Following the conclusion of our 25/26 subscription season, join us for “A Community Gift and Dream — for the Love of Music” June 13-14, 2026.

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A Community Gift and Dream — for the Love of Music

Overture Center for the Arts

Join us for a season finale of bold contrasts and artistic innovation at Dvorák & Firebird, a celebration of sound and emotion that transcends time and culture. The program opens with Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration, a profound depiction of life’s final journey. We welcome back Curtis Stewart, the 2025/2026 Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence, presenting a juxtaposition of his work The Famous People with Dvorák ‘s Slavonic Dances. Experience a unique interplay as the orchestra performs three original movements from Slavonic Dances, each followed by Stewart’s imaginative recompositions, creating a dynamic dialogue between Dvorák’s timeless melodies and Stewart’s contemporary interpretations. Marvel at Stewart’s virtuosic artistry as he performs Sarasate’s dazzling violin showpiece Zigeunerweisen.

Dvorák & Firebird

The Bushnell

Freshmen Double Bass Recital

The Juilliard School

Violinist James Ehnes, one of the most sought-after musicians on the international stage, joins forces with esteemed pianist Andrew Armstrong for a remarkable concert celebrating Ehnes' 50th birthday. This special performance will highlight the duo's exceptional musical chemistry and virtuosic mastery. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience these two artists in a performance that promises to be truly memorable.

James Ehnes, violin and Andrew Armstrong, piano

Wolf Performance Hall

Sibelius and de Sarasate

Curtis Institute of Music

Prepare to be mesmerized as two extraordinary violin masters, Gilles Apap and Eric Silberger, return to the stage for Dueling Violins—not as rivals, but as creative counterparts. Highlighting their individual artistry through solo works like Sinding’s Suite in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Barber’s deeply expressive Violin Concerto, Op. 14, and Sarasate’s fiery Zigeunerweisen, the two will also join forces for Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor. Anchoring the program is Haydn’s Symphony No. 47 in G Major, a luminous work that brings balance and depth to an unforgettable evening.

Dueling Violins

Prepare to be dazzled as “one of the most brilliant couples in classical music” (Guardian). Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony perform Sarasate’s fiery Navarra and Bach’s lively Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Andreas Delfs leads the RPO in Avner Dorman’s world premiere A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance (a Voices of Today commission), an evocative new work blending reflection and celebration. The evening concludes with Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”), a masterful fusion of drama and beauty.

Baroque to Billiance

Eastman Theatre

Mendelssohn’s Joyful Blue Skies

New England Conservatory of Music

Carmen's Kiss

Prairie Home Alliance Theater

Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti makes her UMS debut with an ensemble featuring guitar, accordion, and cello performing arrangements of popular classical works. As a sought-after and influential musician and the Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, Benedetti is an unabashed advocate for Western classical music, popularizing the genre with a new generation and captivating audiences with her sumptuous tone and top-notch playing.

Nicola Benedetti, violin

University of Michigan

Sought-after violinist Nicola Benedetti presents a recital featuring Sarasate’s dazzling Carmen Fantasy, plus works by Bloch, Ponce, Maxwell Davies and more.

An Evening with Nicola Benedetti in Recital

Benaroya Hall

Experience a glamorous start to the new year with a concert that will take you from Italy to Spain and Vienna! With masterpieces by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Verdi and Johann Strauss, we celebrate the turn of the year together with the Philharmonie Salzburg and chief conductor Elisabeth Fuchs .

New Year's Eve concerts - Dancing into the new year

Bruckmühle

Town Hall Mattighofen

Ferry Porsche Congress Center

Step into an unforgettable evening where the sweeping rhythms and vibrant energy of the ballroom unfold. Portland Chamber Orchestra’s Grand Ballroom Carnaval celebrates the rich traditions of ballroom dance, brought to life through the music of legendary composers—from the timeless sophistication of Beethoven and the waltzing charm of Strauss to the passionate tango flair of Piazzolla. 

Before the concert begins, you’re invited to join the complimentary, beginner-friendly ballroom dance lesson perfect for all ages and abilities in The Reser’s Lobby at 6:30pm. Then, take your seat and let the music transport you as the orchestra explores how composers personalized and personified dance through their music.

