Geneva Lewis/Evren Ozel
April 27, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – New Zealand-born violinist Geneva Lewis has forged a reputation as a musician of consummate artistry whose performances speak from and to the heart. Hailed by conductor Nic McGegan as “a name to watch,” Geneva is the recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Competition. […]
Manhattan Chamber Players & Milana Strezeva
March 30, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Spanish violinist Francisco Fullana, the winner of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, has received international praise as a “rising star” (BBC Music Magazine), an “amazing talent” (maestro Gustavo Dudamel), and “a paragon of delicacy” (San Francisco’s Classical Voice). His playing has been described as “explosive” (Gramophone), “electric and virtuosic” (The Strad). Among the many […]
Manasse-Frautschi-Nakamatsu
March 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Two-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient Jennifer Frautschi has garnered worldwide acclaim as a musically adventurous violinist with a wide-ranging repertoire. As the Chicago Tribune noted, “violinist Jennifer Frautschi is molding a career with smart interpretations of both warhorses and rarities.” Equally, at home in the classic and contemporary repertoire, her recent […]
Minhye Choi-Nadia Azzi
February 16, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Hailed by Newport Daily News as having “extraordinary finger technique for a musician so young,” pianist Nadia Azzi is a recipient of numerous top prizes at national and international levels. Born in Dunedin, Florida, to Lebanese-Japanese parents, Ms. Azzi began playing the piano at the age of five. Ms. Azzi has performed with the American […]
Santiago Ballerini
February 2, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Santiago Ballerini is recognized in the Americas as one of the leading tenors of the Bel Canto repertoire and is a celebrated performer in opera houses around the world. He performed in opera houses like: Canadian Opera Company, Kennedy Center(Washington DC), Bordeaux National Opera(France) , Toulon Opera(France) , Opera Comique (France), National opera of Croacia […]
Schaghajegh Nosrati
January 12, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Highly regarded for the sincerity, depth, and virtuosity of her interpretations, German pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati´s international career is marked not only by several prizes at national and international piano competitions but also by highly praised performances at prestigious venues in Europe, North America, and Asia. Recent and upcoming highlights as a recitalist and soloist with […]
Asiya Korepanova
December 12, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Asiya Korepanova “Pianistic Powerhouse…” The only pianist currently performing Liszt’s 24 Etudes as a single program and one of few to tout a concerto list that features over 60 works, Asiya Korepanova is a pianistic powerhouse and rapidly rising star. A result of her uncompromising dedication to the arts, Ms. Korepanova is recognized not only […]
Chelsea Guo
December 7, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Chelsea Guo, at the age of twenty, has already attracted international attention as a pianist and soprano of remarkable gifts. Her dual artistry is featured in her 2021 debut recording on the Orchid Classics label, “Chelsea Guo: Chopin in My Voice,” which includes beloved Chopin solo repertoire, along with two Chopin songs and one Rossini […]
Aldo Lopez-Gavilan
November 10, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Cuban pianist and composer Aldo López-Gavilán was born in Havana to a family of internationally acclaimed classical musicians, his father a conductor and composer, his mother a concert pianist. Praised for his “dazzling technique and rhythmic fire” in the Seattle Times, and dubbed a “formidable virtuoso” by The Times (London), Aldo excels in both the […]
Vijay Venkatesh
October 20, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Hailed by the Herald-Tribune for his “dazzling pianism verging on the impossible, effortless technical command and authority with a sense of poetry and refinement that belies his years,” Indian-American pianist Vijay Venkatesh has been recognized on three continents as a pianist with profound musicianship, sparkling pianism and an innate sense of partnership. Vijay has rapidly […]