Tigran Hamasyan and his trio— Sam Minaie on bass guitar and Arthur Hnatek on drums—close out their two-week tour of the United States at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, Maryland, tonight, performing music from his Nonesuch Records debut album, Mockroot. The album, which the Guardian describes as a "vibrant, personal take on songs from Armenia and beyond," was released in the US last week.

"You will find it difficult if not impossible to get this disc out of your machine for quite a while," raves the Buffalo News of Mockroot. "Don’t count on getting it out of your head for a long while either."

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Bombino continues his Australian tour, featuring a number of festival appearances, with shows all weekend. He performs at Tank Arts Centre in Cairns tonight, Verrierdale Full Moon Party in Sunshine Coast on Saturday, and the Railway Club in Darwin on Sunday. He remains on the Australian festival circuit for another two weeks, then heads to New Zealand for the WOMAD festival.

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Jeremy Denk joins the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, of which he is the Artist Partner this season, for a performance at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, tonight, following last night’s concert in Stillwater. Denk performs in two works by Bach—his Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 5—as well as Janáček’s Violin Sonata, with Steven Copes on violin. The program, entitled Jeremy Denk plays Bach, also features Bach’s Contrapunctus XIV from The Art of Fugue and Janáček’s Mládí.

The New York Times has remarked on Denk's "profound affinity with Bach." Nonesuch Records released his recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, with a companion DVD of video "liner notes," in September. Says NPR: "Once you've entered the Denkian dimension, you won't want to leave."

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Richard Goode joins the San Diego Symphony for performances of Mozart’s Piano Concert No. 25 in C Major at Copley Hall in San Diego each day this weekend. Also on the program also Zwilich’s Upbeat! and Schubert’s Symphony in C Major.

Goode recorded Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 for Nonesuch Records as part of a series of Mozart concerto recordings with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in the 1990s. The New York Times described the recording as "fresh, energetic Mozart certain to tickle the fancy of anyone who delights in inspired music-making. Mr. Goode is an esteemed artist, technically adept and intellectually rigorous … On this disk, his efforts are a constant joy.”

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Audra McDonald performs at the Kohler Memorial Theatre in Kohler, Wisconsin, tonight as a part of its Distinguished Guest Series. On Sunday evening she takes the stage of Boston’s Symphony Hall as a part of the Celebrity Series of Boston.

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Conor Oberst continues his tour of Australia and New Zealand with a performance at the Melbourne Zoo on Saturday night. The Felice Brothers join as special guests throughout the tour. The concert is part of the Twilight series in support of Zoos Victoria’s commitment to fighting wildlife extinction.

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Punch Brothers continue their US tour with three concerts this weekend: at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium tonight, the Riviera Theatre in Chicago on Saturday, and First Avenue in Minneapolis on Sunday. Guitarist Michael Daves, who released a duo bluegrass album with Chris Thile on Nonesuch in 2011 called Sleep With One Eye Open, supports the band on all of this weekend's shows.

The Chicago Reader, previewing Saturday’s show, calls the band’s new album, The Phosphorescent Blues, “stunning.” The album, which was released late last month on CD and digitally, is newly available on vinyl.