Pianist Joyce Yang, a medalist at the 2005 Van Cliburn Competition, will perform with the Takšcs String Quartet. Other up-and-coming musicians include violinist Nicola Benedetti and cellist Alisa Weilerstein, who will perform with her parents in the Weilerstein Trio.

Ensembles on the schedule include the Royal Philharmonic, led by Charles Dutoit; the Rotterdam Philharmonic, led by Valery Gergiev; and the Jerusalem Symphony, led by Leon Botstein.

Among the jazz highlights are visits from the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, which will perform with Ghanaian ensemble Odadaa!; the all-star trio of guitarist Stanley Clark, banjo player B_la Fleck, and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty; and a double bill of saxophonist David Sanborn and trumpeter Chris Botti.

Dance program includes the hip-hop-based Rennie Harris Puremovement and the all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.

The center will present two touring opera companies: the Teatro Lirico d'Europa, performing La traviata, and Czech Opera Prague, performing Die Fledermaus.