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  • Limor Tomer Named New Concerts & Lectures General Manager at Metropolitan Museum

    Sunday, March 27, 2011, 4:00 a.m.

    (New York, March 28, 2011)—Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the appointment of Limor Tomer as the Museum's General Manager of Concerts & Lectures, effective May 2. She currently holds the dual positions of Executive Producer for Music at radio station Classical 105.9 FM WQXR and Adjunct Curator for Performing Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, Ms. Tomer—whose prolific career in the arts encompasses more than 20 years of experience as producer, programmer, administrator, and musician—will head the renowned Concerts & Lectures series, which is in its 57th season and presents more than 200 events to the public each year.

  • Metropolitan Museum Concerts
    May 2011

    Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:00 a.m.

    Menahem Pressler & the Emerson String Quartet; Simone Dinnerstein in Recital;
    Sharon Isbin & the Salomé Chamber Orchestra;
    Tiempo Libre Performing from a New CD My Secret Radio;
    Dan Zanes & Friends; and Nimet Habachy's Chat with Deborah Voigt

  • Metropolitan Museum Adds New "Spring Break" Holiday to Roster of Met Holiday Mondays

    Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:00 a.m.

    Guitar Heroes and Other Special Exhibitions on View Monday, April 25

  • Irish Singer-Songwriter Duke Special Debuts Original Songs at Metropolitan Museum Inspired by Photographs in Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand

    Sunday, March 6, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

    Irish musical sensation Duke Special will debut all-new songs on March 24, 2011, at 7 p.m. in a performance presented by Spectrum at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this concert conceived specifically for the Met, Duke Special has been inspired by the Museum's current exhibition Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, which features masterpieces of photography from the early 20th century. Duke Special's signature atmospheric sound will take listeners back to a bygone era of steam trains, tycoons, grandes dames, and artists—a world of foggy city streets and tranquil country scenes.

  • Metropolitan Museum Concerts
    April 2011

    Monday, February 28, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

    Chanticleer's Monteverdi, Mahler, and New Works by Mason Bates & Erika Lloyd, Pianists Paul Lewis and Jon Nakamatsu in Recital, Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert, Musicians from Marlboro, Steve Ross's Tribute to Fred Astaire, and John Lithgow's Children's Program

  • Metropolitan Museum's 2011 Series of "Met Holiday Mondays" to Continue with Presidents' Day, Feb. 21

    Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art continues its popular "Met Holiday Mondays" program by opening the doors of its main building to the public on Presidents' Day, February 21. (The next Met Holiday Monday will be April 25, during spring break week.)

  • Paul Ruddock Elected a Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Monday, February 7, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

    Paul Ruddock has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. The election took place at the January 11 meeting of the Board of Trustees.

  • 大都會藝術博物館於二月五日舉辦春節迎新活動弘揚中國文化藝術

    Thursday, January 27, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

    活動日期: 2011 年二月五日, 星期六 活動時間: 上午11 時 至 下午 4 時 地點: 曼哈頓 第五大道輿82街,大都會藝術博物館 大都會藝術博物館歡迎不同年齡的訪客在 2011年二月五日來參加慶祝中國文化藝術,迎接農曆新年的全天全館歡慶活動。本博物館迎兔年活動包括一系列互動節目、手工藝製作活動以及豐富多彩的演出。只需憑本館入場券,這些新年節目幾乎全部免費。

  • Steve Miller & Friends - Including Jim Hall, Howard Alden, and Bucky Pizzarelli - Perform "Celebrating the Jazz Guitar" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday, February 12, 2011

    Monday, January 24, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

    Concert is presented in Conjunction with the Exhibition
    Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York
    February 9 – July 4, 2011

  • Metropolitan Museum Concerts
    March 2011

    Sunday, January 23, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

    Nelson Freire and Nicholas Angelich on the PianoForte Recital Series, John Pizzarelli, and Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks; Tango Buenos Aires, David Dubal on Paganini, Liszt, and Wagner; and Gilbert Kaplan Asks "Did New York Kill Gustav Mahler?"