TALUJON and Jamie Jordon give the world premiere of Mathew Rosenblum's We Lived Happily During the War for soprano and six percussionists. Based on a poem by Ilya Kaminsky, it is also a meditation on the composer’s family history, especially his grandmother’s escape from Ukraine after the massacre in her town during the 1919 pandemic. […]
Iranian-American pianist and composer Ramin Amir Arjomand presents an evening-length solo improvisation. Arjomand's improvisations have drawn attention in the United States and abroad. Arjomand's work is born of a complex opposition of cross-cultural creative impulses. His long-form improvisations pursue extremes of sound intensity, pushing the limits of spontaneous thinking while seeking simultaneously, and equally intensely, […]
Designed for families with vaccinated children: Join us for a musical journey from Bach through Haydn leading to Mozart, featuring Christopher Martin, principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic as our soloist. You and your family will experience some of the most beautiful and expressive music ever written from your seat inside the orchestra. Following […]
Designed for Adults: Join us for a musical journey from Bach through Haydn leading to Mozart, featuring Christopher Martin, principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic as our soloist. You will experience some of the most beautiful and expressive music ever written from your seat inside the orchestra. Following this engaging program, enjoy a reception […]
We celebrate composer Lukas Foss on the 100th anniversary of his birthyear with chamber works from five decades, performed by faculty of the University at Buffalo’s Department of Music. Foss was a brilliant, exploratory musician whose compositional output ranged over major trends of the 20th century. We also highlight his profound relationship with Buffalo and […]
On October 15, 2022, The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, New York City Chapter, Inc. 57 Years of Artistic Dedication presents The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Conductor, Petr Kotik performs the music of the world renowned AACM New York City Chapter, Inc. Composers | Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams, Thurman Barker, Adegoke […]
Music From China presents the 28th season of contemporary Chinese music featuring premieres of commissioned works and music composed for Chinese and Western instruments. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR ONLY ON DAY OF CONCERT. $20 for general admission $10 for students/seniors PROGRAM JOEL HOFFMAN: huǒ shénhuà/Fire Myth** (world premiere) for dizi, pipa, erhu, cello, vibraphone SHEN […]
On November 5th Jessie Cox and the Sun Ra Arkestra present a new work, commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Doors open at 7pm with the first live screening of a film of Jessie Cox’s opera “As A Song of A World,” which was directed […]
Pegasus: The Orchestra celebrates its Fifth Season with Bach's magnificent Brandenburg Concerti No. 4 and No. 5 and Vivaldi Trio Sonata. Join us for this special evening focused on some of the most innovative Baroque masterpieces held in an intimate setting of DiMenna Center in NYC. Soloists Eiko Kano, violin and Kaori Fujii, flute will […]
Curtis Stewart, one of the most penetrating artists of his generation, joins Experiential Orchestra and Grammy®-winning conductor James Blachly as guest artist and curator in a concert that features the New York premiere of Julia Perry's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, in a new edition by Roger Zahab. Perry's music has seen increased attention in […]
Save the date! Join us to hear New Music by 5 brilliant composers from the republic of Georgia. Performed by world class musicians and filled with diverse program, this event is sure to please every art enthusiast. Welcoming reception will give you a chance to meet and chat with the extraordinary composers; Dato Chkuaseli, Koki […]
Mosaic Composers Collective, featuring Kevin Arthur Jr., Aidan Arbona, Naamia Rivera, Murphy Severtson, Alexa Letourneau, and Ashtyn Brown, is a gathering of composers in pursuit of an intimate – yet fearless – sound exploration of humanity’s many colorful spheres. Centered in curiosity, the Collective strives to create and curate that which challenges the world around […]
Join us for our most ambitious project yet as PinkNoise presents the North American premiere of the epic four-part cycle Systema naturae for instruments and electromechanical devices by Andrea Valle and Mauro Lanza. The work is inspired by Carl Linnaeus's book of the same title, which through his pioneering work on zoological nomenclature, sought to […]
The intrepid PRISM Quartet (saxophones) presents a portrait of Bang on a Can‘s visionary co-founders/co-artistic directors in an all-saxophone program featuring the premiere of “in a delirium” by Michael Gordon alongside performances of “Cha” by Julia Wolfe and “Revolutionary Etudes” by David Lang. After performing Lang’s work and subsequently commissioning Wolfe in 2015, PRISM now […]
PROGRAM Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor for piano duet, D940 Schubert/Liszt: Ständchen, Der Müller und der Bach, Die Forelle Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ Percy Grainger: Fantasy on George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess for two pianos
Winner of the 2022 Federation of the Art Song Fellowship Competition, the London-based voice/piano duo of Jared Michaud and Christina Koti will perform a recital of art songs influenced by Greek traditions and culture by Greek and non-Greek composers alike. With songs in Greek, French, German, Russian, and English by composers such as Schubert, Ravel, […]
Jury Panel: Gary Graffman, Ernest Barretta, and Chu-Fang Huang Program and finalist information will be available two hours prior to the event.