Grand Ballroom Carnaval

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

Combining stunning performance with storytelling, Nicola shares a selection of shorter works – from romantic to virtuosic to folk - combined with her thoughts surrounding her choices of music, as well as her experiences over the past decade. This performance will be intimate and personal, with Nicola joined onstage by fellow musicians including Brazilian guitarist Plinio Fernandes and accordionist Samuele Telari.

An Evening with Nicola Benedetti

Ulster Hall

Join “the country’s favourite violinist”, Nicola Benedetti, for a unique and personal concert, and her first solo headline appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in over a decade.

Nicola Benedetti

Royal Albert Hall

Chamber Concert 3 »Women's Love«

Oper Graz

Nicola Benedetti is one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation – and we’re thrilled she’s returning to The Bridgewater Hall to perform a special selection of her personal favourites.

The Bridgewater Hall

Closing concert of the Märkische Musiktage

Kreiskulturhaus Seelow

Usher Hall

Chamber Concert 2 »Four plus Four and Piano«

Guest Concertmaster Alexandra Preucil and violist Antoine Tamestit lead a thrilling exploration of Hungarian music and culture with the raw passion of Bartók's duos, the folk-infused charm of Weber's Andante e Rondo ungarese, the dazzling virtuosity of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, and the fiery rhythms of Brahms' Hungarian Dances.

Hungarian Dances

Orpheum Theater

Rosa Donata Milton, Deputy First Concertmaster of the Jena Philharmonic, and pianist Tatiana Kachko unfold a colorful program of Spanish music full of rhythm, elegance, and virtuoso refinement. Works by Pablo de Sarasate, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla, and others paint a vibrant panorama of musical styles ranging from salon pieces to character dances. 

Chamber Concert № 1 »Viva la Vida!«

Town Hall Hall

For the first concert of this new season, Clemens Schuldt invites us to a vibrant celebration of Romantic Europe, whose stunning crescendo opening the Tannhäuser overture sets the tone! The Orchestra shines as it unfolds the leitmotifs of Wagner's sixth opera: a universal conflict between eroticism and moral duty. Canada's rising violin star, Kerson Leong, transforms this dramatic intensity into symbolist intimacy with Chausson's Poème , the composer's most emblematic work. The score is inspired by a fantastical short story by Turgenev, in which a melody played on the violin creates a spell.

Kerson Leong, Carmen and the Knight

Grand Théâtre de Québec

An all-French programme whose first half – 150 years after the composer’s death – celebrates the bright, exotic colours conjured by Bizet. As well as a suite from his incidental music for ‘The Girl from Arles’, we hear the fantasy for violin and orchestra featuring music – including the famous ‘Habanera’ – from his best-loved opera, reimagined with explosive virtuosity by Sarasate. South Korean violinist Inmo Yang makes his Proms debut in the seductive, mercurial mantle of Bizet’s Gypsy-heroine. Saint-Saëns’s spectacular Symphony No. 3 puts the 9,999 pipes of the Royal Albert Hall organ (nicknamed the ‘Voice of Jupiter’) in the spotlight at the climax of this monumental work, and there’s more musical drama from gods and sea monsters in Augusta Holmès’s tone-poem Andromède.

Saint-Saëns’s ‘Organ’ Symphony

Semplice Players with Mark Peskanov: Mozart, Wieniawski, Sarasate

Bargemusic

Drama meets Romance: When the Norwegian national poet Henrik Ibsen and his compatriot, the Norwegian Edward Grieg, met in Rome in 1866, they immediately hit it off. It's no wonder that Ibsen later asked the composer to write the music for his play "Peer Gynt" - at that time, it was almost unthinkable to stage a major theater production without incidental music. But as good as the music was - it would have long been forgotten if Grieg had not compiled it into two suites for orchestra. Today, the work, with the flute melody from "Morning Mood" or the striking sounds of the bassoon in "In the Hall of the Mountain King," is considered quintessential romantic music. As a grand finale to the Dresden City Festival, the Dresden Philharmonic will present it open-air on Theaterplatz under the direction of Tabita Berglund - who could be more suitable for this than the newly appointed First Guest Conductor from Norway?

Peer Gynt

Theaterplatz

What would the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival be without "its" castles and manor houses, which the team explores and performs in throughout the country? For its 20th anniversary, the festival launched the "Sleeping Beauties" series to highlight monuments that were in decline and urgently needed to be saved. The series was held for a second time in 2020, and now, for its 35th anniversary, we're picking up the thread again.

