Performances: June 26 & 27 @8pm

Join us for an unforgettable multimedia experience featuring Dolly on screen—a vivid, visual-musical journey through the music, life, and legacy of the Southern icon. Accompanied by guest vocalists and musicians, Steven Reineke conducts new and innovative orchestrations by David Hamilton of Dolly’s hit songs, including “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors” and “I Will Always Love You,” plus her own personal favorites.
Please note: Dolly Parton does not perform in person at this concert.

Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music.

Students from the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program will perform chamber music on the Millennium Stage.

Comprising titled musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra, this acclaimed ensemble presents chamber music classics.

Heather LeDoux Green, violin
Daniel Foster, viola
David Hardy, cello
Lambert Orkis, piano

Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music.

• Sergei Prokofiev: Quintet in G minor, op.39 

• Guillaume Connesson: Sextet

• Alexander Jacobsen: arrangements 

Featuring: 

Dayna Hepler, violin  

Abigail Kreuzer, viola  

Charles Nilles, bass  

Harrison Linsey, oboe  

Paul Cigan, clarinet  

Christopher Schmitt, piano 

Don’t miss a rare opportunity to experience the sublime synergy of two musical superstars, live! For one night only, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Daniil Trifonov join forces to perform masterworks of the chamber music repertoire. Bask in the transcendent beauty of Beethoven, the drama of Poulenc, the depth of Brahms, and the avant-garde spirit of Bartók… all in the hands of these extraordinary artists.

Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music.

• Antonín Dvořák arr. Stephen Koncz: String Quartet No.12 “American”

• Joseph Jongen: Concert à Cinq 

Featuring: 

Matthew Ross, flute 

Regino Madrid, violin 

Chiara Dieguez, viola 

Ariana Nelson, cello

Adriana Horne, harp 

Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music.

• Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8  

• Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine

• Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.3 in D major 

   

Featuring: 

Jennifer Kim, violin 

Rachelle Hunt, violin 

Ricardo Cyncynates, viola 

James Lee, cello 

Performances: Jan 30 @7pm & Feb 1 @8pm

Immerse yourself in the passion of Samuel Barber’s tour de force in the hands of NSO Music Director and renowned opera conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Presented as part of the NSO’s annual Opera in Concert series, Vanessa is a tale of self-discovery, longing, and the raw pursuit of love. Nicole Heaston, J’Nai Bridges, Matthew Polenzani, Susan Graham, and Thomas Hampson join the orchestra as special guests.

Performances: Jan 30 @7pm & Feb 1 @8pm

Immerse yourself in the passion of Samuel Barber’s tour de force in the hands of NSO Music Director and renowned opera conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Presented as part of the NSO’s annual Opera in Concert series, Vanessa is a tale of self-discovery, longing, and the raw pursuit of love. Nicole Heaston, J’Nai Bridges, Matthew Polenzani, Susan Graham, and Thomas Hampson join the orchestra as special guests.

Comprising titled musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra, this acclaimed ensemble presents chamber music classics.

For the opening Sounds of US mainstage concert, support students in the early stages of their music pursuits in a program featuring world premiere works by Nick Bentz, Anthony Cheung, Adeliia Faizullina, Linda May Han Oh, and Hilary Purrington, performed by NSO musicians Robert Rearden, Loewi Lin, and Jennifer Mondie, as well as students of the NSO Youth Fellowship.

Led by the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera, and the Kennedy Center’s Social Impact department, The Cartography Project is a multiyear commissioning project engaging artists from around the nation to map Black dignity

Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music.

Performances: 2pm & 4pm

An annual tradition! The Concert Hall transforms into a ghostly sight when ghoulishly attired National Symphony Orchestra musicians celebrate Halloween with fa-boo-lous new works and spooky old classics.

Performances: 2pm & 4pm

An annual tradition! The Concert Hall transforms into a ghostly sight when ghoulishly attired National Symphony Orchestra musicians celebrate Halloween with fa-boo-lous new works and spooky old classics.

Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music.

Join us for a rousing collection of songs and stories that celebrate and challenge the American narrative—from Jessie Montgomery’s revolutionary anthem Banner to iconic music from Copland’s Billy the Kid and more. The NSO proudly presents Here I Stand: Paul Robeson, a new commission by composer Carlos Simon and librettist Dan Harder written to honor the African American singer, actor, athlete, scholar, and fearless supporter of racial equality. Bass-baritone Morris Robinson and The Washington Chorus join us for this symphonic exploration of the ideals we strive for as a country and community, united by hope.

The National Symphony Orchestra’s FREE annual Labor Day weekend concert returns to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol! This year, the NSO performs classics by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, John Philip Sousa, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and more led by charismatic conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez and featuring Grammy–nominated rapper/beatboxer Christylez Bacon. A must-see celebration! This performance is free to attend, no tickets required. Seating is first-come, first served.

They’re here to save the world! The Oscar-nominated film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis as eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. Experience the beloved ’80s classic like never before as the National Symphony Orchestra performs Elmer Bernstein’s Grammy-nominated score and Ray Parker Jr.’s Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping theme song, “Ghostbusters,” live to film! Who you gonna call?

Full feature film will be projected in HD onto screens in-house and on the lawn and accompanied by the music of a live symphony orchestra.

Three decades after Illmatic’s critically acclaimed release, Hip Hop legend Nas performs the iconic album in its entirety—plus more music from his illustrious career—with the National Symphony Orchestra! Released in 1994, Illmatic is the seminal debut from Nas and has long been considered one of the greatest Hip Hop records of all time with hits including “N.Y. State of Mind,” “The World Is Yours,” “Memory Lane (Sittin’ in Da Park),” and “It Ain’t Hard to Tell.”

The National Symphony Orchestra continues its summer season at Wolf Trap with Beethoven’s Ninth, the symphony by which all others are measured. The cosmic drama of this colossal masterwork—its grand, emotional melodies and the tremendous closing “Ode to Joy”—reminds us why Beethoven’s final symphony resounds as loudly today as it did two centuries ago.

This sublime program opens with Sphinx Concerto Competition winner Njioma Grevious performing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s irresistibly bold and lyrical Violin Concerto.

Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music.

• Juri Seo: Respiri

• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.9 in C major op.59/3 

Featuring Last Stand Quartet:  Joel Fuller, violin; Derek Powell, violin ; Mahoko Eguchi, viola; Rachel Young, cello