CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College Distinguished Professor Ursula Oppens was recently featured by the New York Times, in association with her 80th birthday celebration concert at Merkin Hall on Saturday, February 3. Congratulations to Professor Oppens!
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Han Chen’s Ligeti album recognized by the New Yorker
Graduate Center pianist Han Chen’s recent album of Ligeti piano music was among The New Yorker’s Notable Classical Recordings of 2023, handpicked by Alex Ross. Congratulations!
Han Chen appears in the New Yorker, New York Times, and more
GC pianist Han Chen has been making headlines with his recent “Infinite Staircase” concert at the National Sawdust on September 24. Some reviews below: The New Yorker – “The Taiwanese pianist Han Chen, a noted interpreter of the Ligeti Etudes and other modernist repertory, has made a blistering album of [Liszt’s] opera transcriptions.” – Alex […]
Carnegie Hall Debut by Violinist and DMA candidate Magdalena Filipczak
Creative Classical Concert Management presents the Carnegie Hall debut of award-winning Polish violinist Magdalena Filipczak on Tuesday, May 30th at 8pm in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. The program is inspired by the phantasy motif, including Phantasies by Schubert, Wieniawski and Schönberg. Filipczak showcases selections from her debut album, Essence of Violin, including works by […]
Chelsea Lane releases debut album
DMA Performance (’17) alum Chelsea Lane will release her debut album Suspensions on the Better Company Records label on December 2nd across all streaming platforms. The album draws on contemporary, minimalist-inspired works to explore the theme of “suspensions,” both literal and figurative. Pairing newly commissioned works (by Ellis Ludwig-Leone and Molly Joyce) with Lane’s new […]
Peter Clark, Violin
I am honoured to have been recently appointed as a principal member of Australia’s Omega Ensemble, one of the finest groups of its type in the nation. Of particular interest to me is the ensemble’s special and ongoing connection to the US, with many new works each year written by American composers. Later this month, […]
Joseph Vaz, Piano
Graduate Center doctoral student Joseph Vaz will be featured in Harmonia Seattle’s chamber music series on March 31, 2023. This concert will feature a piano sonata written in 2020 for Joseph by Harmonia director William C. White, followed by chamber music with members of the Harmonia orchestra. The program will include the Schumann Piano Quintet […]
Graeme Johnson, Clarinet
Graeme Steele Johnson performs three concerts in Seattle, twice with his award-winning quintet WindSync for Emerald City Music, as well as another chamber music program at the National Nordic Museum. WindSync’s program at Emerald City Music includes the group’s original arrangements and commissions from Marc Mellits, Akshaya Avril Tucker and Nathalie Joachim (world premiere), and […]
Paladio Garcia, Violin
In February 2023, the Joyce and Henry Schwob School of Music will present the piano trio Longleash on their celebrated Chamber Music Series, hosted at the Bo Bartlett Center in Columbus, GA. Longleash, a trio specializing in new music, includes two GC DMA candidates: Pala Garcia (violin) and John Popham (cello). Alongside their colleague Julia […]
John Popham, Cello
In February 2023, the Joyce and Henry Schwob School of Music will present the piano trio Longleash on their celebrated Chamber Music Series, hosted at the Bo Bartlett Center in Columbus, GA. Longleash, a trio specializing in new music, includes two GC DMA candidates: Pala Garcia (violin) and John Popham (cello). Alongside their colleague Julia […]
Ethan Brown, Cello
Earlier in October Ethan Brown (first year, cello performance) was invited to go play a concert week at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The company was presenting a concert starring Renee Fleming and Rod Gilfry in Kevin Puts’s “The Brightness of Light” as well as popular numbers from the “golden age” of Broadway. The libretto […]
Maren Rothfritz, Viola
Doctoral Candidate Maren Rothfritz, violist of the Argus Quartet, will travel to Long Beach, California, in March 2023 to perform at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University Long Beach. The Argus Quartet will perform ahupua’a, written for them by Kanaka Maoli violist and composer Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer […]