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Harpsichordist

Harry T. Burleigh was the first Black composer to be acclaimed for his concert songs as well as for his adaptations of African-American spirituals. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in New York, where his association and friendship with Antonín Dvořák inspired the Czech composer and then-director of the Conservatory to write his New World Symphony and “American” Quartet. ECCO—an ensemble featuring leading soloists and chamber musicians of today’s younger generation—illuminates the connections between Burleigh and Dvořák while collaborating with Israeli-born pianist Shai Wosner on a new concerto by MacArthur Fellow Vijay Iyer, co-commissioned by PCMS.

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ECCO
Shai Wosner, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

ECCO Shai Wosner, Piano

Inspiring PSC favorite returns with pianist Shai Wosner for the world premiere of composer/ jazz pianist Vijay Iyer’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, written for Shai Wosner and East Coast Chamber Orchestra, and co-commissioned by Peoples’ Symphony Concerts through a grant from the Roger Shapiro Fund and with support from Richard Replin and Elissa Stein,  Michael Hindus and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.

ECCO and Shai Wosner, piano *IYER WORLD PREMIERE

Washington Irving Campus

The critically acclaimed East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) is a collective of dynamic like-minded artists who convene for select periods each year to explore musical works and perform concerts of the highest artistic quality. Drawing from some of the world's finest orchestras, chamber groups, and young soloists, ECCO strives for vitality and musical integrity; a self-governing organization, each member is equal and has a voice in every step of the artistic process, from programming to performance. ECCO believes that the best musical experience can speak to all audiences regardless of age or socioeconomic background and performs accordingly across a wide range of venues. 

East Coast Chamber Orchestra And Shai Wosner, Piano

Washington Irving High School

With a celebrated career encompassing five decades, Pinchas Zukerman reigns as one of today’s most sought after and versatile musicians.  A prodigious talent recognized worldwide for his artistry, Zukerman has been an inspiration to young musicians throughout his adult life. In a continuing effort to motivate future generations through education and outreach, the renowned violin and viola soloist, conductor, and chamber musician teamed up in 2002 with four protégés to form a string quintet called the Zukerman Chamber Players. The quintet amassed an impressive international touring schedule with close to two hundred concerts and four discs on the CBC, Altara and Sony labels. 

Pinchas Zukerman Trio With Shai Wosner And Amanda Forsyth

Soka Performing Arts Center

Astrid Schween, cello and Shai Wosner, piano in works by Debussy, Britten and Brahms.

TLI Presents: Astrid Schween, cello, and Shai Wosner, piano

Tanglewood Music Center

Fresh off their win at the 2022 Banff International Quartet Competition, the Isidore Quartet have established their place as one of the most dynamic string quartets performing today. Along with the esteemed pianist Shai Wosner, they perform Brahms’s dramatic Piano Quintet in F minor.

Isidore Quartet & Shai Wosner

Shalin Liu Performance Center

Pianist Shai Wosner has attracted international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity, and creative insight. His performances of a broad range of repertoire – from Beethoven and Schubert to Ligeti and the music of today – reflect a degree of virtuosity and intellectual curiosity that has made him a favorite among audiences and critics, who note his “keen musical mind and deep musical soul” (NPR’s All Things Considered).
A “wanderer between worlds” (Lucerne Festival), “immensely talented” and “quietly powerful pianist” (New York Times), Swiss-born American Gilles Vonsattel is an artist of extraordinary versatility and originality. Recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the Naumburg and Geneva competitions as well as the 2016 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award, he has in recent years appeared with the Boston Symphony, Tanglewood, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, San Francisco Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Shai Wosner & Gilles Vonsattel: 2x4: Music for 2 Pianos 4 Hands

Kaufman Music Center

With the passing of Joseph Kalichstein in March 2022, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, one of history’s greatest chamber ensembles, lost its founding pianist of 45 years. The contribution of this esteemed ensemble to the art of the piano trio is inestimable, and the trio’s impact – as individuals as well – on generations of musicians has definitively guided the genre forward. CMS is honored to celebrate the KLR Trio and its late, beloved pianist, in a tribute concert featuring violinist Jaime Laredo, cellist Sharon Robinson, and close friends and colleagues of the trio and its members.

