Carnegie Hall produces classical, jazz and pop concerts at its legendary hall in Midtown, Manhattan. Carnegie Hall Citywide presents all kinds of music across New York City.
Thank you for sponsoring Latin and African music. Your support means far more than just budget.
Carnegie Hall Fall 2024 Season
Gabriela Ortiz, one of Mexico’s leading composers, holds Carnegie Hall’s 2024-2025 Debs Composer’s Chair. The New York Times (nytimes.com) wrote a great article about her. gabrielaortiz.com 🇲🇽
Nuestros Sonidos (Our Sounds) is Carnegie Hall’s 2024-2025 season-long festival celebrating Latin culture in the United States. carnegiehall.org
SEPTEMBER
Cuban Jazz
Daymé Arocena sings Cuban jazz with rumba roots, for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Madison Square Park, on September 20, 2024 at 12noon. FREE. Daymé has the strongest connection with her audience that we have ever seen in an artist. ¡Ashé! 🇨🇺
Carnegie Hall Family Day ~ Nuestros Sonidos (Our Sounds)
This Carnegie Hall Family Day afternoon of free, interactive musical activities for children ages 3-10, features performances by Mexican children’s singer Sonia de los Santos, Colombian jazz group Folklore Urbano NYC, and Bronx Puerto Rican DJ Perly; a Cuban Afro-Latin rhythm workshop with Belongó musicians; a Brazilian samba music and dance workshop with Priscila Santana, Gabriele Leite, and Fernanda de Silveira; a Puerto Rican bomba and plena drum and dance workshop with Pleneros de la 21 artists; an immersive art installation by The People’s Creative; a coloring station inspired by Nuestros sonidos artist Sol Cotti; and an instrument-making workshop by teaching artists Bash the Trash. It’s in the Resnick Education Wing at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 12pm. FREE on a first-come, first-served basis. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
OCTOBER
Venezuelan, Chinese, and Argentine Classical Music Gala
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic play Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala, with piano soloist Lang Lang playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2, and Venezuelan baritone Gustavo Castillo singing Argentine composer Ginastera’s ballet “Estancia.” It’s on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7pm. 🇻🇪 🇨🇳 🇦🇷
German and Mexican Classical Music
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Spanish narration of the associated poem by Spanish actress María Valverde, with New York’s Musica Sacra choir, soprano Jana McIntyre, and Omani Canadian mezzo-soprano Deepa Johnny. There is also the New York Premiere of a Carnegie Hall co-commission of Gabriela Ortiz’ “Dznonot,” with MacArthur Fellow cello soloist Alisa Weilerstein. It’s in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 8pm. From $42. 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 🇴🇲 🇪🇸 🇻🇪
Mexican Classical Pop Music
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic host 17-time Latin Grammy winner, Mexican alternative singer Natalia Lafourcade. The orchestra also plays Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’ “Antrópolis,” Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra’s “Alegría,” and Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 9.” It’s in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8pm. From $91. 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
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About Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is one of the world’s great concert halls. It presents classical, jazz, and pop concerts at Carnegie Hall, and all kinds of music Citywide. The Hall has been New York’s main stage for classical music since 1891. Some concerts become legendary and influence popular culture.
Stages:
- Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage seats 2,804.
- Zankel Hall seats 599, and has a Parterre Bar for a pre-concert drink.
- Weill Recital Hall seats 268.
It was built by Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). He made his fortune in Pittsburgh with Carnegie Steel, which later became U.S. Steel. At life’s end, Carnegie became a major philanthropist.
The Hall has not had a resident company since the New York Philharmonic moved to Lincoln Center in 1962. The Hall manages very well with rentals and its own productions. The curation is extraordinary, and not only in classical music. It’s surprising how well the programmers understand what’s happening on the street. We learn from them too.
Carnegie Hall could comfortably retreat into European art music, but instead is elevating Mother Africa. Check out this timeline of African American music. carnegiehall.org
Some concerts have a broad cultural impact. The 1962 Bossa Nova concert helped popularize Brazilian samba jazz, which is still the world’s most popular music after the Beatles. Salsa romántica singer Gilberto Santa Rosa was the first Puerto Rican to play the Hall.
By the way, do you know the way to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice! Many artists practice an entire year for a one-night performance.
