Composer

Kaylin Chung, violin

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Beloved by audiences worldwide for her playing that is “fearless…tonally rich and technically immaculate” (The Guardian), violinist Lisa Batiashvili returns to the Series after her acclaimed 2023 performance alongside pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and cellist Gautier Capuçon. Don’t miss your chance to witness an artist who effortlessly blends delicacy with intensity and lyricism with precision in a rare duo recital with Giorgi Gigashvili.

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Lisa Batiashvili, violin

New England Conservatory of Music

Lisa Batiashvili doesn’t just play the violin—she conjures worlds with it. Hailed as “the complete musician” (The Times, London), she has mesmerized audiences in the world’s most revered halls — including a spellbinding 2015 appearance in Richardson Auditorium. Now, in this rare and intimate duo recital, she joins forces with Giorgi Gigashvili, the young Georgian pianist protégé of Martha Argerich, whose volcanic energy and poetic touch are making waves across the globe. Their program is a journey through raw emotion and staggering virtuosity—Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 3 brims with charm and fire, setting the stage for Prokofiev’s haunting Violin Sonata No. 1—a masterpiece of shadow and intensity, where ghostly whispers, icy lyricism, and explosive power push both musicians to the edge. A new work by Josef Bardanashvili, a fellow Georgian whose music pulses with mystery and soul, makes its Princeton debut before the night closes in the rapture of Franck’s Violin Sonata—a piece so intoxicatingly beautiful it’s been called “a love letter in music.” This concert is a high-voltage meeting of artistic minds, generations, and traditions—a program of music that grabs you and doesn’t let go, performed by two of the most magnetic artists of our time.

Lisa Batiashvili, Violin Giorgi Gigashvili, Piano

Richardson Auditorium

Veronica Rokicki, violin

Diana Tishchenko likely still has fond memories of her last performance with the Duisburg Philharmonic : In June 2024, the Ukrainian-born violinist, who was born in Crimea, played a violin concerto by the Ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych – and received enthusiastic applause from the audience for this politically powerful statement. Now she returns as a chamber musician and, together with her piano partner José Gallardo, who returns after his Duisburg debut in the 2024/2025 season, will present European composers who have played with the soundscape of America. The Frenchman Ravel incorporated elements of jazz, which was still new and exciting at the time, into his violin sonata. Jazz harmonies and sophisticated rhythms can also be heard in the concert fantasy that Igor Frolov compiled on themes from George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess," including the catchy tune "Summertime." César Franck, for his part, composed his violin sonata—still a classic in the repertoire today—as a wedding gift for the Belgian violin virtuoso and fellow composer Eugène Ysaÿe. Ysaÿe, too, dedicated his sonata to a famous colleague: the Romanian composer George Enescu, with whom he once performed together.

Sound worlds between Europe and America

CityPalais

One of the most accomplished violinists of her generation, Lisa Batiashvili performs works by Beethoven, Bartók, Franck, and fellow Georgian Ioseb Bardanashvili, with her compatriot, pianist Giorgi Gigashvili.

Described by The Times as “the complete musician,” Batiashvili commands her place among the world’s foremost artists with performances of great insight and expressive eloquence. The German-based violinist, named Musical America’s 2015 Instrumentalist of the Year, an accolade reserved for artists of the highest calibre, also stands among the winners of Italy’s prestigious International Accademia Musicale Chigiana Prize.

Lisa Batiashvili, violin, with Giorgi Gigashvili, piano

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Yubin Kim, Violin

The Juilliard School

Join Music Director Xian Zhang and superstar pianist Daniil Trifonov for an evening of French elegance. Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto is full of wit and quick humor that turns on a dime. From a stern Bach-like fantasia to a dancing frenzy, it’s the perfect vehicle for one of the world’s greatest pianists. Fauré’s Pavane serves as an even-tempered prelude, serene and as courtly as the dance that inspired it. On a different scale, Franck’s Symphony — the only one he wrote — dates from the height of his powers and reveals a composer questing for new sounds and sonority to deliver music to feed the soul.

