Steve Reich is the focus of Radio France's Festival Présences in Paris; Caroline Shaw performs. The Staves tour with Nickel Creek in Des Moines and Indianapolis. Laurie Anderson joins poet Jane Hirshfield in conversation at the Rubin Museum in NYC. Timo Andres performs The Blind Banister with the Oregon Symphony in Salem and Portland. Rhiannon Giddens kicks off a European tour in France and the Netherlands. Mary Halvorson and her Amaryllis sextet are in Maryland and at 92Y in NYC. Brad Mehldau is solo at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the University at Buffalo.

This GRAMMY Awards weekend—in which Nonesuch recordings are nominated for eleven GRAMMYs and Laurie Anderson will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award—there’s lots of great live music ahead around the world, including three shows in Cambridge, MA, from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Brad Mehldau, and Mary Halvorson. Salvant then heads to Philadelphia, Mehldau to Georgia. Ambrose Akinmusire tours the Netherlands. Attacca Quartet performs Caroline Shaw in Berkeley. Jeremy Denk plays Bach in St. Louis, Richard Goode in Philadelphia. Jonny Greenwood performs Steve Reich in Manchester. Rachael & Vilray tour Colorado.

Jeff Parker and the New Breed, including Makaya McCraven, perform in Chicago and Iowa City. Ambrose Akinmusire, Bil Frisell, and Gregory Hutchinson bring Owl Song to Budapest and Helsinki. Jeremy Denk is in Utah. Mary Halvorson's sextet takes Cloudward to Germany and Austria. Emmylou Harris headlines Ann Arbor Folk Fest. Gabriel Kahane, Attacca Quartet, and Roomful of Teeth premiere his new work in San Francisco. Kronos Quartet celebrates 50 in Stanford. Brad Mehldau is in Canada and Connecticut. Natalie Merchant leads Fondazione Prada workshop/concert in Milan. Punch Brothers host Kacey Musgraves and Tiny Habits at their NYC variety hour. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Molly Tuttle concludes UK tour with Tommy Emmanuel in New Brighton and Harrogate.

Julia Bullock sings Samuel Barber, Bob Dylan, Connie Converse, and more in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. John Adams conducts the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony in an all-Adams program. Jeremy Denk performs in Key West. Mary Halvorson and her Amaryllis sextet bring their new album, Cloudward, to France and the Netherlands. Kronos Quartet celebrates its 50th in France. Makaya McCraven and Meshell Ndegeocello perform in Chicago's Symphony Center. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours Arizona and California. Molly Tuttle joins Tommy Emmanuel at Glasgow's Celtic Connections and in Buxton.

This long weekend, NYC hosts performances by Ambrose Akinmusire and Mary Halvorson, part of NYC Winter Jazzfest, and Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. The Black Keys take their new single to Anaheim for ALTer EGO. Julia Bullock brings songs by Barber, Bob Dylan, and more to Baltimore. Jeremy Denk performs Fauré in the Canary Islands. Emmylou Harris performs at Opry at the Ryman with Rodney Crowell and others. Cécile McLorin Salvant sings nearby, at Vanderbilt. Kronos Quartet celebrates its 50th with two concerts at Cité de la musique in Paris. Molly Tuttle tours UK with Tommy Emmanuel.

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway close out the year's touring in her home state of California with three-sold out shows at The Guild Theatre, in Menlo Park. Rachael & Vilray are in California as well for two nights at Blue Note Napa. Sam Amidon opens for Beth Orton at Café de la Danse in Paris. Julia Bullock joins her fellow American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) members in John Adams's El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered at Yale. Yussef Dayes concludes his US tour in Dallas and Minneapolis. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the Library of Congress in DC and in Montclair, New Jersey.

Guitarist Mary Halvorson joins pianist Sylvie Courvoisier at Jazz Gallery in NYC, where downtown, Punch Brothers continue their variety show at the Minetta Lane Theatre, with special guests Sylvan Esso and The A's (both of which include members of Mountain Man). Yasmin Williams in Tarrytown, NY, supporting Watchhouse, and Philadelphia, supporting Aoife O'Donovan. Yussef Dayes performs Black Classical Music in Miami. Jeremy Denk is in Boston. Vagabon takes West Coast tour to Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland.

