Presented by the Walker Art Center and Liquid Music
Oct 14, 2026
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Longtime friends Devendra Banhart, Gyan Riley, and Noah Georgeson join forces as HUG. On Oct 14, they bring to life their self-titled debut album, transforming the McGuire Theater into an ambient-folk dreamscape.

Presented by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Produced by Liquid Music
Threshold commissioned by Liquid Music
Oct 23–25, 2026
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul

Blurring the boundaries between the living and the departed, the physical and the unseen, Life After Death unfolds as a spellbinding evening for voice and orchestra suspended between ritual, memory, and dream.

Part of LA Phil’s Ritual festival, curated by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Produced by LA Phil Insight and Liquid Music
Mar 20–21, 2027

BODY LIVE LIVE MUSIC transforms the decommissioned Topanga Tower into a living instrument, invoking sound and movement as part of a communal artistic rite.

With Tim Hecker. Full artist roster and program details to be announced early Fall 2026.

Produced by Liquid Music

An ongoing series, Sun Dogs brings together inspired composer and filmmaker pairs to create short-format films with new music for live orchestra, exploring how stories can be told (both musically and visually) from equal footing.

With pianist Conor Hanick and L.A. Dance Project
Produced by Liquid Music and L.A. Dance Project

Longtime collaborators Nico Muhly and Benjamin Millepied reunite for The Bell Études — a new work in development, built around piano études composed for Conor Hanick.

Choreographer/director/producer Dimitri Chamblas and curator/artistic director/producer Kate Nordstrum join practices with BODY LIVE LIVE MUSIC, an ongoing venture dedicated to site-inspired performance projects that meld music, movement, and environment in extraordinary ways.

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.

Film by Johan Renck
Produced by Liquid Music, as part of Ultima Festival 2026
Sep 12, 2026 
Munch Museum, Oslo

Presented by Liquid Music and 2220 Arts
Jun 10, 2026
2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles

Presented by LA Phil and REDCAT
Produced by LA Phil and Liquid Music
Part of LA Phil’s Body and Sound Festival
Apr 9, 2026
REDCAT, Los Angeles

Presented by LA Phil
Produced by LA Phil and Liquid Music
Part of LA Phil’s Body and Sound Festival
Mar 19–20, 2026
Millwick, Los Angeles

Film by Johan Renck
Presented by the Barbican
Commissioned by Liquid Music, Northrop, and 92NY
Produced by Liquid Music
Mar 5, 2026
Barbican, London

Presented by Liquid Music, Walker Art Center, and Schubert Club
Aquatic Ecology commissioned by Liquid Music, the Walker Art Center, and Schubert Club
Nov 8, 2025
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

With a film by Johan Renck
Commissioned by Liquid Music, Northrop, and 92NY
Produced by Liquid Music
Oct 30 & Nov 2, 2025
Northrop, Minneapolis (world premiere), The 92nd Street Y, New York

Directed by Dimitri Chamblas and Nadia Sirota
With Laura Cocks, Doug Perkins, CJ Camerieri, and Trever Hagen
Produced by Liquid Music
Presented by Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Oct 25, 2025
Snow Canyon State Park, Southern Utah

With Daniel Bernard Romain, Leonardo Sandoval, and musicians of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Presented by Liquid Music, Northrop, and the Walker Art Center
Produced by Liquid Music and Pomegranate Arts
Oct 2, 2025
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Produced by Liquid Music
Presented by Minneapolis Institute of Art, in association with Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
May 1, 2025
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and Berlin
Mar 22, 2025
Berlin, Minneapolis

With Stephen O’Malley and UMN School of Music brass and choral ensembles 
Presented by Northrop and Liquid Music
Mar 20, 2025
Northrop, Minneapolis

Music by Devonté Hynes, Arooj Aftab, Daniel Wohl, and Rafiq Bhatia
Films by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Josephine Decker, Mati Diop, and Manon Lutanie
Concepted and produced by Liquid Music
Commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and FotoFocus as part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial
Nov 16–23, 2024
Scheidegger Center for the Arts (Saint Charles, MO), Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY), Carlson Family Stage, Northrop (Minneapolis, MN), The Nimoy Theater, Center for the Art of Performance UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)

Presented by Liquid Music and Berlin
Sep 27, 2024
Berlin, Minneapolis

Presented by the Walker Art Center in partnership with Liquid Music
Sep 14, 2024
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Presented by Northrop and Liquid Music
May 29, 2024
Northrop, Minneapolis

With Kate Wallich
Presented by Dance Church in partnership with Liquid Music and Northrop
May 23, 2024
TU Dance, Saint Paul

Presented by Liquid Music and Schubert Club
May 7, 2024
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