Latin Artists
These are some of the Latin artists who played recently for Carnegie Hall:
- Africa United Youth Orchestra, South African and Pan-African classical music. 🇺🇸 🇨🇩 🇰🇪 🇲🇿 🇳🇬 🇿🇦
- Antonio Sánchez; Mexican jazz fusion drummer. 🇲🇽
- Ara Malikian Spanish classical pop. 🇪🇸
- Caña Dulce y Caña Brava women’s son jarocho. 🇲🇽
- Dafnis Prieto Cuban jazz drummer. 🇨🇺
- David Sánchez Puerto Rican jazz. 🇵🇷
- David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble featuring Dafnis Prieto Cuban classical jazz. 🇨🇺 🇨🇺
- Daymé Arocena Cuban jazz with rumba roots. 🇨🇺
- Diana Damrau Spanish love songs. 🇪🇸
- Edna Vázquez Mexican alternative. 🇲🇽
- Fleur Seule Puerto Rican retro jazz 🇵🇷
- Flor de Toloache Mexican women’s tropical mariachi. 🇲🇽 ~ 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
- Grupo Rebolu Colombian champeta. 🇨🇴
- Gustavo Dudamel Venezuelan classical music. 🇻🇪
- Jordi Savall Spanish composer, conductor, and leader of Baroque music ensemble Hespèrion XXI. 🇪🇸
- La Excelencia Colombian-led, New York salsa. 🇨🇴
- Leyenda: Bridget Kibbey, Samuel Torres, & Louis Arques, harp virtuoso, Colombian Latin Grammy-winning percussionist, and French clarinetist. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇫🇷
- Leyla McCalla Haitian and African Diaspora folk 🇭🇹🇺🇸
- Los Angeles Philharmonic classical 🇻🇪🇺🇸
- Michael Olatuja and Lagos Pepper Soup Broadway and film score-influenced Nigerian afrobeat. 🇳🇬
- Miguel Zenón Puerto Rican jazz 🇵🇷
- Natalia Lafourcade Mexican folk, pop, rock 🇲🇽
- Nella Rojas Venezuelan jazz pop. 🇻🇪
- OKAN Canadian Afro-Cuban alternative. 🇨🇺
- Olga Cerpa y Mestisay, Canarian folk. 🇪🇸 🇮🇨
- Orchestra of St Luke’s French Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie, contemporary classical chamber music. 🇨🇦
- Pedrito Martinez Afro-Cuban rumba & timba 🇨🇺
- Plena Libre Puerto Rican plena 🇵🇷
- São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Brazilian classical 🇧🇷
- Son Del Monte Puerto Rican pachanga (salsa) 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra Puerto Rican jazz & salsa 🇵🇷
- Sphinx Virtuosi, Black and Latin chamber music. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇿🇦 🇪🇸
- Tania León, Cuban, Pulitzer Prize-winning classical composer and conductor. 🇨🇺
- Youssou N’Dour Senegalese world music (Afrobeats) 🇸🇳
Recent Latin Programming
AUGUST
African and African American Classical Music
The Africa United Youth Orchestra led by American conductor William Eddins, makes its North American debut with works by South African composers Michael Mosoeu Moerane, Mzilikazi Khumalo, and Bongani Ndodana-Breen, including arias sung by South African sopranos Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Goitsemang Lehobye, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” featuring members of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America; at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at 7pm. From $15.50. carnegiehall.org 🇺🇸 🇨🇩 🇰🇪 🇲🇿 🇳🇬 🇿🇦
Colombian Salsa Dura
La Excelencia, led by New York Colombian Julian Silva, plays New York salsa dura for dancing; for a Carnegie Hall Citywide Bryant Park Picnic Performance; at Bryant Park in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, August 2, 2024 at 7pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇴
Venezuelan Classical Music
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela; in the Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, August 2, 2024 at 7pm. From $21. carnegiehall.org 🇻🇪
JULY
Nigerian Afrobeats
Michael Olatuja and Lagos Pepper Soup play Broadway and film score-influenced afrobeat; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at a Bryant Park Picnic Performance in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, July 26, 2024 at 7pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇳🇬
Cameroonian Jazz
Ekep Nkwelle the rising star Cameroonian American vocalist; sings jazz for Carnegie Hall Citywide; at Madison Square Park in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 6pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇲
Afro-Cuban Alternative
OKAN plays their infectious Afro-Cuban Alternative; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at O’Donohue Park at Beach 17th Street in Far Rockaway, Queens; on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 6pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺 🇨🇦
Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne have so much fun on stage, that you can’t help but have fun too! They are modern, but bringing people together in peace and joy is what African Diaspora traditions are all about. ¡Ashé!
