Janel Leppin Concert History

A composer and cellist who’s honed a singular synthesis of composition, orchestration and improvisation, Janel Leppin is best known as half of the experimental duo Janel & Anthony, which she co-leads with her husband guitarist Anthony Pirog. The chamber-jazz Ensemble Volcanic Ash materialized after years of incubation on Washington D.C.’s verdant new music, jazz and improvised music scenes.

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Janel Leppin Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 24, 2026
Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash / Janel Leppin Rhizome DC Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Mar 26, 2026 –
Mar 29, 2026
Big Ears Festival 2026
David Byrne / Robert Plant With Saving Grace And Suzi Dian / Laurie Anderson / John Zorn / Flying Lotus / Pat Metheny Side-Eye / Hania Rani / Richard Thompson / John Scofield Trio / Marc Ribot / Cécile McLorin Salvant / Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble / Dirty Three / Terry Allen / Nels Cline / Shabaka / Mary Halvorson / Julian Lage / Pino Palladino & Blake Mills feat. Sam Gendel & Chris Dave / Patrick Watson / Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles / MJ Lenderman & The Wind / Perfume Genius / Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion / Tunde Adebimpe / Reggie Watts / Miles Electric Band / Cymande / Chris Thile / Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band / Neil Hamburger / Medeski, Martin, Metzger & Cline / Masada / Barbara Hannigan / Junction Trio / Brian Marsella Trio / Awakening Ground / Incerto / Laurie Anderson & John Zorn / Petra Haden / L. Shankar / Kunal Gunjal & Praveen Narayan / Saraswathi Ranganathan, Swaminathan Selvaganesh, and Praveen Narayan / Selvaganesh Vinayakram / Purbayan Chatterjee & Nitin Mitta / Chicago Underground Duo / Cleo Reed / Deantoni Parks / Marquis Hill Blacktet / Qur'an Shaheed / Twin Talk / Will Graefe / Adam Tendler / Anna Tivel / Annahstasia / Annie & The Caldwells / Basic / Bill Orcutt / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Bloodshot Bill / Brandon Seabrook / Brandon Woody's Upendo / Brian Marsella and Sae Hashimoto / Brian Marsella’s iMAGiNARiUM / Briggan Krauss Solo / Brittany Davis / Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina, Aaron Shaw (Trio) / Carlos Niño & Sam Gendel / Chad Taylor Quintet / Charlemagne Palestine / Chávez / Ismaily / Saunier / Ches Smith Clone Row / Chucho Valdes / Chuck Johnson / Colle / Darius Jones Trio / Darrell Scott’s Electrifying Trio / Dave Douglas Gifts Quintet / Dave Harrington & Mary Lattimore / Dave Harrington’s Pranksters South / Dave McMurray & Grateful Deadication / Deerhoof / digi-squires / Dither / Dom Flemons / DoYeon Kim / Either/Orchestra / Eliana Glass / Florist / Fred Frith’s Fremakajo / Fred Frith, Simon Hanes, Max Jaffe, Jordan Glenn Quartet / Gary Lucas & Gods And Monsters / Ghost Train Orchestra / Go Kurosawa / Gregory Uhlmann / GRRL x Made of Oak / Gwenifer Raymond / Haley Heynderickx / Hand Habits / Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino / Hannah Cohen / Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow: Electrical Field of Love / Hayden Pedigo / His Name Is Alive / Isaiah Collier / Jack Quartet / Jack Wyllie / Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider / Janel & Anthony / Janel Leppin / Jeff Parker / Jeff Parker Expansion Trio / Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage / Jesse Harris Cosmo / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock / Joe Westerlund / John Mailander’s Forecast / Julia Úlehla & Dálava / Julianna Barwick / Kaoru Watanabe / Karen Mantler Trio / Ken Pomeroy / Kishi Bashi / Kramer / Laraaji / Lazyhorse / Lisel / Lou Reed Drones / Lucrecia Dalt / Madison Cunningham / Mali Obomsawin / Maria Somerville / Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen / Maruja Limón / Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick / Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements / Matt Mitchell’s Zealous Angles / Meara O’Reilly / Mei Semones / Miles Okazaki / Miriam Elhajli / Model/Actriz / Moin / Muireann Bradley / Natalie Bergman / Nate Mercereau / Nate Smith / Ned Rothenberg / Nik Bärtsch / Openness Trio / Orcutt Shelley Miller / Pan American / Pan American & Kramer / Patrick Shiroishi / Peni Candra Rini / Rafiq Bhatia / Respira ft. Eucademix, azumi O E & Waldo Walle / Rich(ard) Dawson / Roscoe Mitchell & Tyshawn Sorey / Rosenau & Sanborn / Ryan Clackner & Tyshawn Sorey / Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band / S.G. Goodman / The Saami Brothers / Saha Gnawa / Sam Amidon / Sam Gendel / Sami Stevens / Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends / Setting / Shane Parish: Autechre Guitar / Shirlette Ammons / Shrunken Elvis / Simon Hanes: GARGANTUA / SML / Sō Percussion / Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra / Sullivan Fortner Trio / Suss / Taper’s Choice / Tara Clerkin Trio / The Crossing / The Gladson Family Band / The Living Earth Show: Trust Me / Thurston Moore & Bonner Kramer / Thurston Moore & Shabaka Hutchings / Tim Berne / Tom Skinner / Tomas Fujiwara / Tsons of Tsunami / Tune-Yards / Turning Jewels into Water / Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes / Walt McClements / The Westerlies / wild Up / William Hooker / William Tyler & Yasmin Williams / WINGED WHEEL / Wu Fei’s Moon Hunter / Wu Fei & Shanir Blumenkranz / Yagódy / YHWH Nailgun / Zeena Parkins & William Winant / Knoxville Symphony Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra Show all bands
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Big Ears Festival 2026 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Nov 28, 2025
The Messthetics / James Brandon Lewis / Janel Leppin

The Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis at The Hamilton Live

The Hamilton Live Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Feb 20, 2025
Mdou Moctar / Janel Leppin First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Feb 17, 2025
Mdou Moctar / Janel Leppin

Tears of Injustice

The MIL at Cannery Hall Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Feb 16, 2025
Mdou Moctar / Janel Leppin

Tears of Injustice

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Delmar Hall St Louis, Missouri, United States
Feb 14, 2025
Janel Leppin The Castle Theatre Bloomington, Illinois, United States
Feb 13, 2025
Mdou Moctar / Janel Leppin

Special Acoustic Performance

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Woodward Theater Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Feb 12, 2025
Mdou Moctar / Janel Leppin

Sound Series: Mdou Moctar with special guest Janel Leppin

Carnegie Lecture Hall Pittsburgh, PN
Feb 10, 2025
Mdou Moctar / Janel Leppin

Mdou Moctar @ Arden Guild Hall

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Arden Guild Hall Arden, Delaware, United States
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Feb 08, 2025
Mdou Moctar / Janel Leppin
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Center for the Arts of Homer Homer, New York, United States
Feb 06, 2025
Mdou Moctar / Janel Leppin Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Feb 05, 2025
Janel Leppin Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont, United States
Jun 28, 2024
Janel and Anthony / Janel Leppin Rhizome DC Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jun 01, 2024
Sun Ra Arkestra / Janel Leppin Milton Milton, DE, US
Dec 01, 2023
Janel Leppin / Anthony Pirog / Mike Kuhl Comet Ping Pong Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jan 15, 2023
Janel Leppin

Flock Up and Fly: A Night Honoring Jaimie Branch

Nublu New York, New York, United States
Nov 23, 2019
Janel Leppin / Janel and Anthony / Antonia / The El Reys Comet Ping Pong Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Sep 11, 2019
The Messthetics / Janel Leppin / Mock Identity
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Black Cat Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Sep 24, 2017
Gold Dime / Abstract Human / Janel Leppin Rhizome DC Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 2 concerts
2025 11 concerts
2024 2 concerts
2023 2 concerts
2019 2 concerts
2017 1 concert
2016 2 concerts
2014 3 concerts

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