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Brentano String Quartet

September 26, 2015

Over the course of twenty years, the Brentano String Quartet have built a broad discography encompassing the central European canon and new music alike, earning a reputation as one of ...

Artist-in-Residence: Ana Tijoux

October 8, 2015

ANA TIJOUX: HIP-HOP & POLITICS IN CHILE French-Chilean MC Ana Tijoux speaks with David Garcia, Associate Professor of Music at UNC-Chapel Hill, about the politics and realities of contemporary Latin America, including her native Chile, ...

Artist-in-Residence: Abdullah Ibrahim

October 15, 2015

A LIFE IN JAZZ: ABDULLAH IBRAHIM Duke professor and acclaimed poet Nathaniel Mackey talks with South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim about his wide-ranging career in music. Ibrahim plays with his ensemble Ekaya on ...

St. Lawrence String Quartet

December 13, 2014

Stanford University ensemble-in-residence St. Lawrence String Quartet return to Duke Performances with their trademark combination of incisive playing and “irresistible exuberance” (Boston Globe). This quartet is “remarkable not simply for ...

yMusic
Duke Ph.D. Composer Concert

March 3, 2015

New York sextet yMusic combines “all the prestige and virtuosity of classical music degrees with all the attitude and energy of an indie rock band” (Paste Magazine). They thrive comfortably ...

Artists-in-Residence: Rude Mechs

September 24, 2014

Artists-in-Residence Event: Rude Mechs • Evolution & Theater: Exploring the Science in the Rude Mechs’ Now Now Oh Now • Presented by Duke Performances, internationally celebrated Austin, Texas theater collective Rude Mechs make their Durham ...

Artists-in-Residence: The Bad Plus

October 17, 2014

Artists-in-Residence Event: The Bad Plus — Listening to Ornette Coleman with The Bad Plus — The evening prior to their world premiere performance at Duke Performances, The Bad Plus — ...

Artists-in-Residence: Calefax Reed Quintet

January 23, 2015

Artists-in-Residence Event: Calefax Reed Quintet — A Woodwind Master Class with Calefax Reed Quintet — The Calefax Reed Quintet, a unique reed ensemble from Amsterdam, has distinguished itself with its imaginative ...

Artists-in-Residence: Companhia Urbana de Dança

November 6, 2014

Artists-in-Residence Events: Companhia Urbana de Dança — Companhia Urbana de Dança: Aesthetics & Activism in Brazilian Dance — Duke anthropologist and capoeira instructor Katya Wesolowski moderates a public discussion with Sonia Destri Lie, artistic director of Companhia ...

Artists-in-Residence: Horszowski Trio

November 7, 2014

Artists-in-Residence Event: Horszowski Trio — A Master Class with the Horszowski Trio — A vital young New York ensemble, the Horszowski Trio was founded in 2011, whereupon the New Yorker declared it “destined ...

Ben Folds

Ben Folds with yMusic

April 22, 2015

Duke student tickets have sold out for Ben Folds with yMusic; ample regular price tickets remain available. ### Multi-platinum-selling Nashville singer-songwriter Ben Folds kicks off his 2015 global tour with yMusic at ...

In Conversation: Caroline Shaw with Will Robin

April 17, 2015

In Conversation: Caroline Shaw with Will Robin North Carolina Symphony Scholar-in-Residence, Will Robin, also a doctoral candidate in musicology at UNC-Chapel Hill and a regular contributor to The New York Times and The New ...

Kronos Quartet

March 20, 2014 - March 21, 2014

Forty years in, Kronos Quartet still feels revolutionary. They have commissioned hundreds of new works for string quartet, recorded almost fifty albums, and brought the work of musicians from across ...

Fiasco Theater
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

February 2, 2012

Founded in 2007, this six-person company is already renowned for its dynamic, actor-focused style and lapidary productions of Shakespeare, whose elaborately plotted romance Cymbeline sings out with utter clarity in ...

Chunky Move
Connected

October 28, 2011

Founded by choreographer Gideon Obarzanek in 1995, the award-laden Australian dance company Chunky Move is famed for its beautiful, ambitious work with new media. Obarzanek’s final piece for the ensemble, ...

Thomas Hampson
Song of America

February 15, 2011

Hampson is an internationally-renowned opera lead and recitalist, artist in residence with the New York Philharmonic and one of the most respected soloists of his era. Born in Indiana and ...