Recital at Retzow Castle

Schloss Retzow

Concert "PARIS I"

Schloss Moritzburg

Palma de Mallorca meets Barcelona—at least in the form of the two Spanish virtuosos Francisco Fullana and Alba Ventura. But their predominantly Spanish program also combines—figuratively speaking—idyllic island life with the vibrant metropolis: The two talents, who have joined forces for a CD recording in 2023, bring with them works such as Joaquín Turina's atmospheric "Sonata española," Enrique Granado's spirited violin sonata, and Pablo de Sarasate's famous and fiery "Zigeunerweisen." And not only Spanish, but also passionate French sounds by Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel will be heard at their exclusive concert debut at Schloss Johannisberg.

Francisco Fullana, violin Alba Ventura, piano

Schloss Johannisberg

The BPO presents a free, outdoor concert at Niawanda Park in Tonawanda.

Niawanda Park

Join Interlochen Arts Camp's premiere wind ensemble for their weekly concert. Under the direction of Steve Davis, the ensemble will present a program of wind band classics, contemporary compositions, and orchestral transcriptions

Jerry F. Junkin conducts Carmina Burana

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Not just summer, sun, and sunshine, but flamenco, rhythm, and guitar sounds: Spain's culture has so many treasures to offer that this year's country focus is turning our attention to Southern Europe and celebrating music and dance with a Spanish Night. In this concert project, presented exclusively at the Rheingau Music Festival, Linus Roth and Anabel Montesinos present well-known works by Spanish composers. And, of course, one thing cannot be missing from a Spanish Night: flamenco. It will be diverse and passionate when Rocio Osuna and Juan Carlos Sánchez bring this cultural heritage to the stage, lending the Rheingau a southern European flair.

Spanish Night

Eberbach Abbey

Eleven weeks of music lie ahead when the 38th Rheingau Music Festival opens at the end of June in the basilica of Eberbach Monastery. Eleven weeks full of musical diversity and enjoyable conviviality. We think it's a good reason to celebrate! In 2025, the opening concert of the Rheingau Music Festival will feature a wide range of diverse sounds: works by Maurice Ravel, whose 150th birthday the music world and we too are celebrating this year, by Pablo de Sarasate, Franz Waxman, and Charles Gounod—namely, his solemn "Cecilia Mass"—will immerse the monastery in musical color this evening. In keeping with tradition, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, under its chief conductor Alain Altinoglu, will take to the stage, bringing the unique architectural monument to life in rich musical splendor at the opening of this year's Rheingau Music Festival.

Opening concert at Eberbach Monastery

In keeping with tradition, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt), under the baton of its chief conductor, opens the Rheingau Music Festival each year. The impressive acoustics of the Eberbach Abbey Basilica always create a unique musical atmosphere. The centerpiece of the 2025 opening concerts, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, is Charles Gounod's "St. Cecilia Mass." On June 21st at Eberbach Abbey, this will be paired with a Ravel-Sarasate-Waxman program featuring the Armenian violin virtuoso Diana Adamyan. On June 22nd at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, two works by Ravel will be performed with the Italian pianist Beatrice Rana. Alongside an internationally renowned trio of vocal soloists, the MDR Radio Choir, the hr-Sinfonieorchester's well-known and highly esteemed musical partner, will once again be featured in both programs.

Rheingau Music Festival

This concert at the Hamburg Chamber Music Festival International is characterised by an exciting journey between cultures with connecting aspects from the musical traditions. The focus is on Latin American folklore – as it is lived there today – and classical European traditions, which in turn are coloured by influences from Spanish, Andalusian and Romanian folklore.

Hamburg Chamber Music Festival International

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

We cordially invite you to a spectacular concert, where the most talented pupils of the ZUŠ from all over South Moravia will sit together with our musicians in the orchestra.
Keep your fingers crossed for us:-). We are looking forward to the concert.

Invitation To The Dance

The National Theatre Brno - Janáček Theatre

Jasmine Choi Plays Mozart’s Second Flute Concerto

University of Minnesota

Shepherd of The Valley Lutheran Church

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Studio Recitals feature students who all study with the same faculty instructor. These young artists represent their studio with a program curated by their teacher. 

Chen Zhao Violin Studio Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.

