Week of Events
Viet Cuong Premiere and Early Baroque in Pittsburgh
On Feb. 24 at Chamber Music Pittsburgh, Grammy-nominated vocalist Nicholas Phan and early music ensemble Les Délices weave together Baroque masterpieces with the world premiere of a new work by Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong. The program also includes works by Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Marin Marais, and François Couperin. https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org/lesdelices-nicholasphan/
Yunchan Lam Makes SF Debut
Pianist Yunchan Lam, youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, makes his San Francisco debut on Feb. 25 in a recital on the Chamber Music SF series. He will play Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Webern’s Variations, Op. 27. https://chambermusicsf.org/
Adès Conducts Gerstein in Toronto Premiere
Thomas Adès will conduct Kirill Gerstein and the Toronto Symphony in the Canadian premiere of his Piano Concerto on Feb. 26-March 1. The program opens with “Paradiso” from Adès’ Dante and closes with Holst’s The Planets. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/holsts-the-planets/
New Chamber Music: Sonic Spectrum III at Lincoln Center
In its third installment of the Sonic Spectrum series this season, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will present the world premiere of a new work for flute, piano, and percussion by Philadelphia-based composer Elise Arancio. Other composers on the Feb. 27 bill are Liza Lim, Tonia Ko, Elaine Lillios, and more. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/24-25/sonic-spectrum-iii-2425/
Detroit: Pratt Plays Jessie Montgomery
Na’Zir McFadden conducts the world premiere of a new work by (and featuring) DSO trumpeter Kris Johnson. The Feb. 28-March 1 program, called Classical Roots, also features two pieces by Jessie Montgomery: Snapshots and Rounds, the latter featuring pianist Awadagin Pratt. https://www.dso.org/events-and-tickets/events/24-25-winter/classical-roots
Peleggi Makes Indianapolis Debut
Italian conductor Valentina Peleggi makes her debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Feb. 28-March 1. Joyce Yang will be the soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Anna Clyne's Masquerade opens the program, which closes with Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotic Scheherazade. https://www.indianapolissymphony.org/event/scheherazade/
Miami: Denève Explores ‘Augmented Orchestra’
In “Music in (Techni)Color” on March 1-2, New World Symphony and conductor Stéphane Denève will present the East Coast premiere of composer Anna Clyne’s PALETTE, the latest in her and sound designer Jody Elff’s revolutionary interactive sonic experiences for Augmented Orchestra (AO). Also on the program is Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite as well as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. […]
Spokane: Samuels-Shragg Debuts with Dvořák
Shira Samuels-Shragg makes her debut conducting the Spokan Symphony on March 1-2. Gabrielle Després will be the soloist in Erich Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D major. The program opens with Quinn Mason’s festive Toast of the Town Overture and concludes with Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, From the New World. https://foxtheaterspokane.org/event/masterworks-6-l-a-stories/
A Birthday Tribute and Boston Premieres
The New England Philharmonic plays two Boston premieres to celebrate composer Yehudi Wyner’s 95th birthday on March 2: Chaya Czernowin’s Once I Blinked Nothing Was the Same and Bobby Ge’s Remember to Have Fun. Wyner’s own Prologue and Narrative is also on the program, along with works by Keeril Makan and Marti Epstein. https://nephilharmonic.org/concerts/new-music-new-england-2025
