Pacifica Quartet & Sharon Isbin | Songs and Dances “From the New World”
After first teaming up at the Aspen Music Festival, the Pacifica Quartet and iconic guitarist Sharon Isbin – who has been called “one of the best guitarists in the world” (Boston Globe) – have been thrilling audiences ever since. Following their success on the road, these Grammy Award-winning artists recorded the Souvenirs of Italy for Cedille Records in 2019, featuring works by Turina, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vivaldi, and Boccherini.
Ying Quartet | PUSH Physical Theatre
The Grammy Award-winning Ying Quartet and PUSH Physical Theatre recently teamed up to perform back-to-back sold-out performances combining music, movement, dance, acrobatics, and more.
William Hagen | Recital with Albert Cano Smit
William Hagen and the fantastic pianist Albert Cano Smit offer a program comprised of three of the greatest violin sonatas ever written.
Albert Cano Smit Photo credit: Wenqi Ke
Gabriel & Jeffrey Kahane | Duo Recital
Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane are offering a special recital program in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons from this father-son duo.
Jeffrey Kahane photo credit: E.F. Marton Productions
Anthony McGill & Gloria Chien
Anthony McGill is joined by longtime collaborator and friend Gloria Chien for a program of clarinet and piano duos and solo works featuring pieces by Weber, Montgomery, and Brahms, among others.
McGill/McHale Trio
The McGill/McHale Trio was founded in September 2014 when clarinetist Anthony McGill and his brother, flutist Demarre McGill, were featured artists in a residency at Bowling Green University in Ohio. While there, pianist Michael McHale joined them in concert for the first time, and it was immediately clear that the Trio would have a great future making music together.
William Hagen, Andrei Ioniță & Orion Weiss
William Hagen, Andrei Ionita, and Orion Weiss are available on very select dates to perform trio programs together. These three powerhouse young soloists — each an important artist in their own right — prioritize chamber music, musical collaboration, and artistic partnership in their careers.
Gryphon Trio with violist Masumi Per Rostad
The Gryphon Trio teams up with the Grammy Award-winning violist Masumi Per Rostad - who has received praise for his tremendously rich and expressive tone, energy, and commanding presence - to offer piano quartets.
Moonshine Ballads and Various Charms
The Gryphon offers a new Americana program called Moonshine Ballads and Various Charms with their longtime collaborator Patricia O’Callaghan which is an evening of music that, as they put it, "evokes open skies, dark tales, and lazy afternoons.
American String Quartet with Nancy Allen
The American String Quartet offers a collaboration together with the New York Philharmonic’s Principal Harpist, Nancy Allen. The five perform some of the great works for string quartet and harp:
Hailed by The New York Times as "a major artist" following her New York recital debut, Nancy Allen joined the New York Philharmonic in June of 1999 as Principal Harpist. She maintains a busy international concert schedule as well as heading the harp departments of The Juilliard School, Yale School of Music, and the Aspen Music Festival and School.
American String Quartet with Stephanie Blythe
The American String Quartet and the American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe team up to present a program featuring some of the great works for voice and string quartet: Respighi's Il Tramonto and four of Schubert's most well-known lieder, including Der Tod und das Mädchen, the quartet-version of which closes the program.
American String Quartet with Mishka Rushdie Momen
The American String Quartet will be offering a collaborative program together with the British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen in April 2023. A young musician who is fast on the rise as a recitalist and chamber musician, Mishka is a regular musical partner with cellist Steven Isserlis, has been championed by Sir András Schiff, and was nominated for The Times (of London) 2021 Artist Critics’ nomination for the Breakthrough Award, cementing her place as a pianist to watch.
Healing Frequencies
Healing through sound dates back to ancient times, and is recognized by countless global traditions. In their latest cross-genre project, Healing Frequencies, the American String Quartet joins forces with authors J. Mae Barizo and Rachel Eliza Griffiths in a curative program highlighting music's renewing attributes.
American String Quartet with Phil Klay and Tom Sleigh
The American String Quartet has teamed up with the writer Phil Klay - who won the National Book Award for Redeployment in 2014 - and the poet Tom Sleigh to present a program called “Lyric in the Time of War.” Phil is a former U.S. Marine who served in Iraq, and Tom has reported on the bloody conflicts in Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, and Libya. The program combines music written in response to war together with Phil and Tom reading excerpts from their work. In a particularly moving presentation, the American performs Shostakovich's Quartet No. 8 while Tom reads a related poem in between each movement. This program offers two perspectives on war; it acknowledges the hardships while recognizing and celebrating the sacrifices made by our veterans.