Concert Schedule

Through his operas, his symphonies, his compositions for his own ensemble, and his wide-ranging collaborations with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg, Woody Allen to David Bowie, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times.  Glass will perform a solo piano concert which will be followed by a dinner prepared by award-winning chef Brian McBride of Blue Duck Tavern.
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A rare glimpse into Glenn Gould’s mind as a composer. This solitary, intensely fugal string quartet is explored in the same room that hosted his 1955 American debut. Weber's Op. 34 Clarinet Quintet showcases the clarinet's virtuosic capacity for operatic style. Camerata members Ricardo Morales (clarinet), Karen Johnson (violin), Olivia Hajioff (violin), Marc Ramirez (viola), and Charlie Powers (cello) perform. Program and Artist Biography

Czech composer Miroslav Srnka brings to Washington the U.S. premiere of his composition Engrams for string quartet played by the Czech contemporary music ensemble Fama Quartet.  Srnka is a fast-rising star in contemporary music. Winner of the Gideon Klein Award, the Ernst Von Siemens Composers Prize, and the Leoš Janáček Anniversary Prize, as well as numerous commissions premiered with the world's outstanding orchestras and artists. Program and Artist Biography

Connecting the past and the presence, shaping the music of New World, and at the same time, re-interpreting the heritage of the European tradition. Through Antonín Dvořák and Karel Husa we realize the influence of these two remarkable composers on both musical scenes – the U.S. and the Czech one. Dvořák came in 1892 and stayed shortly, Husa in 1951 and remained for life - both left an imprint of significance, of humanity and transcendence. In conjunction with the Mutual Inspirations Festival 2011 exploring Czech and American cultures. Program and Artist Biography

Italian-Swiss pianist Olivier Cavé presents a program entitled "Il Pianoforte Italiano" celebrating the history of Italian piano music. Program and Artist Biography

New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow formed Amerigo with violist Karen Dreyfus and cellist Inbal Segev in 2009. Works by Kodály, Sibelius, Klein, and Beethoven. Program and Artist Biography

First-prize laureate of the 2011 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, soprano Haeran Hong performs an exclusive solo recital with pianist Ken Noda, musical assistant to James Levine, in a program of works by Bellini, Schubert, Debussy, Wolf, Liszt, Delibes and Rossini. Program and Artist Biography

Kelly Hall-Tompkins, one of New York City’s most in-demand violinists and award-winning harpist Bridget Kibbey will perform works by Mumford, Currier, Piazzola, and Saint-Saëns. Program and Artist Biography

Founded by former National Gallery of Art music director George Manos, the ensemble explores and presents masterpieces of chamber music that are rarely heard as well as the standard classics for wind quintet. Works by Jongen, Sabaneyev and Ewazen. Program and Artist Biography

The winner of the 2010 New York International Piano Competition, Kate Liu made her debut with the Cleveland Orchestra before continuing on to perform internationally with renowned pianist Lang Lang. Progam and Artist Biography

British countertenor Iestyn Davies performs folk and seasonal works by Henry Purcell and J. S. Bach as arranged by Benjamin Britten, settings by Schubert, Handel, Warlock and Howells. Pianist Kevin Murphy joins Davies in a program entitled “History Repeating’. A favorite of Wigmore Hall and the Metropolitan Opera, Davies offers the haunting sounds of this most sophisticated of the falsettos. Program and Artist Biography

For his debut at the Phillips, Juan José Chuquisengo, one of Latin America's leading musicians, presents some of his favorite music: Bach's Partita No. 4, with its dancing, spiritual joyfulness, and Beethoven's late Piano Sonata Op. 110, for Stravinsky the most beautiful sonata ever. He closes with his own arrangement of the overwhelming La Valse by Ravel.
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Arceci & McKean and friends present a cosmopolitan program of Baroque instrumental music featuring baroque violins, theorbo, viola da gamba, baroque lute, guitar, and harpsichord. Works by Bertali, Buxtehude, Froberger, Handel, Le Sieur de Machy, Marais, and Rosenmüller. Program and Artist Biography

South Korean pianist Ko-eun Lee received her training from the Julliard School before going on to perform with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and in 2010 she won both the Wideman International and the World Piano Competition. Works by Bach, Chopin, Rochberg, and Liszt.
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The mezzo soprano and American Academy of Vocal Arts resident artist Chrystal E. Williams, in collaboration with pianist Lucas Wong, performs a program exploring passion in its varying forms, including Berlioz’s Les nuits d'été. Program and Artist Biography

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music, Scottish bassoonist Karen Geoghegan has recorded five CDs for Chandos Records, and in 2009 she was invited to give her BBC Proms solo debut. Along with British piano partner, Timothy End, she showcases this "endangered" instrument.
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Acclaimed by renowned piano maker Paolo Fazioli for possessing “such delicate, beautiful sound,” South Korean pianist Yoonie Han has won top prizes from distinguished international competitions and received the highest accolades for her poetic performances. Program and Artist Biography

