2023–2024 Season
AUG 2023
- 4–5
- FRI–SAT
- Albuquerque, NM, Chatter ABQ, 9.00 pm
- Flutist Jesse Tatum and pianist Luke Gullickson perform Steady Gaze.
- 24
- THU
- Moab, UT, Moab Music Festival, 7.00 pm
- The Moab Music Festival kicks off with an evening of (mostly) contemporary music, including my own Fast Flows the River, which I’ll perform with cellist Ashley Bathgate.
- 25
- FRI
- Moab, UT, Moab Music Festival, 7.00 pm
- American minimalism features heavily at this year’s Moab Music Festival. This program includes the premiere of my new quartet for violin, clarinet, cello, and piano, Tooth and Claw. I’ll also perform the solo piano suite I Still Play.
- 27
- SUN
- Moab, UT, Moab Music Festival, 5.00 pm
- In what is surely its fluvial premiere, my 2020 clarinet quintet House Work will be performed on a barge floating down the Colorado River.
SEP
- 1
- FRI
- Albuquerque, NM, Chatter ABQ, 9.00 pm
- Piano duo with my old friend Judith Gordon. We’ll perform works by John Adams and Nathan Felix, as well as excerpts from Shy and Mighty and I Still Play.
- 2
- SAT
- Santa Fe, NM, Chatter North, 10.30 am
- Joining my Chatter friends for a program of Brahms’s clarinet trio, alongside my new clarinet quartet Tooth and Claw and violin solo Three Suns.
- 3
- SUN
- Albuquerque, NM, Chatter ABQ, 10.30 am
- Joining my Chatter friends for a program of Brahms’s clarinet trio, alongside my new clarinet quartet Tooth and Claw and violin solo Three Suns.
- 30
- SAT
- Danbury, CT, Western CT State University, 3.00 pm
- Pianist Russell Hirshfield premieres Colorful History, a big chaconne for solo piano, which he commissioned in 2021.
OCT
- 6
- FRI
- Costa Mesa, CA, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 7.30 pm
- Premiering The Great Span, a big new piano quintet, with the wonderful Calder Quartet. Also on the program: music by Ann Southam, Julius Eastman, Schubert, and my 2019 quartet Machine, Learning.
- 7
- SAT
- Seattle, WA, The Sound Ensemble, 7.00 pm
- The Sound Ensemble performs Checkered Shade.
- 8
- SUN
- Albuquerque, NM, Chamber Music Albuquerque, 3.00 pm
- A program with the wonderful Calder Quartet, featuring the premiere performances of The Great Span, a big new piano quintet. Also on the bill: music by Ann Southam, Julius Eastman, Schubert, and my 2019 quartet Machine, Learning.
- 10
- TUE
- San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Performances, 7.30 pm
- A program with the wonderful Calder Quartet, featuring the premiere performances of The Great Span, a big new piano quintet. Also on the bill: music by Ann Southam, Julius Eastman, Schubert, and my 2019 quartet Machine, Learning.
- 19
- THU
- Belfast, Northern Ireland Queens University Belfast, 1.00 pm
- Flutist Lina Andonovska and percussionist Alex Petcu perform Crashing Through Fences.
NOV
- 2
- THU
- London, UK, St. Martin in the Fields, 7.30 pm
- The excellent pianist George Fu performs Clear and Cold, alongside music by Freya Waley-Cohen, Debussy, and Ravel.
- 5
- SUN
- Chicago, IL, Chicago Humanities Festival, 7.00 pm
- I’ll be performing a program of Philip Glass piano etudes to celebrate the release of this new special edition. Then WNYC’s redoubtable John Schaefer and I will have a conversation about them.
- 19–20
- SUN–MON
- New York, NY, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, 7.00 pm / 8.00 pm
- A rare performance of the complete Philip Glass piano etudes, to celebrate the release of this new special edition. I’ll be joining a stellar lineup of pianists, including Maki Namekawa, Ursula Oppens, Inon Barnatan, and Nico Muhly.
DEC
JAN 2024
- 24–25
- WED–THU
- Vancouver, BC, PuSh Arts Festival/Music On Main, 7.00 pm/8.00
- Pianist Adam Tendler performs his Inheritances commissions, including my An Open Book.
FEB
- –18
- FRI–SUN
- Chicago, IL, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- The Justin Peck & Jackie Sibblies Drury show Illinoise, for which I orchestrated the eponymous album by Sufjan Stevens, comes to—where else?—Chicago. Runs January 28–February 18.
- 5
- MON
- Portland, OR, Oregon Symphony Open Music, 7.30 pm
- Joining my dear friend Gabriel Kahane for the Timo episode of his series of portrait concerts at the Oregon Symphony. The program will include chamber music, solo piano music, some songs, and lively conversation.
- 9
- FRI
- Salem, OR, Oregon Symphony, 7.30 pm
- Performing my third piano concerto The Blind Banister with the Oregon Symphony.