Xian Conducts Daniil Trifonov

Benaroya Hall

Pianist Anya Alexeyev returns for the majestic César Franck Piano Quintet in a lush orchestral version and Italian maestro conducts the glorious melodies of a Tchaikovsky favourite

Serenade | Romance Rules

St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

Maestro Nurhan Arman leads the orchestra in one of the most beloved Romantic works in the entire repertoire, Tchaikovsky’ s famous Serenade.

Sinfonia Toronto: SERENADE | Romance Rules

2nd concert of the Robert Franz Singing Academy

Konzerthalle Ulrichskirche

Delvan Lin, piano

Curtis Institute of Music

In the first of two classic chamber music recitals to close the 2026 Philip Dukes & Friends series, we hear two works from the great Romantic masters Johannes Brahms and the Belgian born composer Cesar Franck. The first is Brahms’ stunning third Piano Quartet (noted for the particularly exquisite slow movement), contrasted by the second work, which is Franck’s dramatic Piano Quintet, and certainly a tour de force for the pianist!

Philip Dukes and Friends III: Brahms & Franck

Jepson Center & Telfair Children's Art Museum (CAM)

This 18-year-old Russian virtuoso is a protégé of Grigory Sokolov and has already appeared in recital at all the major European halls. Playing with poetry and panache well beyond her years, she appears en route to her Carnegie Hall debut.

Alexandra Dovgan, piano Union College

Union College

Joanne Pearce Martin and Jin-Shan Dai

Los Angeles Harbor College

Pacific Unitarian Church

Grammy® Award winner and sought-after violinist Augustin Hadelich makes his San Francisco Performances debut at the peak of an impressive international career. According to Bachtrack, he “is most definitely the man of the moment and is quite rightly earning a reputation as one of the finest violinists on the circuit.” The Times of London called Francesco Piemontesi’s artistry, “playful, assertive, intelligent music making, with bone-china clarity.”

Augustin Hadelich and Francesco Piemontesi (The Shenson Great Artists & Ensembles Series/Herbst)

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Professor of Piano John Ellis will perform a recital including Novelettes by Poulenc, Ballade no. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 by Chopin, Prélude, Choral et Fugue by Franck, and Fantasy in C, Op. 17 by Schumann.

John Ellis, piano

Earl V. Moore Building

A “revelation” at the 2018 International Grand Piano Competition in Moscow where she stormed to victory at the age of 10, Alexandra Dovgan has become a teenage piano phenomenon with sold-out concerts worldwide. Witness her extraordinary talent in a performance of Chopin’s passionate Piano Sonata No. 3, Prokofiev’s complex Piano Sonata No. 2, and more. Please note: the NSO does not perform on this program.

NSO Presents: Alexandra Dovgan

Kennedy Center

The Orchestra Now Resident Conductor Zachary Schwartzman returns with the orchestra to Symphony Space for another free concert of audience favorites. The program comprises Rossini’s immensely popular William Tell Overture, Gounod’s glittering ballet music from his opera Faust, and the famous Symphony in D Minor of French composer César Franck.

The Orchestra Now: “Faust” and “William Tell”

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space

Sunday Matinee

Konservatoriets Koncertsa ODEON

D’un Matin de printemps (“Of a Spring Morning”) was composed during the last months of the composer’s short life. Boulanger had already made a name for herself as the first woman ever to win the Prix de Rome. Stricken with a terminal illness at age 24, her final works convey the intimate and mature compositional voice that explore color and harmony. One of Poulenc’s friends said of him: “There is in him something of the monk and the street urchin.” The Gloria brilliantly expresses these characteristics, with its charismatic fusion of solemnity and mischievous exuberance. Poulenc described the process thus: “While writing it I had in mind those Crozzoli frescoes with angels sticking out their tongues, and also some solemn-looking Benedictine monks that I saw playing football one day.” César Franck Symphony in D minor is perhaps the greatest symphony written by a French person in the latter half of the 19th century. It is best known for its cyclical nature, bringing back melodies from previous movements throughout the piece. Of particular note is a stunning english horn solo buried within.

French Voyage

Duluth Entertainment Convention Center

No emotion is more universal, or more difficult to define, than love. From longing and devotion to betrayal, forgiveness, and renewed commitment, Songs About Love explores the many facets and stages of this complex emotion.

