Through concerts with commentary, Jeffrey Siegel uncovers the inspiration behind piano masterpieces in a four-part Keyboard Conversations series (Sept. 27, 2024 through May 16, 2025). Photo by Peter Schaaf.
Pianist, conductor and scholar Jeffrey Kahane is now in the fifth decade of an expansive and eclectic career. In the 2023-2024 season, he conducted the opening concerts of the San Antonio Philharmonic and appeared with The Knights at Carnegie Hall. Kahane joins the Skyline Piano Series Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Jeffrey Kahane.
In addition to being the first Black finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022, Clayton Stephenson has been named a 2022 Gilmore Young Artist, a 2017 US Presidential Scholar in the Arts and a Young Scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. Stephenson joins the Skyline Piano Series Friday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Clayton Stephenson
Pianist, conductor and scholar Jeffrey Kahane performs with his son Gabriel Kahane, a musician and storyteller whose work increasingly exists at the intersection of art and social practice. The duo joins the Skyline Piano Series Saturday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Gabriel Kahane
Louis Lortie appears in the world's most prestigious concert halls and festivals. Lortie's vast recording catalogue includes Liszt's complete "Années de pèlerinage," which was named one of the top ten recordings of 2012 by the New Yorker. Lortie joins the Skyline Piano Series Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Elias Photography
Pianist Tom Borrow has performed as soloist with major orchestras worldwide and has won every national piano competition in his native country of Israel. Borrow has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, London Philharmonic and Santa Cecilia Orchestra. He joins the Skyline Piano Series Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Michael Pavia
Christopher Guzman enjoys an international performing career that showcases a broad range of styles from the Baroque era to the avant-garde. As a chamber musician, Guzman has collaborated with such artists as Ilya Gringolts, Antoine Tamestit, David Fray and Jeremy Denk. Guzman joins the Skyline Piano Series Friday, April 4, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Christopher Guzman
Michelle Cann made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2021. Her recording of the concerto with the New York Youth Symphony won a Grammy Award in 2023 for Best Orchestral Performance. Cann joins the Skyline Piano Series Friday, May 2, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Steven Willis
One of the most influential figures in his field, lutenist Paul O'Dette has helped define 21st-century technical and stylistic standards for early music performance. He is a two-time winner of the Grammy, a twelve-time winner of the Diapason d'Or and a two-time winner of the Echo Klassik award. O'Dette joins the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Jennifer Girard
The Kupinski Guitar Duo, comprised of Ewa Jablczynska and Dariusz Kupinski, has been honored multiple times with prestigious awards and scholarships for artistic achievements, playing recitals in Europe, the US, Mexico, China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. They join the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Saturday, Nov.16 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Lukasz Rajchert
Multifaceted guitarist Meng Su is an avid chamber musician who tours regularly in the Beijing Guitar Duo and as a soloist with many orchestras. Su has won first prize in numerous international competitions around the world. Su joins the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Chen Jia
Marcin Dylla has earned top prizes at international music competitions worldwide, including the gold medal at the Guitar Foundation of America's international competition. Dylla has received critical acclaim for his recital recordings, which have been recognized on Naxos's "Top 10 Bestselling Albums" list. Dylla joins the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Friday, March 14, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Marcin Dylla
Aniello Desiderio has won 18 first place awards, including top prizes at international guitar competitions in Havana and Madrid and First Prize and Special Prize for the best interpretation of Tárrega's music at the International Francisco Tárrega Competition in Benicàssim, Spain. Desiderio joins the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Melissa Kavanagh
The Dover Quartet has become one of the world's most in-demand chamber ensembles. Highlights of the quartet's 2023-24 season have included a North American tour with pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, performances with pianist Haochen Zhang and clarinetist David Shifrin and a tour to Europe. The Dover Quartet joins WCMF Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, Chicago-based quartet Third Coast Percussion-also a Grammy Award winner-has commissioned and premiered new works by composers including Philip Glass, Missy Mazzoli, Danny Elfman, Augusta Read Thomas, Glenn Kotche and David T. Little, among many others. Jessie Montgomery joins Third Coast Percussion for the WCMF Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Saverio Truglia
Grammy Award-winning composer and violinist Jessie Montgomery is the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation's Leonard Bernstein Award and the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, and her growing body of work is performed by leading musicians and ensembles worldwide. She joins Third Coast Percussion for the WCMF on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Jiyang Chen
Bringing together three internationally recognized artists-violinist Ida Kavafian, horn player David Jolley, and pianist Gilles Vonsattel-the trio has performed for festivals and chamber music series throughout the US. They join the WCMF Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 at 3 p.m. Photo by Benard Mindichsm
Winner of Norway's Grieg Prize as well as First Prize, the Audience Prize and the Critics' Prize at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the Vertavo String Quartet has toured extensively throughout Europe, the US and Japan. The Quartet joins the WCMF Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Vertavo String Quartet
First Prize winner at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Viano Quartet is also the recipient of the Grand Prize at the 2019 ENKOR International Music Competition as well as the Haydn Prize and Sidney Griller Award at the 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. The Quartet joins the WCMF on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025 at 3 p.m. Photo by Kevin Condon
2018 winner of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust award, the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam has also received The Netherlands' Kersjes Prize and numerous Editors' Choice awards from Gramophone magazine. The ensemble's recent projects include a 2023 album release, "Circus Dinogad," with contralto Hilary Summers and the theorbo and bass clarinet duo of Mike Fentross and Maarten Ornstein. The Quartet joins the WCMF on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Green Room Creatives
Highlights of the Miro Quartet's 2023-24 season have included the performance and recording project "Here on Earth" with pianist Lara Downes and the premiere of a new version of Kevin Puts's "Credo" with the Naples Philharmonic, as well as performances for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Premiere Performances in Hong Kong. The quartet joins the WCMF on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 at 3 p.m. Photo by Tania Quintanilasm