Pianist

Scott Yoo and the visiting artists perform a culminating concert of the works featured on the Notable Encounters throughout the week.

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Scott Yoo & Guests Chamber Concert

Cuesta College

Scott Yoo hosts an evening of culinary and musical adventures at the beautiful Pavilion at Cypress Ridge in Arroyo Grande.  Join Scott and the artists for a tour behind Mozart's Piano Trio and Dohnanyi's Piano Quintet.  Throughout the evening you will learn about the composers' lives and histories, their musical influences, and gain a deeper understanding of the works in advance of Sunday's chamber concert.  Then after the presentation, enjoy a three-course dinner complete with Central Coast wines.

Notable Dinner: Mozart & Dohnanyi

Cypress Ridge Pavilion

Ring in the new year with a beloved tradition: the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. The program opens with an inspiring piece by composer and renowned violinist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, written as a greeting to the distant stars from—and about—humankind. Described by The Wall Street Journal as a pianist “who awes,” Anna Polonsky joins the orchestra for Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto. The second half of the concert comprises Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, an especially spirited work that Beethoven considered one of his finest.

New York String Orchestra

Carnegie Hall

Wonderful piano quartets of Mozart, Mendelssohn & Schumann with chamber stars Polonsky, Laredo, Pajaro-van de Stadt, and Robinson

ESPRESSIVO! Piano Quartet

Washington Irving Campus

Ensembles of Philharmonic musicians perform the music they love in an intimate setting. Hear the individual talents that make up the Orchestra and experience the passion and personality of the performers.

NY Ensembles at Merkin

Kaufman Music Center

Dedicated to the memory of founding Trio member/pianist Joseph Kalichstein, this performance unites the remaining two members of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio—Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson—with PCMS favorites Anna Polonsky and Nokuthula Ngwenyama. Featuring two of the most revered chamber music works in the canon, this special event also includes the Philadelphia premiere of Ngwenyama’s new work, Elegy. Co-commissioned by PCMS, Elegy was composed in response to the tragic events of spring 2020, including the killing of George Floyd.

Anna Polonsky, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola & Sharon Robinson, cello

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Peter Wiley, Cello and Anna Polonsky, Piano

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Lauded by Gramophone as “one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso cellists,” Johannes Moser debuts on the PCMS stage alongside the “consistently captivating” (Washington Post) Anna Polonsky. The program’s symmetry is not by chance; Webern’s Three Little Pieces balances the repertoire on either side of the concert, offering a palatecleanser—albeit one with its own quirky and fleeting tastes—between substantial works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Debussy.

Johannes Moser, cello & Anna Polonsky, piano

Festival 14

Central United Methodist Church

Desert Botanical Garden

Musical Instrument Museum

ASU Kerr

The Dover Quartet draws from the lineage of the distinguished Guarneri, Cleveland, and Vermeer quartets. Its members studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where they were mentored extensively by Shmuel Ashkenasi, James Dunham, Norman Fischer, Kenneth Goldsmith, Joseph Silverstein, Arnold Steinhardt, Michael Tree, and Peter Wiley. It was at Curtis that the Dover Quartet formed, and its name pays tribute to Dover Beach by fellow Curtis alumnus Samuel Barber.

Anna Polonsky is widely in demand as a soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared with the Moscow Virtuosi, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, and many others. Ms. Polonsky has collaborated with the Guarneri, Orion, Daedalus, and Shanghai Quartets, and with such musicians as Mitsuko Uchida, Yo-Yo Ma, David Shifrin, Richard Goode, Emanuel Ax, Arnold Steinhardt, Peter Wiley, and Jaime Laredo. She has performed chamber music at festivals such as Marlboro, Chamber Music Northwest, Seattle, Music@Menlo, Cartagena, Bard, and Caramoor, as well as at Bargemusic in New York City.

Festival Concert at Central UMC

Few ensembles in history have had the sustained artistry and success that the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio had for 45 years.  Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson are joined on this program by violist and composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama and pianist Anna Polonsky and will give the Arizona premiere of Elegy, an AFCM co-commission with several other presenters around the U.S. This concert will honor pianist Joseph Kalichstein, who passed away in March of 2022.

Concert Honoring Joseph Kalichstein

Tucson Convention Center

Jamie Laredo and Sharon Robinson are the remaining members of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. After four decades of success the world over, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike with its performances. Since making their debut at the White House for President Carter's Inauguration in January 1977, pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson have set the standard for performance of the piano trio literature, consistently bringing technical mastery, expressive depth, and magnetism to the concert stage. The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio balances the careers of three internationally-acclaimed soloists while making annual appearances at many of the world's major concert halls, commissioning spectacular new works, and maintaining an active recording agenda.


Anna Polonsky is widely in demand as a soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared with the Moscow Virtuosi, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, and many others. Ms. Polonsky has collaborated with the Guarneri, Orion, Daedalus, and Shanghai Quartets, and with such musicians as Mitsuko Uchida, Yo-Yo Ma, David Shifrin, Richard Goode, Emanuel Ax, Arnold Steinhardt, Peter Wiley, and Jaime Laredo.

Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson and friends with Anna Polonsky, piano, and Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

Sunset Center Theater

Chamber Concert: Mozart, Debussy & Dvorak

Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo

Join Scott Yoo for an interactive musical exploration of Dvorak's D major piano quartet. Throughout the evening you will learn about the composer, hear performances of some selections, and gain insight into the piece. The evening will conclude with a gourmet three-course dinner, complete with wines from Paso Robles winery <a>Kiamie Wine Cellars.

Notable Dinner: Dvorak Piano Quartet

Pavilion on the Lake

Join Scott Yoo as he presents a Notable Encounter Insight about Debussy's cello sonata.  In this informal, one-hour event, Scott and the musicians will discuss the history surrounding the piece, the composer's life and musical style, and perform selections from the work.

Anna Polonsky

Pianist

Events

Feb 25, 2024

Scott Yoo & Guests Chamber Concert · Festival Mozaic

Feb 24, 2024

Notable Dinner: Mozart & Dohnanyi · Festival Mozaic

Dec 28, 2023

New York String Orchestra · Carnegie Hall

Dec 16, 2023

ESPRESSIVO! Piano Quartet · People's Symphony Concerts

May 28, 2023

NY Ensembles at Merkin · New York Philharmonic

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