Concert Schedule

Anastasia Petanova joins pianist Timothy Hoft for a performance of music by Francis Poulenc and Erwin Schulhoff, concluding with a sonata by Richard Strauss arranged by Ms. Petanova herself. Program and Artist Biography

Violinist and music story teller Leonid Sushansky shares his wit and insight while playing works by Robert Schumann, Johan Svendsen, David Kish, Antonio Vivaldi, and Henrik Wieniawski. Program and Artist Biography

The Raphael Trio presents the third of five concerts featuring the full repertoire of works for trio by Joseph Haydn. Program and Artist Biography

The Raphael Trio presents the fourth of five concerts featuring the full repertoire of works for trio by Joseph Haydn. Program and Artist Biography

The Verdehr Trio presents the world premiere of A Smiling Suite by French composer Nicolas Bacri, who describes this work as a synthesis of musical styles from the 18th and 20th centuries. Three other works written for the Verdehr Trio, by Wolfram Wagner, Gunther Schuller and Alexander Arutiunian, are featured. Program and Artist Biography

Cellist Bonnie Hampton joins pianist Yuliya Gorenman in a recital of two masterworks of the chamber repertoire: Ludwig van Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 2 and Johannes Brahms's Cello Sonata in E minor. Program and Artist Biography

French composer Tristan Murail is associated with the "spectral" technique of composition, which involves the use of the fundamental properties of sound as a basis for harmony, as well as the use of spectral analysis. Among Murail's awards are the Prix de Rome (1971), the Grand Prix du Disque (1990), and the Grand Prix du Président de la République (1992). Program and Artist Biography

Pianist Lucille Chung presents music from her latest album, including Camille Saint-Saëns's Concerto No. 2, transcribed for solo piano by Georges Bizet, and music by György Ligeti that was featured in the film Eyes Wide Shut, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Program and Artist Biography

This acclaimed duo presents the program "Schubert in Nature," featuring some of the Austrian master's best-loved ("Der Jungling an der Quelle," "Auf der Bruck"), most obscure ("Mailied," "Die Sommernacht"), and most profound ("Des Fischers Liebesglück," "Der Winterabend") songs. Program and Artist Biography

Laureate of the 2nd Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition, Elena Ulyanova presents Sergei Rachmaninoff's Sonata No. 2, along with Ludwig van Beethoven's  Appassionata and music by Frédéric Chopin and Antonio Soler. Program and Artist Biography

The Bates and Friends ensemble was formed by members of the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra and friends especially for this Phillips Collection performance, which includes works by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev, and Alexander Scriabin. Program and Artist Biography

The Raphael Trio presents the last of five concerts featuring the full repertoire of works for trio by Joseph Haydn. Program and Artist Biography

Lucille Chung joins violinist Erin Keefe for a performance of works by Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, and Ludwig van Beethoven, concluding with Meditation from Thaïs by Jules Massenet. Program and Artist Biography

Two cello-piano sonatas, each written in the first decade of the 20th century, but of different worlds. The Kodály sonata is enriched by the appealing language of folk melodies and harmonies overlaid with French impressionism.  Rachmaninoff uses more traditional sonata forms and traverses the journey from darkness to light, rife with the melodic richness, rhythmic dynamism, and earned excitement that makes the composer's music so beloved. Program and Artist Biography

Sonatas by Frédéric Chopin and César Franck along with Olivier Messiaen's Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus
are included in an engaging program for cello and piano. Program and Artist Biography

Irina Nuzova plays Franz Schubert's 12 Valses Nobles, and in musical contrast, his Sonata in B Flat Major. Program and Artist Biography

Olivier Cavé's second recording, devoted to Scarlatti's sonatas, exudes his passion for the composer. Cavé's concert at the Phillips, marking his U.S. debut, includes works by Scarlatti, Isaac Albéniz, and Muzio Clementi. Program and Artist Biography

ArcoVoce presents a program entitled "1710," a survey of pieces written around that year, including works by Antonio Vivaldi and François Couperin. The musicians perform on period instruments with soprano voice. Program and Artist Biography

Sofya Gulyak, first-prize winner of the 2009 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, celebrates the bicentennial year of Chopin's birth with a program of works by Chopin and his known rival, Franz Liszt. Program and Artist Biography

ArcoVoce presents a program entitled "1710," a survey of pieces composed around that year, including works by Antonio Vivaldi and François Couperin.  The musicians perform on period instruments with soprano voice. Program and Artist Biography