Songs About Love

Pasadena Conservatory of Music

We invite you to see off winter with a dance rhythm! At Paliesius Manor – Duo Simaška & Salijus. This is an exceptional tandem that combines two different, but perfectly compatible musical instruments. The sound of the violin and accordion, often considered an unexpected combination, acquires special expressiveness and harmonious balance in this duet. Talented and innovative musicians – violinist Dalia Simaška and accordionist Laimonas Salijus – are among the most prominent performers of the young generation of Lithuania, laureates of international and republican competitions, performing both in Lithuania and abroad. The music they perform covers various genres – from classical to contemporary music, which they present with extraordinary sensitivity and creativity.

DUO SIMAŠKA & SALIJUS: "In the Rhythm of Dance"

Paliesius Manor

Lyris Quartet with pianist Robert Thies

Daniela Bonfiglioli, a member of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s first violin section, often performs with pianist Terés Löf. At a previous soup concert, the duo played music by Beethoven and Rebecca Clarke. This time, we have the great pleasure of hearing them in César Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano – a much-loved work that many consider among the finest in the genre.

Soup with Violin and Piano

Stockholm Concert Hall

This colorful program highlighting a variety of music styles features the work of two influential French composers. César Franck’s expressive and fiery piano quintet will be performed alongside Claude Debussy’s only string quartet, an avant-garde tapestry of textures infused with the compositional stylings of Franck. Special guest Blake Pouliot, a Colburn alumnus beloved for his “immaculate, at once refined and impassioned” playing (ArtsATL), joins Colburn students for both works. Rounding out the program is a fugal masterwork by Mozart showcasing the bass and an innovative contemporary work by Tōru Takemitsu that blends Eastern and Western sounds.

From Fugue to Fantasia: Debussy, Mozart, and More, with Blake Pouliot, Violin

Colburn School

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the classical stars of tomorrow – today. Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 23 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all part of ECHO – the European Concert Hall Organisation. Each year, a select group of young artists and ensembles from across Europe are given the chance to tour all of the venues and perform for international audiences. Time and again, the artists chosen for Rising Stars go on to enjoy internationally successful careers.

ECHO Rising Stars with Cello and Piano

Twenty years after his participation in the inauguration of the restored great organ of the Philharmonic Hall of Liège, Benoît Mernier, organ professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, brings J.-S. Bach into dialogue with Romantic composers who were inspired by him: Mendelssohn, who was influenced by the rediscovery of the St. Matthew Passion , Brahms, who entrusted his musical testament to the organ in the form of chorales, Widor, who transcribed for organ the finale of this same Passion , and Franck, who wrote a Third Chorale in the form of a tribute to J.-S. Bach.

Bach's Legacy

Philharmonic Hall of Liege

British baritone Rodney Earl Clarke captured every heart when he starred in the Halle’s Christmas Concert a couple of years ago. We couldn’t wait to bring him back, so here he is with a sack full of treats for the festive period, including operatic and Hollywood favourites, as well as some chestnut-roasting seasonal classics. Our master of ceremonies is genial conductor Stephen Bell, who’ll be taking us through a roll call of Christmas hits from Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov and heartwarming movie music from Home Alone to Frozen. And as it’s Christmas you can enjoy some good old-fashioned audience participation singing along with White Christmas and trying to keep up with the reindeer in Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride.

The Hallé Christmas Concert

Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

Dahlia String Trio & friends play César Franck's Piano Quintet and Beethoven's String Quartet op 132!

Modne Mesterværker: Franck & Beethoven

Unitarisk Kirkesamfund

Enjoy a wonderful brunch plate in the Foyer of the Music House while you are entertained by classical musicians on the Café Stage.

Classical Mornings

Musikhuset Aarhus

When PCMS last presented the renowned Juilliard Quartet with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, in 2019, a prolonged ovation followed a glorious interpretation of Dvořák’s Piano Quintet in A Major. “This was a performance, above all, of high polish and efficiency” (Philadelphia Inquirer). For their return appearance, the Juilliard and Hamelin—an artist known the world over for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and radiant technique—unite for César Franck’s mammoth Piano Quintet in F Minor, a work that roils with passion and searing emotional intensity.

