Renée Fleming, Béla Fleck to perform together at Carnegie Hall after dropping out of Kennedy Center
February 5, 2026
Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck will perform a joint concert at Carnegie Hall in the 2026-27 season. They plan to present Appalachian folk music on Dec. 3. This announcement follows their withdrawal from Kennedy Center appearances after leadership changes under the Trump administration. They will also perform on May 23 at the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina. Carnegie Hall’s season includes its first complete performance of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and a Philip Glass symphony withdrawn from the Kennedy Center. The season opens Oct. 8 with the Berlin Philharmonic. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct all nine of Mahler’s completed symphonies.