Press Releases
A marvelous dance company led by one of today’s greatest choreographic minds!
“Mark Morris, the kind of dancer who simply bowls one over” (The New York Times) made a name for himself in New York in the 1970s and 80s. In addition to choreographing and conducting dance, he is a director and choreographer for ...
The world of the chanson comes to Santa Fe for two nights of unparalleled song, dance, and story!
Jacques Brel, the master of the chanson (French for “song”) left a worldwide legacy following his short career half a century ago. An ecstatic New York Times review of his 1965 spectacle noted that his “versatile” ...
The Kings of Swing are back!
“I started playing when I was 6, but I didn’t start practicing until I was 12,” (Scholastic interview) says trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. “I didn’t want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn’t like me.” Once he got serious ...
Joe Illick presents Performance Santa Fe’s annual celebration of Richard Wagner’s music!
There is no figure in classical music as simultaneously revolutionary, controversial, and admired as Richard Wagner. Join Joe Illick as he guides the audience through an evening of speech and song centered on Wagner’s famous opera, Tannhäuser.
The opera was ...
Experience the epic and heartwarming music of Tchaikovsky, conducted by Joe Illick, at Performance Santa Fe’s Opening Orchestra Concert.
The Performance Santa Fe Orchestra, led by Joe Illick, will present two of Tchaikovsky’s best-known and loved works. Tchaikovsky was a brilliant Romantic composer famous for his melodies and the color, scale and depth of his works. ...
Daniel Ulbricht, “brilliant” (Dance Magazine) principal dancer for New York City Ballet, formed what was to become the Stars of American Ballet in 2008. The Stars of American Ballet features principals and soloists from New York City Ballet and often includes topmost dancers from other companies such as American Ballet Theatre and Pennsylvania Ballet. This dynamic troupe performs ...
Experience stars of The Santa Fe Opera up close in a different context. Performance Santa Fe’s annual Festival of Song is a series of intimate one-hour recitals featuring stars from The Santa Fe Opera. A meet-the-artists reception follows each recital at the historic Scottish Rite Center.
“Warm, resonant” (The Associated Press) Verdian baritone Quinn Kelsey and ...
Performance Santa Fe has the great pleasure of welcoming back the illustrious Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
Created in 1967 to perform the larger chamber works—from quintets to octets—these players, who customarily work together, draw on their camaraderie and so enrich the level of artistry with which they play. The Ensemble ...
Performance Santa Fe presents a very special recital by the extraordinary duo of violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt. They will perform all three of Brahms' stirring sonatas for violin and piano, with a dash of Webern for good measure.
Vogt, who has played with major orchestras since his debut with Sir Simon Rattle at age ...
Performance Santa Fe is proud to welcome the Takács Quartet to St. Francis Auditorium on April 16. Considered one of the greatest chamber music ensembles in the world, and the first string quartet to win the Wigmore Hall Medal on May 10, 2014 after having been appointed the first-ever Associate Artists at Wigmore in 2012, the Takács ...
