Imani Winds, the newly appointed Don Michael Randel Ensemble in Residence, performs on January 20 and May 3, 2017.  Photo: Pierre Lidar

On October 14, 2016, Apollo’s Fire opens the season with Bach’s Coffeehouse, a program of music that may have been heard in the lively Café Zimmermann of 18th century Leipzig. Photo: Jason Hudson

GRAMMY®–award winning Paquito D’Rivera plays his intriguing blend of jazz, classical and Afro-Latin influences on November 4, 2016. Photo: R. Andrew Lepley

The American String Quartet collaborates with author Salman Rushdie reading excerpts of his work The Enchantress of Florence amidst the music on February 24, 2017. Photo: Peter Schaaf

Stellar European duo Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov will perform three Beethoven sonatas in one concert (November 11, 2016) Photo: Marco Borggreve

The elegant and ever-inventive pianist/composer Fred Hersch offers his latest works on February 10, 2017. Photo: Mark Niskanen