Juilliard Quartet Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Local favorites Steve and Allison Martin join HSO for festive selections from The Nutcracker, Leroy Anderson’s classic Sleigh Ride, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and some of the Martins’ favorite songs, including “The Prayer,” “O Holy Night,” and “Ave Maria.”  Rounding out the family-friendly concert will be the audience favorite “Christmas Singalong,” full of well-known holiday carols! Steve and Allison are well known in West Michigan, having sung on opera stages and musical productions locally and around the country.  Allison received her Masters of Music from Michigan State University.  Steve holds a doctorate and master’s in music from Michigan State University.  He has taught at the college level and is now Director of Music and Fine Arts at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas.

Home for the Holidays 2025 Matinee: Steve & Allison Martin

West Ottawa High School Performing Arts Center

From the eventful French premiere of Body Cosmic to the relaxed classicism of César Franck, this concert opens up the palette of styles, with the diabolical Brahms' Concerto as pièce de résistance, magnified by Janine Jansen's infallible bow.

Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä

Philharmonie de Paris

The Opera Classica Europa ensemble, comprised of international vocal soloists, a salon orchestra, and a chamber choir, presents a varied concert evening featuring many well-known pieces, such as the 'Alleluia' from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 'Exsultate, jubilate', 'Der kleine Sandmann' and 'Abendsegen' from Engelbert Humperdinck's 'Hänsel und Gretel', the 'Intermezzo' from Pietro Mascagni's opera 'Cavalleria rusticana', and 'Panis Angelicus' by César Franck. The concert program is further enhanced by popular Christmas carols, inviting the audience to sing along.

Advent Concert Dec' 2025

Alte Börse Leipzig

A powerful program of 20th-century works shaped by war, exile, and resilience, featuring music by Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev, Poldowski, and César Franck.

Levine Presents | Sound & Fury: Music at the Edge of Silence

Levine Music

This artist is simply incredible! In recent years, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko has collected first prizes at international piano competitions like other people collect stamps. He won three in 2022, and two more in 2024 – and those are just the most important competitions. To say that the Canadian is a magnificent pianist seems almost an understatement: Up and down the country, the press and audiences praise his outstanding technique, the depth of his interpretations, and his charisma. We will be hearing more from Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, that's for sure. And soon, at ProArte: At the Elbphilharmonie, the pianist will present sophisticated and virtuosic works from Bach to Scriabin.

Discover Talent: Jaeden Izik-Dzurko / Piano Recital

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Violinist Benjamin Beilman has built an international audience of listeners enthralled by his golden tone, impeccable technique, and magnetic musicianship. Truly a violinist’s violinist, Beilman excels at whatever he plays, from classic to contemporary, with equal appeal. Partnering with Beilman for this special concert is pianist Gloria Chien, a long-time presence at CMS and one of today’s most sought-after collaborators.

An Evening with Benjamin Beilman and Gloria Chien

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

HCO 2025-26 Season Concert 2

St. Paul’s Church

This Welsh pianist may not be a household name in America, but his semi-annual performances on the series are highly-anticipated by pianophiles and music lovers alike. Williams brings his virtuosic technique and soulful phrasing in a wide-ranging program.

Llŷr Williams, piano Union College

Live from the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance, COYO's 2025-26 season welcomes you back for an exciting new series of performances by this critically acclaimed ensemble.

COYO Autumn Concert

Severance Music Center

Henry Lewis is a pianist known for his original and thoughtful approach, performing internationally as both a soloist and chamber musician.

Henry Lewis piano

The Bridgewater Hall

French music is a matter close to Simon Gaudenz's heart – and at the same time, it forms a repertoire that is still too rarely the focus of attention in Germany. Its magic lies in its subtle distance: sounds like fleeting scents, shimmering plays of color, transparency, and rhythmic precision create soundscapes of enchanting beauty. In this spirit, André Caplet's delicate cantata "Tout est lumière" resonates, as does Ernest Chausson's heartfelt "Poème" and Maurice Ravel's concert rhapsody "Tzigane" – masterfully interpreted by Tianwa Yang.

