The Beethoven Project is a collaboration between Philadelphia's acclaimed Jasper Quartet and Temple Music Prep's "Center for Gifted Young Musicians". The Quartet's work with the young musicians at Temple Prep is the inspiration for this concert of Beethoven String Quartets to be performed as a fund raiser for Philabundance. Two advanced groups from the "Center […]
Milton Babbitt, pioneer of serial and electronic music, is considered one of the most influential – and controversial – composers in the second half of the twentieth century. Babbitt was vitally interested in both jazz and popular music; he composed a snappy jazz ensemble work, All Set, and a 1946 Broadway musical entitled The Fabulous Voyage. […]
Milton Babbitt, pioneer of serial and electronic music, is considered one of the most influential – and controversial – composers in the second half of the twentieth century. Babbitt was vitally interested in both jazz and popular music; he composed a snappy jazz ensemble work, All Set, and a 1946 Broadway musical entitled The Fabulous Voyage. Network events […]
Two chamber-music couples comprise the recently-formed Clarosa Quartet: violinist Juliette Kang (associate Concert Master of the Philadelphia Orchestra) and her husband Tom Kraines (cellist of the Daedalus Quartet) along with pianist Natalie Zhu (an Astral Artist alum and an Avery Fisher Career Grant winner) and her husband Che-Hung Chen (violist in the Philadelphia Orchestra). Of […]
Having formed three years ago, the Aizuri Quartet has already won multiple prizes and international competitions. Making their PCMS debut, this fab foursome of recent Juilliard and Curtis graduates will be joined by Ignat Solzhenitsyn, a pianist whose annual appearances with PCMS are always highlights of each season. Solzhenitsyn describes the Shostakovich Piano Quintet (which […]
Making his PCMS debut, Ilya Poletaev enjoys a multifaceted career as both a classically trained pianist and as a performer on early keyboards. A pianist with an inquisitive mind, he embraces a wide range of repertoire choices and performance practices ranging from the 16th to the 21st century. The Philadelphia Inquirer recently praised Poletaev’s Kimmel […]
Shmuel Ashkenasi, Violin / Leader w/ Roberto Diaz, Viola Sunday December 11, 2016 3 & 7pm Part I (3:00pm) Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, K. 207 Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211 Intermission Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 Part II (7:00pm) Mozart: Violin […]
The Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia Winter Reception The Curtis Institute of Music Lenfest Hall Bonovitz Concourse - 2nd Floor 6:00pm - Reception 6:45pm - Introduction of New Members 7:00 - 7:30 - Musical Program Gould Rehearsal Hall Gideon Whitehead, guitar Business Casual Attire For further information, please call Stuart Serio at 215-686-5313
Friday, December 16 @ 8pm Don’t make me go. Don’t make me turn away from you. We look at the role of the mother, at the Nativity and far beyond - in our inner and outer lives, in the world, and in time. Music that asks questions - from David Lang's hauntingly beautiful where you […]
In collaboration with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society; Network Ensemble, joined by Prism Saxophone Quartet, with guest soprano Sharon Harms. Philadelphia composer Robert Capanna continues to have a profound influence on the musical life of our region, both as a composer and in a leadership role with many important cultural institutions. This portrait concert celebrates […]
