Carnegie Hall is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its “Concert of the Century” on May 5, 2026.

Organized by famed violinist Isaac Stern, the original 1976 event brought together some of the world’s greatest musicians for a now-legendary “concert-celebration” that commemorated the anniversary of the Hall’s opening on May 5, 1891. Fifty years later and 135 years after the opening of the Hall, a new lineup of Carnegie Hall icons comes together to honor the Hall’s legacy, telling its story to a new generation.

The May concert will be conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and will showcase the NYO-USA All-Stars, an ensemble of distinguished alumni from Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. Soloists will include Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, Isabel Leonard, Audra McDonald, Michael Feinstein, Emanuel Ax, Andy Einhorn, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, and Daniil Trifonov. The Oratorio Society of New York will be led by Kent Tritle.

The program will include Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Chopin, Mahler, Gerswhin, Duke Ellington, Arlen, Legrand, Rossini, Valerie Coleman, and Bernstein.

This performance will be heard live by listeners around the world, as part of the Carnegie Hall Live broadcast and digital series. Produced by WQXR and Carnegie Hall and co-hosted by WQXR’s Jeff Spurgeon and WNYC’s John Schaefer, the concert will be broadcast on WQXR 105.9 FM in New York and streamed online at wqxr.org and carnegiehall.org/wqxr.