Percussionist

This thrilling program centers on piano duets by Schubert, Rachmaninoff, and György Kurtág, which are performed here by award-winning pianists Kirill Gerstein and Katia Skanavi. The duo is joined by New York Philharmonic Associate Principal Percussionist Daniel Druckman and Mike Truesdell for Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, a work that was wonderfully innovative (for its unusual instrumentation and wide range of influences) when Bartók premiered it alongside his pianist wife in 1938.

EPSG:4326

Bartók & Rachmaninoff

Lensic Performing Arts Center

Matt Aucoin’s Music for New Bodies, created in collaboration with acclaimed director Peter Sellars, is a bold operatic meditation on our shifting place in the natural world. Fusing poetic texts from Jorie Graham with visceral soundscapes, Aucoin crafts a work that is at once urgent and transcendent, while Sellars’ visionary staging brings the music into striking visual focus. Together, they invite us to imagine new forms of life, connection, and transformation.

Percussionist

Mike Truesdell

Events

Past events

Aug 19, 2026

Bartók & Rachmaninoff · Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

May 22, 2026

Music for New Bodies · Sarasota Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Percussion in Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion by Bartók

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

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