Composer

Tugan Sokhiev conducts Tchaikovsky’s youthful First Symphony, nicknamed Winter Dreams for its cozy evocation of Russian winters. Chopin’s exuberant Piano Concerto No. 1 features Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, described by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as “a one-woman powerhouse” who “stole the show.” Andrzej Panufnik’s Heroic Overture, composed in 1952, is a tribute to the courageous spirit of the Polish people.

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CSO at Wheaton: Chopin & Tchaikovsky

Symphony Center

Wheaton College

Settle in as the world’s most electrifying artists and ensembles converge at Davies Symphony Hall.

Yefim Bronfman

Davies Symphony Hall

Lang Lang is one of the biggest stars in classical music — and he’s coming back to Hayes Hall. He has played on stages around the world for adoring fans and foreign dignitaries alike, and he was even selected to perform in the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing. As an innovator and ambassador of classical music, Lang Lang is committed to invigorating new audiences to enjoy classical music and frequently collaborates with notable musical artists from other genres, such as Metallica and Pharrell Williams. For his performance at Artis—Naples, Lang Lang takes a seat at the piano to perform works by Schubert, Schumann and Chopin.

Lang Lang

Artis–Naples

Masterworks Series: Schumann and Chopin / Jeffrey Swann

Bargemusic

With a repertoire few can match, the formidable Yefim Bronfman showcases his seemingly infinite range on the piano.

Yefim Bronfman 2024

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Ever since its 1969 premiere, Jerome Robbins’ expansive masterwork Dances at a Gathering has held a special place in the repertory. Set to a suite of Chopin’s piano works, the ballet, performed on a bare stage, is a pure dance depiction of the romantic, comic, and communal interactions between the performers onstage, who, while not specifically characterized, express aspects of their personalities and spirituality through classical steps occasionally inflected with folk influences. The ballet is joined by another deeply romantic work: Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet is, as the title suggests, a four-movement ballet that vividly evokes the elegance of the Austro-Hungarian empire, with Schoenberg’s orchestrations of Brahms’s music adding a subtle veneer of modernity.

Masters at Work

Lincoln Center

The Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Raphael Jiménez, features Oberlin Conservatory musicians playing concert works. This program features 2023-2024 Senior Concerto Competition winner Jiongli Wang, piano as well as a world premiere by Conservatory fourth-year Cashel Day-Lewis.

May Concert: Oberlin Chamber Orchestra

Oberlin College

Soprano Larisa Martinez and violinist Joshua Bell present a new concert program, Voice and the Violin, an evening of beloved romantic arias and modern classics.

In a statement, Martinez and Bell said, “Our concept for the ‘Voice and the Violin’ program began during the pandemic, while we were quarantined and finding new ways to collaborate and enjoy music together. Although finding repertoire written specifically for violin and voice can be a challenge, we discovered and fell in love with these gems featured in tonight’s performance."

Voice & the Violin: Joshua Bell & Larisa Martinez

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Two of today’s most exceptional young artists, both Avery Fisher Award recipients, offer a delightful program including Brahms, Bartok, Say, Chopin & Stravinsky

Geneva Lewis, violin, and Evren Ozel, piano

The Town Hall

A pair of dances that illustrate two distinctive aspects of Jerome Robbins’ artistry highlight this diverse program. Interplay, first seen in 1945, features music by Morton Gould, and was described by one critic as “the foundation of an American mid-forties classic style.” Other Dances features just two dancers in a display of sweeping, occasionally folk-inflected ballet technique. The Robbins pieces are joined by newer works: Pam Tanowitz’s Gustave le Gray No. 1 is performed to a score for solo piano by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, its title a tribute to the 19th-century French artist known for his innovations in the nascent medium of photography. And Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit, his second dance for the Company, marked Peck’s first collaboration with the singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens.

Classic NYCB II

Bruce Liu captured the world’s attention in 2021, when he won the Gold Medal at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Bruce Liu, piano

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Spring Dance

Henry M. Gunn High School

An Evgeny Kissin recital is unfailingly an event, showcasing the Russian pianist’s “formidable blend of technical prowess and exploratory fervor” (San Francisco Chronicle). This season in Orchestra Hall, Kissin surveys the lyrical charm and invention of Beethoven’s Op. 90 Sonata, Brahms’ deeply melodic Four Ballades, Rachmaninov’s ruminative, jewel-like Moments musicaux and Prokofiev’s incisive and hard-driving Sonata No. 7.

Evgeny Kissin

While writing his masterful eighth symphony, Czech Dvořák told a friend that “melodies simply pour out of me.” Indeed, this symphony is perhaps Dvořák’s most melodic, from the rhapsodic first movement to the electrifying finale. Czech conductor Tomáš Netopil has paired the symphony with one of Dvořák’s lively Slavonic Dances, originally composed as piano duets to earn some cash early on in his career. Finally, pianist Lukáš Vondráček takes to the stage for Czech-tutored composer Chopin’s first piano concerto, written at the tender age of 20.

