Brad Mehldau brings his Three Pieces After Bach program to Italy this weekend, performing at Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin tonight and Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome on Saturday. Mehldau heads to the Czech Republic for a solo recital at Besední Dum in Brno on Sunday.

The Guardian, in its four-star review of the UK premiere of Three Pieces After Bach, writes: “The balance of space and intensity was almost perfectly struck in this powerful and thought-provoking gig.”

Mehldau’s new album, After Bach, is due March 9 on Nonesuch. As with the live program, the album includes selections from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier paired with an After Bach piece written by Mehldau and inspired by its WTC mate. Pre-orders include an instant download of the album track “After Bach: Rondo.”

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Laurie Anderson gives a free talk and signing of her new book, All the Things I Lost in the Flood, at Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York, on Saturday afternoon.

A new album, Landfall, Anderson's first collaboration with Kronos Quartet, is out now on Nonesuch. Both the piece and book were inspired by her experience of Hurricane Sandy. NPR writes: “With a dream-like blend of electronics, acoustic instruments, high-tech software and voice overs, [Anderson] searches for meaning in the mystery of it all.”

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Dan Auerbach continues his Easy Eye Sound Revue, featuring music from his latest release, Waiting on a Song, in California this weekend, with concerts at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Saturday and The Observatory in Santa Ana on Sunday, followed by a sold-out show at The Observatory North Park in San Diego on Monday.

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Rhiannon Giddens plays a free concert, as the closing event of Picturing Mississippi, 1817-2017: Land of Plenty, Pain, and Promise, at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson on Saturday.

After upcoming multi-artist events at the Apollo Theater and Carnegie Hall in New York, Giddens heads back on the road in April, with music from her highly praised second solo album, Freedom Highway. The Guardian calls it a “powerful and timely set,” while Pitchfork exclaims: "Rhiannon Giddens emerges as a peerless and powerful voice in roots music.”

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Tigran Hamasyan, touring with music from his just-released EP, For Gyumri, and recent album, An Ancient Observer, performs at the Vancouver Academy of Music tonight and Mission Theater in Portland on Monday. NPR writes: “As a pianist and composer, [Hamasyan] draws inspiration from jazz, folkloric and classical sources, in ways that feel both hypermodern and practically ageless.”

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Gabriel Kahane joins Ensemble Connect for the World Premiere of his work, Bright and Fair, at the Helen Filene Ladd Recital Hall in Saratoga Springs, New York, tonight. The program also includes Mozart’s Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 and Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A Major D. 667, “Die Forelle.” Kahane and Ensemble Connect bring his piece to New York City on Monday, for a performance in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.

Nonesuch Records will release a recording of Kahane’s 8980: Book of Travelers later this year.

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Kronos Quartet is in Abu Dhabi, bringing a family concert titled Around the World with Kronos to the Red Theater this afternoon. The matinee includes works by Omar Souleyman, Garth Knox, Wu Man, as well as traditional pieces from Lebanon, the United States, and more.

Kronos’s David Harrington spoke to The National about the quartet’s shows in Abu Dhabi this week. You can read the interview here.

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Robert Plant continues his sold-out North American tour with his band the Sensational Space Shifters, bringing music from his new album, Carry Fire, to Orpheum Theatre in Boston tonight and Massey Hall in Toronto on Saturday. NPR calls the album “transfixing,” adding that "Plant and his collaborators create music that overflows with irrepressible life force ... Carry Fire is rivetingly intimate."

“It’s a great affinity that we have,” Plant says of the band in a Boston Globe interview ahead of tonight’s show. “We keep it going because everybody does other things when they feel like it and so will I. Who knows what’s around the corner.” You can read what else he had to say here.

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Rostam continues his North American tour, featuring music from his debut album, Half-Light, with a sold-out show at Globe Hall in Denver tonight, followed by performances at Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City on Saturday and Neumos in Seattle on Monday. The New Yorker calls Half-Light "a wondrous album, full of coy dreams and quiet yearning."