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2026 Friday Morning Concert

Libbey Park

Pianist Conrad Tao wowed and delighted Celebrity Series audiences earlier this year in the joyfully exhilarating Counterpoint, alongside tap dancer Caleb Teicher.

Conrad Tao, piano

New England Conservatory of Music

Conrad Tao is a pianist and composer celebrated for his boundary-defying artistry as well as his powerful performances of traditional repertoire. Described by New York Magazine as “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music,” and praised by The New York Times for his “probing intellect and open-hearted vision,” Tao appears regularly as a soloist with leading orchestras and at major venues across the world.

560 Music Center

Pianist Conrad Tao, “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music” (New York Magazine), returns to Cal Performances after a memorable outing as composer and performer for Caleb Teicher’s tap dance creation More Forever during the 2021–22 season. Tao is admired for his risk-taking and for the rigorous attention he gives his programs, which often juxtapose new and old works. He says he was “thinking about fairy tales and poetry” in assembling the program for this recital, which intersperses Brahms’ Op. 118 Klavierstücke and David Fulmer’s I have loved a stream and a shadow… with works by Rebecca Saunders and Todd Moellenberg. Ravel’s fiercely challenging three-part Gaspard de la nuit takes Aloysius Bertrand’s book of fantastical poems as both title and inspiration.

University of California, Berkeley

Los Angeles based new music ensemble wasteLAnd, featuring Department alumni Rachel Beetz, Dustin Donahue, Todd Mollenberg, Ashley Walters, and Nicholas Deyoe, will premiere new works for instruments and electronics by Matthew Henson, Roger Reynolds, Jonny Stallings, Rand Steiger, Alexander Taylor, and Ni Zheng.

Todd Moellenberg

Events

Past events

Jun 12, 2026

2026 Friday Morning Concert · Ojai Music Festival

Mar 15, 2026

Conrad Tao, piano · Celebrity Series of Boston

Future and recently performed repertoire

Harpsichord in Komboï by Xenakis

Ojai Music Festival

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