Celebrating Joseph Kalichstein and the KLR Trio

Lincoln Center

This concert follows the previous day’s screening of Martin Goldsmith’s deeply moving film Winter Journey. It includes works by composers who were silenced as victims of the Holocaust, as well as works performed by the Jüdischer Kulturbund.

Focus Residency: Winter Journey In Concert

Menlo School Campus

This Focus Residency takes its inspiration from writer Martin Goldsmith’s book The Inextinguishable Symphony, in which he shares the remarkable true story of his parents, Gunther Goldschmidt and Rosemarie Gumpert Goldschmidt. During the Nazi regime, they were members of the all-Jewish orchestra, the Jüdischer Kulturbund, a group maintained as a propaganda tool by the Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. The Goldschmidts’s participation in this group ultimately helped save their lives in Nazi Germany, and Goldsmith’s book inspired the making of a film, Winter Journey, which will be screened on March 25 preceding a Q&A with the author. The following day’s concert program features works for winds and piano, including works by composers who were silenced as victims of the Holocaust, as well as works performed by the Jüdischer Kulturbund.

Focus Residency: Winter Journey, Behind The Music (Movie Screening And Q&A)

Each instrumentation is unique; one memorable tune is heard after another; uplifting energy abounds; feats of virtuosity for violins, violas, cellos, oboes, trumpet, horns and harpsichord leap from the stage. All this and more can be found in Bach’s miraculous Brandenburg Concertos. CMS’s annual performances of these works, continually evolving with new casts of artists, is simply a New York tradition not to be missed.

Brandenburg Concertos

Starburst composer Jessie Montgomery draws inspiration from music that surrounded her while growing up in New York’s Lower East Side, including African American spirituals, civil rights anthems, improvisational styles, modern jazz, film scoring, and more.

Brahms & Dvořák

Ohio Theatre

Violinist Bella Hristova and pianist Shai Wosner present a recital program anchored by two violin sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whom Haydn proclaimed to be “much my superior.” The program also features two fantasies that highlight the celestial quality of these sonatas: Mozart’s Fantasy in C minor, completed by Robert Levin, and David Serkin Ludwig’s haunting Swan Song, the latter an homage to the fantasies of Franz Schubert.

Bella Hristova, Violin; Shai Wosner, Piano

Carte Blanche Concert III

The Overture Concerts feature International Program performers in collaboration with festival main-stage artists, providing a unique experience for audience members and musicians alike. This summer, International Program artists will perform across two concert programs side by side with violinists Bella Hristova, James Thompson, and Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violists Matthew Lipman and Paul Neubauer, cellist Mihai Marica, pianist Shai Wosner, and clarinetist Tommaso Lonquich.

This concert series functions as an “overture” to the future of chamber music: world-renowned festival artists share their knowledge, experience, and expertise with the burgeoning International Program musicians as they perform side by side. The artists collectively bridge the gap between the traditions of the past, the master performers of today, and the exciting musical possibilities of tomorrow. Please join us to experience the fruits of their collaboration and to witness a glimpse of the bright future of chamber music.

Schumann, Schubert And Suk

The Overture Concerts feature International Program performers in collaboration with festival main-stage artists, providing a unique experience for audience members and musicians alike. This summer, International Program artists will perform across two concert programs side by side with violinists Bella Hristova, James Thompson, and Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violists Matthew Lipman and Paul Neubauer, cellist Mihai Marica, pianist Shai Wosner, and clarinetist Tommaso Lonquich.

Overture Concert II Schumann, Schubert, And Suk

Schumann’s piano concerto, which demonstrates a stunning variety of musical
color, headlines a program featuring the robust, romantic sounds of Brahms,
Hindemith, and Schumann. The ASO Chorus joins the Symphony for Schicksalslied,
often considered Brahms’ greatest work for Chorus.

Shai Wosner

Pianist, Harpsichordist

Events

Nov 1, 2023

ECCO Shai Wosner, piano · Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Nov 1, 2023

ECCO Shai Wosner, Piano · East Coast Chamber Orchestra

Oct 28, 2023

ECCO and Shai Wosner, piano *IYER WORLD PREMIERE · People's Symphony Concerts

Oct 28, 2023

East Coast Chamber Orchestra And Shai Wosner, Piano · East Coast Chamber Orchestra

Oct 1, 2023

Pinchas Zukerman Trio With Shai Wosner And Amanda Forsyth · Soka Performing Arts Center

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