Tonight in PIFA: Gallic masterpieces and puppet love

Ebene Quartet at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts’ Perelman Theater: The exciting young French quartet makes its Philadelphia debut, performing a pair of Gallic masterpieces by Ravel and Debussy as well as Bartók’s Quartet No. 3. (8 p.m., $27)

Basil Twist’s Petrushka at Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts: Known the world over for his astonishingly innovative puppet shows, master puppeteer Basil Twist makes his Philadelphia debut with Petrushka and breathes new magic into the legendary 1911 Ballets Russes’ production. Delight your eyes and ears as life-size puppets fly, dance and float in midair and tell the tale of the tragic love triangle between three magical puppets—the clown Petrushka, the alluring Ballerina and the dashing Moor – whose stories emerge amidst the swirl of the Russian carnival. (7:30 p.m., $20-$30)