Verona Quartet To Perform 3 World Premieres, including centennial commissions at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery
The Verona Quartet will premiere Texu Kim’s string quartet Ritus Sanitatem, co-commissioned by Texas Performing Arts (performance March 3) and the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery (performance March 8), Cheng Jin Koh’s Mountain of Echoing Halls for string quartet and yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer) for a world premiere at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery March 8, and Derek David’s String Quartet No. 4, “Kaddish” on March 18 at MIT. The Smithsonian premieres were highlighted with multimedia elements as part of the celebrations for its centennial, see here.
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Danbi Um Featured As Soloist in NYC and Chicago With Gilles Vonsattel on January 15 & 17
Violinist Danbi Um, praised by The Strad as an "utterly dazzling" artist, will be featured as soloist during Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performances in NYC and Chicago, on Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing with pianist Gilles Vonsattel. You can find out more info here.
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Tommy Mesa Featured at US Supreme Court for Sphinx Medal of Excellence
March is a month of prime time for cellist Tommy Mesa. As part of his receiving the 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the organization’s highest honor, Tommy returns to the US Supreme Court (where he has performed twice before) to give a private performance to Justice Sonya Sotomayor on March 1.
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Danbi Um Duo Violin Performances with Paul Huang in Cleveland and San Francisco
Violinist Danbi Um’s popular duo program with violinist Paul Huang, together with pianist Amy Yang, is making two upcoming appearances with the Cleveland Chamber Music Society (February 21) and Chamber Music San Francisco (March 5). Their program combines favorites in the repertoire such as Sarasate’s Navarra with newer works including Chris Rogerson’s Afterword that Danbi, Paul, and Amy premiered at Wolf Trap in February 2020.
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SPA is Back in Florida at SBDAC in Fort Myers - February 2nd
The SPA Trio will give a rescheduled performance at SBDAC in Fort Myers after cancellation last season. The program will include a wonderful selection of Songs from the British Isles, Songs from Russia and Songs from Italy. To purchase tickets and more info can be found here:
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Lysander Piano Trio Performing in The Florida Keys Again This Season - January 22
Praised for its "incredible ensemble, passionate playing and wide palette of colors", the Lysander Piano Trio will be featured on Key West Impromptu Concerts after being featured on the Florida Keys last season. More information can be found here.
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Borromeo String Quartet and Harpist Bridget Kibbey on NYC's Music Mondays Series - January 23
The Borromeo String Quartet and harpist Bridget Kibbey will be featured on NYC's Music Monday series. The program will include works by Debussy and Fauré. To purchase tickets and for program details please click here.
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Henry Kramer in Recital With the Seattle Symphony Concertmaster Noah Geller - January 6
Canadian pianist, Henry Kramer will be performing a recital with the Seattle Symphony concertmaster, Noah Geller on January 6, 2023. The program will take place at the Seattle Symphony Orchestra hall and it will include works by Bach, Debussy, Schubert and more. You can purchase tickets or find out more info here.
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Paul Neubauer Featured in NY & Chicago Brandenburg Concerts
Violist Paul Neubauer will be featured in the full set of Brandenburg Concertos presented by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, including performances in Chicago December 14 and New York City’s Alice Tully Hall December 16, 18, and 20. This includes the large viola feature in the sixth concerto. You can learn more about these performances here.
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SPA Trio's Second Tour of the Season December 5-7
The SPA Trio is going on tour for the second time this season. This includes upcoming dates with New Orleans Friends of Music on December 5 and the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach on December 5. More details can be found on SPA’s page here.
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SPA Trio's Second Tour of the Season December 5-7
The SPA Trio is going on tour for the second time this season. This includes upcoming dates with New Orleans Friends of Music on December 5 and the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach on December 5. More details can be found on SPA’s page here.
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Verona Quartet From Coast to Coast
Following a month-long residency at LAMP in Nova Scotia this month, the Verona Quartet will tour the US from coast to coast! Starting with a residency October 27-30 at Eureka Chamber Music in beautiful Northern California, the quartet heads to Clemson University’s esteemed Utsey Chamber Music series on November 1 for a program of Beethoven, Dvorak, and Bacewicz’s first piano quintet.
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Review: Borromeo Quartet Strikes Heavenly at The Stissling Center
Read the full review from the quartet’s October 9 performance with Eugenia Zukerman and Clarion Concerts here
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Review: Borromeo Quartet Sparks Heavenly at the Stissing Center
Read the full review from the quartet’s October 9 performance with Eugenia Zukerman and Clarion Concerts here
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Upcoming Henry Kramer Features
Fall is filled with chamber music for Henry. Following a solo feature with Chamber Music San Francisco October 2-3, Henry will be featured in a trio program with the Vancouver Chamber Music Society October 16 and 18 and in collaboration with Blake Pouliot and Chee Yun October 29 (Temecula, CA) and November 1 (Ithaca College), and November 6 (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum).
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Upcoming Henry Kramer Features
Fall is filled with chamber music for Henry. Following a solo feature with Chamber Music San Francisco October 2-3, Henry will be featured in a trio program with the Vancouver Chamber Music Society October 16 and 18 and in collaboration with Blake Pouliot and Chee Yun October 29 (Temecula, CA) and November 1 (Ithaca College), and November 6 (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum).
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SPA Trio's Fall Tours
The SPA Trio is back on the road with its first set of touring dates this fall. They will be back in the South for more dates in early December and February.
October 6, 2022: Birmingham Chamber Music Society (updated review from the presenter: “this was the most glorious music we ever heard in this hall!”)
October 7-8, 2022: Seattle Chamber Music Society
October 11, 2022: University of Idaho
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Tommy Mesa Premieres New Montgomery Cello Concerto
Cellist Thomas Mesa will give the world premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s new cello concerto, Divided, on tour with the Sphinx Virtuosi in October. Following the official premiere in Ashland, OR (Oct 7), the work will have performances in Eugene (Oct 10), Portland, OR (Oct 11); NYC at Carnegie Hall (Oct 13); Buffalo (Oct 15); Cleveland at CIM (Oct 19); Philadelphia at PCMS (Oct 21); and Sao Paolo, Brazil (Oct 26).
Tommy will remain the exclusive soloist for the work through April 2025.
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Arnaud Sussmann Opens JCC Polinger Artists of Excellence Series
Arnaud Sussmann opens the Bender JCC of Greater Washington’s Polinger Artists of Excellence Series together with pianist Anna Polonsky on Sunday, October 2. This marks the start of the esteemed series’s 50th anniversary season. You can find more details regarding the performance and program here.
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Verona Quartet Makes Kansas City Debut
The Verona Quartet makes its Kansas City debut as part of the longstanding Friends of Chamber Music Series on Friday, September 30. This performance is a part of the quartet’s 2020 Cleveland Quartet Award, and their visit encompasses school visits as well.
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