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2018–2019 Season

SEP 2018

OCT

• 9
• TUE
• Hamburg, Germany, Elbphil­har­monie Hamburg Kleiner Saal, 7.30 PM
• Joining the estimable Theo Bleck­mann and the Schumann Quartet for an evening of Charles Ives. I’ve made several new arrange­ments of Ives songs for the occasion.

• 17–19
• WED–FRI
• New York, NY, Winter Garden, 7.30 PM
• Playing music by Klaus Schulze and Brian Eno along­side Grey Mcmurray, Clarice Jensen, Angel Deradoo­rian, Frank LoCrasto, and Greg Fox.

• 30
• TUE
• Williamstown, MA, Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, 8.00 PM
• Solo show at Williams College. Program includes music by Caroline Shaw, Chris Cerrone, Eric Shan­field, and Janáçek.

NOV

• 10
• SAT
• New York, NY, Kaplan Pent­house, Lincoln Center, 10.30 PM
• Gabriel Kahane’s hosting one of the New York Phil­har­mon­ic’s “Nightcap” series, MC-ed by Nadia Sirota. I’ll join as pianist in music by Gabe (Works on Paper) and my To Whom it May Concern ft. the one and only Caroline Shaw.

• 13
• TUE
• Los Angeles, CA, Newman Hall, USC, 7.30 PM
• USC’s contem­po­rary music ensemble Thornton Edge, led by Don Crockett.

• 15
• THU
• San Fran­cisco, CA, ODC Theater, 8.00 PM
• The Living Earth Show, one of New Music’s least predictable duos, premières my new Für Elisse_ for electric guitar and quarter-tone vibraphone.

• 15
• THU
• Chicago, IL, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, 9.00 PM
• Fulcrum Point New Music presents John Corkill and Ross Lafleur perform­ing You Broke it, You Bought it.

• 16–18
• FRI–SUN
• Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Symphony Hall, 7.30 / 7.30 / 2.00 PM
• The Phoenix Symphony, led by Tito Muñoz, performs Every­thing Happens So Much.

• 24
• SAT
• Brooklyn, NY, The Owl Music Parlor, 7.30 PM
• An evening at Brook­lyn’s lovely Owl Music Parlor, along­side anna rg! This will be a fast & loose assem­blage rather than distinct sets. Some solo things, some duos, expect the unex­pected, etc. Includ­ing music by Robin Holcomb, Couperin, Ives, and Hobart Smith.

DEC

• 1
• SAT
• Williamstown, MA, Chapin Hall, 8.00 PM
• Students of Williams College perform Check­ered Shade.

• 22
• SAT
• Istanbul, Turkey, Borusan Sanat, 9.00 PM
• Katia & Marielle Labèque, Bryce Dessner, and David Chalmin perform a new arrange­ment of “Out of Shape” from Shy and Mighty for two pianos and two electric guitars. Also on the program: a new work by Thom Yorke, and music by Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.

JAN 2019

• 4–6
• FRI-SUN
• Houston, TX, Jones Hall, 8.00 / 8.00 / 2.30 PM
• Jeffrey Kahane leads the Houston Symphony in Para­phrase on Themes of Brian Eno.

• 18
• FRI
• San Fran­cisco, CA, San Fran­cisco Conser­va­tory, 4.00 PM
• The San Fran­cisco Contem­po­rary Music Players perform Some Connecti­cut Gospel. The program, curated by Ted Hearne, also includes music by Molly Joyce, Ingram Marshall, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Ted himself.

• 26
• SAT
• Torino, Italy, Rivo­liMu­sica, 9.00 PM
• Pianists Andrea Rebau­dengo and Emanuele Arciuli perform selec­tions from Shy and Mighty.

• 29
• TUE
• Miami, FL, Gusman Hall, Univer­sity of Miami, 8.00 PM
• Flutist Hannah Weiss performs Crashing Through Fences.

• 31
• THU
• New York, NY, New York City Ballet, 7.30 PM
• The première of a new ballet by Sufjan Stevens, with chore­og­ra­phy by Justin Peck; I helped Sufjan with the orches­tra­tions. The ballet runs through May 18.

FEB

• 7
• SAT
• Metz, France, Cité Musicale Metz, 8.00 PM
• Katia & Marielle Labèque, Bryce Dessner, and David Chalmin perform a new arrange­ment of “Out of Shape” from Shy and Mighty for two pianos and two electric guitars. Also on the program: a new work by Thom Yorke, and music by Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.

