All music lends us the opportunity for celebration, reflection, and inspiration. Phillips Music celebrates its 76th season this year with diverse and invigorating performers from across the globe. No season is bound to a strict theme, as not to limit our musicians’ creative sensibilities; however, this season’s musicians, exhibitions, and programs share a thematic resonance of discovery and movement. Building on the extraordinary success of our 75th anniversary season, the Phillips has planned myriad events this season to celebrate the past, present, and future of Phillips Music. I hope you’ll join us throughout this dynamic season.
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Danish-Swiss violinist Niklas Walentin, pianist Christina Bjørkøe, conductor Jean Thorel, and Sō Percussion will make their DC debut on October 2, 2016.
The UMD School of Music offers an engaging cross-disciplinary retrospective highlighting some of Henri Dutilleux’s most important works, presented with works of Debussy and Ravel, in celebration of Dutilleux’s centenary.
A second performance of this program will also take place at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland on Sunday, October 16, at 3 pm.
Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin makes his DC debut with selections by George Friedrich Händel, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, Carl Maria von Weber, and Isaac Albéniz.
A multi-art performance from New York-based French artist Pascal Blondeau, this performance is a tribute to his mentor Ultra Violet, who was the studio assistant and muse of Salvador Dalí in the 1950s and a member of Andy Warhol’s Factory in the 1960s.
The UMD School of Music Symphony Orchestra performs Derek Bermel’s Migration Series, joined onstage by UMD’s Jazz Band, Chamber Singers, and Wind Orchestra.
Carter Brey and Benjamin Pasternack will make their Phillips debut with selections by Robert Schumann, Leonard Berstein, Elliot Carter, Leon Kirchner, and Frédéric Chopin.
Leading International Composer, Zhou Long, from China, will be joined by the ensemble Music From China in a performance in partnership with the Embassy of the People's Republic of China.
Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear returns to The Phillips Collection after his noteworthy re-creation of Glenn Gould’s iconic 1955 recital last season. This year, he brings the perfect musical Christmas concert with his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.
The Signum Quartet, originating from Cologne, Germany, will perform their Washington, DC, debut with selections by Mozart, Jörg Widmann, Beethoven, and their signature quartweets.
German piano trio, Morgenstern, will make their Phillips debut with selections by Germaine Tailleferre, Pierre Jalbert, Lili Boulanger, and Maurice Ravel.
Dennis Russell Davies and Japanese pianist, Maki Namekawa, will peform duo piano selections by Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Schwertsik, and Phillip Glass.
French violinist, Mark Bouchkov, and Russian pianist, Katia Skanavi, will perform their Phillips debut with selections by Mozart, Prokofiev, Ysaÿe, and Schubert.
In partnership with the Swedish Embassy, music from Leading International Composer, Anders Hillborg, will be performed by the Calder Quartet, Magnus Holmander, Axiom Brass, and Henrik Måwe.
Romanian cellist, Andrei Ioniţă, and South Korean pianist, Yekwon Sunwoo, will perform selections by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy, and Martinů.
British violinist Anthony Marwood and Serbian pianist Aleksandar Madžar will make their Washington, DC, debut with selections by Janáček, Beethoven, Ravel, and Prokofiev.
Anne Akiko-Meyers will make her Phillips debut with selections by W.A. Mozart, Arvo Part, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Maurice Ravel, Jakub Ciupinski, and the world premiere of Morten Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium.
Some of the world's leading pianists have played The Phillips Collection's Steinway Concert D 542016, but they started hearing something wrong with it: the soundboard. This half-hour documentary—named for the spruce wood that replaced the soundboard—tells the story of tearing the piano apart and bringing it back to life. Along the way, we learn how a piano works and witness the consummate art of restoration by PianoCraft. Rising international star Olivier Cavé puts it to the test in this cinematic music documentary by filmmaker H. Paul Moon.
