 |  |  |  | | | | Met Collection Pianos in Concert | Friday, March 6, 7 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Met Fifth Avenue
Hear prized pianos from The Met collection in a rare duo performance featuring pianists Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner and Derek Wang.
Experience an extraordinary evening featuring two historically significant pianos from The Met collection in a program of music from the height of the instruments' turn-of-the-century popularity. Compare the fine technical work of famed German piano maker Carl Bechstein—still considered one of Germany's "big four" piano manufacturers—with the dramatic artistry of the "La Mort du Cygne" (Death of the Swan) piano from French builder Érard, inlaid with a titular scene by famed Art Nouveau designers Louis Majorelle and Victor Prouvé. "Gifted virtuoso" (San Francisco Chronicle) Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner and "musical gourmand" (Le Devoir) Derek Wang, both alumni of the National YoungArts Foundation, bring the instruments to life both separately and in tandem.
This performance is presented in conjunction with The Met's Department of Musical Instruments.
Tickets start at $35
Buy tickets → |  | | | | Gerard & Kelly: Saints at a Disco (Prelude) | Thursday, March 12 & Friday, March 13, 7 pm
Museum-wide, The Met Cloisters
Experience the splendor of The Met Cloisters with a newly commissioned, site-specific immersive performance.
For more than two decades, the artist duo Gerard & Kelly has developed a singular body of work that brings narrative, choreography, and critical inquiry into dialogue with site and architecture. For the first installation of a multipart project—commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and developed by Gerard & Kelly Foundation with the support of VIA Art Fund, Doris Duke Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund—the duo engages with the exhibition Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages and activates the unique architecture of The Met Cloisters through music and movement. Saints at a Disco explores the disco as a sanctuary—a place not only of mourning and loss, especially in the wake of the AIDS epidemic, but also of cultural transmission and spiritual transcendence.
Located in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters brings the Middle Ages to life through the art, architecture, and gardens of medieval Europe.
Tickets start at $80
Buy tickets → |  | | | | Julian Lage | Saturday, March 21, 7 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Met Fifth Avenue
Hear the acclaimed guitarist in a solo performance featuring a historical instrument from The Met collection.
From the time the documentary Jules at Eight documented his prodigious childhood talent, guitarist Julian Lage has been a multifaceted force, weaving influences from jazz, pop, classical, country, bluegrass, and folk into his signature style. Now, after more than 15 acclaimed albums, he makes his debut at The Met with a solo evening of old favorites and new compositions featuring a historical guitar from The Met collection. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind performance!
This performance is presented in conjunction with The Met's Department of Musical Instruments.
Tickets start at $35
Buy tickets → |  | | Julia Kent | Friday, April 10, 5:30 pm & 7 pm
Gallery 628, The Met Fifth Avenue
Free with Museum admission
Learn more → | | | |  | | Baaba Maal | Saturday, May 30, 7 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Met Fifth Avenue
Tickets start at $35
Learn more → | | |  | | | | Sánchez-Werner and Wang play The Met's Érard Grand Piano | Get a sneak peek of The Met's rare Érard "The Death of the Swan" piano with "En bateau" ("Sailing") from Claude Debussy's Petite Suite for piano four-hands—written just fifteen years before this piano was built—featuring pianists Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner and Derek Wang.
Watch now → | All prices include fees.
Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages is made possible by the Michel David-Weill Fund and Kathryn A. Ploss.
Met Collection Pianos in Concert and Julian Lage are made possible by David Katz and the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.
Events and programming related to the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing are made possible by the Breyer Family Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Thompson Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Stephen M. Cutler and Wendy N. Zimmermann, Kyveli and George Economou, Ed and Dale Mathias, the Mex-Am Cultural Foundation Inc., and two anonymous donors.
For MetLiveArts program funders, visit metmuseum.org/metliveartssupport.
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Image: Louis Majorelle (French, Toul 1859–1926 Nancy); Manufacturer: Érard (French, ca. 1780–1959); Victor Emile Prouvé (French, Nancy 1858–1943 Sétif, Algeria). La Mort du Cygne Grand Piano. Mahogany, carved and inlaid with fruitwood veneers; ivorine; gilt bronze. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Yvette and Allen Michaan, 2022 | Gerard & Kelly, photo by Aude Carleton | Julian Lage, photo by Alyse Gafkjen | Kahil El'Zabar performs with Ethnic Heritage Ensemble at The Met, photo by Stephanie Berger | Julia Kent, photo by Mikiodo | | | |
