John Luther Adams – Upcoming Concerts

Seattle Symphony: Respighi Pines of Rome

Seattle Symphony
Wednesday, March 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Adams – Scheherazade.2, Violin Concerto
Elgar – Military March No. 3 in C minor from Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39
Respighi – Pini di Roma ("Pines of Rome")

$21-$121 (age 8-18 free)

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Seattle Symphony: Scheherazade.2 Untuxed

Seattle Symphony
Thursday, March 18, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Elgar – Military March No. 3 in C minor from 'Pomp and Circumstance', Op. 39
Adams – Scheherazade.2 violin concerto

$17-$74

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Seattle Symphony: Respighi Pines of Rome

Seattle Symphony
Friday, March 19, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Adams – Scheherazade.2, Violin Concerto
Elgar – Military March No. 3 in C minor from Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39
Respighi – Pini di Roma ("Pines of Rome")

$21-$121 (age 8-18 free)

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Music Northwest: Piano Brilliance

Music Northwest
Saturday, April 10, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Piano music of the 21st century by African, American, and Russian composers – a one-of-a-kind concert, heard nowhere else on the planet.

$16-$18 (students 25 and under free w/reservation)

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Seattle Symphony's TUNING UP!: Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue

Seattle Symphony and Seattle Symphony Chorale
Thursday, June 17, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Tuning Up
Charles Ives – Orchestral Set No. 2
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Derek Bermel – Elixir
John Adams – My Father Knew Charles Ives
Duke Ellington – Harlem

$25

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Seattle Symphony's THE LIGHT THAT FILLS THE WORLD: A Meditation in Sound & Light

Seattle Symphony
Wednesday, June 30, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Julia Wolfe – My Beautiful Scream
John Cage – 4’33”
John Luther Adams – The Light that Fills the World
Morton Feldman – Piano and Orchestra
Philip Glass – The Light

$25

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Seattle Symphony's IN THE WHITE SILENCE: John Luther Adams' Alaskan Landscapes

Seattle Symphony
Thursday, July 1, 2027 @ 10:00pm – 11:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Adams translates the vast horizons of the frozen far north into a musical tableau of clean, radiant harmony and subtle transformation.

$15

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Wayward Music Series: Parnassus Project

The Parnassus Project and Wayward Music Series
Thursday, August 12, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring American mysticism, featuring works by John Luther Adams, Lou Harrison, Peter Garland, and a new work by Luke Fitzpatrick.

$5-$15

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The Sound Ensemble: In Nature's Realm

The Sound Ensemble
Friday, October 29, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Teske – susurrus
Tom Cipullo – Rain
Greg Dixon – Cedar Forest
John Cage – Litany for the Whale
John Luther Adams – songbirdsongs
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hrim

$10-$15

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Seattle Chamber Music Society: John Adams, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky

Seattle Chamber Music Society
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction for Two Pianos
Beethoven – Serenade for String Trio in D major, Op. 8
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet, Op. 70

$16-$52

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Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Dances

Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, March 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances
John Adams – Chairman Dances
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

$5-$8

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Jesse Myers: Living in America // Stacey Mastrian: Binary Solo+

Stacey Mastrian and Jesse Myers
Wednesday, July 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of iconic minimalist composers, new music featuring acoustic piano and electronics, and a program for solo voice with electronics and piano.

Free

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Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music

Emerald City Music
Friday, September 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major

$45 includes open bar; $10 students

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Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music

Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major

$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)

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Jesse Myers: The Minimal Piano

Jesse Myers
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – China Gates
Philip Glass – Mad Rush
Philip Glass – Etude No. 9
Christopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Missy Mazzoli – Orizzonte
Missy Mazzoli – Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos
Jesse Myers – Error of My Ways
Steve Reich – Piano Counterpoint

$5-$15 suggested donation

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Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 1

Seattle Symphony
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 10:00pm – 11:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – Road Movies
Thomas Adès – Life Story
Steve Reich – Different Trains

$16

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Rainier Symphony: Orchestral Dances

Rainier Symphony
Saturday, October 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Grieg – Symphonic Dances

$17 / $12 / age 12 & under free

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Rainier Symphony: Orchestral Dances

Rainier Symphony
Sunday, October 22, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Grieg – Symphonic Dances

$17 / $12 / age 12 & under free

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Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble

Inverted Space Ensemble and Wayward Music Series
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Frith – Elegy for Elias
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan

$5-$15 suggested donation

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The Sound Ensemble: A Life Transformed

The Sound Ensemble
Saturday, February 10, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Call for Scores Winner – Work TBD
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (sextet)
Kevin Clark – Commissioned Work
John Adams – Chamber Symphony

$15

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