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New single

a taste of the next album from NYFOS Records!

Theo Hoffman sings Schubert with guitarist Rupert Boyd 

Du bist die Ruh” is the first taste of our upcoming album, Schubert / Beatles, to be released on January 31, 2025, featuring Hoffman, pianists Steven Blier and Kunal Lahiry, and special guests soprano Julia Bullock and tenor Andrew Owens. Pre-order your copy here!

“We are so excited to bring you a first glimpse of this unique and inventive album,” said Theo Hoffman. “Schubert’s famous ‘Du bist die Ruh,’ masterfully arranged and performed by guitarist Rupert Boyd, acts as the nucleus of the CD, bringing these prolific masters of song closer together. In both the recording studio and the concert hall, this song often gets put on a pedestal as an overly precious specimen of Heilige Kunst. In my mind, performing it with guitar (instead of the original piano) is the perfect way to remind the listener of what this actually is — a beautiful song of the early Romantic period meant to be enjoyed by everyone, not just art song fans.”  Learn more

Now streaming on all major platforms!   Listen now!

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UP NEXT: NYFOS Next

the “invaluable contemporary-music series”

A Space To Make

Sun, Nov 3, 3PM | Rubin Museum of Art | Tickets $25

Pianist and curator Nathaniel LaNasa returns with two concerts showcasing the best in contemporary art song. 

These songs trace ways we create our spaces and ways they create us. Exploring overlapping spaces, Isabella Gellis’s exquisite settings of three folk songs from different cultures in Montreal give that city a sensitive musical portrait, and Hannah Kendall, with poetry by Sabrina Mahfouz, shows Shakespeare’s heroine Rosalind carving out a place for an identity chosen, not bestowed.” — Nathaniel LaNasa

Featuring soprano Robin Steitzmezzo-soprano Theo Hayes, and baritone Gregory Feldmann

Student tickets $10 HERE
More info.

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Merkin Hall Series Opener

co-presented by Kaufman Music Center and NYFOS

My Brother’s Keeper

Tue, Nov 19, 8PM | Merkin Hall | Tickets

A story of brotherly love and community among Black men in America told through art song, soul, gospel, and opera, My Brother’s Keeper features a stellar team of Black American male singers, lead by baritone Will Liverman, including tenor Joshua Blue, bass-baritone Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone Alan Williams, baritone Jorell Williams, and tenor Chaz’men Williams-Ali, alongside NYFOS’s own Steven Blier. Conceived and co-artistic directed by long-time NYFOS artist Justin Austin. 

Complimentary post-concert reception with the artists included with ticket purchase.

Subscriptions to the 4-program Merkin Hall series available HERE

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THE 2o24-25 Season

Subscriptions and single tickets now available!

MERKIN HALL SERIES, NYFOS Next, residencies and more!

24-25 Season Programs and Tickets

The 2024-2025 season sees the NYFOS debuts of baritone Will Liverman and GRAMMY-winning clarinetist Mark Dover, and the return of such favorites as Justin Austin, Nicoletta Berry, Joshua Blue, John Brancy, Kara and Peter Dugan, Samuel Kidd, Daniel McGrew, Joseph Parrish, Erin Wagner, Jorell Williams, Chaz’men Williams-Ali, performing music from art song and opera to gospel and blues.

“Each concert this season offers the kind of cultural richness that has marked our performances for the last four decades. One of our oldest mottos was, ‘No two alike!,’ and that guideline is at its peak this season. The range of music, the charisma of the performers, and the exploration of beauty in all its variety will make for a potent season of song. We can’t wait to share it all with you!” — Steven Blier

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NEW ALBUM

Released on March 8, 2024

NYFOS Records: The Singles, Vol. 1

feat. highlights from the NYFOS archives  | Order Today

NYFOS has gathered together a collection of treasured performances on this wide-ranging album. Spanning over 20 years of memorable moments and voices, it features performances by stars of the opera and concert world – Michael Spyres, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Kate Lindsey, Sasha Cooke, Bernarda Fink, Justin Austin, Kurt Ollmann, Brett Polegato, and Lucia Bradford – alongside singing actors like Darius de Haas, Jennifer Aylmer, Hal Cazalet, Dana Hanchard, and James Martin.

 Available wherever you stream music! Listen now

“If you love singers and songs, you’ll want these gems from the NYFOS archives.”Classicstoday.com

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From our catalogue

Released in digital and physical formats and on all major streaming platforms on Sept 15, 2023. Order your copy today!

MI PAÍS: SONGS OF ARGENTINA

feat. Federico De Michelis & Steven Blier

Mi país: Songs of Argentina is the realization of a dream, a dive into the spellbinding delicacy of its art songs as well as the sultry five o’clock shadow of its tangos.” — Steven Blier. Learn more