Piano – Past Concerts
Olympic Music Festival Season Finale: Romances for Cello & Piano
Saturday, September 8, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Bruch – Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Brahms – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Brahms – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
Olympic Music Festival: La Belle Èpoque
Saturday, September 1, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
Solo Recital: Pianist Lennon Aldort
Thursday, August 30, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of solo piano music performed by Seattle-based pianist and composer Lennon Aldort – from his own compositions to Taylor Swift/Dido/Eminem mashups.
Free
Saltwater Music Series: Nordic Voyages
Saturday, August 25, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Steven Luksan – Sandburg Songs (world premiere)
Steven Luksan – 4 Obstfelder Songs (world premiere)
Steven Luksan – Baltic Fog Notes
Edvard Grieg – Haugtussa
T.D.A. Tellefsen – Selected works for solo piano
Johannes Haarklou – Selected works for solo piano
Edvard Grieg –Selected works for solo piano
Steven Luksan – 4 Obstfelder Songs (world premiere)
Steven Luksan – Baltic Fog Notes
Edvard Grieg – Haugtussa
T.D.A. Tellefsen – Selected works for solo piano
Johannes Haarklou – Selected works for solo piano
Edvard Grieg –Selected works for solo piano
Free (Free)
Olympic Music Festival: Tessa Lark & Michael Thurber – Bach to Bluegrass
Saturday, August 25, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
A fresh approach to programming that will take you from the classical concert hall to the countryside of Kentucky in one afternoon.
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
UW Summer Chamber Institute Preview Concert
Friday, August 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Experience the rich musical tradition of collaborative performance performed by internationally renowned artists.
Free (Free (registration required))
The Core Ensemble: Don Giovanni Opening Night & Gala
Monday, August 20, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
12 Ave Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
#TimesUp for Don Giovanni, but not for this classic opera! Mozart meets the #MeToo movement in The Core Ensemble’s adaption of Don Giovanni.
$50
Olympic Chamber Music: Musical Fireworks
Sunday, August 19, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Mozart – Overture from Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Nikolai Kapustin – Selections from Divertissement for Piano Trio, Op. 126
Stravinsky – Suite from L’Histoire du soldat
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Strauss – Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 32
Additional works to be announced from the stage
Nikolai Kapustin – Selections from Divertissement for Piano Trio, Op. 126
Stravinsky – Suite from L’Histoire du soldat
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Strauss – Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 32
Additional works to be announced from the stage
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
Resonance at SOMA Towers: Seattle Piano Players
Sunday, August 19, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Popular music for piano by great composers including Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Free
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Dvořák Finale!
Saturday, August 18, 2018 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV:27
Charles Loeffler – Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola, and piano
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87
Charles Loeffler – Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola, and piano
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87
$10-$40
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: Concert in the Park feat. young competition winners
Saturday, August 18, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Luther Burbank Park, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Featuring the artistry and virtuosity of the young winners of the Russian Piano/Chamber Music Competition, ages 12-18. Bring a picnic, a blanket, and all your loved ones.
Free (Free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Dvořák Finale!
Friday, August 17, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV:27
Charles Loeffler – Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola, and piano
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87
Charles Loeffler – Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola, and piano
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87
$10-$35
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Windy Day in Paris
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
A cavalcade of wind instruments playing music filled with color and imagery by Boulanger, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and more.
$10-$40
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Windy Day in Paris
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
A cavalcade of wind instruments playing music filled with color and imagery by Boulanger, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and more.
$10-$40
Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte' (The Magic Flute)
Sunday, August 12, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Marine View Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Talented young artists from across the United States present a lively semi-staged performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.
$25 ($20 seniors, $15 students)
Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship Concert II: Vocal Inspirations
Sunday, August 12, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – Rondo in A major for Piano Four Hands, D. 951
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Antonín Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Antonín Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
Resonance at SOMA Towers: Classic Pianos – Mark Salman in Concert
Sunday, August 12, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Featuring concert pianist Mark Salman, who has been hailed as an "heroic virtuoso."
$10 ($5 under 18)
Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte' (The Magic Flute)
Saturday, August 11, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Talented young artists from across the United States present a lively semi-staged performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.
$25 ($20 seniors, $15 students)
Island Consort: From North India to the Northwest
Saturday, August 11, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island, Freeland, WA, United States
Hindustani classical music and contemporary Western classical music – works by Rebecca Clarke, Richard Bissill, Charles Koechlin, Alan Hovhanhess & more.
By donation
Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship Concert I: Rhapsodies from Eastern Europe
Saturday, August 11, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Kodaly – Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23
Pärt – Fratres (1980)
Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23
Pärt – Fratres (1980)
Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)