Presented by Northrop and Liquid Music
Apr 23, 2024
Northrop, Minneapolis

Presented by the Walker Art Center and Liquid Music
Mar 2, 2024
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Produced by Liquid Music
Presented by Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Feb 10, 2024
Center for the Arts at Kayenta, Ivins

Live music and book launch presented by Liquid Music in partnership with Milkweed Editions
Oct 7, 2023
Open Book, Minneapolis

With special guest Shahzad Ismaily and arrangements by Katherine Bergman, Manami Kakudo, Nico Muhly, and Darian Donovan Thomas
Presented by the Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Produced by Liquid Music in partnership the Winona Symphony Orchestra
May 20, 2023
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona

Presented by Liquid Music and 92NY
Mar 11, 2023
The 92nd Street Y, New York

Presented by Liquid Music and New Amsterdam Records 
Feb 11, 2023
Public Records, New York

With Andrew Broder & Owls
Presented by The Great Northern and The Cedar Cultural Center
Produced by Liquid Music
Jan 26, 2023
The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

Music by Devonté Hynes, Arooj Aftab, Daniel Wohl, and Rafiq Bhatia
Films by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Josephine Decker, Mati Diop, and Manon Lutanie
Concepted and produced by Liquid Music
Commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and FotoFocus as part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial
Oct 14–16, 2022
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati

Presented by the Walker Art Center
Produced by Liquid Music
Commissioned by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Sep 23–24, 2022
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and Wild Up
Produced by Liquid Music
Jul 10, 2022
2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles

Presented by Liquid Music in partnership with The Parkway Theater
Jun 17, 2022
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

With Malibu
Presented by Liquid Music in partnership with The Parkway Theater
May 13, 2022
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music in partnership with The Parkway Theater
Apr 23, 2022
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

Apr 10, 2022
Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music in partnership with The Parkway Theater
Mar 12, 2022
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

Featuring The E-Collective & Turtle Island Quartet 
Presented by Liquid Music in partnership with The Parkway Theater
Nov 3, 2021
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

With William Brittelle, Holland Andrews, Channy Leaneagh, Will Johnson, Immanuel Wilkins, Ian Chang, Erika Dohi, Chris Fishman, Rafiq Bhatia, Jackson Hill, Roomful of Teeth, Constellation Chor, Metropolis Ensemble, and musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Film by Isaac Gale
Produced by Liquid Music, commissioned by Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Presented by The Great Northern, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Walker Art Center
May 2, 2020
Online performance

Presented by The National Gallery of Art
Curated and produced by Kate Nordstrum, Liquid Music
Apr 19, 2020
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Direct Current Festival
Produced and commissioned by Liquid Music
Feb 8, 2020
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC

Presented by Big Ears Music Festival, Knoxville, TN on Mar 27, 2020
Presented by National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY on Mar 29, 2020
Produced by Liquid Music

Presented by Liquid Music in partnership with The Parkway Theater
Jan 12, 2020
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Dec 5–7, 2019
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Commissioned by Liquid Music, the Walker Art Center, and Carnegie Hall
Nov 21–22, 2019
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

With Jace Clayton, Prema Ramamurthy, Brent Arnold, Alanna Morris, and Berit Ahlgren
Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music
Nov 8–9, 2019
Lab Theater, Minneapolis

Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music

Sep 23, 2018
Machine Shop, Minneapolis

With Tyshawn Sorey and Vijay Iyer
Presented by Liquid Music
Jan 9, 2019
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul

Presented by Liquid Music and the American Swedish Institute
Mar 4–5, 2019
American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis

With Julianna Barwick, Angélica Negrón, and Ben Frost
Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Mar 22–23, 2019
Summit Center for Arts & Innovation, Saint Paul

Commissioned by Liquid Music
Apr 17–18, 2019
Lab Theater, Minneapolis

Commissioned by Liquid Music
May 4, 2019
Northrop, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center’s Target® Free Thursday Nights
Oct 26, 2017
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

With violinist/composer Michi Wiancko, percussionist Greg Fox and musicians of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music
Nov 16, 2017
Machine Shop, Minneapolis

Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music
Part of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s No Fiction Festival
Mar 14, 2018
Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Saint Paul

Music by Bon Iver
Choreography by Uri Sands  
Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music
Apr 19–21, 2018
Palace Theatre, Saint Paul

New work by Missy Mazzoli with additional music by Julius Eastman, Michael Gordon, Paul Kerekes, and Kate Moore
Featuring pianists Erika Dohi, David Friend, Paul Kerekes, Blair McMillen, Lisa Moore, and Isabelle O’Connell
Presented by Liquid Music
May 16, 2018
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul

Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
May 31–June 1, 2018
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

