Carnegie Hall is one of the the world’s legendary concert halls. It presents Classical, Jazz and Pop concerts on three different stages and a variety of Latin music at venues Citywide.
- Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage is the 2,804 seat main hall
- Zankel Hall is a modern 599-seat performance hall
- Weill Recital Hall is a classic 268-seat performance hall
- Carnegie Hall Citywide is all over NYC
Carnegie Hall could comfortably retreat into European art music, but instead it is elevating Mother Africa. 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.
Thank you Carnegie Hall for sponsoring New York Latin Culture Magazine!
By the way, do you know the way to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. Many artists practice an entire year for a one-night Carnegie Hall performance.
The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble with Malika Zarra, Akua Dixon & Quartette Indigo Play Carnegie Hall Citywide at Bryant Park
Friday, July 1, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
BRYANT PARK
Midtown, Manhattan
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The Carnegie Hall Juneteenth Celebration Reimagines Togetherness
Sunday, June 19, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
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David Sánchez Plays Jazz for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio
Saturday, May 21, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
“El Barrio” East Harlem
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Youssou N’Dour, Africa’s Most Famous Singer Plays Carnegie Hall
Friday, May 13, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Midtown
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Plena Libre Plays Plena for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Riverbank State Park
Saturday, April 30, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
RIVERSIDE STATE PARK
Hamilton Heights, West Harlem
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Isabel Leonard Grammy-winning Argentine-American Opera Star
Thursday, June 25, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL LIVE
FREE
Juneteenth Live with Carnegie Hall
Friday, June 19, 2020
Online
FREE
Carnegie Hall is One of the World’s Great Music Organizations
The hall was built in 1891 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 curating and marketing are world-class.
Some concerts have a broad cultural impact. The 1962 Bossa Nova concert helped popularize the style of Brazilian Samba Jazz that 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.
Carnegie Hall Calendar
These are annual and coming events.
- The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, with guest vocalist Malika Zarra and cellist Akua Dixon & Quartette Indigo, play a Carnegie Hall Citywide picnic performance at Bryant Park in Midtown on Friday, July 1, 2022 at 7pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺
Past Latin Artists at Carnegie Hall
May 2022
Youssou N’Dour, Africa’s most famous living singer and one of the world’s great voices, plays the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Fri, May 13, 2022 at 8pm. From $16. carnegiehall.org 🇸🇳
April 2022
Multi-Grammy nominee Plena Libre plays contemporary Puerto Rican Plena for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Riverbank State Park in Hamilton Heights, West Harlem on Sat, Apr 30 at 5pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇵🇷
The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra with 2022 Album of the Year Grammy winner Jon Batiste play the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Sun, Apr 24 at 3pm. carnegiehall.org 🇺🇸
March 2022
Luedji Luna: Bom mesmo é estar debaixo d’água (What’s Really Good is Being Underwater) is a video release concert on motherhood by the Brazilian singer-songwriter from Bahia, at Americas Society in the Upper East Side, on Fri, Mar 25 at 7pm. Free. as-coa.org 🇧🇷
Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero gives her first Carnegie Hall Recital in Zankel Hall on Fri, Mar 18 at 7:30pm. From $50. 🇻🇪 carnegiehall.org
February 2022
Fleur Seule’s Allyson Briggs makes her Carnegie Hall debut celebrating Peggy Lee and the American Songbook with Michael Feinstein and Ciara Renée in Zankel Hall on Wed, Feb 16 at 7:30pm. From $83. 🇵🇷
Carnegie Hall is all in NYC’s Afrofuturism Festival which sees the future through a Black lens where creativity, science and technology come together in February and March. carnegiehall.org
December 2021
The New York String Orchestra with Venezuelan violinist Rubén Rengel plays a Christmas Eve concert at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Fri, Dec 24 at 7pm. carnegiehall.org 🇻🇪
Argentine American Mezzo-Soprano Solange Merdinian, 2019 Pro Musicis International Award winner sings at Weill Recital Hall on Wed, Dec 15 at 7:30pm. $30. carnegiehall.org 🇦🇷
Cuban Chinese cellist Sophia Bacelar plays a Ruiz Memorial Recital at Weill Recital Hall on Wed, Dec 8 at 7:30pm. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺
Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez plays a “Yoruba Soy” concert with regular collaborator Jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez in Zankel Hall on Sat, Dec 4 at 9pm. From $36. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺
The 15 Years of SONORO Festival celebrates Romania’s national day (Dec 1) at Weill Recital Hall on Thu, Dec 2 at 8pm. From $45. carnegiehall.org 🇷🇴
August 2021
Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective with the Turtle Island Quartet celebrate Wayne Shorter (Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, Weather Report) for Carnegie Hall Citywide in Bryant Park on Friday, August 6, 2021 at 7pm. FREE 🇺🇸
July 2021
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra plays salsa dura for Carnegie Hall Citywide in Bryant Park on Friday, July 16, 2021 at 7pm. FREE 🇵🇷
Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely sing American soul music from gospel to funk for Carnegie Hall Citywide in Bryant Park on Friday, July 9, 2021 at 7pm. FREE 🇺🇸
Grupo Rebolu plays Colombian Caribbean jazz for Carnegie Hall Citywide at the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing, Queens on Thu, July 1, 2021 at 5pm. FREE