"A musician of deep intellectual and emotional means." – NPR “If I could, I'd hear every performance he plays.” – The San Diego Union-Tribune Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and composer and has been dubbed “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music” by New York Magazine, and […]

A once-in-a-lifetime event: all new works to be performed, live. Awadagin Pratt, celebrated pianist and conductor, explores the truth and beauty found within T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets through its sibling universe in music. Joined by composers Tyshawn Sorey, Paola Prestini, Peteris Vasks, Jessie Montgomery, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Alvin Singleton and Judd Greenstein, out-of-the-voice-box, super-group Roomful […]

NOTICE: Michelle Cann is unable to perform this concert due to illness. Awadagin Pratt will instead be performing with Thomas Mesa - please see below for the updated program. ::::: "Mesa played it magnificently." -The New York Times (Tommasini) Thomas Mesa, Cuban-American cellist, has established himself as one of the most charismatic, innovative, and engaging […]

Stephen Prutsman has been described as one of the most innovative musicians of his time. Moving easily from classical to jazz to world music styles as a pianist, composer and conductor, Prutsman continues to explore and seek common ground and relationships in the music of all cultures and languages. In the early 90’s he was […]

Critically acclaimed, “a clear technical virtuoso”, “a rare talent”, and “a true Wunderkind,” Chicago born Jeremy Jordan burst onto the music scene at age 9 playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in a live televised performance. Jordan was born into a musical family where his mother and father were his first instructors. They ensured that […]

As a soloist, Mikael Darmanie has performed throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Russia and the Caribbean. Recent festival appearances have included: The Weil Institute at Carnegie, Trinity Wall Street, Prototype, Bang on a Can Marathon, Close Encounters With Music, Berkshire High Peaks Festival, Cape Cod Symphony Nth Degree, Pianofest in the Hamptons, the Mozarteum, Mainly […]

At age 17, Diehl was a finalist in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington competition, where he was noticed by Wynton Marsalis. Soon after, Diehl was invited to tour Europe with the Wynton Marsalis Septet (Marsalis has famously referred to him as “The Real Diehl.”) That Fall he would matriculate to the Juilliard School, studying […]

“a major artist” -Miami Herald “a quiet maverick” -Daily Telegraph praised for the “clarity of his technique, richly varied tone and dynamic phrasing” -Baltimore Sun “a performance that could annihilate all others one has heard.” -The Boston Globe ::::: Ever since winning the First Prize/Gold Medal at the Artur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition and the […]

Join us for "Chaos Magick," a multi-media, multi sensory experience combining piano, classical repertoire, graphic design, animation, and more. Created by artists of different genres from across the country--Michael Robert Boswell (graphic designer), Peter John Kearney (motion designer) and Angela Kim (pianist)--it's left audience members "mystified" and thoughtful. :::: Praised by international press as “a […]

"Her versatility is almost unbelievable. She is a passionate pianist with huge amounts of temperament, a natural composer and performer, quick to absorb and utilize everything around her." "staggering." -New York Times "a pianistic powerhouse," "a fine balance of sensitivity and virtuosity." -Washington Post Born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia, Lera […]