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Enjoy the Gemünder quartet’s unique voices with George Gershwin’s peaceful Lullaby for String Quartet.
February 3

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The most musical tree in the world.
August 27, 2024

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In December 2023, Catalyst Quartet—The Met’s 2023–24 Quartet in Residence—gave voice to a special set of Met collection instruments for the first time in over 70 years.
July 29, 2024

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In July 2023 MetLiveArts welcomed three-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant for an exclusive recording session in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters. For Salvant, also a skilled textile artist, the tapestries have been a source of inspiration.
November 16, 2023

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In July 2023 MetLiveArts welcomed three-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant for an exclusive recording session in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters
November 13, 2023

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Make an instrument and a special tool to visualize sound.
July 5, 2023

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Sound is invisible, yet it’s all around us! What’s going on here? What exactly is a sound, anyway?
July 5, 2023

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Anthony Roth Costanzo and Bryan Wagorn perform “Lascia Ch'io Panga” by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) on the earliest known surviving piano.
June 22, 2023

To celebrate International Bagpipe Day, join one of the holiday's co-founders on a tour of bagpipes at the Museum.
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
March 10, 2023

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How Cristofori’s invention gave a new voice to the harpsichord.
Jayson Kerr Dobney and Anthony Roth Costanzo
September 7, 2022