Duke Performances

Duke Performances is proud to have built a reputation for respecting artists by giving their work space to grow. Hands-on residencies, special commissions, and world premieres of new work all mean that dP’s only mandate to artists is that they bring their most boundary-testing work to Durham.

Like ones preceding it, this season features world-class performers in multiple genres. All of them know that the best way of honoring tradition is by moving forward.

From the legendary Dianne Reeves to the unstoppable Los Lobos, from friends of dP like the Kronos Quartet to Murray Perahia, who received an honorary doctorate from Duke in 2009, this year brings to Durham three MacArthur prize winners, countless Grammy winners, and — most importantly — a set of artists who always keep pushing.