88 years, 88 keys

For 88 years, from 1937 to 2024, Performance Santa Fe has been presenting the best performing artists in the world. It is no irony that there are also 88 keys on a piano. With each key and year, our legacy includes great soloists, pianists, the finest ensembles, theater and dance, opera and music of every genre. No other area nonprofit in Santa Fe has such a long history of varied repertoire and education offerings, presented on a consistent basis.

Photo Credits

Dalies Frantz; public domain, Duci de Kerejarto; public domain, Trapp Family Singers; © 2024 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Josephine Antoine; public domain, Eugene List; public domain, Bruna Castagna; public domain, Gregor Piatigorsky; public domain, Mia Slavenska; croatia.org, Zino Francescatti; AI Q, Sascha Gorodnitzki; CBS photo archive, Yara Bernette; public domain, Tossy Spivakovsky; National Portrait Gallery, Zino Francescatti; AI Q, Kathleen Ferrier; Zeb Soanes, John Sebastian; kilesmith.com, Virtuosi di Roma; Latina Corriere, Paganini String Quartet; University of Michigan, Carol Brice; kadoguy, Leon Fleisher; ©2024 Steinway & Sons, Nan Merriman; Graphic House, Paris Ballet: Patrice Molinard, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Photo: Harper Lieper Studios/Houston Symphony Archives, Carol Smith; Bach Cantatas website, The Eglevsky Dance Company; NYPL Digital Collection, Dorothy Warenskjold; Margo Melton Nutt, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Photo: Harper Lieper Studios/Houston Symphony Archives, I Musici; imusici.com, Leonard Rose; WNYC, Yehudi Menuhin; Wikipedia, The Lenox String Quartet; Grinnell College Digital, Betty Allen; Wikipedia, Folkloristas de Ramón; musicapopular.cl, Edith Peinemann; pastdaily.com, Manuel Lopez Ramos; mexicanguitarplayers.com, Stecher & Horowitz; public domain, Aldo Parisot; Yale Alumni Magazine, The Netherlands Chamber Choir; kadoguy, Masuko Ushioda; queenelisabethcompetition.be, Jacob Lateiner; Piano Morphosis, Gary Graffman; Philadelphia Music Alliance, The Beaux Arts Trio; Wikipedia, Academica String Quartet; RTÉ Archives, Ellen Shade; bruceduffie.com, Ransom Wilson; Jack Mitchell, Heidi Lehwalder; heidi-lehwalder.com, Tokyo String Quartet; Young Concert Artists, The Vermeer String Quartet; Historic Images

Garrick Ohlsson; Philip Jones Griffiths, Richard Stoltzman; Milken Archive of Jewish Music, Ofra Harnoy; The Strad, The Waverly Consort; Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, The LaSalle Quartet; TheAudioDB.com, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio; Cleveland Classical, The Danish Boys Choir & Royal Danish Brass Quintet; Kim Matthai Leland, Paula Robison; Young Concert Artists, Chanticleer; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nexus Percussion; © 2024 NEXUS, The King’s Singers; Jan Gates, Gil Shaham; The Mercury News, Louis Lortie; elias. photography, Dawn Upshaw, Knight Foundation, Christopher Parkening; Montana State University, Tokyo String Quartet; Wikipedia, The Australian Chamber Orchestra; Limelight Magazine, Prague Chamber Orchestra; viberate.com, Midori; The Peace Studio, André Watts; Wikipedia, Katia & Marielle Labéque; Umberto Nicoletti, Hilary Hahn; Wikipedia, Porgy & Bess; The New York Times, Denyce Graves; Wikipedia, Kathleen Battle; Brittanica, Marvin Hamlisch; Breaking Character, The Royal Drummers of Burundi with Mombasa Party; Wikipedia, Betty Buckley; Emilio Madrid-Kuser/Broadway.com, Russian National Ballet Theatre; Giselle, Dionne Warwick; The Music Hall, Murray Perahia; Bill Alkofer, Wynton Marsalis; Frank Stewart, Daniel Okulitch, Richard Goode; The Gilmore, Stars of American Ballet; courtesy of artist, Wynton Marsalis; wyntonmarsalis.org, Barber of Seville, Taj Express; UAB Arts Alliance, Parsons Dance; parsonsdance.org, Havana Cuba All-Stars; The Gazette, Billy Childs; Raj Naik, Kronos Quartet; Lenny Gonzalez, Piaf! The Show; patrimoinemusicalfrancais.fr, Martha Graham Dance Company: Copyright Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc., Mark Morris Dance Group; Andrea Mohin/ The New York Times, Arturo Sandoval; Jeremy Lock, Kristin Chenoweth, courtesy of the artist