The Princeton Festival Guild

05/23/2026

04/24/2026

The Metropolitan Opera has announced that the Saudi Arabian government has withdrawn from funding arrangement that would have provided up to $200 million to the company over eight years.

04/22/2026

04/17/2026

03/02/2026

02/04/2026

Singing can lower blood pressure, improve oxygen flow, and lower stress.

01/28/2026

Thank you Arts News Now for the feature on Michelle Cann and our upcoming concerts on February 7 & 8!

Michelle Cann is a dazzling, inspiring performer and we are so excited to welcome her back to Princeton! Read more about this set of performances here at the link below. Be sure to get your tickets below to enjoy a rejuvenating and heartwarming performance weekend:
https://www.princetonsymphony.org/performances/beethoven-grieg/2026-02-07

Read more here: https://artsnewsnow.com/arts_news/2025-grammy-award-winner-michelle-cann-to-perform-grieg-piano-concerto-with-princeton-symphony-orchestra/

01/28/2026

Philip Glass has withdrawn the premiere of his Lincoln Symphony from „Trump-Kennedy“ Center.

The renowned composer Philip Glass told the Kennedy Center that he no longer wanted to premiere his new symphony there. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4q7A98u

01/21/2026

Our next Soundtracks talk will be at 7pm on Wednesday, February 4 in the Community Room at the Princeton Public Library and it's going to be an very exciting one! Join Bergamot Quartet and Princeton Music Department Chair Dan Trueman in an exploration of Norway's National Instrument, the Hardanger fiddle. The quartet will perform new works composed and adapted by Trueman specifically for these unique stringed instruments, tracing the fiddle's origins from 1650 Norway to today. Come and learn what makes these instruments special, and how Bergamot Quartet is reviving the Hardanger tradition for modern audiences. This event is FREE and open to the public.

Come hear some fabulous new music for a fascinating group of instruments and enter the drawing to win tickets to the February 7th performance of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto with GRAMMY® winner Michelle Cann!
https://www.princetonsymphony.org/events/soundtracks-meet-hardanger-fiddle