Dvořák’s Eighth: Dvořák and Chopin

Bass Performance Hall

Bruce Liu is an extraordinary pianist whose international reputation soared in 2021, when he won the First Prize at the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. Since then he has toured the world, sharing a spellbinding synthesis of his myriad cultural and artistic inspirations. His tender, attentive approach lends to an impressive range of expression and poignant articulation.

Bruce Liu

Stanford University

Born in Paris to Chinese parents, Bruce Liu grew up in Montreal, and took the classical music world by storm in 2021 when he won the First Prize at the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. Performances around the globe followed, as well as an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon.

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Following a meteoric rise “to rock-star status in the classical music world” (Globe and Mail) sparked by winning the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, Bruce Liu makes his much-anticipated Chicago debut. He brings to Symphony Center works by Liszt and Kapustin, inventive keyboard compositions by Rameau, Haydn’s delicate Sonata in B Minor and Chopin’s emotionally complex Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor.

We’re proud of our rich and diverse culture in Acadiana. Our music, food, traditions and pastimes are influenced by many cultures from all over the world, including those indigenous to South Louisiana. At this concert, we’ll explore the connection to our French and Acadian ancestors, through the lens of classical music, written by famous French composers, including visionaries like Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Gabriel Fauré. Guest artist and French piano virtuoso, Michel Bourdoncle will lead the ASO Chamber Ensemble in performing a repertoire that touches on French Impressionism, old-world traditions, and quintessential French melodies.

The Listening Room

Acadiana Center for the Arts

Eclectic Series: John Adams, Fazil Say, Berio, Scriabin, Janacek, Chopin / Meral Guneyman

Longtime Festival collaborator Kirill Gerstein, praised by The Guardian as “a peerless performer,” offers a rich Romantic recital program that includes Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantasy—a visionary work that, while writing 

Kirill Gerstein Piano Recital

New Mexico Museum of Art

Hailed by The Telegraph as “potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century,” Yevgeny Sudbin has performed several extraordinary concerts at Tippet Rise over the years and we are delighted to welcome him back for the fourth time. Sudbin will present a program of masterpieces from the mid-19th and early 20th centuries by composers and piano virtuosos Liszt, Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin, and Saint-Saëns.

Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

Tippet Rise Art Center

Week three of the Tippet Rise concert season features seven extraordinary artists, each celebrated for their virtuosity, and sought after for their performances around the world. Returning musicians include pianist Sterling Elliott, recipient of the Sphinx Organization’s 2024 Medal of Excellence and a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient; American violinist Jennifer Frautschi, a two-time Grammy nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient; and cellist Nina Lee, a longtime member of the Brentano String Quartet. Debuting artists include Hungarian-Nicaraguan-American violinist Abigél Králik; American violist Natalie Loughran, the First Prize winner at the 2021 Primrose International Viola Competition; Armenian-American violist Cara Pogossian, a current Masters student at the New England Conservatory; and American pianist Evren Ozel, the recipient of the 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Jennifer Frautschi, violin, Abigél Králik, violin, Natalie Loughran, viola, Cara Pogossian, viola, Sterling Elliott, cello, Nina Lee, cello, Evren Ozel, piano

The concert season at Tippet Rise concludes with a debut performance by cellist Camille Thomas alongside returning pianist Julien Brocal. Frequent collaborators, the two will play a mixed program of works by Chopin and August Franchomme, composers who were not only contemporaries during the early 19th century, but also close friends. Julien Brocal is also a longtime friend of Tippet Rise, having spent several weeks in residency here to record his 2018 album Reflections. We are delighted to welcome him back, and excited for new project that he and Camille Thomas will record at Tippet Rise this year.

Camille Thomas, cello, Julien Brocal, piano

With his Fifth Symphony, Shostakovich outwitted Soviet authorities with the finesse of a double agent. Threatened by Stalin’s regime, the composer skillfully appeased Soviet officials with this gripping work packed with triumphant Russian themes, but also subversive satire and daring irony. Chief conductor of the Ravinia Festival Marin Alsop also leads the CSO in a captivating work about Harriet Tubman and a beloved Chopin concerto featuring pianist Lukáš Vondráček.

Alsop & Vondráček

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chopin’s glittering First Piano Concerto captures the powerful feelings of youth. Written when he was 20, it’s a bold, unselfconscious journey of the heart and one of just two works he composed for orchestra.

Ingrid Fliter performs Chopin

Sydney Opera House

PC Morning Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Launching his tenure as the CSO’s Artist-in-Residence, Daniil Trifonov shows why he’s “arguably the mightiest of the under-40 generation of superstar pianists” (The New York Times). Trifonov’s virtuosity is given free rein in Tchaikovsky’s spellbinding works, the brooding, poetic waltzes of Chopin and the propulsive brilliance of Barber’s Sonata.

