Two performances: The Trio, with bassist Yasushi Nakamura subbing for Harish Raghavan at 6:30. Then, the Trio is joined by acclaimed saxophonist Greg Osby for an additional performance at 9pm. Tickets start at $25.

FIELDWORK is a collective of three widely celebrated young composer-performers: pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Steve Lehman, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Fieldwork’s music reflects each member’s ties to the American jazz tradition, modern composition, African and South Asian musics, underground hip-hop and electronica, and the influential music of Chicago’s A.A.C.M.

2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey is celebrated for his incomparable virtuosity, effortless mastery and memorization of highly complex scores, and an extraordinary ability to blend composition and improvisation in his work.

“Rhythm contains harmony and melody, and this duo (Tyshawn Sorey & King Britt) covers all registers from low to high. The impact is hypnotic, fiercely unrelenting and wildly exciting.” – The Wire

Featuring performances from Melz & Meshell Ndegeocello.

“For Sorey to interpolate his own invocation, his own heritage, history and memory, is a gesture of both respect and daring. Rarely does a composer present a new work haunted so openly and pervasively by a predecessor’s. But “Monochromatic Light” feels less like a nostalgia trip than a broadening of Feldman’s path deep into the pain and community of our time and the distant but resonant past.” – The New Yorker

2 performances: 3pm & 8:30pm

Kicking off the spring season with more great jazz for student appreciators, in this performance at Wake Forest University.

Tyshawn Sorey’s major new piano work, For Julius Eastman, honors the American composer, pianist, vocalist, performance artist and conductor. Sorey and Rothenberg’s deep musical relationship grew out of their work together on the DACAMERA-Rothko Chapel commission of Monochromatic Light (Afterlife), and it was during their performances at New York’s Park Avenue Armory that Sorey first conceived of this piece.

By overwhelming consensus, the Vijay Iyer Trio has become one of the pivotal jazz bands of the twenty-first century. Described as “the best piano trio in jazz today” (Der Spiegel), “truly astonishing” (NPR) and “the best band in jazz” (PopMatters), the trio’s music is emotionally resonant and deeply interactive, radiating groove and brimming with polyrhythmic detail, rooted in tradition yet truly innovative in style and form.

The Trio joins an incredible lineup of multi-disciplinary performances for this year’s Festival.

Tyshawn Sorey and Sarah Rothenberg’s deep musical relationship grew out of their work together on the DACAMERA-Rothko Chapel commission of Monochromatic Light (Afterlife), and it was during their performances at New York’s Park Avenue Armory that Sorey first conceived of For Julius Eastman [world premiere]. The intensity and hyper-sensitivity of Sorey’s music corresponds to Rothenberg’s pianism, and this expansive new solo work probes emotional depths and upends our sense of time.

The final scheduled performance of this commissioned collaboration between the TS Trio and Sandbox Percussion Ensemble, in celebration of Max Roach’s centennial.

Sorey ends his dates in Europe with this percussive collaboration with DJ/composer King Britt, vocalist China Moses, in a mash-up of jazz, hip-hop, and soulful electronica.

The Trio wraps up its tour dates with this stop in Paris.

The tour makes its way to Hamburg, for this Jazz Drum feature performance.

Continuing to snake their way through their European stops, this date brings them back to one of their frequent performance spaces in England.

Fresh off of the success of The Susceptible Now, the Trio brings their live concert experience across the Atlantic.

Kicking off his 2025 European Tour, Sorey shares a more intimate evening of percussion, on the drum set and incorporating found objects. *Website is written in German and French.

Sorey joins the Trio and an all-star lineup for an evening performance during the 2-day Brooklyn Marathon.

Continuing their fall tour celebrating the Max Roach Centennial, the Trio and Sandbox Percussion make a stop in the Nation’s Capitol with an evolving composition paying tribute to the late drumming legend. This performance is free to the public, but tickets are required. RSVP today to ensure a seat.

Touring in support of their fall release, The Susceptible Now, the Trio heads to the University of Michigan and their notable Music program to share sounds. Both performances—7 and 9:30pm—are sold out, but an interest list is available to those who want to be notified of any last-minute availability.

Sorey returns to his birthplace with a few of his musical friends for an evening of rhythmic sharing.

The Trio joins forces with Sandbox Percussion for several dates in Fall 2024.

Part of the "Boundary Pushers" series, the Trio will perform selection from their latest ECM release, Compassion. 3 shows across 2 days.

Rare opportunity to see and hear this Pulitzer Prize-winning composer in communion with the piano, in front of a live audience.

An explosive combination of talents on-stage at Yale University. Details and ticket link are forthcoming.

Hailed as “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, this nimble quartet of winds and strings defies musical boundaries. Experience their dynamic fusion of flute, clarinet, violin, and cello, as they champion new compositions and celebrate the vibrant tapestry of modern classical music. Join us for an evening that redefines the limits of musical creativity and community-building, with Sorey joining on drums/percussion and in collaborative improvisation. Tickets range from $10 to $20.

A leader in a new era of contemporary percussion chamber music, Sandbox Percussion and brilliant pianist and new-music champion Conor Hanick bring a program of premieres, including the first New York City performances of two works composed for them: Don’t Look Down by Christopher Cerrone and For Arthur Jafa by Tyshawn Sorey. (Sorey will not be involved in the performance.) Tickets start at $40.