WHEN:
SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024 - MAY 30TH, 2024
WHERE:
Kaufman Music Center
Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
(btw Broadway and Amsterdam)
New York, NY 10023
TICKETS:
For more information and tickets visit the Kaufman Music Center website.
SEPTEMBER 2024 PERFORMANCES:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH AT 7:30PM ET: ETHEL, Featuring Allison Loggins-Hull: Persist - The genre-defying string quartet performs brand new commissions from four brilliant early-career composers: Migiwa “Miggy” Miyajima, Xavier Muzik, Sam Wu and Leilehua Lanzilotti. Co-presented with New Sounds Live.
OCTOBER 2024 PERFORMANCES:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST AT 2PM ET: Daniel Hsu, piano - A matinee featuring works by Bach-Busoni, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH AT 7:30PM ET: What Makes it Great: Magnificent Madrigals – Monteverdi’s Greatest Choral Music - Rob Kapilow hosts an exploration of Monteverdi's choral music with the Fourth Wall Ensemble.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH AT 7:30PM ET: Marcos Balter: Three Enigmas - A night of avant-garde chamber music curated by Marcos Balter.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 8PM ET: Carlos Núñez - Traditional music with the world’s most famous player of the gaita, the bagpipes of Spain’s Galicia. Co-presented with World Music Institute.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH AT 7:30 PM ET: Broadway Close Up: Bound for Broadway - A sneak peek at upcoming Broadway shows hosted by Liz Callaway.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH & WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH AT 7:30PM ET: VOCES8- The Grammy-nominated ensemble returns with "Nightfall" and an additional program to be announced.
NOVEMBER 2024 PERFORMANCES:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, AT 2:00PM ET: Daniel Rafimayeri, violin - A matinee featuring the the gold medalist at the Stulberg International String Competition performing music by Beethoven, Wieniawski, de Falla, and Janáček.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT 7:30PM ET: Attacca Quartet - The two-time Grammy winners perform music by Jessie Montgomery, Caroline Shaw, Ravel and more.
Co-presented with the John J. Cali School of Music.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AT 7:30PM ET: Lisa Moore, piano - Works by Janáček, Scriabin, Ives, and the NY premiere of Meadow Bridgham's "Seventeen Years - the life cycle of a cicada." Piano Dialogues series.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH AT 7:30PM ET: Hey, Look Me Over - The lyrics of Carolyn Leigh - Discover the genius of the lyricist for Peter Pan and Little Me, and hit songs like “Witchcraft” and “Young At Heart.” Broadway Close Up series.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT 8:00PM ET: New York Festival of Song: My Brother’s Keeper - A program exploring brotherly love among Black men through art song, soul, gospel, and opera. Featuring Justin Austin, Joshua Blue, Will Liverman, Joseph Parrish, Jorell Williams and Chaz'men Williams-Ali.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST AT 7:30PM ET: Darius Jones - performance featuring "Samesoul Maker" and "fLuXkit Vancouver."
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND AT 7:30PM ET: Galvin Cello Quartet - Featuring new works and arrangements by Paganini, Beethoven, and Popper. Co-presented with Concert Artists Guild.
DECEMBER 2024 PERFORMANCES:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND AT 7:30PM ET: What Makes it Great: The Nutcracker - Exploring Tchaikovsky’s holiday masterpiece hosted by Rob Kapilow with the Manhattan School of Music Camerata Nova.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH AT 7:30PM ET: Hub Mix Tape - Hub New Music performs new works by composers Jessica Meyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Nico Muhly, Angélica Negrón, Donnacha Dennehy, Marcos Balter, Sage Shurman, Andrew Norman.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9TH AT 7:30PM ET: Broadway Close Up: Broadway Super Smackdown - Concluding the Broadway Close Up 2024 season with spirited and slightly wacky competition for the Greatest Musical of All Time.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1OTH AT 2:00PM ET: Tuesday Matinees: Golka-Park-Speltz Trio- A matinee featuring works by Beethoven, Dvorák, and Bloch. Performed by Grace Park, cellist Brook Speltz and pianist Adam Golka.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12TH AT 7:30PM ET: Pedja Mužijević, piano - An interactive performance of music from Haydn to Cowell. Piano Dialogues series.
