Ongoing Exhibitions

To say that jazz titan Billy Childs is wildly talented would be a grave understatement. Childs began studying piano in early childhood; by age six he was performing publicly and by 16 attending Colburn conservatory. He has since gone on to win a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, and five Grammy awards — two for composition, two for arrangement, and one for his 2018 album Rebirth. Celebrated as one of the most diversely prolific and inventive pianists,…

Pianist Einav Yarden, already a rising star in Europe, makes her New Mexico debut in a superlative recital. Born in Israel and based in Berlin, her accolades include performances at the Verbier and Ravinia festivals and collaborations with Neville Marriner and Leon Fleisher. She specializes in lesser-known gems of the keyboard repertory, bringing new life to works by composers from Haydn to Stravinsky. Praised as “spot-on” by Gramophone magazine and for her “glistening touch” by Der Tagesspiegel, Yarden is musical…

Canada’s east coast is home to a place rich with Celtic tradition — Cape Breton Island. One of this beautiful isle's chief exports is Canada's reigning musical couple, award-winning fiddle virtuosos Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy. Born into music royalty, Grammy-winning superstar Natalie MacMaster has been recording gold-certified albums and performing around the world for decades. This holiday season, she combines her talents with her husband Donnell Leahy — the leader of Ontario's celebrated Celtic family band, Leahy — along…

The King’s Singers are back! Fresh off their 50th anniversary tour, this “immaculate” (Boston Globe) vocal sextet returns to Santa Fe for another magical evening at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Known worldwide for their “seamless blend and pitch-perfect, liquid tone” (Washington Post), these Emmy- and Grammy-winners span genre, emotion, and time in their spellbinding performances. Whether exploring Renaissance classics, performing new commissions, or grooving to delectable crossover arrangements, this flagship British ensemble has something for everyone.

Hailed as “master of the guitar” by none other than Plácido Domingo, Spaniard Pablo Sáinz Villegas is the greatest guitarist of his generation. Whether showcasing classical guitar or riffing on flamenco, Sáinz Villegas' unparalleled playing captures worlds of passion, playfulness, and drama. His long list of collaborators includes the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, composer John Williams, and conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and he has won over 30 competitions, including the Andrés Segovia Competition and the inaugural Parkening…

Born in Tashkent, Israeli-American pianist Yefim Bronfman has performed in the world's greatest halls and with its brightest musical luminaries. Recognized around the globe as one of the greatest pianists of our time, this “fabulous, fearsome” (Seattle Times) performer is admired by both audiences and critics alike for his “digital dexterity, warmly romantic sentiment, and jaw-dropping bravura” (Chicago Tribune). Over his decades-long career, Bronfman has earned an Avery Fisher Prize, seven Grammy nominations, and a Grammy award. Especially known for…

Violinist Tessa Lark, not yet 30, is soaring to stardom in multiple genres. Recipient of a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the Naumburg International Violin Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Lark is a budding superstar in the classical realm and a highly acclaimed fiddler in the bluegrass tradition of her native Kentucky. Since her debut, Lark has collaborated with masters including Mitsuko Uchida, Itzhak Perlman, Mark O'Connor, and Ida Kavafian, and performed across multiple…

Grammy-nominated clarinetist Anat Cohen — a familiar face in PSF circles thanks to her inimitable 2018 performance at the Lensic with jazz legend Fred Hersch — has teamed up with some of New York’s greatest players to create a wildly inventive and genre-bending jazz ensemble, the Anat Cohen Tentet. Consisting of accordion, piano, guitar, vibraphone, percussion, cello, bass, trombone, trumpet, and baritone saxophone and fronted by Cohen’s “terrific...beautifully crafted” (The New York Times) sound, this ensemble traverses musical continents every…