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Classical music you can watch or hear wherever you live, and a few highlights from the cities we list.
When we start listing concerts near you, we’ll tell you here.
Watch and listen from anywhere
Livestreams, radio broadcasts, competitions and opera in cinemas. Times are Eastern. Links go to the
official pages.
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Oct 9 – 22
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Wieniawski Violin Competition: all rounds through the final
Competition
Free
Free live stream on the Wieniawski Society YouTube channel (youtube.com/@WieniawskiSociety);
also on The Violin Channel, medici.tv and Amadeus.tv
One of the oldest violin competitions (first held in 1935), held every five years; all the
auditions are broadcast, ending with the final on Oct 22.
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Thu 7:30 PM ET
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Bella Hristova and Gloria Chien: Stravinsky, Messiaen and Prokofiev
Livestream
Free
Free livestream from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(chambermusicsociety.org)
A violin-and-piano recital with a world premiere and Prokofiev's dark First Violin
Sonata.
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Fri 1:00 PM ET
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Garsington Opera's La traviata on OperaVision
Livestream
Recorded
Free
OperaVision (operavision.eu) and its YouTube channel. Available until 16 April 2027
A summer 2026 production from the English country-house festival, with the Philharmonia in the
pit.
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Sat 1:00 PM ET
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The Met: Live in HD: Verdi's Macbeth
In cinemas
Live in cinemas across the US (find one on metopera.org); US encore screenings Wed Oct 21
(times vary by cinema). Tickets vary by cinema. US encore screenings on Wednesday, Oct 21,
2026
A new Met production shown live, with Lise Davidsen singing Lady Macbeth and Nézet-Séguin
conducting.
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Sat 8:00 PM ET
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Fountains and Pines of Rome with the Detroit Symphony and Jader Bignamini
Livestream
Free
Free on YouTube Live (youtube.com/@detroitsymphony/streams), Facebook Live and Live from
Orchestra Hall (livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv)
Respighi's two Roman tone poems are big orchestral showpieces, and the program also has a
rarely heard piano concerto by Leokadiya Kashperova.
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Sat 8:00 PM ET
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Hilary Hahn and Seth Parker Woods in Carlos Simon's Double Concerto
Radio
Free
CRB Classical 99.5 FM Boston and classicalwcrb.org. Encore broadcast Monday at 8 PM; the page
says episodes are available on demand
It is a new double concerto by the BSO's composer chair, Carlos Simon, played by Hilary Hahn
and Seth Parker Woods.
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Sat 8:30 PM ET
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St. Louis Symphony: Kristiina Poska conducts Mozart and Schumann's 'Rhenish'
Radio
Free
90.7 KWMU St. Louis Public Radio and Classic 107.3 (both stream online)
Broadcast live from the concert, including a U.S. premiere by the Estonian composer
Krigul.
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Sun 4:00 PM ET
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Dalia Stasevska conducts Revueltas and Dvořák's 'New World' Symphony
Radio
Recorded
Free
WCLV 90.3 FM Cleveland and ideastream.org/wclv (recorded Nov 22, 2025)
Revueltas's colorful Mexican score, built from music he wrote for a film, is paired with
Dvořák's best-known symphony.
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Sun 7:00 PM ET
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Chicago Symphony: Esa-Pekka Salonen and Iveta Apkalna
Radio
Recorded
Free
WFMT 98.7 FM Chicago and wfmt.com (CSO Radio Broadcast Series)
Salonen conducts his own organ concerto with Iveta Apkalna, between Strauss's Don Juan and
Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra.
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Thu Oct 22
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Czerny and Brahms for horn, clarinet and strings at CMS
Livestream
Free
Free livestream from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(chambermusicsociety.org)
A rarely played Czerny serenade alongside Brahms's Horn Trio, with the horn player Radovan
Vlatković.
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In the cities we list
Visiting New York, Boston, the Bay Area or Los Angeles? A few highlights from each (local times).
New York
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Thu 7:30 PM
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Stile Antico: Polyphonic Postcards
Concert hall
Some of each
Cheap seats
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square
Stile Antico sings Renaissance polyphony by Tallis, Guerrero, Lassus and Monteverdi, plus a
world premiere by Christopher Cerrone commissioned by Miller Theatre.
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Sat 4:00 PM
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Orpheus for All with Lucas & Arthur Jussen
Concert hall
Some of each
Free
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium, Midtown
Free orchestral concert at Carnegie Hall: Lucas and Arthur Jussen play Mozart's Concerto for
Two Pianos with Orpheus.
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Mon 8:00 PM
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Opera house
Adventurous
Cheap seats
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
World premiere of Missy Mazzoli's opera after George Saunders's novel, with Peter Mattei as
Lincoln and Nézet-Séguin conducting.
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All 60 concerts in New York this week →
Boston
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Thu 7:00 PM
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Wayman Chin, piano: Sweet Land
Up close
Some of each
Free
Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Harvard Square, Cambridge
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Thu 7:30 PM
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Andris Nelsons with Hilary Hahn and Seth Parker Woods
Concert hall
Some of each
Cheap seats
Symphony Hall, Back Bay, Boston
Hilary Hahn returns to Symphony Hall with cellist Seth Parker Woods for Carlos Simon's new
double concerto, then Nutcracker Act 2.
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Fri 7:30 PM
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Stile Antico: Polyphonic Postcards
Adventurous
Ticketed
St. Paul Parish, Cambridge, Harvard Square, Cambridge
Twelve conductorless singers tour Renaissance Paris, Seville, Munich, Rome, Lisbon and Venice,
ending with a Christopher Cerrone commission.
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All 17 concerts in Boston this week →
San Francisco Bay Area
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Thu 5:30 PM
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Choral Evensong
Concert hall
Free
Grace Cathedral, Nob Hill, San Francisco
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Thu 7:30 PM
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Manon
Opera house
Favourites
Cheap seats
War Memorial Opera House, Civic Center, San Francisco
Opening night of Massenet's Manon, with Pene Pati as Des Grieux opposite Amina Edris, conducted
by Eun Sun Kim.
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Sun 4:00 PM
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Inheritance
Concert hall
Some of each
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, Lake Merritt, Oakland
Kent Nagano leads Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, First Piano Concerto with Mari Kodama and
Reformation Symphony, plus Alex Nante's world premiere.
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All 18 concerts in the Bay Area this week →
Los Angeles
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Sat 8:00 PM
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Colburn at St. Paul
Free
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westwood, Los Angeles
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Sun 3:00 PM
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Mayrig: A Mother's Voice — Karen Ouzounian, cello, and Lembit Beecher
Up close
Adventurous
Thayer Hall, Colburn School, Downtown LA
Cellist Karen Ouzounian's hour-long portrait of her Armenian family, weaving her mother's and
grandmother's voices with Marais and Aznavour.
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Sun 4:00 PM
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Strauss, Ravel, Beethoven
Concert hall
Favourites
Deals for students
Bram Goldsmith Theater, The Wallis, Beverly Hills
Conrad Tao plays Ravel's jazz-tinged G major Concerto, and Jaime Martín leads Strauss's
Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings and Beethoven's Eroica.
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All 11 concerts in Los Angeles this week →
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