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BAM ushers in 2024 by presenting a season that honors the power of artistic community. See program details and learn how to purchase tickets!

Northwest BachFest: Celebrate Diversity How often do you get to see five Grammy winners perform for free? Northwest BachFest kicks off its September series with a free concert at the MAC auditorium featuring the Catalyst Quartet and Zuill Bailey, all recipients of the highest award in music. Catalyst Quartet combines the talents of four Latinx musicians, who in turn commission pieces from emerging Black, Latinx, Asian, LGTBQ and women composers. Together, they’ve created an original set ca...

Malcolm X at the Met. Jaap van Zweden’s farewell to the New York Philharmonic. Premieres by Kate Soper and Ted Hearne. It’s shaping up to be quite a season.

A selection from Hyperion’s now-streaming catalog, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Tchaikovsky and Yunchan Lim’s Liszt are among the highlights.

Explore the groundbreaking partnership between the Catalyst Quartet, known for their Grammy-winning performances, and a highly respected arts management group. Find out how this collaboration will elevate their music and reach new audiences.

April 6, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Catalyst Quartet and Classical Up Close to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. The Catalyst Quartet is presented by our friends at Chamber Music Northwest and will preview their upcoming series Remarkable Women Composers, including music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Jessie Montgomery, Joan Tower, and Angélica Negrón. Classical Up Close is celebrating their...

There are few joys quite like finding your new favorite sculpture or painting in an unlikely corner of the Met maze – and with more than two million artworks in our collection, there’s always a gem waiting to be uncovered. This season, the Catalyst Quartet (our ’22-’23 Quartet in Residence) takes their place among the art to help you discover the music that history has pushed to the margins. Join them throughout the galleries for a program that casts a modern eye on the Western musical c...

Catalyst Quartet cellist Karlos Rodriguez spoke with Suzanne Bona about the ensemble’s ongoing series of uncovered recordings that highlight the musical genius of composers such as Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, and George Walker, to name just a few.

From stage to screen, galleries to music halls and local bars, fun and enlightenment await your presence.

Watch Lara Downes' conversation with the composer-in-residence of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra about balancing her roots, her craft and the shifting field of classical music.