Upcoming Events
Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 7:30 pm
The 92nd Street Y, New York
Produced by Liquid Music
Sun, Nov 2, 2025, 4 pm
Northrop, Minneapolis
Copresented by Liquid Music and Northrop
Writer Karl Ove Knausgård (My Struggle, The Morning Star) and composer/percussionist Glenn Kotche (Wilco) come together for a shared evening of words and music that celebrates collaboration, craft, and friendship, featuring visuals by director Johan Renck (HBO's Chernobyl, David Bowie's "Blackstar").
Sat, Nov 8, 7:30 pm
Walker Art Center
Copresented by Liquid Music, the Walker Art Center, and Schubert Club
Gabriella Smith is an environmentalist as well as a composer. Channeling both the awe-inspiring beauty of nature and the effect of the climate crisis in sound, Smith makes a moving plea for the planet we call home in Aquatic Ecology. Acclaimed chamber ensemble yMusic presents the Twin Cities premiere of the major new work, which was written for the sextet.
Select projects co-produced by LA Phil and Liquid Music
Jan–Apr, 2026 (Dates TBA)
Multiple sites in Los Angeles, CA
Liquid Music co-produces three projects with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as part of its Body and Sound festival Jan–Apr 2026—a selection of events aimed at transforming audiences’ perception of music by drawing attention to a full range of senses. Programs include: John Luther Adams: Crossing Open Ground with Christopher Rountree and Dimitri Chamblas; Mary Prescott: Ancestral Table; and Georg Friedrich Haas: String Quartet no. 3 "in iij Noct" performed by JACK Quartet.
Thu–Fri, Mar 19–20, 2026, 7 pm
Millwick, Los Angeles, CA
Co-produced by LA Phil and Liquid Music
Part of the Body and Sound Festival
Multidisciplinary artist Mary Prescott investigates the intersection of music, taste, and identity with Ancestral Table featuring a communal meal by legendary chef Jazz Singsanong of Jitlada.
Directed by Dimitri Chamblas and Christopher Rountree with musicians from USC Thornton School of Music
Sat–Sun, Apr 18–19, 2026, 6 pm
Elysian Park, Los Angeles, CA
Co-produced by LA Phil and Liquid Music
Part of the Body and Sound Festival
LA Phil Insight presents environmentalist composer John Luther Adams’s Crossing Open Ground, an outdoor work for winds, brass, and percussion offering an opportunity to rediscover and reconsecrate place.
ONGOING partnerships
Liquid Music and Northrop at the University of Minnesota join forces for a new, ongoing partnership beginning in 2024. This inspired series will bring singular artists from across the globe to Northrop's iconic stage, showcasing boundary-defying performances and new works in contemporary music, dance, and beyond.
Liquid Music heads to southern Utah for a new partnership with Center for the Arts at Kayenta. Nestled in a breathtaking desert landscape, the Center is known for its commitment to fostering creativity and showcasing exceptional artistic talent. Liquid Music is thrilled to join forces with the Center to present inspiring, boundary-defying work in an intimate yet awe-inspiring setting.
An ongoing Liquid Music series, Sun Dogs brings together inspired composer and filmmaker pairs to create short-format films with new music for live orchestra (10-15’). The first offerings premiered with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Oct 2022, featuring work by Daniel Wohl, Arooj Aftab, Josephine Decker, Rafiq Bhatia, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Devonté Hynes, Mati Diop, and Manon Lutanie.