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Join Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Curator in the Department of Musical Instruments, and Ava Valentino, Research Assistant in the Department of Musical Instruments, along with Brett Renfer, Senior Project Manager of Emerging Technologies, to virtually explore the Musical Bodies exhibition.
June 18
How do instruments in The Met collection complicate gender assumptions?
Max Keller
May 26
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The Met Collection Pianos in Concert featuring Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner and Derek Wang | MetLiveArts
Listen to an extraordinary concert featuring two historically significant pianos from The Met collection in a program of music from the height of the instruments’ turn-of-the-century popularity.
March 6
Renowned pipa player Wu Man returns to The Met to perform Lou Harrison’s Pipa Concerto with The Knights.
Emery Kerekes
September 2, 2025
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Enjoy the Gemünder quartet’s unique voices with George Gershwin’s peaceful Lullaby for String Quartet.
February 3, 2025
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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