Celebrity Series of Boston Announces 2019-2020 Season
The Celebrity Series of Boston announced its 2019-2020 season today, marking 81 years of bringing the world's greatest performing artists to Boston. In total, the 2019-2020 season will include 53 music, dance, and entertainment mainstage engagements.
The season will begin with a new public performance project September 20-29, 2019, called "Concert for One: 1 Musician, 1 Listener, 1 Minute of Live Music." Neighborhood Arts will feature more than 150 workshops, classes, and concerts in schools and community venues performances across Boston.
Gary Dunning, President and Executive Director of the Celebrity Series of Boston, says, "I am delighted to announce the Celebrity Series' 81st season. Audiences will find an array of performance experiences that will allow them to reconnect with "old friends" and satisfy their curiosity for something new and different. We are especially excited to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, and Lyon Opera Ballet, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Danish String Quartet, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Calidore String Quartet, and Rob Kapilow's "What Makes it Great?" all include works by Beethoven on their programs.
"Our dedication to presenting contemporary music and dance continues with Stave Sessions and performances at the NEC Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre. I encourage you to browse our full array of performances and be excited by the artistry and diversity of the 2019-2020 season."
The 2019-2020 season offers eleven ensembles; five piano recitals; five instrumental recitals; eleven human voice or vocal performances; eight jazz and popular song performances; seven dance companies, six contemporary music ensembles, and one public performance project.
The 2019-2020 season will feature the Boston debuts of Bereishit Dance Company; Calidore Quartet; Dakh Daughters; soprano Angela Gheorghiu; cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason; pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason; contemporary gospel artists Trey McLaughlin and The Sounds of Zamar; Caleb Teicher & Company; Matthew Whitaker; and pianist Joyce Yang.
Making their Celebrity Series debuts during the 2019-2020 season are pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Camille A. Brown & Dancers; cellist Jay Campbell; Kinan Azmeh's CityBand; soprano Ying Fang; actress and vocalist Sutton Foster; mandolinist Sierra Hull; Bossa Nova vocalist Bebel Gilberto; mandolin player Sierra Hull, violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja; Lyon Opera Ballet; santour virtuoso Ehsan Matoori; composer and musician S�rgio Mendes; Ethio-Jazz artist Meklit; conductor Andris Nelsons; pianist Steve Osborne; singer-songwriter Sid Sriram; jazz vocalist Veronica Swift; pianist Conrad Tao; and bass-baritone Dav�ne Tines.
Highlights of the season include:
Artists celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth: Lyon Opera Ballet, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Danish String Quartet, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Calidore String Quartet, and Rob Kapilow's What Makes it Great? all include works of Beethoven on their programs
Emerging dance ensembles and classical music debuts at NEC's Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre: Caleb Teicher and Company with Conrad Tao, Bereishit Dance Company, and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard
"Concert for One: 1 Musician. 1 Listener. 1 Minute of Live Music." In Boston and Cambridge, September 20-29, 2019
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig with conductor Andris Nelsons; violin soloist Leonidas Kavakos; and cello soloist Gautier Capu�on October 27, 2019 at Symphony Hall. Co-presented with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
"Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)" Featuring Roomful of Teeth with Alicia Hall Moran & Isaiah Robinson Oct 30-Nov 3, 2019 at Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre. "Triptych" is presented by ArtsEmerson in association with Celebrity Series of Boston
Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang, piano soloist, perform the Boston premiere of John Adams' 2019 piano concerto "Why Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes," along with Ginastera's Variaciones "Concertantes" and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." The performance takes place on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 2pm at Symphony Hall
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who performed at the Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle, December 13, 2019 at NEC's Jordan Hall
An Evening with Sutton Foster will see the two-time Tony winner in her Celebrity Series concert debut on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 8pm at Sanders Theatre
John Pizzarelli Trio's Nat King Cole Centennial appears on a double-bill with jazz vocalist Veronica Swift and her band on Friday, February 14, 2020 at 8pm at Sanders Theatre
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, music director and soloist, perform a program which will include Paganini's Violin Concerto No.1 and Brahms Symphony No. 4 on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3pm at Symphony Hall
Grammy winning vocalist Bobby McFerrin takes the Symphony Hall stage on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 3pm. Sponsored by Julia Byers & Steven Holtzman
Pianist Daniil Trifonov returns to the Celebrity Series in his first Symphony Hall solo recital on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 3pm. He will perform Bach/Brahms Chaconne; Bach/Rachmaninov Prelude, Gavotte, and Gigue; Bach/Liszt Fantasie & Fugue in G minor; and Bach "The Art of Fugue."
Stave Sessions and Kronos Quartet, "Music For Change - The Banned Countries," the music of composers from the seven banned nations, March 17-21, 2020
B�la Fleck and the Flecktones return to Boston on Friday, March 27, 2020 at 8pm at the Berklee Performance Center
Bass-baritone Dav�ne Tines makes his Celebrity Series debut with pianist Adam Nielsen as part of the Debut Series on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 8pm at Longy's Pickman Hall
Author and humorist David Sedaris returns to Symphony Hall on Friday, April 10, 2020 at 8pm to read excerpts from his books and new works, and offer an audience Q&A and book signing
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu makes her Boston debut in recital with pianist Alexandra Dariescu on Friday, April 17, 2020 at 8pm at NEC's Jordan Hall
Paul Taylor Dance Company returns as part of the company's global tour honoring the legacy of Taylor and under its new Artistic Director Michael Novak. Performances take place on April 17, 2020 at 8pm; April 18, 2020 at 8pm; and April 19, 2020 at 3pm at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre
Soprano Ren�e Fleming and pianist Evgeny Kissin join powerful forces in a recital on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 5pm at Symphony Hall
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, April 30-May 3, 2020 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre
Subscription And Single Ticket Sales
Subscription sales (any order with three or more events), both online and by mail, will begin on April 10, 2019. Online subscriptions will be available beginning at 9am on April 10 at www.celebrityseries.org. Subscription brochures will be mailed the week of April 10. Subscription sales include half-price child ticket pricing for most events.
The Priority Seating deadline is May 31, 2019 and subscription orders by phone will begin on Monday, June 3, 2019. Single ticket sales for most events will begin on Monday, September 9, 2019. The deadline for subscription orders is October 17, 2019.
Persons who wish to receive a copy of the new brochure or paper order form in the mail should email [email protected] with their full name and mailing address or write to Celebrity Series of Boston, 20 Park Plaza, Suite 1032, Boston, MA 02116.
For a complete list of events and more information, visit the Celebrity Series website.