 – TBA CAPTIVATING IMAGES BY photojournalist Brian Skerry reveal the mystery and beauty of the undersea world.
Underwater photographer Brian Skerry captured this image of his assistant and a curious southern right whale from Auckland Islands, New Zealand, after swimming with a pod of whales for nearly two hours. Photo © Brian Skerry
FRAGILE BEAUTY: THE ART & SCIENCE OF SEA BUTTERFLIES SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 – TBA THROUGH LARGER-THAN-LIFE sculptures, learn how some of the smallest creatures in the ocean, ocean pteropods (“sea butterflies”), are faring in the face of increasing ocean acidification. www.GuidefortheArts.com
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BEYOND BOLLYWOOD: INDIAN AMERICANS SHAPE THE NATION FEBRUARY 26, 2014 – TBA THIS EXHIBITION EXPLORES the “American Dream” as lived by Indian Americans. Through photographs, artifacts, videos, and interactive stations, learn about the Indian American experience and their dynamic role in shaping American society. CONTACT National Museum of Natural History 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 http://mnh.si.edu
PORTRAIT GALLERY TELLS THE STORIES of America through the individuals who have shaped our nation, from pre-colonial times to today, including poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists. PORTRAITURE NOW: STAGING THE SELF AUGUST 22, 2014 – APRIL 12, 2015 DISCOVER HOW LATINO artists approach portraiture and how they contribute to telling the full American story. TIME COVERS THE 1960S SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 – AUGUST 9, 2015 SEE HOW TIME magazine covered the people, trends, and happenings that defined the 1960s. MATHEW BRADY’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF UNION GENERALS MARCH 30, 2012 – MAY 31, 2015
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STUDIO PORTRAITS of Union military leaders from George McClellan and Ambrose Burnside to William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses Grant by photographer Mathew Brady are on view. MR. LINCOLN’S WASHINGTON: A CIVIL WAR PORTFOLIO DECEMBER 13, 2013 – JANUARY 25, 2015 PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, and maps reveal how the Civil War affected life in the District of Columbia. ONE LIFE: GRANT AND LEE JULY 4, 2014 – MAY 25, 2015 PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, and objects reveal the personal lives and professional rivalries of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. ALEXANDER GARDNER MARCH 6 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 ALEXANDER GARDNER’S “CRACKED-PLATE” portrait of President Abraham Lincoln was taken 150 years ago, on February 5, 1865. Arguably the most iconic likeness of the 16th president today, it was created by a man whose life and photographic career remain relatively undocumented and underappreciated.
FOUR FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES OCTOBER 29, 2013 – OCTOBER 16, 2016 SEE SUPREME COURT justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan in this lifesize portrait. CONTACT National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 633-8300 http://npg.si.edu
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POSTAL MUSEUM DEVOTED TO THE history of America’s mail service and the hobby of stamp collecting. BEHIND THE BADGE JUNE 27, 2014 – ONGOING LEARN HOW THE U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the law enforcement arm of the Postal Service, helps protect you and discover tips to guard against scams and fraud. FREEDOM JUST AROUND THE CORNER: BLACK AMERICA FROM CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS FEBRUARY 6, 2015 – FEBRUARY 12, 2016 A CHRONICLE OF the African American experience told from the perspective of stamps and mail. Includes letters carried by enslaved Americans, mail to and from famous leaders of the civil rights movement, and a significant selection of original artwork for the USPS Black Heritage stamp series from the Postmaster General’s Collection. WORLD OF STAMPS ONGOING SEE STAMPS THAT have shaped history and honored people and places around the world. MAIL MARKS HISTORY ONGOING TRACE THE JOURNEYS of three historic letters by analyzing different kinds of mail markings. NATIONAL STAMP SALON ONGOING BROWSE TENS OF thousands of stamps, mail, medals, dies, and other artifacts from the National Philatelic Collection.
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CONTACT National Postal Museum 2 Massachussets Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 633-5555 http://postalmuseum.si.edu
RENWICK GALLERY OF THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM DEDICATED TO EXHIBITING American contemporary crafts and decorative arts from the 19th to the 21st centuries. A major, two-year renovation of the Renwick Gallery currently is underway and the building is now closed to the public. The building is expected to reopen in 2016. CONTACT Renwick Gallery 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 633-7970 http://americanart.si.edu
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUILDING, THE CASTLE HOME TO THE Smithsonian Information Center as well as the Institution’s administrative headquarters. SOUVENIR NATION: RELICS, KEEPSAKES, AND CURIOS AUGUST 9, 2013 – EARLY 2015 What is a souvenir? What becomes a souvenir? Find out in this exhibition! CONTACT The Smithsonian Institute 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC 20560 (202) 633-1000 www.si.edu www.GuidefortheArts.com
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Contact Information ARENA STAGE: (202) 554-9066 CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART: (202) 639-1700 THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: (202) 467-4600 NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC: (301) 493-9283 NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: (202) 467-4600 OLNEY THEATRE: (301) 924-2654 PHILLIPS COLLECTION: (202) 387-2151 SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY: (202) 547-1122 SIGNATURE THEATRE: (703) 820-9771 STRATHMORE: (301) 581-5100 UNITED STATES MEMORIAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: (202) 488-0400 THE WASHINGTON BALLET: (202) 362-3606 THE WASHINGTON CHORUS: (202) 342-6221 WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: (202) 467-4600 WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: (202) 785-9727 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE MUSEUMS: (202) 633-1000
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