• 8
• SUN
• Nantes, France, Le Lieu Unique, 8.30 PM
• Katia & Marielle Labèque, Bryce Dessner, and David Chalmin perform a new arrange­ment of “Out of Shape” from Shy and Mighty for two pianos and two electric guitars. Also on the program: a new work by Thom Yorke, and music by Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.

• 28
• THU
• Orlando, FL, The Abbey, 7.30 PM
• Alterity Chamber Orches­tra performs Nightjar, along­side works by Tina Tallon, Andrew Norman, Jordan Nobles, Juan Andres Vegara Avilez and Chang Seok Choi.

MAR

• 3
• SUN
• Chatham Township, NJ, Lyrica Chamber Music, 3.00 PM
• Two pianos with David Kaplan, perform­ing Stravin­sky’s Rite of Spring.

• 14
• THU
• New York, NY, Neue Gallerie, 9.00 PM
• Joining vocalist Theo Bleck­mann at the beau­ti­ful Café Sabarsky.

• 22
• FRI
• Knoxville, TN, Big Ears, TBA
• Joining vocalist Theo Bleck­mann at the Big Ears Festival.

• 23
• SAT
• New York, NY, Kaplan Pent­house, Lincoln Center, 10.30 PM
• Return­ing to the New York Phil’s Nightcap series as pianist, this iter­a­tion curated by John Adams.

APR

• 5
• FRI
• Highland Park, IL, North Shore Congre­ga­tion, 7.00 PM
• The wonder­ful trio of Steans Insti­tute fellows who premièred my Piano Trio (Grace Clifford, Gabriel Martins, and Janice Carissa) take it on tour.

• 6
• SAT
• Highland Park, IL, Bennett Gordon Hall, Ravinia, 8.30 PM
• The wonder­ful trio of Steans Insti­tute fellows who premièred my Piano Trio (Grace Clifford, Gabriel Martins, and Janice Carissa) take it on tour.

• 7
• SUN
• New Brun­skwick, NJ, Zimmerli Art Museum, 2.00 PM
• Members of the New Brunswick Chamber Orches­tra perform Thrive on Routine.

• 7
• SUN
• Paris, France, Phil­har­monie de Paris, 8.30 PM
• Katia & Marielle Labèque, Bryce Dessner, and David Chalmin perform a new arrange­ment of “Out of Shape” from Shy and Mighty for two pianos and two electric guitars. Also on the program: a new work by Thom Yorke, and music by Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.

• 8
• MON
• Lyon, France, Orchestre National de Lyon, 8.00 PM
• Katia & Marielle Labèque, Bryce Dessner, and David Chalmin perform a new arrange­ment of “Out of Shape” from Shy and Mighty for two pianos and two electric guitars. Also on the program: a new work by Thom Yorke, and music by Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.

• 10
• WED
• Hamburg, Germany, Elbphil­har­monie, 9.00 PM
• Katia & Marielle Labèque, Bryce Dessner, and David Chalmin perform a new arrange­ment of “Out of Shape” from Shy and Mighty for two pianos and two electric guitars. Also on the program: a new work by Thom Yorke, and music by Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.

• 12
• FRI
• New York, NY, Rock­e­feller Univer­sity, 12.00 PM
• The wonder­ful trio of Steans Insti­tute fellows who premièred my Piano Trio (Grace Clifford, Gabriel Martins, and Janice Carissa) take it on tour.

• 14
• SUN
• Stamford, CT, Curios­ity Concerts, 12.00 PM
• The wonder­ful trio of Steans Insti­tute fellows who premièred my Piano Trio (Grace Clifford, Gabriel Martins, and Janice Carissa) take it on tour.

• 14
• SUN
• New Canaan, CT, Carriage Barn Arts Center, 4.00 PM
• The wonder­ful trio of Steans Insti­tute fellows who premièred my Piano Trio (Grace Clifford, Gabriel Martins, and Janice Carissa) take it on tour.

• 17
• WED
• New York, NY, 1 Riving­ton St., 7.00 PM
• Espe­cially guesting on a show hosted by jazz pianist Aaron Diehl. Part of Metrop­o­lis Ensem­ble’s Blue­prints Piano series.

• 26
• FRI
• Boston, MA, Harvard Music Society, 1.30 PM
• The wonder­ful trio of Steans Insti­tute fellows who premièred my Piano Trio (Grace Clifford, Gabriel Martins, and Janice Carissa) take it on tour.

