Itzhak Perlman, violin
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 7:30 PM
Music Center at Strathmore
Championing the arts as a unifying force.
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital
Sunday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.
Sixth & I
Lauded by The Washington Post as “an artist of strikingly original ideas and irrefutable integrity,” Simone Dinnerstein returns to Washington Performing Arts for an evening of distinctive artistry at Sixth & I. Dinnerstein’s performance is the fifth-annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital – a creative initiative connecting Justice Ginsburg’s love of music, the esteemed artists she championed and befriended, and the future of the vocal and instrumental arts in which she delighted.
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– Dr. Tafaya Ransom