Isata Kanneh-Mason

Monday, March 16, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20540

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This event was previously scheduled as a duo concert featuring Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Please see below for additional details.

Award-winning British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason presents a solo recital at the Library of Congress, showcasing her poetic insight, expressive depth, and imaginative artistry. The program features works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, and Dobrinka Tabakova, offering an evening of intimacy, virtuosity, and luminous sound.

Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists 

6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion 

Tabea Zimermann and Javier Perianes

Friday, March 13, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20540

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Considered perhaps the world’s greatest violist, Tabea Zimmermann makes a very rare American recital tour this spring with Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, stopping at just a few fortunate venues. Known for enthralling, revelatory performances and recordings, the artists will be performing masterworks of the viola repertoire: Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, the poignant Lachrymae by Benjamin Britten, based on a song by John Dowland, and Shostakovich’s op. 147 sonata, completed a month before the composer’s death. 

Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists 

6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion 

Live! At the Library: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Celebrates Michio Itō

Thursday, March 26, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street  SE. Washington DC 20540

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The Library of Congress celebrates the acquisition of the papers of iconic Japanese dancer and choreographer Michio Itō. The performance by the Washington, D.C.-based Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, a celebrated cultural ambassador and art advocate, features six of his modern dance works, along with projected images from the Library’s Michio Itō Collection and a post-performance panel discussion. 

Dance collection display, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at the Whitall Pavilion. 

Panel discussion following the performance. 

Treasures from the Stephen Sondheim Collection

November 25, 2025 - March 28, 2026
James Madison Building
Performing Arts Reading Room (LM 113)
101 Independence Avenue SE.          Washington, DC 20540

Two new agile displays drawn from the Music Division’s collections debut this fall. From November 25, 2025, through March 28, 2026, visitors to the Performing Arts Reading Room can explore “Treasures from the Stephen Sondheim Collection,” a showcase of rare materials celebrating one of musical theater’s most influential creators.

New Book Celebrates Concerts from the Library of Congress @ 100

Since 1925, the Library of Congress has presented one of the most prestigious and innovative concert series in the United States. Philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge founded the series with the purpose of sharing music of the highest caliber with the American people. Her vision was clear: concerts would be free and open to all, the finest touring artists and ensembles would appear, and both traditional and new repertoire would be performed. Let the People Hear It: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100 shares the history of this remarkable series through the people, music, and collections that have inspired countless listeners. Written by Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres and David H. Plylar.

Available now through the Library Store and beginning January 25, 2026, from retailers everywhere.