Pianist and composer Ramin Amir Arjomand's improvisations have drawn attention in the United States and abroad. Arjomand's work is born of a complex opposition of cross-cultural creative impulses. His long-form improvisations pursue extremes of sound intensity, pushing the limits of spontaneous thinking while seeking simultaneously, and equally intensely, a compositional unity characteristic of fully-notated music. […]
2007 international Tchaikovsky competition gold medalist Sergey Antonov and pianist Karén Hakobyan play Rachmaninoff’s beloved sonata for piano and cello, as well as works by Arutiunian, Piazzolla, and Davidoff. Please join us for this beautiful program in the comfortable intimacy and superb acoustic of the DiMenna Center's Cary Hall.
Talea Ensemble presents the world premieres of new works by Louis Karchin, Tyshawn Sorey, and Anthony Cheung.
Critics have hailed pianist Anastasiya Naplekova for her “stunning washes of color” (Cincinnati Enquirer), and “powerful pianistic thunder strokes” (The Miami Herald). Naplekova performs a survey of great works by Rachmaninoff in celebration of the composer's 150th birthday. Works include popular Preludes from opus 23 and 32, Etudes Tableaux from op. 39, the second piano […]
Already this season, pianist Asiya Korepanova has performed in NYC her Manfred Symphony transcription and a program of the complete Liszt 24 Etudes in one program. On April 1, Korepanova pays homage to the great Rachmaninoff when she performs the Corelli Variations, her own arrangement of the legendary Cello Sonata, and the composer's opus 16 […]
Through carefully chosen excerpts from works of forthcoming music, film, and literature, Argento explores the last years of Mahler’s life (1907–1911), during which he survived devastating personal crises, lived in New York City and conducted the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera.
The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) will present a variety of concerts at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music on Friday, April 7th and Saturday, April 8th. These concerts form a significant part of SEAMUS’s annual conference highlighting contemporary works, research, and practices in the field of electro-acoustic music around the […]
The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) will present a variety of concerts at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music on Friday, April 7th and Saturday, April 8th. These concerts form a significant part of SEAMUS’s annual conference highlighting contemporary works, research, and practices in the field of electro-acoustic music around the […]
The Renaissance String Quartet, hailing from New York City, was founded in 2021 by violinists Randall Goosby and Jeremiah Blacklow, violist Jameel Martin, and cellist Daniel Hass. The four members have been best friends and collaborators since 2012, and this concert marks the official debut of the quartet. Alongside works by Mozart and Beethoven, the […]
Argento produces and a performs a New York concert with friends and collaborators from the Baltimore-based icarus Quartet. This concert features two world premieres and the music of composers from five continents: Lang Chen, Amy Beth Kirsten, Marcos Balter, Chaya Czernowin, Beat Furrer, Manuela Meier.
Come join us for the performance of the majestic Brahms Piano Concerto 1 with Giacomo Franci, Pianist, and Paolo Scibilia, Conductor. In the second part Giacomo Franci will conduct several solo and orchestra pieces featuring 4 extremely talented prodigies from 10 to 17 years old!
Free recital of world premiere and other bold new works by a trio of emerging composers completing their Master of Music degrees at Mannes School of Music in NYC. Celebrate Mother's Day with new music for classical guitar and mixed ensembles of flute, trumpet, voice/choral, viola, piano, electronics and fixed media. Each composer presents a […]
Composer's Voice returns to the concert arena featuring the Chatterton-McCright Duo. Flutist Linda Chatterton and pianist Matthew McCright are champions of new music and dedicated to the empowerment of living composers and their works. This new hybrid performance from Composer's Voice is a new beginning after a long hiatus for the concert series. Featuring Linda […]
"Elevated themselves into those elite ranks alongside Yarn/Wire, Sō Percussion, Tigue, Iktus and Ensemble Et Al", as described by the New York Music Daily, join Pathos Trio on Sunday, May 21st at 5:30pm for an exciting program of all world premieres of chamber music works for percussion, piano, and electronics by composers Ian Chang, Clara […]
Philippe Treuille will premiere his first flute concerto, Live Forever, featuring flute soloist Daniela Mars, and First Dimension Ensemble, conducted by Jean-Pierre Schmitt. The concert will also feature two other compositions by Treuille, Tessellations and Rejuvenation in Red. The concert will be followed by a champagne reception.
The North/South Symphony Orchestra and the NY Virtuoso Singers under the direction of Max Lifchitz premieres four works by the late American composer Doris Hays. Contralto Kirsten Sollek, and pianist Huizi Zhang will appear as soloists. Reserve a spot by emailing [email protected]
