Kronos Quartet’s annual Kronos Festival is at SFJAZZ Center, celebrating its Fifty for the Future–commissioned works, with Attacca Quartet and others. Laurie Anderson celebrates Mikhail Baryshnikov's 75th in upstate NY. The Black Keys are in Glasgow and London. Richard Goode performs Beethoven in Portland, ME. Adam Guettel's The Light in the Piazza is at NY City Center starring Ruthie Ann Miles; Miles starred in the original 2014 off-Broadway production of David Byrne & Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love, which is in previews on Broadway. Makaya McCraven is at the Getty Center in LA. Natalie Merchant is joined by Orchestra of St. Luke’s at NJPAC in Newark. Mandy Patinkin performs on Long Island. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Hong Kong. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour Wisconsin and Missouri with Outlaw Music Festival.

This festival-filled weekend, Emmylou Harris, Chris Thile, Punch Brothers, and Nickel Creek return to Telluride Bluegrass Festival for its 50th. Makaya McCraven plays Bonnaroo. Molly Tuttle continues a childhood tradition at the Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley, CA, with her band Golden Highway. The Black Keys are at Pinkpop in the Netherlands and in Paris with guests Spoon. Sam Amidon plays Solas Festival in Scotland. Caroline Shaw is at Louth Contemporary Music Society Festival in Ireland. Laurie Anderson concludes her European tour in Gothenburg, Oslo, and Berlin. Performances of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love begin on Broadway.

Rhiannon Giddens, Music Director for this weekend's Ojai Music Festival in California, takes part in a number of performances streaming live from Ojai at ojaifestival.org. Laurie Anderson is in Madrid and London. Timo Andres performs Chopin and Joplin in Brooklyn. Emmylou Harris is in Denver with Dwight Yoakam. Hurray for the Riff Raff gives theatrical performance of 2017's The Navigator at Joe’s Pub in NYC. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Hamburg. Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered gets West Coast premiere in Portland.

Natalie Merchant performs two sold-out shows at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in NYC backed by The Knights orchestra. John Adams conducts The Death of Klinghoffer in Amsterdam, broadcast on NPO Klassiek. Laurie Anderson launches European tour at Primavera Sound in Barcelona. Julia Bullock joins Kansas City Symphony for Mahler and more. Yussef Dayes tours mid-Atlantic. Hurray for the Riff Raff performs at Natural History Museum in LA. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Utrecht. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway open for Dierks Bentley in Michigan and Ohio, then head to Kentucky.

Rhiannon Giddens, Chris Thile, and Edgar Meyer are in Knoxville, TN, this Memorial Day weekend for Yo-Yo Ma’s Our Common Nature: An Appalachian Celebration. Thomas Adès leads Ballet Opéra de Paris in Dante. Sam Amidon celebrates Harry Smith’s centenary at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. Richard Goode plays Beethoven in San Juan. k.d. lang gets Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in Ottawa. Brad Mehldau concludes Netherlands Chamber Orchestra residency in Rotterdam. Jeff Parker performs in California. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours Spain. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are in Massachusetts, Virginia, and Maryland.

Cécile McLorin Salvant performs from Mélusine at Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC tonight and Saturday; the latter streams live. Thomas Adès leads Ballet Opéra de Paris in Dante and discusses it with set/costume designer Tacita Dean. Sam Amidon joins Winona Symphony Orchestra in Minnesota. Tyondai Braxton premieres new work in Chicago. Mary Halvorson performs at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Tigran Hamasyan is in São Paulo. Emmylou Harris is in Napa. Hurray for the Riff Raff and First Aid Kit tour Denver and Salt Lake City. Kronos Quartet is in Berlin. Brad Mehldau plays Jonny Greenwood with Netherlands Chamber Orchestra in Amsterdam. Natalie Merchant sings in Chicago and Milwaukee. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri.

Rhiannon Giddens concludes a UK tour with Francesco Turrisi and a banner week at Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Birmingham Town Hall, and Saffron Hall in Essex. Thomas Adès leads Ballet Opéra de Paris in The Dante Project. Sam Amidon is in Galway and Belfast. Hurray for the Riff Raff is in Santa Barbara. Kronos Quartet gives French premiere of Terry Riley's Sun Rings at Philharmonie de Paris. Makaya McCraven is in Queens for Outline Festival. Brad Mehldau Trio is in Stockholm. Natalie Merchant sings in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway play the North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival.

Mary Halvorson, Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion, and Tyondai Braxton perform at Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival in Brooklyn. Hurray for the Riff Raff and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are at New Orleans Jazz Fest. Kronos Quartet leads a 50 for the Future Weekend in Amsterdam. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in residence at SFJAZZ, streaming live tonight. Opéra National de Paris performs Thomas Adès' Dante. Sam Amidon is in Finland. The Black Keys headline Beachlife Festival in CA. Julia Bullock sings Messiaen in Belgium and Germany. Brad Mehldau Trio plays JazzFest Bonn. Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered is performed in NYC.

Rhiannon Giddens is in the UK, performing in Edinburgh, Gateshead, and Perth. John Adams is performed in DC and Madrid. Emmylou Harris joins Willie Nelson's 90th birthday bash at the Hollywood Bowl. Natalie Merchant takes her Keep Your Courage tour south for a concert in St. Augustine and a sold-out show with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Cécile McLorin Salvant sings songs from Mélusine, Ghost Song, and more in Virginia. Sarah Kirkland Snider is in Maine for performances of her Mass for the Endangered. Richard Goode plays Beethoven in NYC. Mandy Patinkin is in Connecticut.

Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion perform Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part in Santa Barbara and Santa Monica. Jeremy Denk plays Nijmegen Piano Biennale. Emmylou Harris is in Dallas. Kronos Quartet joins the ballet in San Francisco. Natalie Merchant’s Keep Your Courage tour continues in Pennsylvania. Joshua Redman is in Toronto. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs with American Pianists Awards finalists in Indianapolis. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour Texas.

Natalie Merchant kicks off her Keep Your Courage tour with two sold-out shows in Poughkeepsie. John Adams's Doctor Atomic Symphony gets its Taiwanese premiere; Nixon in China is in Germany and France; and I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky is in Baltimore. Jeremy Denk joins Phoenix Symphony for Brahms. Jeff Parker is at Public Records in Brooklyn. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Ann Arbor and Miami.

Composer and vocalist Shara Nova joins members of the Oregon Symphony to perform The Blue Hour—a song cycle composed by Nova, Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider—at The Reser in Beaverton. Performances of John Adams's Nixon in China continue in Paris. Emmylou Harris chats with Joan Baez at OZ Arts in Nashville. Makaya McCraven joins harpist Brandee Younger at Public Records in Brooklyn. Cécile McLorin Salvant closes Savannah Music Festival. Wilco leads Reykjavik residency and Icelandic debut at Harpa Concert Hall.