- 10–12
- SAT–MON
- Portland, OR, Oregon Symphony, 7.30 pm, 2.00 pm, 7.30 pm
- Performing my third piano concerto The Blind Banister with the Oregon Symphony.
- 13
- TUE
- Vancouver, BC, Music on Main, 7.30 pm
- A recital of American music at the Fox Cabaret: Holcomb, Ellington, Gabriella Smith, Rzewski, Copland, Glass, and a new work called Fiddlehead.
- 18
- SUN
- Chatham Township, NJ Lyrica Chamber Music, 3.00 pm
- Vocalist Ariadne Greif, percussionist Ian Rosenbaum, and flutist Catherine Gregory premiere my short song Memory, to a text by Theodore Roethke, which Catherine commissioned as part of her Just Breathe project.
- 23
- FRI
- New York, NY, Zankel Hall Center Stage, 7.30 pm
- Carnegie Hall solo debut alert! A recital of some of my favorite American piano music: Holcomb, Ellington, Gabriella Smith, Rzewski, Copland, Glass, and a new work, Fiddlehead, commissioned by Carnegie Hall.
MAR
- 2–26
- SAT–SAT
- New York, NY, Park Avenue Armory
- The Justin Peck & Jackie Sibblies Drury show Illinoise, for which I orchestrated the eponymous album by Sufjan Stevens, makes its New York City debut. Addendum: the run has been extended through March 26.
- 19
- TUE
- Los Angeles, CA, Walt Disney Concert Hall, 8.00 pm
- Joining fellow pianists Maki Namekawa, Jenny Lin, Lara Downes, and Anton Batagov for a complete performance of Philip Glass’s Etudes.
- 22–24
- FRI–SUN
- Los Angeles, CA, Walt Disney Concert Hall, 11.00 am, 8.00 pm, 2.00 pm
- The world premiere of a new piano concerto, Made of Tunes, written for the stupendous Aaron Diehl. John Adams conducts.
APR
- 2
- TUE
- Napa, CA, Chamber Music Napa, 7.30 pm
- A program with the wonderful Calder Quartet, featuring the premiere performances of The Great Span, a big new piano quintet. Also on the bill: music by Ann Southam, Julius Eastman, Schubert, and my 2019 quartet Machine, Learning.
- 5
- FRI
- Örebro, Sweden, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, 7.00 pm
- Simon Crawford-Philips performs The Blind Banister; Pekka Kuusisto conducts.
- 13
- SAT
- College Park, MD, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, 8.00 pm
- Joining my friends Alarm Will Sound for a performance of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians.
- 14
- SUN
- Philadelphia, PA, Penn Live Arts, 7.00 pm
- Joining my friends Alarm Will Sound for a performance of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians.
- 24
- WED
- New York, NY, St. James Theater
- The Justin Peck & Jackie Sibblies Drury dance musical Illinoise, for which I orchestrated and arranged the eponymous album by Sufjan Stevens, transfers to Broadway, at the St. James Theater. Runs through August 10.
MAY
- 7
- TUE
- Houston, TX, The Menil Collection, 7.30 pm
- Pianist Adam Tendler performs his Inheritances commissions, including my An Open Book.
- 11
- SAT
- Maplewood, NJ, Seedless Variety Series, 7.00 pm
- Last minute solo recital house concert alert! Presented by Drift Afield as part of their “Seedless Variety” series. It’ll be salon-style and sooo intimate.
- 30
- THU
- Paris, France, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, 8.00 pm
- Jonathan Biss performs The Blind Banister; Pekka Kuusisto conducts.
JUN
- 1
- SAT
- Santa Fe, NM, Chatter North, 10:30am
- Flutist Jesse Tatum and pianist Luke Gullickson perform Steady Gaze.
- 2
- SUN
- Albuquerque, NM, Chatter ABQ, 10:30am
- Flutist Jesse Tatum and pianist Luke Gullickson perform Steady Gaze.
JUL
- 4
- THU
- Brunswick, ME, Bowdoin International Music Festival, 7.30 pm
- Percussionist Jack Fischer performs Listen to the Radio a Lot.
- 6
- SAT
- Chicago, IL, Ravinia Steans Music Institute, 12.30 pm
- Violinist Midori and musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute perform my 2010 work for two violins and piano, Clamber Music.
- 11
- THU
- Santa Barbara, CA, Music Academy of the West, 7.30 pm
- Pianist Conor Hanick and fellows of the Music Academy of the West perform Some Connecticut Gospel.
- 12
- FRI
- Santa Barbara, CA, Music Academy of the West, 3.30 pm
- Teaching a piano masterclass with piano fellows at Music Academy of the West. Open to the public.
- 13
- SAT
- Santa Barbara, CA, Music Academy of the West, 7.00 pm
- Joining pianist Conor Hanick and piano fellows at Music Academy for a complete performance of Philip Glass’s Etudes.