Pianist Yury Shadrin gives the first of his four European recitals in Antwerp on January 17 as part of Sir András Schiff's Building Bridges Tour. He will perform this program in recitals later this season in Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
Read MoreTo start 2019, the Carpe Diem String Quartet performed Jonathan Leshnoff’s quartet Four Dances to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on January 6. The work’s new transcription for saxophone quartet will have its premiere and two subsequent performances at the International Saxophone Symposium in Fairfax, VA on January 11.
Read MoreAlongside upcoming performances in Baltimore, Portland, and Seattle, Zane Forshee announces the February 2019 release of his new album featuring the works of 20th Century Valencian composers, a culmination of original research from his time as a Fulbright Scholar in Spain. Other current projects include the recording of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint with Beatboxer Shodekeh and workshops at University of Minnesota-Duluth in preparation for the April premiere of Forshee’s commissioned work for percussion and guitar, Killjoy, by Gene Koshinski.
Read MoreYury Shadrin starts 2019 with European debut recitals as part of Sir András Schiff's Building Bridges Tour, in which he works together with select young pianists to develop a program and support their rising careers. Shadrin also performs this winter with the Peabody Chamber Orchestra conducted by Leon Fleisher, gives a recital at Oberlin Conservatory, and leads a master class at London’s Royal College of Music.
Read MoreBeyond the ensemble’s successful performance collaborations with violinist Chauncey Patterson, clarinetist John Manasse, composer Daniel Asia, and pianist and conductor Joseph Kalichstein, the Amernet gave concerts and masterclasses through residencies with the University of Arizona and the Omaha Conservatory of Music in fall 2018. The Quartet looks forwards to concerts in Mexico and throughout Florida, including a collaboration with violist Cynthia Phelps and cellist Ronald Thomas in early 2019.
Read MoreFollowing acclaimed fall performances of Jonathan Leshnoff’s music with the Knoxville Symphony, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the Carpe Diem String Quartet in Boulder, CO, Leshnoff’s music makes its way around the US in early 2019. In addition to January performances of his quartet Four Dances at Carnegie Hall and the International Saxophone Symposium, Leshnoff’s orchestral music returns this winter to the Kalamazoo Symphony and make its debut with the Colorado Spring Philharmonic. Stay tuned for more details regarding the explosion of Leshnoff performances and world premieres that take place in the spring.
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