Tangled Rainbows: Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time'

Saturday, April 7, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
An extraordinary example of reaffirmation in a world ostensibly facing apocalyptic destruction.

Free

Ladies Musical Club: Mozart, Chopin, & Brahms

Saturday, April 7, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 7 in C K. 309
Chopin – Etude in C major Op. 10, No. 1
Chopin – Etude in G-Flat major Op. 25, No. 9
Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major Op. 120, No. 2

Free

Senior Recital: Alexander Hawker, violin

Friday, April 6, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir d'un lieu un cher, Op. 42
Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 1

Free

First Friday Salons: The Complete Songs of Edvard Grieg – The Norwegian Soul

Friday, April 6, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An evening of rarely heard gems and some of Grieg’s most beloved songs performed by two specialists of Norwegian song repertoire.

$20

Meany Center for the Performing Arts presents Simon Trpčeski

Thursday, April 5, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Selections from Songs without Words
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35 (piano transcription)
Other works to be announced

$47+

Ladies Musical Club of Seattle: Bach, Bridge, & Brahms

Thursday, April 5, 2018 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 1 in G major for Viola da gamba, BWV 1027
Frank Bridge – Four Pieces for Cello and Piano (arranged for viola)
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2

Free

UW Guest Artist Masterclass: Paul Roberts, piano

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Paul Roberts of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London leads a masterclass with UW School of Music piano students.

Free

Paul Roberts Lecture-Recital: 'In the Mind's Eye – The Piano Music of Claude Debussy'

Monday, April 2, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Paul Roberts presents a lecture-recital honoring the 100th anniversary of the passing of composer Claude Debussy.

Free

Nils Frahm at the Neptune

Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
A solo performance by Berlin-based composer, producer, and celebrated performer Nils Frahm, known for the highly developed sense of control and restraint in his work, as well as a breathtaking level of emotion and personality.

Sold out

Seattle Symphony: John Luther Adams 'Become Desert'

Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

OSSCS: Stories from the East

Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Kamran Ince – Gloria (Everywhere)
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 [mvmts. 2 & 3]
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35

$25 ($20 seniors, $10 students, youth free)

Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde in Recital

Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Stravinsky – Divertimento on themes from The Fairy's Kiss

$40-$100

Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: Beethoven & Kancheli

Friday, March 30, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Smetana – String Quartet, "From My Life"
Giya Kancheli – In l'istesso tempo for Piano Quartet
Schnittke – Violin Sonata No. 1
Beethoven – String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4

$40

Seattle Symphony: Beethoven 'Emperor' Concerto

Friday, March 30, 2018 @ 12:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Seattle Symphony: John Luther Adams 'Become Desert'

Thursday, March 29, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Junior Recitals: Dylan Hayes, piano & Rob Marquis, guitar

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Recitals by two students at the Cornish College of the Arts.

Free

'Pairs': Violists Atar Arad & Melia Watras with guests Michael Jinsoo Lim & Cristina Valdés

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Music by Arad, Britten, Penderecki, and Watras.

$20 ($10 students/seniors 62+)

Cornish College of the Arts: Voice & Pianos Studios of Johnaye Kendrick & Peter Mack

Monday, March 26, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Solo classical piano works and jazz vocal standards and arrangements from students at Cornish College of the Arts.

Free

Deceptive Cadence: Celebrating Paul Taub’s 38 Years at Cornish

Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Angelique Poteat – Song and Dance
Bern Herbolsheimer – Ashik Dances Before His Love
Beth Fleenor – New work
Jovina Santos Neto – Sertao Carioca
Alexandra Gardner – The Way of Ideas
Helena Tulve – Pulss, möön ja voolamine

$10 / $5

[CANCELLED] Musique du Jour Presents! The Bachs & Mozart: Duo Amadeus with Elizabeth Blumenstock & Tamara Friedman

Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Acclaimed violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock, concertmaster of the world-famous Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, performs on her 1660 Andrea Guarneri violin with duo partner Tamara Friedman on her beautiful replica of a 1782 Stein fortepiano.

$25 / $10 / kids free w/adult