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.

John Adams conducts the European premiere of his opera Antony & Cleopatra in Barcelona starring Julia Bullock and Gerald Finley. Cécile McLorin Salvant takes her antipodean tour to Melbourne. Michelle Branch is in New Orleans. Mary Halvorson is in Luxembourg and Geneva. Ben LaMar Gay is at Public Records in Brooklyn. The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt pays tribute to Sinéad O’Connor at City Winery in NYC. Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered is performed in Dallas. Chris Thile and The Knights perform his new piece in Worcester and Ithaca. Vagabon is in Philadelphia, Connecticut, and DC.

Vagabon kicks off a North American tour in Chicago, Detroit, and Toronto. Ambrose Akinmusire and his Owl Song Trio—Bill Frisell, Herlin Riley—are in Carmel, IN. Sam Amidon is in Stroud, England. Michelle Branch is in Las Vegas. Richard Goode performs in Perth, Scotland. Mary Halvorson is in North Macedonia and in Germany, where Tigran Hamasyan tours as well. Hurray for the Riff Raff performs in Tulsa for the Bob Dylan Center. Gabriel Kahane and Attacca Quartet are at UCLA. Kronos Quartet performs at the Barbican in London. Mandy Patinkin is in New Brunswick, NJ. Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered is performed in Oslo. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour Colorado. Yasmin Williams is in Hot Springs, VA.

Cécile McLorin Salvant continues a weeklong residency at Village Vanguard in NYC through Sunday. Carminho kicks off North American tour in Boston and New Jersey. John Adams's Naive and Sentimental Music is performed by SF Symphony led by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Timo Andres joins Calder Quartet in California and New Mexico. David Byrne chats with Kalefa Sanneh at the New Yorker Festival. Tigran Hamasyan is in South Korea. Makaya McCraven is in Kentucky. Mandy Patinkin performs in Portsmouth, NH. NY Phil premieres Steve Reich's Jacob’s Ladder. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour California and Oregon.

Rhiannon Giddens performs in her home state of North Carolina, at UNC Wilmington, and in Virginia at University of Richmond. Jeremy Denk is at Hertz Hall in San Francisco. Mandy Patinkin and his wife, Kathryn Grody, are in conversation in Reston, Virginia. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Bogotá. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Rhiannon Giddens brings her new album, You’re the One, to New England. The Black Keys headline Sing Out Loud Festival in Florida. Kronos Quartet is in California. Natalie Merchant tours the Pacific Northwest. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs in Idaho. Chris Thile concludes tour Kentucky with Louisville Orchestra and conductor Teddy Abrams. Molly Tuttle plays Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Los Angeles.

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway perform at Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington, opening for Dave Matthews, who guests on their new album, City of Gold. Sam Amidon opens for Nickel Creek in Amsterdam. Timo Andres has three concerts in New Mexico. Joachim Cooder is in Sligo, Ireland. Richard Goode plays Mozart and Chopin in Montana. Emmylou Harris performs in Kentucky and at Earl Scruggs Music Festival in North Carolina. Makaya McCraven plays a free Chicago Jazz Festival set in Millennium Park.

Kronos Quartet gives a free concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park as part of Kronos: Five Decades. Laurie Anderson celebrates John Zorn's 70th with Zorn and Sean Ono Lennon in Brooklyn. Timo Andres plays Moab Music Festival. The Black Keys tour the Midwest. Joachim Cooder is at Tønder Festival in Denmark. Jeremy Denk performs at Music on the Straight festival in Washington. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Massachusetts. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway join Charley Crocket in Texas then head to Kansas.

Hurray for the Riff Raff begins a UK duo acoustic tour with shows in London, Oxford, and Hebden Bridge. Laurie Anderson joins Joan Baez at HamptonsFilm SummerDocs. Julia Bullock joins Scottish Chamber Orchestra for Mozart's The Magic Flute at Edinburgh International Festival. Rhiannon Giddens talks about her new album, You're the One, at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Brad Mehldau joins drummer Joe Farnsworth and bassist Larry Grenadier at Smoke Jazz Club in NYC. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are at Edmonton Folk Festival.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade reunite at Newport Jazz Festival. Jeremy Denk plays Bach at Oxford. Kronos Quartet and Sarah Kirkland Snider are at Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Rachael & Vilray are in Connecticut and Long Island. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs Ogresse at Edinburgh International Festival with an orchestra led by Darcy James Argue. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway join Dierks Bentley in Tahoe.

While on your way to enjoy some live music, stop by your local record store to hear some Nonesuch tunes as part of Tomorrow Is Listening, a 24-hour event from International Anthem in which curated mixes are broadcast live to record stores around the world all day Friday. Kronos Quartet is at MASS MoCA for Bang on a Can’s Loud Weekend. Julia Bullock is at Lake Area Music Festival in Minnesota. Yussef Dayes is in Oakland and Napa. Jeremy Denk joins Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia. Richard Goode plays Beethoven in Oxford. Hurray for the Riff Raff is at Calgary Folk Festival. Natalie Merchant joins Anthony Roth Costanzo at Glimmerglass. Chris Thile leads his inaugural Acousticamp on Long Island. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway headline RockyGrass Festival in Colorado.

Hurray for the Riff Raff and Vagabon perform at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, streaming on pitchfork.com. Sam Amidon is in Western MA. Julia Bullock sings Berlioz with Grand Teton Music Festival orchestra and conductor Christian Reif. Jeremy Denk performs Brahms and Beethoven with Brevard Music Center Orchestra and conductor Keith Lockhart. Brad Mehldau Trio close out European tour at Ravello Festival. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Worcester and at Caramoor in upstate NY. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway celebrate their new album, City of Gold, in California and Oregon.