Name: Winner of the 2025 Yale Gordon Competition
Start: 2026-01-31T15:00:00
Location: Johns Hopkins University

The Shriver Hall Concert Series is back with a remarkable lineup for the 2025-2026 season, featuring a blend of seasoned performers and emerging talents. From the youngest cellist to win Gold at the Tchaikovsky Competition to the imaginative pianist with a Grammy legacy, this series promises to enthrall audiences with diverse musical expressions. With a commitment to uplifting classical music, Shriver Hall will host recitals and orchestral performances that celebrate the resilience and creativity of renowned artists and young prodigies alike.

Celebrating a Symphony of Talent: The Shriver Hall Concert Series 2025-2026

The Shriver Hall Concert Series offers a captivating lineup for the 2025-2026 season, featuring a diverse array of performances by some of the most talented musicians in the world. From the enchanting cello and piano duos of Zlatomir Fung and Chaeyoung Park to the orchestral debut of the Sphinx Virtuosi, this season promises an unforgettable journey through classical and contemporary music. Join us as we explore the rich tapestry of performances that will grace the stages of Johns Hopkins University and beyond.

Exploring the 2025-2026 Shriver Hall Concert Series: A Journey of Artistic Excellence

The Shriver Hall Concert Series for 2025-2026 offers an extraordinary lineup, featuring acclaimed artists and captivating performances across a variety of styles. From Richard Goode's emotional piano renditions to the spirited orchestral debut of Sphinx Virtuosi, the series promises a feast for the senses. With standout performances by renowned musicians like Christian Tetzlaff and newcomers like Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, this season celebrates both the time-honored and the contemporary, creating a vibrant tapestry of musical experiences.

A Season of Musical Mastery: Shriver Hall Concert Series 2025-2026

The Shriver Hall Concert Series is set to dazzle Baltimore with an extraordinary lineup of events featuring Baltimore debuts, celebrated musicians, and vibrant performances. From the pioneering Sphinx Virtuosi to the captivating pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, this season promises unforgettable experiences that celebrate orchestral brilliance and solo recitals. Each event showcases unique talents and compositions, providing audiences with a rich tapestry of musical artistry. Join us as we delve into the standout performances that define this remarkable series, heralding a new era of classical music appreciation in Baltimore.

A Symphony of Strings: Celebrating Baltimore Musical Debuts and Masterpieces

The Shriver Hall Concert Series' 2025-2026 season promises an array of musical experiences, boasting both debuts and veteran performances by exceptional artists. Audiences will be treated to the pioneering Sphinx Virtuosi with cellist Sterling Elliott, the Abeo Quartet, and renowned artists like Edgar Meyer, Emanuel Ax, and Angela Hewitt. From orchestral innovations to classical recitals, this season offers a rich tapestry of performances that highlight the resilience of the human spirit and the timeless beauty of classical music.

A Season of Musical Excellence: Shriver Hall Concert Series 2025-2026

Shriver Hall Concert Series

One of the world’s most acclaimed violinists, Christian Tetzlaff, brings his “incisive brilliance and fierce elegance” (Chicago Tribune) to some of the most profound music ever written. The German virtuoso performs four of Bach’s revelatory works for solo violin, including the beloved Chaconne from Partita No. 2 — repertoire he has spent a lifetime exploring, recording, and performing in interpretations that “match Bach’s 18th-century ingenuity with passion and warmth in the here and now” (The New York Times).

Christian Tetzlaff, violin

Johns Hopkins University

The consummate pianist Emanuel Ax brings a lifetime of authority to every musical setting—whether as a soloist with the world’s leading orchestras, chamber musician, Grammy-winning recording artist, or recitalist. With “bountiful imagination, delicacy when called for and thundering power” (The New York Times) he returns to Shriver Hall performing essential repertoire including Schubert's powerful Sonata in A minor and a dazzling array of Chopin.

Emanuel Ax, piano

The leading classical musicians of tomorrow are training at the Peabody Institute today. The extraordinary young artist who wins the conservatory’s Yale Gordon Concerto Competition this year will preview classical music’s bright future in an intimate recital at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Winner of the 2025 Yale Gordon Competition

Twenty-one-year-old standout pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason — the third virtuoso of the Kanneh-Mason clan — has captivated audiences at the BBC Proms, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and London’s Wigmore Hall, performing “straight from the heart, with care, sparkle, and self-possession” (BBC Music Magazine). Her wide-ranging recital program reflects her curiosity, featuring works by composers showcased on her Spring 2025 debut solo album for Sony Classical.Twenty-one-year-old standout pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason — the third virtuoso of the Kanneh-Mason clan — has captivated audiences at the BBC Proms, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and London’s Wigmore Hall, performing “straight from the heart, with care, sparkle, and self-possession” (BBC Music Magazine). Her wide-ranging recital program reflects her curiosity, featuring works by composers showcased on her Spring 2025 debut solo album for Sony Classical.

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano (Baltimore Debut)

Globally lauded for her Baroque artistry, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt won the prestigious City of Leipzig Bach Medal in 2020 and The Daily Telegraph has praised her “crispness and clarity” and “exquisite precision.” Her mastery shines in a program of Baroque brilliance: two adventurous Bach works, the fiery virtuosity of Scarlatti, and Rameau’s elegant Suite No. 2 – her Hyperion recording of which The Times (London) hailed as “magnificent.”

Angela Hewitt, piano

With their “polished sonority and well-balanced, tightly synchronized ensemble” (Chicago Classical Review), the young Isidore Quartet has swiftly soared to prominence, winning the 2022 Banff Competition and a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Now, they present a new work written for them by foremost American composer and Grammy-winning jazz pianist Billy Childs. Jeremy Denk, “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs” (The New York Times) joins them for Schumann’s expansive Piano Quintet.

Isidore String Quartet Jeremy Denk, piano

An enticing selection of art songs spans familiar and overlooked repertoire from myriad styles, all rooted in great literature with settings of Walt Whitman, Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, and Strauss’s opulent Four Last Songs with texts by Hermann Hesse. South African soprano Golda Schultz, who has starred at the Opéra National de Paris, Metropolitan Opera, and BBC Proms, brings this program to life with her “remarkable depth and dimension” and “distinctively thrilling radiance” (Financial Times).

Golda Schultz, soprano (Baltimore Debut) Jonathan Ware, piano (Baltimore Debut)

Internationally renowned British cellist, Steven Isserlis CBE, praised for leaving listeners “in perpetual wonder at the ingredients in his art” (The Australian), performs a program suited to his brilliance and versatility. From the playful charm and innovation of Beethoven to Soviet composer Kabalevsky’s personal emotion to Czech trailblazer Kaprálová’s explosiveness, Isserlis embarks on a captivating journey for all who cherish cello and piano.

Winner of the 2025 Yale Gordon Competition

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