Two of today’s finest string quartets come together in octets by Felix Mendelssohn and George Enescu as they return to Princeton University Concerts the evening prior to heading to Carnegie Hall.

Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the young Isidore String Quartet makes their PUC debut in a program featuring music by multiple GRAMMY-winner Billy Childs, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and W.A. Mozart.

The Queen Elisabeth Competition laureate joins violin superstar Janine Jansen as the duo makes their PUC debut with a program by Robert and Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms.

The 28-year-old phenom makes his Princeton University Concerts debut amid his meteoric rise as the new voice of classical guitar for an hour-long program that translates works originally written for baroque instruments into the vibrant soundscape of the guitar.

Gain a better understanding of the extraordinary GRAMMY Award-winning artist Kayhan Kalhor and his bowed instrument, the kamancheh, through this conversation permeated by live performance. This event is centered on Kalhor's dedication to Iranian music in the face of profound loss, anti-Muslim sentiment, and political unrest.

The kamancheh is considered a precursor to the cello, with roots tracing back to the 10th century. The pipa, sometimes called the "Chinese lute," has been played for over two thousand years in China. These Performances Up Close are a rare chance to join Iran’s kamancheh champion Kayhan Kalhor, the world’s premier Grammy-nominated pipa virtuoso Wu Man, and Guggenheim Fellow and Grammy Award-winning tabla player Sandeep Das together put a contemporary spin on the ancient traditions of Persia, China, and India.

The legendary pianist and composer makes his long-anticipated PUC debut with Brahms' fiery Piano Quintet, Op. 34 with the fan-favorite Takács String Quartet, who will also perform his new string quartet.

Following his unforgettable appearance with the Jupiter Ensemble as part of our 2022-23 season, Thomas Dunford now treats us to a program of works for solo lute that are sure to be a testimony to his reputation as a “rockstar of historical performance.”

After an instantly sold-out performance in March 2022, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and pianist Mitsuko Uchida return for two more breathtaking concerti by W.A. Mozart conducted from the piano.

The three trailblazing titans of their respective instruments bring a program featuring their own transcriptions of music rooted in folklore and dance.