| After tooting our collective horns for the centennial season of Concerts from the Library of Congress, we decided to not stop! The celebration continues in fall 2025 as we embark on a new century of programming at the intersection of tradition and innovation. In a nod to the first chamber music festival that inaugurated the Coolidge Auditorium in October 1925, our own Founder's Day mini-festival (October 29-30) will raise the roof 100 years after the concerts that started it all. Join us this fall for a kaleidoscopic array of concerts and conversations, commissions from composers Raven Chacon, Sir George Benajmin and Larissa Maestro and lectures and film screenigs that span the gamut to herald a century of extraordinary music at the nation's library.  Consone Quartet with Kristian Bezuidenhuit, fortepiano Friday, October 17, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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The Consone Quartet and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout present an evening of Haydn and Mozart, featuring an early piano concerto by Mozart and an arrangement of his quintet for piano and winds.
Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  AMS Lecture: "Music, Disputes, and the Silent Western: The Yaqui (1916)." Wednesday, October 21, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
James Madison Building - Mumford Room (LM649)
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Simone Dinnerstein, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Katherine Needleman and the Baroklyn ensemble perform an evening of chamber works by J.S. Bach to open a special Founder's Day 2025 celebration marking the Library's illustrious century-long history as a concert presenter. Pre-concert conversation at 6:30 p.m. in the Whittall Pavilion with Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres and David Plylar, PhD, of the Music Divison on their new book "Let the People Hear It: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100." Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  Live! At the Library: Founder's Day Tambuco Thursday, October 30, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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The celebrated Grammy-nominated Mexican contemporary classical percussion ensemble Tambuco returns to the Library of Congress for the annual Founder's Day concert with dynamic repertoire by Latin American composers, featuring music that ranges from delicately intricate to powerfully expansive.
Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  Valerie Coleman: "Reverie" Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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Reserve tickets here "Reverie" honors a cultural exchange with a program pairing the music of Valerie Coleman with works by Ravel, Debussy and Poulenc. Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  Live! At the Library: "The Disappearance of Miss Scott" (Filmscreening) Thursday. November 6, 2025, 5:00 p.m.
James Madison Building - Pickford Theater (LM 302)
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"The Disappearance of Miss Scott" chronicles Hazel Scott's meteoric rise as a jazz talent and major Hollywood star. The first Black woman to have her own television show, she was also an influential civil rights pioneer before being blacklisted during the Red Scare of the 1950's. Produced by 4th Act Actual for the PBS American Masters series, this rich documentary tells the story of Hazel Scott's extraordinary life fully for the first time. The screening will be introduced by Scott's son, Adam Clayton Powell III. Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  Live! At the Library: Ekep Nkwelle Thursday, November 6, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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Rising jazz star Ekep Nkwelle, a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Howard University and Juilliard, captivates audiences with her vocal exuberance, versatility and charisma.
Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Sir George Benjamin, piano Friday, November 14, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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Renowned pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs music with deep personal connections in a recital of works by eminent British composer Sir George Benjamin, Aimard's mentor Pierre Boulez and Russian and modernist Nikolai Obukhov. The composer joins Aimard for the U.S. premiere of Benjamin's Divisions for piano, four hands, a co-commission from the Pierre Boulez-Saal, the Library of Congress and Wigmore Hall.
Pre-concert Lecture @ 6:30 p.m.
"Le Tombeau de Boulez: Revolution and Remembrance"
David Plylar, PhD, Music Division Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  Grossman Ensemble
Stefan Asbury, conductor Saturday, November 15, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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Reserve tickets here Chicago's Grossman Ensemble, led by Stefan Asbury, performs works by Sir George Benjamin, Augusta Read Thomas, Sean Shepherd, and Morton Feldman. Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  Les Arts Florissants, with Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Friday, November 21, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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Reserve tickets here Star violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte leads the acclaimed French Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants in an exhilarating concert celebrating the 300th anniversary of Antonio Vivaldi's "Le Quattro Stagioni" (The Four Seasons). Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  Saturday, November 22, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
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Reserve tickets here Beatrice Berrut performs the music of Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Mahler and Dukas in a heavy-hitting recital that showcases works from the Library's collections. Pre-concert Conversation with the Artist @ 12:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., September 3 at 10 a.m. |  SistaStrings
Chauntee Ross, voice & violin
Monique Ross, voice & cello Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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SistaStrings returns to the Library, following their acclaimed Gershwin Prize appearance in 2024, to offer a powerful, emotionally charged program that blends classical, soulful and contemporary sounds. The Ross sisters will also perform the world premiere of a Library of Congress commission composed by Larissa Maestro. Tickets available Wed., October 1 at 10 a.m. |  Raven Chacon Ensemble Saturday, December 6, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music and a MacArthur Fellowship, Diné composer and sound artist Raven Chacon is known for poetic works that summon a sense of landscape, space and spirit. Experience an evocative, unique sound world when Chacon brings colleagues to perform in an evening of his recent chamber and conceptual compositions, including a new commission from the Library's Strickland Fund. Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., October 1 at 10 a.m. |  Live! At the Library: Stradivari Anniversary Concert I
Isidore String Quartet Thursday, December 18, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
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The Isidore String Quartet is joined by violist Misha Amory and cellist Nina Lee for an evening of music by Bach, Brahms and Beethoven. It is a rare chance to hear six Stradivari instruments used together in performance, including the recently acquired "Fulton, ex Baird, Tuscan-Medici" 1690 Stradivari viola. Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., October 1 at 10 a.m. |  Live! At the Library: Stradivari Anniversary Concert II
Isidore String Quartet Friday, December 19, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
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The Isidore String Quartet is joined by violist Misha Amory and cellist Nina Lee for an evening of music by Bach, Brahms and Beethoven. It is a rare chance to hear six Stradivari instruments used together in performance, including the recently acquired "Fulton, ex Baird, Tuscan-Medici" 1690 Stradivari viola. Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists @ 6:30 p.m. Tickets available Wed., October 1 at 10 a.m. | | Etix
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For nearly a century music lovers worldwide and in the nation's capital have enjoyed concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Come explore and watch and listen to videos of this season's concerts as well as past concerts here.
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From music composition to influences to Afro-Cuban music, these short videos cover a wide range of topics that we hope will spark your curiosity and inspire you to discover your inner musician.
| | | | Your contributions enable the Library to continue its tradition of offering concerts free to the public today, tomorrow, and for future generations! Your support will help us grow, advance, and make universally accessible the Library's unparalleled performing arts programs. | |  WATCH: Jlin Also known as Jerrilyn Patton, Jlin has emerged as an influential contemporary electronic composer whose work transcends musical styles and artistic disciplines. A math enthusiast and former steelworker from Gary, Indiana, she has composed for chamber ensembles such as Kronos Quartet and Third Coast Percussion; created mixes for Björk and collaborated with choreographer Wayne McGregor, among others.
For this performance, Jlin brought her signature electronic energy to the Library of Congress, where she presented the world premiere of the first full electronic music piece commissioned by the Library. The commission comprises two parts: "Dance With My Favorite Opponent" and "Veyari (Sanctum Aeternum)." Event Date: May 15, 2025 |
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