Brad Mehldau concludes his four-night residency at Smoke Jazz Club in NYC, where Punch Brothers continue their acoustic variety show at Minetta Lane Theater with guests James Taylor and Gaby Moreno, and Makaya McCraven plays Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. In Florida, The Black Keys headline Riptide Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are at Orange Blossom Revue in Lake Wales. Shara Nova performs The Blue Hour in Ann Arbor. In California, Yussef Dayes is at The UC Theatre in Berkeley and Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, where Alarm Will Sound is joined by Nathalie Joachim and Alyssa Pyper at The Nimoy.

As the US celebrates Thanksgiving, there’s great live music being made around the world: Julia Bullock joins Philharmonia Orchestra in the UK to perform Knoxville: Summer of 1915 at Bedford Corn Exchange and George Gershwin and Langston Hughes songs at Southbank Centre in London. Yussef Dayes performs Black Classical Music in Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Nashville. Tigran Hamasyan performs StandArt to conclude three-night residency in Yerevan, Armenia. Gabriel Kahane joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and his father, conductor/pianist Jeffrey Kahane. The Magnetic Fields conclude European tour in Athens and Austria. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours France and Spain.

Yussef Dayes tours Boston, Philadelphia, and NYC. The Royal Ballet performs Wayne McGregor and Thomas Adès's The Dante Project. Ambrose Akinmusire tours Sweden with Norrbotten Big Band. Laurie Anderson is in Italy and Luxembourg. Timo Andres and Nico Muhly perform Philip Glass at David Geffen Hall in NYC. The Black Keys are in Mexico City for Corona Capital Festival. Sam Gendel is in Amsterdam. Rhiannon Giddens  performs in Berkeley and Sonoma. Tigran Hamasyan is at Spoleto Jazz Fest in Italy. The Magnetic Fields are in Stockholm and Helsinki. Brad Mehldau Trio tours Chicago, Boston, and College Park. Natalie Merchant is in Italy. Mandy Patinkin concludes London residency. Cécile McLorin Salvant is at Bozar in Brussels. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway  are in Boston, Long Island, and Pennsylvania, where Yasmin Williams is as well as Rhode Island.

Chris Thile and Punch Brothers launch five-concert variety series at Minetta Lane Theatre in NYC. Hurray for the Riff Raff is across the East River in Brooklyn, as are Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, who also have shows in Connecticut and Albany. Sam Gendel plays a set at Rockit Festival in the Netherlands, as does Cécile McLorin Salvant, who is also in Austria. Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad Ensemble tour California; Omar, her Pulitzer Prize–winning opera with Michael Abels, is at SF Opera. Richard Goode gives a solo recital in St. Paul. Mary Halvorson goes to Guimarães, Portugal. Tigran Hamasyan performs in Riga. Kronos Quartet is in DC. The Magnetic Fields is in Rouen and Paris. Brad Mehldau is in Beaverton, Berkeley, and Boise. Natalie Merchant is in Bath. Mandy Patinkin leads a London residency. Vagabon is in Glasgow and Leeds with Weyes Blood. Yasmin Williams is in Chicago and Grand Rapids.

Kronos Quartet is joined by Laurie Anderson, Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion, and others to celebrate its 50th anniversary at Carnegie Hall, then heads to Halifax. Sam Amidon is in Clonakilty, Ireland. Timo Andres performs Philip Glass in Chicago. Jeremy Denk is in DC. Rhiannon Giddens joins Silkroad Ensemble in Fairfax, VA. Tigran Hamasyan is in Italy and Spain, where The Magnetic Fields launch a European tour. Natalie Merchant is in London and Glasgow. Vagabon is in Milan and Lausanne with Weyes Blood. Yasmin Williams begins her tour with Valerie June, Rachael Davis, and Thao in Saxapahaw, NC.