Explore Some of Our Most Popular 2017-18 Events!

Actor, singer, author and activist Alan Cumming brings his latest vocal stage show to Boston. An iconic performer on stage and screen, Cumming played Eli Gold on CBS’s The Good Wife, stole the show as the Tony Award-winning Emcee in Cabaret, and currently hosts PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery.

Three of the world’s greatest classical musicians—pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma—form a “super trio” for an intimate performance exploring the piano trios of Johannes Brahms—works that span the composer’s life from youth to maturity.

The Takács Quartet, now entering its forty-second season, is renowned for the vitality of its interpretations. The New York Times recently lauded the ensemble for “revealing the familiar as unfamiliar, making the most traditional of works feel radical once more.”

With a repertoire ranging from Lady Gaga to The Ride of the Valkyries, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain tackles an ambitious range of music—on just four strings. These eight genre-benders perform covers (with vocals!) of pop, jazz, country, and classics from film, along with anything else they think is ripe for the picking.

Yuja Wang has secured a place of distinction among the world’s finest performers due to her rare blend of technical refinement, musical insight, and emotional sensitivity. The intense power of her interpretations comes from a combination of exceptional presence on stage and a natural affinity for repertoire ranging from Mozart to Gershwin.