Thursday concert № 3 »Parfums de lumière«

Volkshaus Jena

At just 18 years old, Russian pianist Alexandra Dovgan has a career that has already taken her all over Europe and as far away as Buenos Aires and Detroit. A protégé of Grigory Sokolov, who predicted "a great future" for her , she stands out with a sound of incredible beauty and precision, served by an authentic personality. After the darkest and most passionate of Schubert's last three sonatas, she takes on Franck's Prelude, Chorale and Fugue , a combined homage to Bach and Liszt, then to the young Prokofiev - just 21 years old - who wrote a 2nd Sonata already tending towards modernism.

Alexandra Dovgan

BNY Classics showcases unforgettable performances by your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, featuring timeless masterpieces, thrilling premieres, and renowned guest artists.

Grimaud Plays Gershwin

Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts

Lü Jia conducts the Carlo Felice Foundation Orchestra in the inaugural concert of the new 2025-26 symphonic season. Cello: Ettore Pagano

Opening concert

Carlo Felice Theater

In addition to being a composer, César Franck was a renowned organist. This comes through brilliantly in his only Symphony, as he builds up to powerful climaxes throughout the work, pulling out all the stops on the way.

Franck's Symphony

Arts Centre Melbourne

1st Academic Concert 2025/26

Gewandhaus

2018 WINNER OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

Dmitry Shishkin

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

"33 percent of the effect of Psycho was due to the music," said legendary director Alfred Hitchcock.  Enjoy Hitchcock's timeless thriller projected on the big screen as the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra performs Bernard Hermann's spine-tingling score live.

Psycho: Film + Orchestra

Washington Pavilion

Born without a right hand, Nicholas McCarthy is a champion of left-hand alone repertoire, and joins the MSO to perform Ravel’s unique concerto.

Impressions of Paris

This concert opens with a fresh take on the story of resurrection with lush layers of colorful sound evoking a cinematic feel. Resurrexit by Mason Bates will take you on a mystical pilgrimage with shimmering exotic tonalities that give way to contemplation and dramatic stirrings of rebirth. César Franck’s Symphonic Variations is a masterpiece of collaboration between piano and orchestra celebrating the interplay of poetic musical voices. Christopher Taylor’s virtuosic artistry is a perfect fit for this intimate and lyrical work. Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 is one of the most profound and transformative works ever. Written over six years, it journeys from a somber funeral march to a luminous vision of resurrection and renewal. Mahler once described this symphony as “my whole life in one work.” Themes of struggle, hope, and transcendence will bring us to a glorious reassurance of light in our lives.

Primal Light

Overture Center for the Arts

Jon Kimura Parker & Valentin Radutiu

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Noon Concert: Chamber Music for Piano and Strings

UC Berkeley Department of Music

After her stunning San Francisco debut recital last season, the festival is honored to welcome back Asiya Korepanova who will once again share a spectacular solo recital with us. This program centers around Ravel's demonic masterpiece, Gaspard de la nuit while treating us to gorgeous music from his contemporaries, painting a musical picture of influence and evolution. Within the tradition of French music from this period, the multitude of diverse musical voices comes through each in their own way. From the charm and brilliance of Louise Farrenc and Cecile Chaminade to the imposing solemnity of César Franck's Prelude, Choral et Fugue, this evening offers a deeply satisfying journey through late 19th and early 20th century French piano music. Not to be missed! 

Solo Recital: Asiya Korepanova, Piano

Old First Presbyterian Church

Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto

Carson Center for the Performing Arts

The church in Rosenow, built in the mid-19th century in the neo-Gothic style, provides an idyllic setting for the "Young Elite" concert series and performances by promising young artists. Violinist Jeremias Pestalozzi has long been one of these artists. Born in 2005, he began playing the violin at the age of five and was later accepted as a junior student at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts. Accompanied by Magdalene Ho, winner of the 2024 International German Pianist Award, the current student of violin virtuoso Julia Fischer presents a multifaceted program featuring classics of the violin repertoire.

YOUNG ELITE Jeremias Pestalozzi

Dorfkirche Rosenow

Daniel Hope & GNPQ

Garth Newel Music Center

Between Wednesday 13 – Saturday 23 August, Chetham’s International Piano Summer School brings world class and legendary musicians to a vibrant, supportive community in central Manchester. Alongside lectures, open lessons and opportunities to develop new skills, you can discover a daily programme of recitals from world-class performers.

