50th Anniversary Live Presentation of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
UMS and the Michigan Engineering co-present a free multi-media community event of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space...
Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra returns to Hill Auditorium for the first time in 24 years. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings the...
Dramatic Readings of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman with Alec Baldwin
Arthur Miller graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938. A decade later, his play Death of a Salesman premiered on Broadway,...
Jerusalem Quartet
Violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth join the Jerusalem Quartet for a special concert featuring works for string sextet.The...
An Evening with Pat Metheny
A 20-time Grammy winner, jazz guitar pioneer Pat Metheny is known worldwide for his phenomenal improvisational performances. With brilliant...
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Returning for the first time in a dozen years, Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s period-instrument group brings the music of Berlioz to Ann Arbor...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
One of the most original forces in contemporary dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has long been known for its exceptionally talented...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
One of the most original forces in contemporary dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has long been known for its exceptionally talented...
Yuja Wang, piano and Martin Gruginger, percussion
For the 2018-19 season, Yuja Wang was selected to anchor one of two Carnegie Hall “Perspectives” series and given free rein to program...
Aizuri Quartet (M-Prize 2018 Winner)
Combining their deep study of classical music with a naturally warm and exuberant approach to audiences and students, the Aizuri Quartet is...
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
This legendary Czech orchestra, whose very first concert was conducted by Antonín Dvořák, comes to Ann Arbor under the baton of Semyon...
Aida Cuevas: Totalmente Juan Gabriel
The “Queen of Ranchera Music,” Aida Cuevas presents a mariachi spectacle, paying tribute to her dear friend and greatest mentor, Juan...
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Jake Shimabukuro is one of the most exceptional and innovative ukulele players in the history of the instrument. His dazzling fretwork,...
Danish String Quartet
After its acclaimed UMS debut in 2015, the Danish String Quartet returns with a program of Haydn, Beethoven, and Danish composer Hans...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Big Band Holidays
Wynton Marsalis brings his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to Hill Auditorium with a special holiday program. With soulful big band...
Handel's Messiah
Handel’s Messiah was composed over the course of a month in 1741, six months before its premiere in Dublin at a new concert hall where...
Handel's Messiah
Handel’s Messiah was composed over the course of a month in 1741, six months before its premiere in Dublin at a new concert hall where...
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with special guest Lucinda Williams
Lloyd has recently put together a new band, The Marvels. Lloyd is admired for concerts and recordings of pristine beauty and elegance, full...
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, piano
“The beauty and range of her singing are surely now at their impressive peak.” (Financial Times) DiDonato brought the house down with...
The Great Tamer
A surreal masterpiece that was the surprise hit of many European festivals last summer, The Great Tamer takes shape around the notion that...
The Great Tamer
A surreal masterpiece that was the surprise hit of many European festivals last summer, The Great Tamer takes shape around the notion that...
Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears of St. Peter)
The Franco-Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso (1532-94) packed every measure of Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears of St. Peter) with an...
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The stellar ensemble of Daniel Hope, Paul Neubauer, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center artistic directors Wu Han and David Finckel...
Camille A. Brown & Dancers: ink
Known for high theatricality, gutsy moves, and virtuosic musicality, Camille A. Brown & Dancers soar through history like a whirlwind....
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn: Echo in the Valley
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn met at a square dance and began playing music together over a decade ago, marrying shortly thereafter.Echo...
Israel Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, Conductor
This concert is part of Zubin Mehta’s final US tour as music director of the Israel Philharmonic — he steps down in October 2019, 50...
Past Tense: Carrie Mae Weems, director, writer, video artist
Acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems, deemed “one of the more interesting artists working in the gap between art and politics” by the New...
Past Tense: Carrie Mae Weems, director, writer, video artist
Acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems, deemed “one of the more interesting artists working in the gap between art and politics” by the New...
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
Benjamin Britten was commissioned to write his War Requiem for the re-consecration of Britain’s Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed...
Las Cafeteras
A “uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia, and rock…live, they’re magnetic” (Los Angeles Times). Las...
International Contemporary Ensemble: In Plain Air
The group’s UMS debut features mechanical instruments that have had a place in music history: organ, harmonium, harpsichord, music boxes,...
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his UMS debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra for two different concerts for UMS’s annual orchestra residency,...
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his UMS debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra for two different concerts for UMS’s annual orchestra residency,...
Eric Owens, bass-baritone and Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
This wonderful recital features a pair of operatic superstars displaying their talents and artistry.Together, these two artists, friends for...
Ballet Preljocaj: La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall)
Created in 2016 and based on a traditional and fantastical Chinese tale, La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall) is “infused with sensual...
Ballet Preljocaj: La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall)
Created in 2016 and based on a traditional and fantastical Chinese tale, La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall) is “infused with sensual...
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
One of the greatest theatrical studies of tyranny, revolution, and civil war, Julius Caesar is also a highly personal play — a breathless,...
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
One of the greatest theatrical studies of tyranny, revolution, and civil war, Julius Caesar is also a highly personal play — a breathless,...
Takács Quartet with Anthony McGill, clarinet
Now entering its 44th season, this perennial favorite is back after its six-concert exploration of the complete Beethoven quartets in the...
Handel's Semele: Opera in Concert
This sparkling opera/oratorio tells of a princess’s love affair with the king of the gods and her quest for immortality. Handel never...
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour with Cécile McLorin Salvant
A young jazz star with an old soul and the hottest voice in American jazz right now, Cécile McLorin Salvant grew up in Miami, the daughter...
Murray Perahia, piano
“His sound can be pure gold, and he voices chords with a clarity that you have to hear to believe.” (Washington Post). Murray...
Martha Graham Dance Company
As the oldest and most celebrated modern dance company in America, the Martha Graham Dance Company exemplifies its founder’s timeless and...
Martha Graham Dance Company
As the oldest and most celebrated modern dance company in America, the Martha Graham Dance Company exemplifies its founder’s timeless and...
