Live performance

A musical event in which performers present music to an audience in real time, making each rendition responsive to its setting and moment.

Improvisation: The creation of music in real time rather than solely through prior composition or rehearsal. Improvisation lets performers adapt a musical passage to the moment.
Music festival: An event featuring multiple musical performances, often across several stages and days. Festivals gather many live performances into a shared event.
Public concert: A musical performance organized for an audience admitted by invitation, subscription, or ticket. Public concerts established the organized event model used by many live performances.
Bootleg recording: An unauthorized recording or distribution of a performance or other copyrighted material. Audience recordings can preserve performances that were never officially released.
Studio recording: The capture of music in a controlled recording environment for later playback or distribution. Studio recording allows editing and repeated takes absent from a single live rendition.
Concert sound reinforcement: The use of microphones, amplifiers, and loudspeakers to make live sound audible across a venue. Sound reinforcement carries performers’ music to audiences beyond the stage.
Recital: A concert centered on a solo performer or a small group, often presenting a focused program. A recital is a compact format for presenting live music.
Concert hall: A venue designed or adapted for presenting music to an audience. Purpose-built halls shaped how audiences gather and hear live music.
Live album: A music album recorded during one or more performances before an audience. Live albums carry selected concert performances into recorded listening.
Playback: The reproduction of previously recorded audio during an event or presentation. Playback can replace or supplement music made in real time.

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