Chetham’s International Piano Summer School 2025 – Day Five

The Stoller Hall

Concert "PARIS I"

Schloss Moritzburg

Sometimes you just have to meet the right people: In the case of pianist Roman Borisov, it was thanks to his kindergarten teacher that he was introduced to the legendary piano teacher Mary Lebenzon at the Novosibirsk Conservatory at the age of four, who accompanied him musically until 2020. The lessons paid off, as he won several important competitions and awards as a child. In 2022, Roman Borisov won first prize at the Kissinger KlavierOlymp as the youngest participant – causing a sensation in the piano world. With his natural stage presence and his intuitive yet highly focused interpretations, he is currently securing his place in the world of classical music. In our "Excellent!" series, he will make his debut at the Rheingau Music Festival this year with an impressive program.

Roman Borisov, piano

Schloss Johannisberg

Prominent visit to Güstrow: The LJO performs with the Vienna Philharmonic’s principal harpist Anneleen Lenaerts.

The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Youth Orchestra

Ernst-Barlach-Theater

Soloist concert Dueñas · Malofeev

Mozarteum Foundation

“This program delves into the legends and myths of violin lore via the three-sided conversation between violin, violinist, and composer. We kick off this journey with a solo violin sonata composed by the namesake of the violin I now play, the Belgian virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe. The Devil’s Trill Sonata is the virtuosic consequence of a Faustian pact between Tartini and his violin teacher—the devil himself. Franz Schubert gushed “I have heard an angel sing” after attending a sold-out performance in Vienna by Niccolò Paganini on his famed “Cannone” Guarneri del Gesù. The second half of the concert features more earthly pursuits in the form of two wedding gifts. César Franck dedicated his famed sonata to his longtime collaborator and friend Eugène Ysaÿe on his wedding day (you can’t miss the church bells in the finale). For my own nuptials last summer, my groomsman and musical best friend, composer Chris Rogerson, presented me with this Arietta.”

Benjamin Beilman, violin, and Gloria Chien, piano

Menlo School Campus

Winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition and recipient of the Dame Fanny Waterman Gold Medal, 25-year-old Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko has been celebrated by audiences, critics, and composers alike for his communicative power, refined technical command, and artistic maturity. Do not miss this virtuoso’s riveting program of piano masterpieces! 

TSM presents Jaeden Izik-Dzurko

Part storytelling, part live music, The Nightingale Project is a wholly unique narrated concert experience. Accompanied by two acclaimed musicians and the projection of over 100 historical photographs, author Thomas Wolf recounts the life of Lea Luboshutz, the first internationally known female violinist, her incomparable Stradivarius violin (the “Nightingale”), and her multi-generational musical family, of which he is a member. The fascinating narrative tells the story behind his award-winning book, The Nightingale’s Sonata, revealing the family’s personal stories while sketching the history of classical music in the twentieth century.

TSM presents The Nightingale Project

Bosphorus Fantasies – Origin II – Fazıl Say II & Dinner

Bergrestaurant und Lounge Eggli Gstaad

CMS’s summer tradition returns for its tenth anniversary. Get this year’s hottest ticket, featuring beloved chamber music works in the cool atmosphere of Alice Tully Hall. Stay after the performance and get to know the artists in the lobby with a complimentary glass of wine.

Summer Evenings III

Milhaud, Beethoven, Franck

On the occasion of the opening of the Royal Juillet Musical de Saint-Hubert, the OPRL brings with it César Franck's impious knight, a cursed hunter who is one of the darkest heroes of Romanticism. Under the direction of Pierre Bleuse, the Orchestra will also perform the famous "New World" Symphony , with its famous English horn solo, and Richard Strauss's Burlesque (for piano), joined by the faithful Florian Noack who will take on this diabolical concerto movement, marked by the influence of Liszt and Brahms.

July Musical

Basilique de Saint-Pierre et Paul

The star organist is artist in residence at the Neubrandenburg Concert Church and is enthusiastic about the concert organ built by the companies Johannes Klais and Karl Schuke, which she inaugurated in 2017.