MAY

• 3
• FRI
• Prov­i­dence, RI, The Music Mansion, 8.00 PM
• Pianist Donald Berman performs How can I live in your world of ideas?

• 9
• THU
• New York, NY, Neue Gallerie, 9.00 PM
• Joining vocalist Theo Bleck­mann at the beau­ti­ful Café Sabarsky, for a program of songs by Schumann, Strauss, Ives, Eisler, and Weill.

• 15
• WED
• Vienna, Austria, Konz­erthaus Schubert-Saal, 12.30 PM
• Pianist Emre Yavuz performs How can I live in your world of ideas? in Vienna, with readings by actress Sarah Viktoria Frick (themat­i­cally appropriate).

• 17–18
• FRI–SAT
• Paris, France, Phil­har­monie de Paris, 8.30 PM
• A complete perfor­mance of Philip Glass’s piano études, with ten pianists includ­ing Philip himself. I’ll be playing nos. 5 and 6.

• 28
• TUE
• Los Angeles, CA, Zipper Hall, Colburn School, 8.00 PM
• Jeffrey Kahane plays Moving Études on PianoSpheres.

• 31
• FRI
• Cottbus, Germany, Staat­sthe­ater Cottbus, 8.00 PM
• The première of Land Mass, a big new oratorio for chorus and orches­tra, written for Phil­har­monis­ches Orch­ester and Opern­chor Cottbus. Michael Wende­berg conducts.

• 31
• FRI
• Brooklyn, NY, Barge­mu­sic, 7.00 PM
• Pianist Donald Berman performs How can I live in your world of ideas?

JUN

• 1
• SAT
• Los Angeles, CA, BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 1.45 PM
• Machine, Learning, a new string quartet for the Calder Quartet will have its première on the LA Phil’s annual Noon to Midnight festival.

• 2
• SUN
• Cottbus, Germany, Staat­sthe­ater Cottbus, 7.00 PM
• The première of Land Mass, a big new oratorio for chorus and orches­tra, written for Phil­har­monis­ches Orch­ester and Opern­chor Cottbus. Michael Wende­berg conducts.

• 8
• SAT
• Chicago, IL, Ganz Hall at Roosevelt Univer­sity, 7.30 PM
• The intrepid Chicago Composers Orches­tra performs Word of Mouth.

• 20
• THU
• Katonah, NY, Caramoor, 7.00 PM
• Solo show at Caramoor’s very glam Spanish Court­yard. Program includes music by Caroline Shaw, Chris Cerrone, Eric Shan­field, and Janáçek.

• 25
• TUE
• Los Angeles, CA, Monk Space, 8.00 PM
• Bright­work New Music performs Trade Secrets.

JUL

• 26
• FRI
• Portland, OR Chamber Music North­west, 12.00 PM
• Jeffrey Kahane plays Moving Études.

AUG

• 2
• FRI
• Brooklyn, NY, Areté, 8.00 PM
• Record release show & party for Christo­pher Cerrone’s new album The Pieces That Fall To Earth. I’ll perform Cerrone’s Naomi Songs with Theo Bleck­mann, and Violin Sonata with Rachel Lee Priday.

• 11
• SUN
• La Jolla, CA, La Jolla Summer­Fest, 7.00 PM
• David Lang curates an evening of new chamber music; we’ll play pieces by Caroline Shaw, Christo­pher Cerrone, Gabriella Smith, and Lang himself.

• 15
• THU
• La Jolla, CA, La Jolla Summer­Fest, 7.00 PM
• “Music at an Exhi­bi­tion” featur­ing various interec­tions of music and visual arts. I’ll play selec­tions from Janáček’s On An Over­grown Path.

• 18
• SUN
• La Jolla, CA, La Jolla Summer­Fest, 7.00 PM
• Second David Lang-curated show, this time featur­ing music of Ted Hearne, Nina C. Young, Julia Wolfe, and my own Piano Trio.

• 18
• SUN
• Adelaide, Australia, Concor­dia College, 2.30 PM
• The Adelaide Wind Orches­tra presents a concert of contem­po­rary chamber music, includ­ing Crashing Through Fences.

• 23
• FRI
• Seoul, South Korea, Seoul Arts Center, 7.00 PM
• Début of the Azure Ensemble—Jiyun Han, Jo Whang, and Brian Hsu—playing Piano Trio.