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This intimate program features two lovely duets, including Falla’s folk-song-inspired Suite populaire espagnole—which evokes Spain’s rich musical and cultural landscape and here features cellist Paul Watkins and pianist Nicolas Namoradze—and one of Brahms’s final works: the F-minor Sonata for Viola and Piano, a late masterpiece performed by Paul Neubauer and Namoradze. The program also includes Dvořák’s elegant Terzetto, a mix of mournful and fiery music that’s scored for the unusual combination of two violins and a viola.

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Brahms & Dvořák

New Mexico Museum of Art

Two charming works open this program, which is then brought to a fiery conclusion with one of the most powerful works in the chamber music repertoire. Getting things started is the lyrical late-18th-century Flute Trio, Op. 61, No. 5, by French Classical composer and flute virtuoso François Devienne, who was known in his day as “The Mozart of the Flute.” Next, violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Nicolas Namoradze play Schubert’s much-loved Arpeggione Sonata, whose nickname is a nod to the six-stringed, bowed guitar that was (briefly) popular in the early 19th century and that Schubert originally wrote the work for. To close out the evening, Alan Gilbert, on violin, leads Festival musicians in Shostakovich’s stunning Piano Quintet, which, being very much a product of its time, takes listeners on a wild emotional journey.

Schubert & Shostakovich

Pianist Nicolas Namoradze, winner of the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, gives a recital featuring Ravel’s exquisitely restrained Pavane pour une infante défunte; a lesser-known and wonderfully original sonata by Beethoven; Scriabin’s seaside-inspired Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 19; and music from Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé ballet score, which Stravinsky called “one of the most beautiful products of all French music.”

Nicolas Namoradze Piano Recital

Music and meditation have long gone hand in hand – in everything from yoga studios to mindfulness apps. The pianist and neuropsychologist Nicolas Namoradze goes one step further by introducing meditation techniques to the concert hall. Arvo Pärt’s deeply introspective music provides the ideal backdrop, creating an entirely new listening experience with guided meditation and flexible seating – whether on chairs, beanbags, or (your own) yoga mat.

Deep Listening

Elbphilharmonie

From Bach to Block

Sarasota Opera House

Echoes Across Eras

Sarasota Orchestra

Pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze came to international attention in 2018 upon winning the triennial Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, Canada—among the largest prizes in classical music. His recitals around the globe have been met with universal critical praise, and recent album releases have received extraordinary accolades, including the Choc de Classica, Record of the Month in Limelight, Instrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, Editor’s Choice in Presto Classical and Critics’ Choice in International Piano.

Nicolas Namoradze

Montgomery Theater

Two lush, 19th-century sextets—one for strings by Brahms and one for piano and winds by Thuille—feature on this program, which opens with Moszkowski’s spirited, early-20th-century Suite in G Minor for Two Violins and Piano.

Brahms & Thuille Sextets

Lensic Performing Arts Center

Poulenc’s delightful Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano and Beethoven’s Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano—the first of its kind—make up the first half of this program, while the second half features pianist Nicolas Namoradze in Korngold’s magnificent and virtuosic Suite for Piano Left-Hand, Two Violins, and Cello.

Beethoven & Poulenc Trios

This all-Bach program features two brilliant, beloved works that showcase the virtuosic violin playing of Daniel Phillips—the Violin Concerto in E Major and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3—while pianist Nicolas Namoradze solos in arguably Bach’s best-known keyboard concerto: the Concerto in D Minor.

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

Pianist Nicolas Namoradze, who won the Honens International Piano Competition in 2018 and made his Festival debut in 2022, returns with a rich recital program that features selections from one of Bach’s most seminal works, The Art of Fugue, and Schubert’s final piano sonata—the exquisite Sonata in B-flat Major, which Schubert wrote just months before his death at the age of 31.

Pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze made his career breakthrough in 2018 as winner of the triennial Honens International Piano Competition. His eloquent pianism, open-hearted and seemingly infinite in expressive nuance, is matched by his ability to create thoroughly idiomatic arrangements for his instrument. The latter are on display this evening in Namoradze’s thrilling transcriptions of works by Beethoven and Ravel, noble companions to his choice of original compositions.

Pianist

Nicolas Namoradze

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 12, 2026

Nicolas Namoradze piano · Wigmore Hall

Past events

Aug 5, 2026

Brahms & Dvořák · Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

2 - 3 Aug, 2026

Schubert & Shostakovich · Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Grosse Fuge by Beethoven

Wigmore Hall

Piano in Piano Trio No. 2 by Shostakovich

Sarasota Orchestra

Piano in Piano Sonata No. 22 by Beethoven

Wigmore Hall

Piano in Piano Quintet by Shostakovich

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Piano in Arpeggione Sonata by Schubert

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Piano in Piano Sonata No. 2 by Scriabin

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Piano in Pavane pour une infante défunte by Ravel

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Piano in Suite populaire espagnole by Falla

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Piano in The Well-tempered Clavier Book II by Bach

Wigmore Hall

Piano in Miroirs by Ravel

Wigmore Hall

Piano in Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2 by Ravel

Wigmore Hall

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