For the first time, Iceland, with the Harpa in Reykjavik, is participating in the European Concert Hall Organization's annual "Rising Stars" program, which sends young artists on tour through the continent's major concert halls. And with Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, a singer from the Nordic island nation was directly nominated. She loves the poetic, mystical traditions of her country and is currently performing brilliantly not only on the major opera stages in Basel and Berlin, but also realizing unusual projects as a photographer and video artist.

EPSG:4326

Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Soprano

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

A joint recital between beloved pianist and authoritative Ravel interpreter Gwendolyn Mok and Founder/Artistic Director Jeffrey LaDeur. Miroirs represents a landmark development in the evolution of Ravel's style, and each of the five pieces explores striking tonal and expressive territory that bear Ravel's unique musical signature. The individual pieces are each dedicated to a member of Ravel's circle, a counterculture artistic group known as "Les Apaches". One can imagine heady nights in Paris with the likes of Ravel, Ricardo Viñes, Tristan Klingsor, Emile Vuillermoz, and later, Stravinsky. From the elusive Noctuelles (Night Moths, undoubtedly a reference to the group) to the languid depths of Oiseaux tristes, the hypnotic waves of Une barque sur l'océan and the virtuoso fireworks of Alborada del gracioso, the cycle concludes with the evocative and placid La vallée des cloches.

Miroirs: Gwendolyn Mok & Jeffrey LaDeur

Old First Presbyterian Church

Mary Bevan released her debut solo disc, Voyages, in 2017 (with pianist Joseph Middleton on the Signum label), which explores the music of eminent French composers and the settings they wrote for the poems of Charles Baudelaire. For this recital, Mary revisits her favourite repertoire from Voyages, including songs by Duparc, Fauré, Debussy, Chabrier, and more, but this time, each song is paired with another by a female composer writing around the same time. In this way, the recital seeks to bring the female composers from out of the shadow of their male counterparts and restore them to their rightful places as composers of equal quality and interest.

TSM presents Bevan & Vignoles

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Masterworks Series: A Salon Evening of Color and Dance – Déodat de Séverac, Cécile Chaminade, Jacques Dupont, Joaquín Turina, Maurice Ravel, Emmanuel Chabrier / Sara Davis Buechner

Déodat de Séverac

Events

Past events

Jan 22, 2026

Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Soprano · Elbphilharmonie

Aug 24, 2025

Miroirs: Gwendolyn Mok & Jeffrey LaDeur · San Francisco International Piano Festival

About

Déodat de Séverac hasn't added a bio