Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
Fiddler Darol Anger with the Saratoga Orchestra
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Our Spring Gala featuring jazz and blues fiddler Darol Anger.
$25 ($20 seniors; ages 5-18 free)
Prism: Pärt & MacMillan
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday with works by Pärt, MacMillan and Muehleisen.
$12-$35
Long Piece Fest: Stockhausen's Stimmung for 6 Voices
Thursday, May 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The ruins of Mexico are recreated with just intonation in Stockhausen's Stimmung for 6 voices.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Universal Language Project presents: The Soldier's Tale and Saci
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
To complement our production of Stravinsky's theatrical work The Soldier's Tale, Jovino Santos Neto has written Saci – a Brazilian Folk Tale for seven musicians, narrator and dance.
$25 ($10 youth)
Universal Language Project presents: The Soldier's Tale and Saci
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
To complement our production of Stravinsky's theatrical work The Soldier's Tale, Jovino Santos Neto has written Saci – a Brazilian Folk Tale for seven musicians, narrator and dance.
$25 ($10 youth)
Saxophone: UNCOVERED
Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Expanding the contemporary classical saxophone repertoire, Kevin Baldwin will premiere new works by local Seattle composers, as well as lesser-performed pieces from famed composers Luciano Berio, Gerard Grisey and Giacinto Scelsi.
$5-$15
Maderna Fest: 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cafe Solstice, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space presents the first of three weekend cafe concerts, beginning with a trip through the career of Bruno Maderna with vocal works of Pergolesi, Purcell, Berio and Maderna himself.
Free
Maderna Fest: 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Stone Way Cafe, Seattle, WA, United States
Come join us for a night on the "other side" of classical music, featuring works for saxophone, percussion, and cello from composers George Crumb, Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna.
Free
Racer Sessions: Inverted Space Ensemble/Maderna Fest 2015
Sunday, May 31, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of Maderna, Berio, and Andriessen, in addition to free improv.
Free
Ravenna String Orchestras: Whitacre, Boccherini & more
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Arrangement of Overture to The Abduction From The Seraglio
Eric Whitacre – October
Reinhold Gliere – Russian Sailor’s Dance
Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B flat: allegro moderato
David Avshalomov – Elegy for Strings
Carl Nielsen – “Finale” from Little Suite
Eric Whitacre – October
Reinhold Gliere – Russian Sailor’s Dance
Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B flat: allegro moderato
David Avshalomov – Elegy for Strings
Carl Nielsen – “Finale” from Little Suite
Free
CLUB SHOSTAKOVICH XIV: Summer Solstice Celebration
Sunday, June 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Violist Heather Bentley and cellist Rowena Hammill join forces with Seattle Symphony violinists Natasha Bazhanov, Artur Girsky, Mikhail Shmidt and Eugene Bazhanov in their ongoing exploration of the fifteen Shostakovich string quartets.
$5-$14
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Beethoven & Kirchner
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, Op. 16
Kirchner – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954)
Beethoven – String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2
Kirchner – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954)
Beethoven – String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2
$48 ($16 Student)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars
Friday, July 10, 2026 @ 7:15pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Live chamber performance by the Sol Quartet, followed by an audio broadcast live from Benaroya Hall (Shostakovich & Beethoven).
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Shostakovich & Beethoven
Friday, July 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano in C minor, Op. 8
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke"
Beethoven – String Quartet in F major, Op. 135
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke"
Beethoven – String Quartet in F major, Op. 135
$48 ($16 student)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Mahler, Franck, Tchaikovsky
Monday, July 13, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, "Songs of a Wayfarer"
Franck – Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Franck – Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
$48 ($16 student)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Mozart & Janacek Recital
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K. 301
Janacek – Sonata for Violin and Piano
Janacek – Sonata for Violin and Piano
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 @ 7:15pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Volunteer Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Live chamber performance by the Sempre Sisters (Bach and fiddle favorites), followed by an audio broadcast live from Benaroya Hall (Schubert, Respighi, Mozart, Janacek).
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Schubert, Respighi, Mozart, Janacek
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – String Quartet in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Respighi – Il Tramonto
Mozart – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, K. 502
Janacek – The Diary of One Who Disappeared
Respighi – Il Tramonto
Mozart – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, K. 502
Janacek – The Diary of One Who Disappeared
$48 ($16 student)
Substrata: O'Neil, Rauelsson, bvdub + Mayberry
Thursday, July 16, 2026 @ 7:45pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three artists touch on multitudinous points throughout the last century of modern music, the only constant their transcending of collocation and the constraints of singular genre concerns.
$45
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Albeniz, Debussy, Ginastera Recital
Friday, July 17, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Albeniz – Iberia "Evocation"
Debussy – Estampes
Ginastera – Danzas argentinas
Debussy – Estampes
Ginastera – Danzas argentinas
Free