Iveta Apkalna solo

Marienkirche, Neubrandenburg

Join Guest Organist Gabrielle McDougall in Overture Hall during the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Capitol Square to enjoy a FREE organ concert! Bring your family and friends for a relaxing 45-minute free concert. No tickets or reservations are needed and all ages are welcome! Discover more about our Free Farmers’ Market Organ Concert Series.

Free Farmers’ Market Organ Concert: Gabrielle McDougall

Communicating with fiery passion Grieg’s Piano Concerto is imbued with a Nordic quality echoing traditional Norwegian dances and instruments. The striking, opening gesture (perhaps one of the most recognisable in all classical music based upon descending seconds and thirds) is but one sign of how Norwegian folk music was making its impact upon his emerging style. It continues with many attractive themes, a thrilling cadenza and much dazzling originality. The first great thunderbolt to issue from Tchaikovsky’s pen and the best early realisation of his incredible potential, this fantasy overture careens between the tension of the clashing Montague and Capulet houses and the heart-breaking beauty of the protagonists’ love. 

Grieg Piano Concerto

Bristol Beacon

Iveta Apkalna pursues milestones in organ music: Johann Sebastian Bach’s enormous Chaconne, César Franck’s ground-breaking »Prélude, fugue et variation« or Camille Saint-Saëns’ »Danse macabre« which exploits the symphonic sound possibilities of the organ. The titular organist of the Elbphilharmonie complements her solo programme with further pieces, which also showcase »her« instrument in full splendour.

Iveta Apkalna, organ

Two outstanding young musicians give an atmospheric duo recital in the idyllically located Palais im Großen Garten: only last season, the Finnish-Cuban pianist Anton Mejias, born in 2001, won over the festival audience with his piano recital in the same location. Now, he returns with a violin partner, one of the most high-profile violinists of his generation. The American violinist Chad Hoopes, born in 1994, has made a name for himself worldwide with his outstanding talent and brilliant tone. The two young virtuosi have put together a resounding program inspired by the theme of love, in keeping with the Festival’s motto. Fiery finger acrobatics and an enchanting sound blend to create a concert leaving nothing to be desired.

Chad Hoopes & Anton Mejias

Palais im Großen Garten

Cameron Carpenter is the world’s most visible organist, the first ever to be nominated for a GRAMMY Award for a solo album. He holds the 2012 Leonard Bernstein Award, and in 2014, launched his International Touring Organ (ITO)- a first-of-its kind digital organ built to his own design. He is a virtuoso composer/performer who is smashing the stereotypes of organ and classical music. Cameron’s latest album, recorded at the Berlin Konzerthaus includes his own rendition of Bach’s Goldberg Variations as well as Hanson’s Symphony #2, and was released by Universal / DECCA in the fall of 2021. One of his previous releases, ‘All You Need is Bach’ debuted at #1 on the traditional classical charts. Recent highlights include recitals with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Lucerne Festival, Philharmonie Cologne, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Philharmonie Luxembourg, his debut at the Cité de La Musique, Paris and a residency at Konzerthaus Berlin.

Cameron Carpenter

Washington Center Main Stage

Many French composers are renowned masters in the art of playing with musical colours. Among them are Gabriel Fauré and his Belgian contemporary, César Franck, who composed in the French style. Their Piano Quintets stand as pivotal contributions to the chamber music repertoire. During the premiere of Franck's Piano Quintet in f, none other than Camille Saint-Saëns played the piano, while Fauré dedicated his First Piano Quintet to the renowned violinist-composer Eugène Ysaÿe. An intimate concert filled with melodic refinement, subtle textures, and harmonic innovation.

Composer

César Franck

Events

Upcoming events

May 9, 2026

4. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026 · Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

May 9, 2026

2025/2026 May Concert · Nottingham Symphony Orchestra

May 10, 2026

Classical Mornings · Musikhuset Aarhus

May 17, 2026

Amina Knapp, violin · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

May 17, 2026

Conan Chang, violin · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Past events

May 1, 2026

Kaylin Chung, violin · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

May 1, 2026

Lisa Batiashvili, violin · Celebrity Series of Boston

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