Rachel Green, violin - First Year Master's Recital

Paul Huang was a recipient of a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists. Huang makes recent and forthcoming appearances with the Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev, Detroit Symphony with Leonard Slatkin, Houston Symphony with Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Rotterdam Philharmonic with Lahav Shani, Seoul Philharmonic with Markus Stenz, and return to the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan as its artist-in-residence. A frequent guest artist at music festivals worldwide, he recently stepped in for Anne-Sophie Mutter at Bravo! Vail Music Festival playing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 with Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin as well as recital debuts at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland and Aspen Music Festival, both to critical acclaim. He is an artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and plays on the legendary 1742 ex-Wieniawski Guarneri del Gesù on loan through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

PAUL HUANG, violin DANBI UM, violin AMY YANG, piano

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Pre-College Division Recital

Some say that Pacho Flores is the greatest trumpeter in the world. We just know that whenever he comes to Liverpool, things tend to catch fire! In carnival season, Domingo Hindoyan throws caution to the wind: expect Latin rhythms, Russian colours and of course – it goes without saying – Pacho’s own brand of pyrotechnics to light up the sky. How many different trumpets will he play this time? There’s only one way to find out…

Dream Team

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

3rd Academic Concert

Gewandhaus

Come join the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and create cherished memories with your child as you embark on this musical journey together. Immerse yourselves in the captivating world of classical music designed to spark curiosity and ignite a lifelong love for the arts.

The Magic Of Music

Cape Fear Community College

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 4

Hotel Schwarzer Bär

Viva España

First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City

Latin Dances

Congregation Beth Israel

A demanding showpiece for the violin, Carmen Fantasy will allure you as Rachel Barton Pine dazzles with her technique, lustrous tone and emotional honesty.  Berlioz invites you into the altered mind stemmed from an unrequited love.

Symphonie fantastique

Washington Pavilion

Neuruppin Summer Classic Open Air

Monastery Church of St. Trinitatis

Chamber music, show tunes, opera, and more! “Nate’s World: Songs of Love” sets famous arias side by side with classic popular songs and virtuosic instrumental interludes, all touching on aspects of love. From La bohème to Leonard Bernstein, Carmen to a country ballad, these are all filled with timeless, universal sentiments, and chamber music’s exquisite intimacy is the perfect setting. Conceived, curated, and performed by Nate Farrington, principal bassist of the Los Angeles Opera, joined by special guest soprano Kathleen O'Mara and PCMF Resident Artists Susie Park and Henry Kramer.

Nate's World: Songs of Love

University of Southern Maine

Eastern Festival Orchestra: Festival Finale

Guilford College

Discover a harmonious fusion of serenity and exuberance come together at Buena Vista Winery. Our stage will be the enchanting Fountain Courtyard, framed by the historic backdrop of the 1864 Champagne Cellar. Savor the exquisite selection of Buena Vista’s wines as they complement the sultry notes of Villa-Lobos’ ‘Bachianas Brasileiras No.5’ and the fiery passion of Pablo de Sarasate’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’. Immerse yourself in the grand finale of our Alfresco series, where the blend of music, high-quality wines, and the breathtaking sunset creates an unforgettable evening.

Alfresco 3

Buena Vista Winery

An evening filled with high-energy  music of Roma (Gypsies) from the Mediterranean and Balkan vibrant cultures! You can tap your toes to  the rhythms of Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody, Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, or Gipsy Kings’ Medley, and more!

The concert will feature an internationally-acclaimed Balkan violinist Robert Lakatoš from Serbia performing Ravel’s Tzigane and Sarasate’s Caprice Basque on his private collection violin of Antonio Stradivari from 1709.  Mr. Lakatoš is one of the most promising young artists of his generation and the GLCO is thrilled to bring him to the northern Michigan audiences.

Ravel’s Tzigane | Gypsy Violin

Great Lakes Center for the Arts

José Silvestre de los Dolores White (1835-1918), also known as José White and Joseph White, was born in Matanzas, Cuba, during colonial times. He began playing the violin and composing at a young age. His professional debut occurred in 1854 alongside the American pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), who inspired him to study at the Paris Conservatoire. There, he won the Premier Prix after less than one year of study. White gained global recognition as a soloist, composer, and pedagogue and, in the United States, he notably became the first soloist of African descent to perform with the New York Philharmonic Society, during his 1875-1876 tour. 