JANUARY 2025 PERFORMANCES:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10TH AT 7:30PM ET: Njioma Grevious, violin - The Avery Fisher Career Grant winner performs a deeply personal program of music by Curtis Stewart, Coleridge-Taylor, Prokofiev and Mozart. Co-presented with Concert Artists Guild.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH AT 2:00PM ET: Tuesday Matinees: CAG On Tour - Violinist Nathan Meltzer, violist Jordan Bak, cellist Sydney Lee and pianist Wynona Wang perform works by Caroline Shaw, Antonín Dvořák, and Gabriel Fauré.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23RD AT 7:30PM ET: Washington National Opera: American Opera Initiative - Premieres of three all-original one-act operas.
FEBRUARY 2025 PERFORMANCES:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH AT 2:00PM ET: Tuesday Matinees: Aristo Sham, piano - A matinee featuring Chopin, Saariaho, Brahms, and Ireland.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH AT 7:30PM ET: George Xiaoyuan Fu, piano - Works by Dutilleux, Debussy, Boulez, Andres, and Waley-Cohen. Piano Dialogues series.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH AT 7:30PM ET: The Westerlies - The NYC-based brass quartet explores jazz, roots and chamber music influences. Co-presented with the John J. Cali School of Music.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH AT 7:30PM ET: What Makes It Great: Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76, No. 1 - Host Rob Kapilow and the Balourdet Quartet explore Haydn’s pivotal piece.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH AT 8:00PM ET: New York Festival of Song: Tour de France - A musical voyage to the four corners of France with songs by Poulenc, Mahler, and more.
MARCH 2025 PERFORMANCES:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH AT 7:30PM ET: J’Nai Bridges - The two-time Grammy-winning American mezzo-soprano performs cornerstones of the art song repertoire. Co-presented with the John J. Cali School of Music.
MONDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 7:30PM ET: What Makes It Great: Lerner & Loewe’s Greatest Hits - Songs from My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Brigadoon with host Rob Kapilow and vocalists Emily Albrink and Ben Jones.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH AT 7:30PM ET: Derek Bermel with Ying Quartet & Aaron Diehl - Music by Bermel alongside Leonard Bernstein, Da Wei, Thelonius Monk and Andreia Pinto Correia.
THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH AT 8:00PM ET: New York Festival of Song: Beginner’s Luck – The Artist’s Journey - Caramoor’s 2025 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars perform music from German Lieder to Bob Dylan.
APRIL 2025 PERFORMANCES:
FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH AT 7:30PM ET: The ArcoStrum Experience - The dynamic violin-guitar duo re-imagines Chinese traditional music, rock and classical masterworks. Co-presented with Concert Artists Guild.
TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH AT 2:00PM ET: Tuesday Matinees: Hina Khuong-Huu, violin - A matinee featuring works by Franck, Ravel, and Saint-Säens.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9TH AT 8:00PM ET: New York Festival of Song: Other Worlds – Songs of Fantasy - Songs by R. Schumann, Spohr, Sibelius and more.
THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH AT 7:30PM ET: Chanticleer - The Grammy-winning vocal ensemble explores music’s power throughout the ages, from the Renaissance to jazz standards.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH AT 7:30PM ET: Mikael Darmaine, piano - The celebrated composer-pianist performs an eclectic program ranging from Messiaen and Schumann to Erykah Badu. Piano Dialogues series.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH AT 7:30PM ET: Curtis Stewart, violin - Stewart and musicians from the Gateway Music Festival perform the world premiere of Stewart’s 24 American Caprices, a Afrofuturist recomposition of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Co-presented with Gateways Music Festival.
MAY 2025 PERFORMANCES:
FRIDAY, MAY 9TH AT 7:30PM ET: Nina Bernat, double bass & Evren Ozel, piano - A world premiere by Lara Poe and works by Alan Blank, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev and Beethoven. Co-presented with Concert Artists Guild.
MONDAY, MAY 12TH AT 7:30PM ET: Simone Dinnerstein with Brooklyn Orchestra - Three works by Philip Glass: The Hours, Mad Rush and Tirol Concerto. Piano Dialogues series.
TUESDAY, MAY 13TH AT 2:00PM ET: Tuesday Matinees: Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano - A matinee featuring works by Price, Duparc, and Mahler.
MONDAY, MAY 19TH AT 7:30PM ET: What Makes It Great: Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson - Rob Kapilow hosts an exploration of how tradition gets passed on through reimaginations by Oscar and Ella.
FRIDAY, MAY 30TH AT 7:30PM ET: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble with Alarm Will Sound - An evening of works spanning Monk’s singular career, including Night, Realm Variations and the world premiere of The Five Jewels and Hands in the Dirt from Indra’s Net.
