Violinist

Singer

Celebrating the art form of film scoring and cinematic music, Guest violinist Charles Yang, recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Award, has been described by the Boston Globe as one who “plays classical violin with the charisma of a rock star.” His amazing talent will be displayed through his performance of Kris Bowers’ For a Younger Self. The work explores the journey of a young protagonist as they overcome fear, stress, and self-doubt. The ASO will also perform works by John Williams, Herrmann, Korngold, and Schreker. Hear music from your favorite film composers and classic features such as Much Ado About Nothing.

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Masters of the Silver Screen

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center

Inspired by the distant and unknown, music by Dvořák and Puts bring faraway ideas close to home.

Exploring the Great Unknown

Baylor University

Time For Three performs Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts’ Contact, which was written for the ensemble and received two GRAMMY® Awards in 2023. Also on the program are lush orchestral suites drawn from ballets by Marin Goleminov and by Sergei Prokofiev.

Time for Three

Princeton University

Defying convention and boundaries, 2023 Grammy winner Time For Three stands at the busy intersection of Americana, modern pop and classical music. To experience Time For Three live is to hear various eras, styles and traditions of Western music fold in on themselves and emerge anew. Bonded by an uncommon blend of their instruments fused together with their voices, Charles Yang (violin, vocals), Nicolas “Nick” Kendall (violin, vocals) and Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals), have found a unique voice of expression to share with the world.

Time For Three

Kaufman Music Center

Defying convention and boundaries, Time For Three stands at the busy intersection of Americana, modern pop, and classical music. To experience Time For Three (TF3) live is to hear the various eras, styles, and traditions of Western music fold in on themselves and emerge anew.

Harvard University

The genre defying and highly acclaimed Time for Three trio performs a special program of high energy instrumental and vocal compositions including collaborations with members of the Napa Valley College Chorale and Napa High School Chamber Choir. Q&A with artists following performance.

Novack Concerts for Kids

Napa Valley College

The genre defying Time for Three trio performs a special program of high energy instrumental and vocal compositions including collaborations with members of the Napa Valley College Chorale and Napa High School Chamber Choir. Noted for their collaborations with artists as diverse as Ben Folds, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Bell, Aoife O’Donovan, Natasha Bedingfield, and Arlo Guthrie, Time for Three creates across the exciting intersection of classical music, Americana, and singer-songwriter traditions.

Time for Three - Let's Make Some Music

Join us for an exhilarating program featuring genre-defying string trio Time for Three. The group performs Kevin Puts’ Contact, which was written for them and draws inspiration from themes of reaching out and connection. Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’ programmatic fever dream, depicts a young artist’s journey through obsession and delirium.

Ohio Theatre

Join the Southwest Florida Symphony for a breathtaking evening of music that bridges the old and new. The night opens with the contemporary charm of Caroline Shaw's "Entr’acte," followed by the passionate strains of Ravel's "Tzigane" and the lively rhythms of Monti's "Csárdás." Experience a unique twist as violin virtuoso Charles Yang transforms modern classics like "House of the Rising Sun" and The Beatles' "Blackbird" into symphonic masterpieces. After an intermission, immerse yourself in the powerful and iconic notes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. This concert promises a harmonious blend of classical grandeur and modern flair, perfect for both seasoned enthusiasts and those new to the symphony experience. Don't miss this unforgettable evening where timeless music meets contemporary artistry!

Beethoven No. 5 & the British Invasion

Florida SouthWestern State College

Defying convention and boundaries, Time For Three stands at the busy intersection of Americana, modern pop, and classical music. In addition to their incredible arrangements of Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Led Zeppelin and others, the trio featuring Charles Yang (violin, vocals), Nicolas “Nick” Kendall (violin, vocals), and Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals), will present special arrangements of holiday favorites including The Christmas Song, Edelweiss, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and a special Hanukah MashUP.

Time for Three: Home for the Holidays

Spa Little Theatre

A symphonic journey that will transport you through time and space. The infectious high-energy artistry of Grammy-winning string trio Time for Three will have you on the edge of your seat with Contact—a triple concerto that explores the human experience—from acclaimed American composer Kevin Puts. Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances keeps the energy pulsating with its powerful and energetic rhythms. The pace mellows as the journey concludes with Georges Bizet’s L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2, evoking the sights and sounds of rural France, and Ravel’s haunting La Valse.