Cuban Curated Chamber Music
JACK Quartet, the Grammy-nominated string quartet, plays American composers who redefined the string quartet, curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and conductor Tanía Leon; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Madison Square Park, Manhattan; on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 6pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
Puerto Rican Salsa
Johnny Mambo and Friends featuring singer Don Sonero, plays Puerto Rican salsa for dancing for Carnegie Hall Citywide; at Al Quiñones Playground in Longwood, The Bronx; on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 5pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇵🇷
South African Afrobeats
Thandiswa Mazwai blends jazz and West African influences with her native Xhosa music into a wonderful South African Afrobeats fusion; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at a Bryant Park Picnic Performance in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, July 12, 2024 at 7pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇿🇦
There is a lot of great music coming out of Mother Africa now. Latin music almost always originates in marginalized neighborhoods. Mazwai was raised in Soweto, a township of Johannesburg that has become a cultural forge.
Feli Kuti’s afrobeat fused the social commentary of African American rhythm and blues into his native Nigerian traditions. This evolved into Afrobeats or the many forms of African pop music. It’s great music that is becoming increasingly influential globally.
Argentine Rock
Alisa Amador, the first Spanish-language winner of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, plays Latin rock for Carnegie Hall Citywide; in Madison Square Park, Manhattan; on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 6pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇦🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
An American of Argentine, New Mexican, and Puerto Rican descent, Amador won NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest with “Milonga Accidental,” a word play on the classic tango “Milonga Sentimental.” Mexicans were the first to sing rock songs in Spanish. Argentines were the first to compose rock music in Spanish. Puerto Ricans dominate today’s music scene, so Amador carries the legacy of many great traditions.
African American Chamber Music
Tania León, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuban composer, conducts The Harlem Chamber Players with violin soloist Josh Henderson, and dancers from the Harlem School of the Arts choreographed by Leyland Simmons, hosted by WQXR’s Terrance McKnight; in a Carnegie Hall Citywide Bryant Park Picnic Performance in Manhattan; on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 7pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
JUNE
Spanish Italian Argentine Classical Music
Teatro Real (Royal Opera of Madrid) led by award-winning violinist conductor Leticia Moreno and renowned soloists from the Teatro Real Orchestra, pairs Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” with Astor Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” for an elegant night of classical music and tango jazz; at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 6:30pm. From $39 + fees. carnegiehall.org 🇪🇸 🇦🇷 🇮🇹
Juneteenth Celebration
The 2024 Juneteenth Celebration at Carnegie Hall with Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. of The Healing of the Nations Foundation, celebrates All American Freedom Day on the Stern Auditorium / Perlman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Juneteenth, Wednesday, June 19, 2024; at 7pm. FREE tickets must be picked up at the Carnegie Hall Box Office starting June 12. carnegiehall.org 🇺🇸
The core premise of the United States is that all people are treated equally. We are not there yet, but celebrating Juneteenth and its promise of freedom for all people, is a big step in the right direction.
Afro-Cuban Rumba and Timba
Pedrito Martinez, the world’s first-call rumbero, plays Afro-Cuban rumba and timba for Carnegie Hall Citywide in the Robert F. Smith Center for the Performing Arts at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park in Hamilton Heights, West Harlem; on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 6pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺
African Diaspora drums are healing instruments. If you are open to it, Pedrito’s drum can change your life. He changed ours. New York Latin Culture Magazine is all about what we learned from the drum. ¡Ashé!
MAY
Afro-Cuban Jazz
David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble featuring Dafnis Prieto shows the influence of Cuban rhythm of the sacred batá drums on many musical traditions through works curated by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tania León, including León’s “A la par;” NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill’s “Where Coconuts Fall,” Val-Inc’s “Gerta,” and the world premiere of Virelle’s “Oro” a Carnegie Hall commission; in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 7:30pm. Tickets from $54 at carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇨🇺
Women’s Mexican Son Jarocho
Caña Dulce y Caña Brava sings women’s son jarocho and dances zapateado from Veracruz, Mexico; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 4pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇲🇽
APRIL
Mexican Jazz
Antonio Sánchez; Mexican drummer, 4x Grammy-winner, 3x Modern Drummer jazz drummer of the year, and soundtrack composer (“Birdman”); debuts his new All-Star quintet featuring famed saxophonists Joe Lovano and Chris Potter, pianist Joey Calderazzo, and bassist Larry Grenadier; in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 9pm. From $54. carnegiehall.org 🇲🇽 🇮🇹