Piano – Past Concerts
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Festival Napa Valley: Saturday at the Symphony
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Program includes the West Coast premiere of Nia Imani Franklin's Chrysalis Extended and Emporium for solo piano and orchestra by Aldo López Gavilán, with the composer as soloist.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
Old First Concerts: Pianist Sarah Cahill
Friday, July 16, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sarah Cahill returns to Old First Concerts to perform rarely-heard works by Anna Bon, Leokadiya Kashperova, Frangiz Ali-Zadeh, Zenobia Powell Perry, Agi Jambor, Madeleine Dring, & Hannah Kendall.
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
CMNW Summer Festival: Visionary Quintets Revealed
Thursday, July 15, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – "III. Andante" from Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Chamber Masterworks
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Free (Free (RSVP required for in-person))
Listen Live at Lunch: Corvid Ensemble – A Flight of Song
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Diverse program of music featuring birds & other flying things. Works by Johannes Brahms, Mikhail Glinka, H. Leslie Adams, Sammy Fain, Sally Whitwell, & more.
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Open Rehearsal – Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Lively rehearsal of Béla Bartók's Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion, with musicians Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Gloria Chien (piano), Ayano Kataoka (percussion), & Ian Rosenbaum (percussion).
Free (Free (RSVP required))
CMNW Summer Festival: Buster Keaton Silent Movie Nights with Matan Porat
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Pianist/composer Matan Porat improvises a live, on-the-fly soundtrack performance for Buster Keaton’s classic silent film The General.
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Buster Keaton Silent Movie Nights with Matan Porat
Monday, July 12, 2021 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Gresham Arts Plaza, Gresham, OR, United States
Pianist/composer Matan Porat improvises live, on-the-fly soundtrack performances for Buster Keaton’s classic silent films, The Playhouse & Sherlock Jr.. Outdoor seating.
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Premiering 'Vesper Flight' & 'Les Adieux'
Sunday, July 11, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "VIII. Praise to the Immortality of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Premiering 'Vesper Flight' & 'Les Adieux'
Saturday, July 10, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "VIII. Praise to the Immortality of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Lambros Lambrou, pianist, in concert
Saturday, July 10, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
Pianist Lambros Lambrou performs all 24 of Frédéric Chopin's Études, Ops. 10 & 25.
$10 ($15 at the door)
Collaborative Musicians Project: American Nostalgia with consonari [LIVESTREAM / IN-PERSON]
Thursday, July 8, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
consonari (Anna Larson, violin & Kaden Larson, piano) present an evening of music with nostalgic ties to America. Works by Sergei Prokofiev, Don Freund, George N. Gianopoulos, Charles Ives, & more.
$10 ($5 students & ages 60+)
CMNW Summer Festival: Opening Night with East Coast Chamber Orchestra
Friday, July 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180
Felix Mendelssohn – Double Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Felix Mendelssohn – Double Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Opening Night with East Coast Chamber Orchestra
Thursday, July 1, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180
Felix Mendelssohn – Double Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Felix Mendelssohn – Double Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Open Rehearsal – Mendelssohn Concerto for Piano, Violin, & Strings
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Get an eyeful & earful of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Gloria Chien (piano), & Soovin Kim (violin) as they rehearse Felix Mendelssohn's Double Concerto in D minor.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Between Heaven & Earth – A Year with Brahms
Sunday, June 27, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 “Regensonate”
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
$35
[SOLD OUT] Whidbey Island Music Festival: Between Heaven & Earth – A Year with Brahms
Saturday, June 26, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 “Regensonate”
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
$35
Early Music Seattle: A Summer Afternoon Of Mozart, Beethoven Merriment with Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Saturday, August 29, 2020 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
UW Arboretum – Wisteria Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Incoming Seattle Baroque Orchestra concertmaster Rachell Ellen Wong performs works by W.A. Mozart & L.v. Beethoven, with SBO Music Director Alexander Weimann on fortepiano. Prosecco & a sweet treat provided.
$30
[WALK-BY] Bach in the Subways in Loyal Heights
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 @ 1:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
20th Ave. NW & NW 85th St., Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Karin McCullough opens her front doors so passers-by in Seattle's Loyal Heights neighborhood can hear her perform music by J.S. Bach in celebration of Bach's 335th birthday.
Free (Free)