Musical E-Motion: featuring Time for Three

Granada Theatre

This is a symphonic journey that will transport you through time and space! The infectious high-energy artistry of Grammy®-winning string trio Time for Three will have you on the edge of your seat with Contact, a triple concerto that explores the human experience, from acclaimed American composer Kevin Puts. Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances keeps the energy pulsating with its powerful & energetic rhythms. The pace mellows as the journey concludes with Georges Bizet’s L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 evoking the sights and sounds of rural France and Ravel’s haunting La Valse.

Musical E-Motion

Ruth Reinhardt Conducts Bartók & Mendelssohn

Mayo Performing Arts Center

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

New Jersey Symphony: Ruth Reinhardt Conducts Bartók & Mendelssohn

2023 GRAMMY-winning ensemble Time For Three stands at the busy intersection of Americana, modern pop, and classical music, offering a blend of vocal and instrumental performances. This unforgettable concert with the full NHSO will dazzle classical music lovers and entrance first-time Symphony audiences.

Yale University

Journey to the Golden Era of Hollywood with the Lima Symphony Orchestra and crossover superstar Grammy-winning violinist Charles Yang. Experience the sounds that made the classics: the lush romanticism of Casablanca, the spine-tingling strings of Psycho, the haunting nostalgia of The Godfather, and the lyrical virtuosity of Korngold’s Violin Concerto.

Korngold and the Hollywood Sound

Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center

Time for Three returns to Indianapolis to perform Contact, an infectious concerto written for them by composer Kevin Puts. Conductor Kevin John Edusei makes his much-anticipated return with a program featuring Prokofiev’s epic Fifth Symphony.

Beethoven, Prokofiev & Time for Three

Hilbert Circle Theatre

Celebrate the last day of the Festival’s Summer Season at Alpha Omega Winery’s annual barbeque brunch, a beloved tradition—and always an unforgettable gathering.

Robin and Michelle Baggett welcome guests with their warm and heartfelt approach to appreciating the finer things in life. Their effortless hospitality ensures that visitors to their modern ranch-style Rutherford estate feel like family.

Season Finale Brunch at Alpha Omega

Alpha Omega

The 2023 GRAMMY® Award-winning trio Time for Three transcends traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy, and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. The musicians who make up this genre-defying group are extraordinary artists in their own right; together, they give stunningly original performances. Time for Three makes its Festival Napa Valley debut performing original compositions as well as ingenious mash-ups of hits ranging from the Beatles to Britney Spears, Guns N’ Roses, and beyond.

The Culinary Institute of America at Copia

The boundary-defying Time for Three joins the Orchestra in Kevin Puts’ Contact—a concerto written for the group—in addition to Stravinsky’s magical FirebirdSuite and audience-favorite Boléro in this Denève-led program.   

The Philadelphia Orchestra's distinctive sound returns to Bravo! Vail for its annual residency in July. The Fabulous Philadelphians are admired for a legacy of innovation and known for their keen ability to capture the hearts and imaginations of audiences

Denève Conducts Time for Three

Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater

Bluegrass, folk and hymns are the sounds of the vast American landscape.  Hear Barber’s bracing Second Essay for Orchestra followed by Higdon’s Smoky Mountains inspired Concerto 4-3. The orchestra continues through the High Plains in Thomson’s film score for The Plow That Broke the Plains and finishes the American tour with the “Simple Gifts” of Copland’s Appalachian Spring.

Appalachian Spring

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts

Genre-bending string trio Time for Three joins conductor Paolo Bortolameolli and the SF Symphony for a lively program highlighted by Kevin Puts’ SF Symphony co-commission Contact and Aaron Copland’s spirited El Salón México. Viennese operatic delicacies offer a luxuriant finale, including Richard Strauss' beloved Suite from Der Rosenkavalier.

Time for Three With The SF Symphony

Davies Symphony Hall

Guest conductor Akiko Fujimoto makes her debut with the Modesto Symphony this March, performing Walker's emotional Lyric for Strings and concluding with with Dvorak's lively Symphony No. 8. These two pieces bookend Korngold’s cinematic Violin Concerto in D Major performed by violinist Charles Yang, who returns to the MSO after last performing here in 2017 with the famed trio, Time for Three.

Charles Yang

Violinist, Singer

Events

5 - 6 Apr, 2024

Masters of the Silver Screen · Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Mar 21, 2024

Exploring the Great Unknown · Waco Symphony Orchestra

9 - 10 Mar, 2024

Time for Three · Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Mar 7, 2024

Time For Three ·

Feb 24, 2024

Time For Three · Celebrity Series of Boston

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