Daniil Trifonov

Brahms and Chopin

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

State Theatre New Jersey

Spotlight Artist Jan Lisiecki, one of the foremost interpreters of Chopin, brings to life the emotive depths of the composer’s First Piano Concerto. Revel in this romantic masterpiece, a blend of tender lyricism and technical brilliance. The concert concludes with Bruckner’s Symphony No. 1, a soul-stirring work that showcases the orchestra’s full dramatic range.

Lisiecki Plays Chopin

David Pecaut Square

Immerse yourself in a captivating evening of classical music as the Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents "Chopin and Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet" at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall. This enchanting concert, part of the Classic Series, will take place on Friday, March 14, 2025, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 2:00 pm. 

Experience the melodious beauty of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, brought to life by the extraordinary Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez, whose prodigious talent has been captivating audiences since her orchestral debut at the tender age of 6. The evening will also explore the depths of love and tragedy through Prokofiev’s stirring ballet music for Shakespeare’s timeless tale of star-crossed lovers, Romeo & Juliet. Additionally, the concert will feature Missy Mazzoli’s "These Worlds In Us," a poignant exploration of the intense memories that reside within each of us, adding a contemporary touch to the night’s repertoire.

The concert is expected to last approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including an intermission, and will be enhanced by Concert Comments, a pre-concert talk that begins one hour before each performance, offering deeper insights into the evening’s program.

Tickets for this must-see event will be available for individual purchase starting August 1, 2024, but can also be acquired as part of a Classic Series or Create Your Own Subscription for those looking to experience the full breadth of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s offerings. 

Join us for a night of unforgettable music that bridges the classical and the contemporary, celebrating the genius of Chopin, Prokofiev, and Mazzoli under the baton of conductor Daniela Candillari, with Gabriela Martinez as the featured pianist. This concert promises to be a highlight of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s season, showcasing the power of music to evoke the deepest emotions and most vivid imaginations.

Chopin and Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall

Don’t miss this chance to hear one of today’s fastest-rising stars, as Japanese pianist Mao Fujita celebrates the music of Mozart — whose complete sonatas he recorded — along with pieces by Beethoven and Chopin. “It was obvious from the very beginning,” writes The Guardian of his Wigmore Hall debut, “that he does have something personal and fresh to bring to these works.”

Mao Fujita

Severance Music Center is Cleveland’s home for symphonic music and other presentations, including Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Concert Hall and Reinberger Chamber Hall. We are strongly committed to making everyone feel welcome. The doors to Severance open three hours prior to most performances.

Andsnes in Recital

Severance Music Center

Join us for an unforgettable evening as The Cleveland Orchestra presents "Kissin in Recital" on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 7:30 PM. This exclusive performance will take place at the prestigious Mandel Concert Hall within the Severance Music Center, offering a unique opportunity to experience the world-renowned pianist, Evgeny Kissin, in an intimate setting.

The recital will feature a carefully curated selection of pieces that showcase Kissin's unparalleled mastery of the piano. The program includes Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 7, a series of Chopin's Nocturnes and Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military", as well as Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 2 and a selection of his Preludes and Fugues. This diverse repertoire promises an evening of emotional depth and technical brilliance, highlighting the extraordinary talent of Evgeny Kissin.

Severance Music Center is known for its commitment to accessibility and comfort, ensuring that all guests can enjoy the performance to the fullest. The venue offers wheelchair access and seating, infrared assistive listening devices for the deaf or hard of hearing, large print programs, and service animal accommodations, among other services. Parking is conveniently available at Case Western Reserve University's CWRU Lot 29 Campus Center Garage, located directly adjacent to the Severance Music Center.

Don't miss this chance to witness a musical genius at work. Subscribe now for "Kissin in Recital" and secure your seats for an evening of exquisite music that promises to be a highlight of the 2025 Miami Season.

Kissin in Recital

Evgeny Kissin’s recitals “evoke an earlier era of great Romantic pianism” (Boston Globe) with their “formidable blend of technical prowess and exploratory fervor” (San Francisco Chronicle). Mixing grandeur and intimacy, Kissin presents signature repertoire by Beethoven and Chopin, plus a set of Shostakovich selections, each strikingly vivid in character and mood.

In the Holland Festival 2025, The National Ballet pays tribute to pure, abstract dance. New for the company is Other Dances by the American grandmaster Jerome Robbins. This choreographic jewel is combined with two recent highlights: Ted Brandsen's The Chairman Dances and David Dawson's The Four Seasons .

Frédéric Chopin

Composer

Events

18 - 21 Apr, 2024

CSO at Wheaton: Chopin & Tchaikovsky · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Apr 21, 2024

Yefim Bronfman · San Francisco Symphony

Apr 23, 2024

Lang Lang · Naples Philharmonic

Apr 24, 2024

Masterworks Series: Schumann and Chopin / Jeffrey Swann · Bargemusic

Apr 24, 2024

Yefim Bronfman 2024 · Los Angeles Philharmonic

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