Ying Li/Shannon Lee
April 24, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – “graceful, lyrical ” – Cleveland Classical Chinese pianist Ying Li is the First Prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, as well as recipient of The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize and the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize. She has received top awards in numerous national and international competitions including the […]
Online Lecture: Magdalena Baczewska on Schubert, Liszt, & Beethoven
April 20, 2024 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – What makes the instrumental idiom unique? How have composers over many centuries gone about finding the suitable language for each instrument? What is required to make them shine separately, and dazzle together? Join our season finale pre-concert talk, led by Magdalena Baczewska (concert pianist and harpsichordist; Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University). […]
Florian Noack
March 20, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – “Less is more when you can phrase like the best lieder singers. Noack has the same ability; there’s not a passage that doesn’t evoke mood and atmosphere. Clearly, a multi-talent has emerged on the scene.” – Fanfare Imagine a map of the world, turned upside down. When such a world is your point of reference, […]
Online Lecture: Magdalena Baczewska on Liszt & Lyapunov
March 14, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – For many centuries, the roles of a composer and performer were inseparable, and creating transcriptions of music by other composers was considered a sign of respect. In this pre-concert talk, Magdalena Baczewska (concert pianist and harpsichordist; Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University) talks about musical borrowing, artistic influence, and recreating a piece […]
Konstantin Soukhovetski
February 29, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – “Konstantin’s charming personality, interesting anecdotes, and mastery of ivories hold the audience in a trance…”- Dan’s Papers 2019 Innovation Award Winner from the Music Academy Of The West, Konstantin has a singular artistic voice that communicates with and engages audiences worldwide. Konstantin’s creative output continuously innovates, frequently involving multidisciplinary projects with dance and film. In […]
Online Lecture: Konstantin Soukhovetski
February 20, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – When music concerts became the main form of public entertainment in Europe some 400+ years ago, the composer/pianist reigned supreme as the ultimate content creator. Konstantin Soukhovetski, pianist and composer (winner of over 17 awards and an adjunct faculty at his alma mater, The Juilliard School ), is one of the leading arrangers of popular […]
Clayton Stephenson
February 8, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – “Stephenson is not just a remarkable virtuoso, but a poet, a dramatist, and a master storyteller.”- Gramophone 2022 Gilmore Young Artist, American pianist Clayton Stephenson’s love for music is immediately apparent in his joyous charisma onstage, expressive power, and natural ease at the instrument. Hailed for “extraordinary narrative and poetic gifts” and interpretations that are […]
Online Lecture: Magdalena Baczewska on Gershwin, Beethoven & Albeniz
February 1, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – In this pre-concert talk, Magdalena Baczewska (concert pianist and harpsichordist; Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University) will celebrate some of the audiences’ favorites: Beethoven, Albeniz, and the ever-green music of George Gershwin. Against the backdrop of these works, the discussion will also focus on the career choices one faces as a burgeoning […]
Callisto Quartet & Milana Strezeva
January 18, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – (Third Coast Review), the American-Canadian Callisto Quartet brings together four musicians who share a deep passion for bringing chamber music to audiences around the world. Since their inception at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2016, Callisto has garnered top prizes in nearly every major international chamber music competition and has been hailed by audiences […]
Online Lecture: Magdalena Baczewska On Mozart, Ravel, Franck
December 29, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Collaboration is at the heart of performing chamber music. In this pre-concert talk, Magdalena Baczewska (concert pianist and harpsichordist; Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University) will bring you closer to the behind-the-scenes experience of preparing to play music with others. In the context of the repertoire offering, Magdalena will discuss the norms […]