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Miami City Ballet Opens 26/27 Season with ‘American Rhythms’
Miami City Ballet has opened its 26/27 season with American Rhythms, a sparkling mixed bill that weaves together classical brilliance, jazzy elegance and an electrifying world premiere. The program plays the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami October 16–18 and the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale October 24–25.
The evening opens with George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, set to Tchaikovsky — a kinetic burst of technical precision and youthful exuberance that showcases Balanchine’s neoclassical style. Next comes the company premiere of Jerome Robbins’ N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz, set to Robert Prince’s score, bringing the spirit and swagger of American jazz to the stage in new costumes designed by Zac Posen for GapStudio.
The program culminates in a world premiere by Tony Award-winning Buena Vista Social Club choreographer and former MCB Principal Dancer Patricia Delgado — Push the Buttons of the Civilized — featuring original music performed live by Grammy-nominated artist Emily Estefan. Both Miami natives, Delgado and Estefan come together for a one-of-a-kind hometown collaboration.
American Rhythms introduces Gonzalo Garcia’s first fully programmed season as the company’s artistic director.
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WQXR and Carnegie Hall have announced the lineup for the 2026–27 season of Carnegie Hall Live, the broadcast series that brings performances from the legendary New York venue to audiences nationwide and around the world. Now in its 16th season, the series airs live on WQXR-FM and streams at WQXR.org and CarnegieHall.org, with broadcasts also distributed to public radio stations across the country.
The season opened on October 9 with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, joined by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in a program of Brahms and Strauss — part of the orchestra’s four-concert Carnegie Hall residency that launched the Hall’s 2026–27 season.
Among the season’s highlights, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs an all-Berlioz program on November 5, 2026, led by Louis Langrée and starring tenor Benjamin Bernheim in a rare New York appearance, pairing Les nuits d’été with the Symphonie fantastique. On January 19, 2027, Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, with soloists Golda Schultz, Taylor Raven, Julian Prégardien, and Anthony Robin Schneider.
The series also carries performances by the Vienna Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of Carnegie Hall’s season-long Mahler symphony cycle led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, alongside chamber music programs spotlighting Beethoven and Brahms.
Carnegie Hall Live is hosted by WNYC and WQXR’s John Schaefer, with guest hosts Elliott Forrest and Paul Cavalconte. The series is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall and American Public Media. For the full broadcast schedule, visit carnegiehall.org.
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