Soprano Amanda Balestrieri returns to Washington with pianist Gabriel Dobner to present a program of romantic song.
Program and Artist Biography

The Verdehr Trio presents the world premieres of works by two important South American composers: Marlos Nobre of Brazil and Paul Desenne of Venezuela. Two other works written for the trio complete the program: a trio of Wolfram Wagner and Fantasy on Dvorak's Romance for Violin and Orchestra by James Niblock. Program and Artist Biography

First prize and audience award winner of the 2009 Washington International String Competition, violist Emily Deans joins colleague Julio Elizalde in a program including works by Claude Debussy,Toru Takemitsu, Georges Enesco, and Rebecca Clarke. Program and Artist Biography

Olli Kortekangas (b.1955), one of the most popular Finnish composers of today, is best known for his operas and choral music. However, he has also written a considerable amount of instrumental works, ranging from miniatures to large-scale orchestral compositions.
On March 18, young Finnish top musicians - chosen by the composer himself - will perform a selection of Kortekangas' chamber and solo works. The virtuosic Divertimento reflects the composer's love for the cello, while Tämä hetki - Dieser Augenblick is an outstanding example of his chamber music with voice. The opening number, Iscrizione for clarinet and cello, will be followed by the world premiere of another miniature, written for this occasion and dedicated to The Phillips Collection. Program and Artist Biography

Robert Schumann wrote his monumental Fantasy as a tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven. Musicologist Charles Rosen considers it instead a tribute to "the end of the classical style." Pianist Alon Goldstein pairs Robert Schumann's Fantasy with Beethoven's Appassionata in an interesting comparison of "old" and "new." Program and Artist Biography

"...His playing quivers with an almost hypnotic intensity."  Gramophone
Program and Artist Biography

For 28 years, the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts has supported young artists through its youngARTS program. Each year, students participate in artistic enrichment programs and master classes, and 20 are named Presidential Scholar in the Arts by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. youngARTS alumni go on to distinguished careers in their fields, becoming principle dancers in major companies, prominent orchestra members, and internationally known visual artists. Program and Artist Biography

Thomas Pandolfi celebrates the bicentennials of both Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann. Following Chopin's Two Polonaises, Pandolfi plays two of Schumann's most passionate songs, transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt, along with the composer's Liebestraum No. 3, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, and Forgotten Waltz. The program also includes works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Ottorino Respighi. Program and Artist Biography

The four hands of Maud Laforest and Benjamin Beirs bring to life a virtuoso repertoire including works by Issac Albéniz, César Franck, and Domenico Scarlatti. Program and Artist Biography

Winner of the Premier Prix at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, pianist Ivan Ilić plays Leopold Godowsky's notoriously difficult arrangements of 10 Études by Frédéric Chopin, along with works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms. Program and Artist Biography

Pianist Yuliya Gorenman offers the rare treat of an all-Rachmaninoff piano recital. The program presents a panoramic view of the composer's works, including several Études-Tableaux , preludes, and the Sonata No. 2. Program and Artist Biography

Marcolivia, the award-winning violin/viola duo, presents music by Béla Bartók and Robert Fuchs, and concludes the program with a lively selection of jazz, tango, and swing duos arranged for two violins. Program and Artist Biography

"Stripping tonal music of its superficiality, José Luis Greco's music brilliantly expands and exploits instrumental possibilities in a hard-edged ... impressionist haze haunted by a driven flow of sound and texture..." Gramophone Program and Artist Biography

The ensemble plays three by Polish composers that share folk themes as a common thread: a quartet by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki ; the fourth quartet of Poland's most prominent female composer, Grażyna Bacewicz ; and Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concert in F minor in a quintet version. Program and Artist Biography

For their debut in the United States, the Versailles Guitar Quartet presents a program consisting of transcribed works by Gounod, Villa-Lobos, Bach, Mompou as well as original work for four guitars by Stepan Rak, a Ukrainian-born Czech classical guitarist and composer - a work also found on the quartet's most recent recording, "Transcriptions". This program emphasizes all the possibilities of tessitura and colors of a quartet of classical guitars. Program and Artist Biography

From centuries ago, art movements and music have always been closely related. Just as a painter would have used different techniques to paint still life and portraits differently, composers do as well. This program invites one to examine the different angles each composer takes in making different subject matters and on a larger scale, to seek a connection between the Impressionist, the Symbolist and the Contemporary composers. Program and Artist Biography