José White's Circle

Hanna Boys Center

Masterworks Series: Dohnanyi, Wieniawski, Sarasate

SPO Riverside Concert 2024

Yeouido Hangang Park

Keynote speaker Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize—winning biographer, journalist, and co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, on which the blockbuster movie Oppenheimer was based. He is the executive director and distinguished lecturer of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.

An Evening with Kai Bird

Severance Music Center

CSYO Philharmonic: Spartacus

Cincinnati Music Hall

Hilary Hahn, our 2023–24 Artist-in-Residence, plays Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy and a fiery modern masterpiece by Ginastera. The rhythms and harmonies of Spain infuse Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and his seductive Boléro — as well as Debussy’s Ibéria — with a magnificent variety of orchestral colors. Juanjo Mena conducts.

Hilary Hahn and Sounds of Spain

David Geffen Hall

Masterwork Series: Bach, Wieniawski, Sarasate / Mark Peskanov and Doris Stevenson

Undergraduate Performance Seminar students of Susan Lorette Dunn

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Join me as I embark on an expedition through the longing loves of four composers. This recital will feature Pablo De Sarasate’s seductive Zigeunerweisen, Astor Piazzolla’s angelic Ave Maria, Johannes Brahms’s heartbreaking String Sextet number 2, and Serge Koussevitzky’s triumphant Concerto for Double Bass.

Longing: A Senior Recital by Sam Morgan

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Experience the violinist that “sits atop the pantheon of stellar violinists” (NUVO), as Hilary Hahn brings the spice of Ginastera's Violin Concerto and Sarsate’s Carmen Fantasy to life. Feel the melodies that emanate sultriness in this adaptation of Bizet’s famous opera.

Hilary Hahn Plays Carmen Fantasy

Heinz Hall

You will be dancing in your seat from the first note to the last as you listen to Domingo Hindoyan conduct the Minnesota Orchestra with guest trumpet soloist Pacho Flores. In Arturo Márquez’s new trumpet concerto, Flores delivers the many colors and flavors of Latin American dance bands while he performs on four different types of trumpets. These concerts conclude with Dvořák’s radiant Eighth Symphony, interwoven with a multitude of folksongs and delightful dance melodies.

Dvořák Symphony No. 8

Minnesota Orchestra

Anjali Covill, clarinet

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

An operatic extravaganza. Stéphane leads us on a journey through 300 years of heart-stopping melodies, captivating drama, and thrilling dances. The fanfare from Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the very first operas, sets us on a path through Mozart, Rossini, Puccini, Bellini, and Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours,” now best known as the hippopotamus ballet from Fantasia. The SLSO’s Associate Concertmaster Erin Schreiber gives a virtuoso turn in Sarasate’s Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen. Associate Principal Cello Melissa Brooks performs Bellini’s mellifluous melodies  

Operatic Favorites

Touhill Performing Arts Center

Steven Wilke, violin

Critics laud the violinist’s rare combination of stunning virtuosity, serene lyricism, and an unfaltering musicality: “Ehnes, who has the silkiest tone in the business, achieves a level of perfection, full of feeling but without show, that puts him in a class of his own. … He gave a poetic performance, bringing out the music’s wistfulness as well as its fury and dazzle.” (The Guardian) UMS audiences enjoyed one of Ehnes’s Bach/Ysäye digital recitals filmed from his living room during the pandemic, but this is the first opportunity to hear him live. Program to be announced.

James Ehnes, violin

The virtuoso soloist is rarely found playing the double bass, but Catalin Rotaru will demonstrate that he belongs in that elevated world of superstar performers.  According to Abbott and Costello, the name of the 2nd baseman is “What”, the 3rd baseman is “I don’t know” but if there ever was a question about “Who’s on 1st Bas(s)?, you will know the answer after Maestro Rotaru performs.

Who's On First Bas(s)?

The Vista Center for the Arts

William Yeh, Violin

Elizabeth Lee, Violin

2024 Seoul Philharmonic New Year’s Concert

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts

Traditionally, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra welcomes the New Year with an attractive and entertaining program in the festive atmosphere of the Wiesbaden Kurhaus - this time under the direction of the Portuguese conductor Nuno Coelho. The chief conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias and the South Korean violinist Bomsori Kim present a rousing musical program that combines French esprit, Spanish temperament and Mediterranean timbres.

