Artistic powerhouses cellist Johannes Moser, "radiant playing" (The Baltimore Sun), and pianist Marc-André Hamelin, praised for his "Near superhuman technical prowess" (New York Times), join forces for a memorable and illuminating duo recital. They perform works by Hamelin himself and Nadia Boulanger, a paragon of 20th century classical music, plus sonatas by Debussy and Franck, two of the great masterworks of the cello-piano repertoire.  

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Johannes Moser, cello Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Johns Hopkins University

Critics have written of Quatuor Ébène performances that it's hard to imagine "playing at once more diverse and more brilliant than this… the possibilities of a string quartet were shown to be boundless" (Bachtrack). "The superb and intensely focused" (New York Times) French ensemble makes its Baltimore Debut with Mozart and Schnittke, and Grief's only complete quartet, one of this most expressive and richly textured works.  

Quatuor Ébène, (Baltimore Debut)

Following its momentous win at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Isidore String Quartet impresses with its “focus and command beyond its years…[and its] sweeping coherence and blazing virtuosity” (Violinist.com). The Quartet performs beloved works by Mozart and Mendelssohn, and a 2012 quartet by Billy Childs, one of music’s most versatile composers at home in both the jazz and Classical genres.

Isidore Quartet (Baltimore Debut)

“It’s difficult to avoid superlatives when writing about Mitsuko Uchida and Mark Padmore. Especially when it comes to Schubert” (New York Times). Leading experts in this music with a renowned partnership, these two superstars perform Schubert’s stirring song cycle Winterreise, a wintery journey of existential discovery. “Their rapport here seemed profound, a rare meeting of two great musical minds” (The Guardian).

Mark Padmore, tenor (Baltimore Debut) Mitsuko Uchida, piano (Baltimore Debut)

Ohlsson is a pianist of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Renowned as a leading exponent of the music of Frédéric Chopin, he commands an enormous repertoire and is known for "incredible technique with razor-sharp accuracy, producing a sound so lush it almost glistens" (Seattle Times). He performs an unforgettable program of Beethoven, Chopin, and Mamlok, plus Schubert's "Wanderer" fantasy, and energetic tour-de-force that soars with symphonic power.  

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Elegant flutist Brandon Patrick George, a “knockout musician with a gorgeous sound” (Philadelphia Inquirer) is joined by harpist Parker Ramsay, hailed as “remarkably special” (Gramophone) with an artistry that is “marked by a keen musical intelligence” (Wall Street Journal) for an unforgettable duo recital. Together they perform a lyrical program spanning centuries and continents.

Brandon Patrick George, flute (Baltimore Debut) Parker Ramsay, harp (Baltimore Debut)

University of Maryland

"A musician who delights in making her own rules" (The New Yorker), soprano Julia Bullock presents a brilliantly wide-ranging program.  She brings an arresting, often transformative emotional depth to songs both familiar and obscure with a voice that "rises with strength and focus like a cloud condensing into a thunderbolt, [breathing] both humanity and epic grace into the music" (New York Times).

Julia Bullock, soprano (Baltimore Recital Debut) Bretton Brown, piano

The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective is a “sparky, shape-shifting ensemble of starry young musicians” (Arts Desk). The Associate Ensemble of London’s renowned Wigmore Hall, its most recent recording was praised on The Times (London)’s and Gramophone’s ‘Best of 2022’ lists. The group’s U.S. debut features major quintets from two historical American composers, Amy Beach and Florence Price, both glorious works of lyricism and virtuosity.

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (U.S. Debut)

The Grammy winning Takács Quartet, "simply the best I have heard in concert" (The Guardian), returns to Shriver Hall with a program inspired by the natural world. A premiere by Nokuthula Ngwenyama, an American composer of Zimbabwean-Japanese heritage, is bookended by Haydn and Beethoven's Op. 59, No. 2 Quartet, conceived as the composer gazed at the stars contemplating the harmony of the spheres.  

Takács Quartet

Enjoy an afternoon getting to know the artistry of one of Peabody Conservatory’s top talents. Pianist Yilun Zu, winner of the 2023 Yale Gordon Competition, has already performed at Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall and New York’s Carnegie Hall, at numerous international music festivals, and on NPR’s prestigious From the Top program. She will dazzle with her artistry and virtuosity.

Yilun Xu, piano

Hailed as "the preeminent Bach pianist of our time" (The Guardian), Angela Hewitt is renowned for her landmark recordings of his work and for the "contrasts, clarity, and warmth she brings to [his] intellectual marvels" (The Times, London). The British-Canadian pianist returns to Shriver Hall with Bach's Goldberg Variations, the composer's crowning achievement for the keyboard, a masterpiece of deep ambition and dazzling creativity. 

Schriver Hall Concert Series

Apr 21, 2024

Johannes Moser, cello Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Apr 7, 2024

Quatuor Ébène, (Baltimore Debut)

Mar 30, 2024

Isidore Quartet (Baltimore Debut)

Mar 10, 2024

Mark Padmore, tenor (Baltimore Debut) Mitsuko Uchida, piano (Baltimore Debut)

Feb 4, 2024

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Schriver Hall Concert Series

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