The Russian pianist, winner of the prestigious William Petschek Debut Recital Award, Konstantin Soukhovetski presents Schubert's Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960 as well as the world premiere of his transcription of the final scene of Strauss's last opera Capriccio - the ethereally beautiful monologue of the Countess.
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The recipient of the Chamber Music America’s 2010 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and praised for its technical prowess and passionate performances, the Voxare String Quartet will give Washington premieres of both Ned Rorem's String Quartet No. 2 and Daron Hagen's String Quartet No. 1. Program and Artist Biography

ArcoVoce expands their core ensemble to present an all period instrument rendition of J.S. Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto among other vocal works featuring soprano Rosa Lamoreaux. Program and Artist Biography / RESERVE

Exceptionally talented cellist Jonah Kim has received stellar accolades from Orlando Cole, Lynn Harrell, and János Starker exciting audiences and press alike with his compelling performances.  Kim will be joined by pianist Claire Huangci for a program including works by Giazotto, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Fauré, and Popper. Program and Artist Biography / RESERVE

First-prize winner at the 2009 Liszt Garrison Competition, Russian pianist Liudmila Georgievskaya presents a heroic program including Schumann's Symphonic Etudes and Beethoven's Eroica Variations - considered by Beethoven as one of his best compositions. In collaboration with the embassy of Spain and the Joaquin Achúcarro Foundation. Program and Artist Biography / RESERVE

Steven Osborne, one of Britain’s foremost pianists, is renowned for his idiomatic approach to a wide variety of repertoire from mainstream classical works and is the recipient of the 2009 Gramophone Award for his recording of Britten. Works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Ravel, and Rachmaninoff. Program and Artist Biography / RESERVE

An interspersion of works commissioned by the Verdehr Trio with works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Dvořák arranged by the trio for the violin, clarinet and piano.
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Twenty-five year old Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich is a pianist whose mature, self-assured playing belies his age. Winner of the 2008 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, he will be preforming works by Scarlatti, Ravel, Stravinsky, and Prokofiev. Artist Biography / RESERVE

Montenegrin guitarist Miloš Karadaglić has established himself as one of today’s most gifted young guitar virtuosos bringing fresh perspective in to the mainstream repertoire. Artist Biography / RESERVE

Violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Aaron Wunsch perform a recital of thrillingly Romantic sonatas by Janácek and Strauss, as well as and a delightful suite of folksong transcriptions by American composer Ross Lee Finney, a contemporary of Aaron Copland. 
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Praised by The New Yorker as a "fresh and vital young participant in what is the golden age of American string quartets," the Daedalus Quartet has established itself as a leader among the new generation of string ensembles. Their program features the complete string quartets of American composer Fred Lerdahl. The Third Quartet, a Pulitzer Prize finalist written for the quartet, has its world premiere at the Phillips, rounding out a cycle of three works written over the course of more than thirty years intended both as individual pieces and as a unified set to be performed together.
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Praised for his brilliant sonority and execution, Swiss clarinetist Reto Bieri joins pianist Benjamin Engeli, founding member of the Tecchler Trio, to perform works by Brahms, Debussy, and Holliger. In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland. Artist Biography

2011 recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, pianist Benjamin Hochman has achieved widespread acclaim for his performances as orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He will perform works by Lieberson and Schubert.
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Michel van der Aa (b. 1970) is one of Europe’s most sought-after composers today.

For van der Aa, music is more than organized sound or a structuring of notes. His music has expressive power, combining sounds and scenic images in a play of changing perspectives. Van der Aa’s recent stage works show a successful involvement as a film and stage director as well as composer. Van der Aa has selected performers from the International Comtemporary Ensemble (ICE) to perform his works for this concert. ICE is the first large-scale, flexible contemporary ensemble in the United States that strives to be as important and indispensable as a city’s symphony orchestras, opera companies and theater companies Program and Artist Biography

The Raphael Trio continues the comprehensive traversal of the piano trio repertoire this season highlighting the two rarely-performed and gorgeous trios by the Italian operetta composer, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Artist Biography

The Raphael Trio continues the comprehensive traversal of the piano trio repertoire this season highlighting the two rarely-performed and gorgeous trios by the Italian operetta composer, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Artist Biography

Shostakovich exploits a perfect balance in his Piano Quintet originally written for the Beethoven String Quartet.  Schumann's E-flat Quintet is the product of a most fertile musical imagination - fresh, buoyant, and inventive. Camerata members Miranda Cuckson (violin), Karen Johnson (viola) ,Olivia Hajioff/Marc Ramirez (viola), David Teie (cello), and Edvinas Minkstimas (piano) perform. Program and Artist Biography