New Year's Concert Wiesbaden

Kurhausplatz 1

Former concert master of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Nikki Choi performs with his brother Timothy Choi, Queen Elisabeth Silver Medal winner. They will perform with pianist Clayton Stephenson, finalist at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Two violins and piano

Rio Salado Park

The Symphony Orchestra, Camilla Kolchinsky Orchestra, El Camino Wind Orchestra, and Honors Wind Ensemble celebrate the holiday season with a festive program of dances, overtures, and suites.

Holiday Concert

California Theatre

PC Division Recital

PC Morning Recital

CAMA’s Masterseries season opens with a very special evening with Avi Avital and Hanzhi Wang, two virtuoso musicians performing together on instruments not normally expected to be part of a classical music recital. Mandolinist Avi Avital has been compared to Andrés Segovia for his championship of his instrument and to Jascha Heifetz for his incredible virtuosity. A passionate and explosively charismatic performer, his two exhilarating past performances for CAMA with the LA Chamber Orchestra (2018) and Les Violons du Roy (2021) confirmed that he is “a musician who recognizes no boundaries except those of good taste, and who has the artistry to persuade listeners to follow him anywhere.” (New York Times).

Acclaimed for her staggering virtuosity, Chinese-born Hanzhi Wang is the only accordionist ever to win a place on the roster of Young Concert Artists in its 60-year history and be named Musical America’s “New Artist of the Month.” A groundbreaking artist, she is an ambassador for her instrument and has been praised for her captivating stage presence and her masterful performances that display both passion and finesse.

Avi Avital, mandolin & Hanzhi Wang, accordion

Lobero Theatre

CAMA’s Masterseries season opens with a very special evening with Avi Avital and Hanzhi Wang, two virtuoso musicians performing together on instruments not normally expected to be part of a classical music recital. Mandolinist Avi Avital has been compared to Andrés Segovia for his championship of his instrument and to Jascha Heifetz for his incredible virtuosity. A passionate and explosively charismatic performer, his two exhilarating past performances for CAMA with the LA Chamber Orchestra (2018) and Les Violons du Roy (2021) confirmed that he is “a musician who recognizes no boundaries except those of good taste, and who has the artistry to persuade listeners to follow him anywhere.” (New York Times)

Acclaimed for her staggering virtuosity, Chinese-born Hanzhi Wang is the only accordionist ever to win a place on the roster of Young Concert Artists in its 60-year history and be named Musical America’s “New Artist of the Month.” A groundbreaking artist, she is an ambassador for her instrument and has been praised for her captivating stage presence and her masterful performances that display both passion and finesse.

Two trailblazing instrumental pioneers come together for a very special recital! Israeli-born mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital, well known to Cal Performances audiences, has charted new territory on his instrument with innovative programming and inspired collaborations. He performs with the young concert accordionist Hanzhi Wang in her Berkeley debut, exploring canonic repertoire by composers including Bach, Saint-Saëns, de Falla, Stravinsky, and Bartók, arranged for the duo’s unique instrumentation. “Every plucked sound from Avital’s fingers…radiates warmth and dazzling light” (The Times, London).

University of California, Berkeley

Violin Students of Elizabeth Chang

This program 0ffers a 300-year history of the orchestra and western music, with selections from the early 1700s (e.g. Handel’s Water Music) to popular movie scores. At the performance students will see and hear how the orchestra grew in size and sound, receive interesting facts about the composers and learn how their environment impacted their musical works.  Those in attendance will also see and hear a fabulous young violinist, Erica Nam.

“Back in My Day”

Florence Baptist Church

From poverty to prodigy, RACHEL BARTON PINE overcame incredible life challenges to become an internationally renowned soloist and passionate classical music advocate. Read Rachel’s incredible story here.

Pablo de Sarasate

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 28 - Aug 28, 2026

The Four Seasons, Gypsy Airs op.20 · Prague Music Orchestra

Jul 5, 2026

The 30th Shibuya Afternoon Concert · Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Aug 16, 2026

Program Ten • A Lasting Influence: Mozart’s Legacy · Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

29 - 30 Jan, 2027

David Robertson Conducts Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, & Orli Shaham · Utah Symphony

Past events

Jun 14, 2026

A Community Gift and Dream — for the Love of Music · Madison Symphony Orchestra

5 - 7 Jun, 2026

Dvorák & Firebird · Hartford Symphony Orchestra

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