A reimagining of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Sep 30, 2016
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and The Current
Commissioned by Liquid Music
Nov 18, 2016
Fitzgerald Theater, Saint Paul

With special guests Sam Harris, Marcus Gilmore and Mivos Quartet
Commissioned by Liquid Music and Ecstatic Music Festival
Feb 15, 2017
Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Saint Paul

Featuring Shara Nova, Padma Newsome and DM Stith
Poetry and visual art by Nathaniel Bellows
Presented by Liquid Music in partnership with the University of Minnesota School of Music
Mar 11, 2017
Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis

Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music, the Walker Art Center, and Schubert Club
Apr 5, 2017
Aria, Minneapolis

Featuring Valgeir Sigurðsson, Jodie Landau, Sam Amidon and Daníel Bjarnason, with special guests Channy Leaneagh and Pekka Kuusisto
Presented by Liquid Music and American Swedish Institute as part of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's Where Words End festival
May 9, 2017
American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis

With Money Mark, Mia Doi Todd, Aaron Steele, Sean Okaguchi and Tracy Wannomae
Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music, the Walker Art Center, and The Current
May 18–20, 2017
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

With Nina C. Young
Presented by Liquid Music
Sun Propeller commissioned by Liquid Music
Nov 14, 2016
Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Saint Paul

With Mantra Percussion and the Holographic String Quartet
Presented by Liquid Music
Commissioned by Liquid Music, MASS MoCA, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and Indianapolis Museum of Art
Feb 11, 2016
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul

Presented by Liquid Music, the Walker Art Center, and MPR Live Events
Mar 19, 2016
Fitzgerald Theater, Saint Paul 

Directed by K.K. Barrett
Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center 
Apr 1–2, 2016
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Vicky Chow & Tristan Perich: Surface Image
Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center 
Mar 24, 2016
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

With work by composers Jace Clayton and Ted Hearne
Presented by Liquid Music and the Givens Foundation for African American Literature
Commissioned by Liquid Music
Apr 26, 2016
James J. Hill Reference Library, Saint Paul

Directed by Mark DeChiazza, with musicians of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and dancers Sara Gurevich, Denisa Musilova, and Navarra Novy-Williams
Presented by Liquid Music and the Guthrie Theater
Commissioned by Liquid Music
Jun 16–18, 2016
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Nov 15, 2014
Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Saint Paul

Presented by Liquid Music
Commissioned by Liquid Music and Ecstatic Music Festival
Feb 23, 2015 
Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Saint Paul

With Laetitia Sadier, Mikael Jorgenson, Adron, Jason Trammell, and Minneapolis Music Company
Commissioned by Liquid Music
Mar 21, 2015
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul

With Caroline Shaw, Richard Reed Parry, Buke & Gase, Benjamin Lanz, So Percussion, Little Scream, Quiet River of Dust, Minneapolis Music Company, and musicians of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Presented and produced by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Apr 3–4, 2015
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
May 9, 2015
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

With special guests Sondre Lerche, Channy Leaneagh, Ólöf Arnalds, Gregory Saunier, and musicians of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center, in partnership with American Swedish Institute and Minnesota Public Radio
Oct 18, 2013
Fitzgerald Theater, Saint Paul

Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Nov 16, 2013
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and Schubert Club
Jan 12, 2014
Aria, Minneapolis

With Angel Deradoorian, deVon Gray, Grey McMurray, and visual art by Alejandro Crawford
Presented by Liquid Music, Walker Art Center, and American Composers Forum
Feb 13, 2014
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

With composer-performers Gabriel Kahane, Ted Hearne, Becca Stevens, and Nathan Koci
Presented by Liquid Music
Mar 21–22, 2014
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minneapolis

Introducing the Minneapolis Music Company, with musicians of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Presented by Liquid Music 
May 6, 2014
Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Saint Paul

Presented by Liquid Music, Schubert Club Mix, and American Composers Forum 
Jun 3, 2014
Aria, Minneapolis

Commissioned by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Feb 14, 2014
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Nov 2–4, 2012
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

With violinists Steven Copes, Ruggero Allifranchini, and Sunmi Chang; cellist Anthony Ross, percussionist Jeff Ballard; and visual art by Cristina Guadalupe
Presented and commissioned by Liquid Music
Jun 18–19, 2013
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul

With drummer Greg Fox and composer/multi-instrumentalist Paul Corley
Presented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Feb 9, 2013
Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Saint Paul

Presented by Liquid Music
Feb 26–27, 2013
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul

With writer Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, vocalist Arooj Aftab, and pianists David Friend, Bryan Nichols, Emily Manzo, and deVon Gray 
Presented by Liquid Music
Apr 25–26, 2013
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul