2016–2017 Season
SEP 2016
- 19
- MON
- New York, NY, Rockwood Music Hall, 7.00 PM
- I’m especially guesting on Sarah Goldfeather’s record release show.
- 27
- TUE
- New York, NY, Angel Orensanz Foundation, 8.00 PM
- In celebration of the wonderful Metropolis Ensemble’s 10th birthday, I’ll join them for jam-packed night of music including an excerpt from my Mozart Re-composition.
OCT
- 1
- SAT
- Los Angeles, CA, Walt Disney Concert Hall, 8.00 PM
- I’ll be premiering a beautiful new piano concerto by Ingram Marshall called Flow, with John Adams and the LA Phil New Music Group. This is part of a wildly interesting day of new music titled, fittingly, Noon to Midnight.
- 5
- WED
- Los Angeles, CA, USC Newman Hall, 7.30 PM
- USC’s resident ensemble Thornton Edge performs Trade Winds; Don Crockett conducts.
- 13–15
- THU–SAT
- Sarasota, FL, The Ringling, 7.00, 5.00, and 2.00 PM
- eighth blackbird performs Sleeping Giant’s Hand Eye.
- 19
- WED
- Brooklyn, NY, National Sawdust, 7.00 PM
- A duo show with violinist Yevgeny Kutik in celebration of the release of his new album, “Words Fail”. We’ll be playing music by Michael Gandolfi, Nico Muhly, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, and me. The first event in a series I’m curating at National Sawdust this year.
- 21
- MON
- East Lansing, MI, Cook Hall at Michigan State University, 8.00 PM
- Daniel Kirk conducts Some Connecticut Gospel.
- 24
- MON
- East Lansing, MI, Michigan State University, 7.30 PM
- The contemporary-music ensemble Musique 21 performs Some Connecticut Gospel. Kevin Sedatole conducts.
- 28
- FRI
- Annendale-on-Hudson, NY, Bard College Conservatory, 7.00 PM
- The Bard College Percussion Studio performs Crashing Through Fences.
NOV
- 3–4
- THU–FRI
- Portland, OR, Third Angle New Music, 7.30 PM
- Pianist Susan Smith performs How can I live in your world of ideas?
- 4
- FRI
- Miami, FL, New World Center, 9.00 PM
- New World Symphony fellows perform Running Theme; Dean Whiteside conducts.
- 4–5
- FRI–SAT
- Birmingham, AL, Jemison Concert Hall, 8.00 PM
- Jeffrey Kahane leads the Alabama Symphony in my Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno.
- 8
- TUE
- Exeter, NH, Phillips Exeter Academy, 7.00 PM
- eighth blackbird performs Hand Eye.
- 9
- WED
- Portland, OR, Lewis & Clark College, 7.30 PM
- Duo-pianists Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia perform selections from Shy and Mighty.
- 10
- THU
- New Orleans, LA, Cafe Istanbul, 7.30 PM
- New Orleans’s own Verspiel New Music collective performs Safe Travels.
- 15–19
- TUE–SAT
- Boston, MA, Symphony Hall, 8.00 PM
- The premiere of my new piece for the Boston Symphony, Everything Happens So Much. Performances on November 15, 17, 18, and 19 all accompanying heaps of Brahms.
- 18
- FRI
- Tilburg, NL, Theaters Tilburg, 8.30 PM
- eighth blackbird performs selections from Hand Eye including Checkered Shade.
- 19
- SAT
- Enschede, NL, Wilmink Theater, 8.00 PM
- eighth blackbird performs selections from Hand Eye including Checkered Shade.
- 19
- SAT
- Ottawa, ON, Mercury Lounge, 8.00 PM
- Members of the National Arts Center Orchestra performs Early to Rise and Safe Travels on their WolfGANG Sessions series.
- 20
- SUN
- Rotterdam, NL, De Doelen, Jurriaanse Hall, 8.15 PM
- eighth blackbird performs selections from Hand Eye including Checkered Shade.
DEC
- 2
- FRI
- New York, NY, Zankel Hall, 7.30 PM
- yMusic performs Safe Travels at Carnegie Hall, alongside premieres of new pieces by Caroline Shaw and Chris Thile.
- 8
- THU
- Brooklyn, NY, National Sawdust, 7.00 PM
- Chris Cerrone curates an evening on the New York Festival of Song. I’ll perform my Mirror Songs with Theo Bleckmann, as well as songs by Scott Wollschleger and Chris Cerrone with soprano Justine Aronson.
- 9
- FRI
- Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University, 7.30 PM
- David Kaplan and I perform John Adams’s delicious Grand Pianola Music with the Rutgers Wind Ensemble.
- 10
- SAT
- West Lafayette, IN, Perdue University, 8.00 PM
- Cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Sleeping Giant’s Ash, as well as solo suites by Bach.
JAN 2017
- 10
- TUE
- Durham, NC, Beyu Caffe, 7.30 PM
- Mallarmé Chamber Players perform Crashing Through Fences.
- 14
- SAT
- Cincinnati, OH, Taft Theater, 8.00 PM
- Performing The Blind Banister on this year’s Cincinnati Symphony MusicNOW festival; Matthias Pinstcher conducts.
- 25
- WED
- Berlin, DE, Philharmonie Chamber Music Hall, 8.00 PM
- I’ll join the Berlin Philharmonic Akademie to play The Blind Banister. John Adams conducts/curates.
- 29
- SUN
- Miami, FL, University of Miami, 8.00 PM
- Performing a concert of music by Steve Reich, including his new Quartet, with pianist Vicky Chow and percussionists Ian Rosenbaum and Svet Stoyanov.
FEB
- 4
- SAT
- Richmond, VA, Modlin Center for the Arts, 7.30 PM
- The complete Philip Glass etudes at the University of Richmond.
- 6
- MON
- Chapel Hill, NC, Carolina Performing Arts, 7.30 PM
- The complete Philip Glass etudes at UNC Chapel Hill.
- 6
- MON
- Chattanooga, TN, University of Tennessee Fine Arts Center, 7.30 PM
- eighth blackbird performs Sleeping Giant’s Hand Eye.
- 9–11
- THU–SAT
- Raleigh, NC, Meymandi Concert Hall, 7.30 PM/8.00 PM
- Grant Llewellyn leads the North Carolina Symphony in Everything Happens So Much.
- 13
- MON
- Brooklyn, NY, Roulette, 8.00 PM
- ACME performs Thrive on Routine, as well as music by Meredith Monk, Caroline Shaw, and Caleb Burhans.
- 25
- SAT
- Chapel Hill, NC, Memorial Hall at UNC Chapel Hill, 7.30 PM
- Grant Llewellyn leads the North Carolina Symphony in Everything Happens So Much.
- 25
- SAT
- London, UK, The Barbican, 7.30 PM
- David Kaplan and I join the Britten Sinfonia for the world premiere of Steady Hand, a new two-piano concerto. We’ll also perform John Adams’s Grand Pianola Music. Joana Carneiro conducts. UPDATE: Joana Carneiro just had triplets, so Benjamin Shwartz conducts.
MAR
- 12
- SUN
- Berkeley, CA, Cal Performances, 3.00 PM
- Pianist Jeffrey Kahane plays Heavy Sleep, as well as the west coast premiere of Gabriel Kahane’s Works on Paper.
- 18
- SAT
- Brooklyn, NY, National Sawdust, 7.00 PM
- A very rare and special performance of Work Songs with Becca Stevens, Gabriel Kahane, Ted Hearne, Nathan Koci, and Taylor Levine.
- 24
- FRI
- Knoxville, TN, Big Ears Festival, 4:30 PM
- ACME performs Thrive on Routine, Charlemagne Palestine’s Strumming Music, and music by Meredith Monk and Caroline Shaw.
- 31
- FRI
- Brooklyn, NY, Roulette, 8.00 PM
- The Argus Quartet performs short pieces by each of the Sleeping Giants, including my Early To Rise.
APR
- 1
- SAT
- Brooklyn, NY, BAM, 7.30 PM
- A big piano party at BAM for Bob Hurwitz’s retirement from Nonesuch Records. New music from John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Louis Andriessen, Donnacha Dennehy, Philip Glass, Adam Guettel, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Randy Newman, Steve Reich, and yours truly.
- 2
- SAT
- Katonah, NY, Caramoor, 3.00 PM
- The Argus Quartet performs short pieces by each of the Sleeping Giants, including my Early To Rise.
- 15
- SUN
- Waterbury Center, VT, Green Mountain Club, 7.00 PM
- Anne Decker leads Turn Music in Formal Conceits.
- 20–25
- THU–TUE
- New York, NY, David Geffen Hall, 7.30 PM/11.00 AM/8.00 PM/7:30 PM
- Jonathan Biss performs The Blind Banister with the New York Philharmonic. Courtney Lewis conducts. Performances on April 20, 21, 22, and 25.
- 29
- SAT
- Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University, 8.00 PM
- eighth blackbird performs Checkered Shade.
- 29
- SAT
- Louisville, KY, The Kentucky Center, 8.00 PM
- The Louisville Symphony, led by Teddy Abrams, plays Everything Happens So Much.
- 29
- SAT
- London, UK, The Barbican, 11.00 AM to midnight
- The annual Sound Unbound festival takes over the Barbican. David Kaplan and I perform a two-piano Rite of Spring at some point.
- 30
- SUN
- London, UK, The Barbican, 11.00 AM to midnight
- Sound Unbound continues at the Barbican; I’ll be performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue with the Britten Sinfonia.
MAY
- 1
- MON
- London, UK, The Barbican, 4.30 – 9.30 PM
- I’ll be joining an estimable group of musicians in a complete performance of Philip Glass’s epic Music In 12 Parts. This will mark the first complete performance of the work by a group other than the Philip Glass Ensemble.
- 14
- SUN
- W. 114th St.& Morningside Ave., New York, NY Morningside Park, 3.00 PM
Alarm Will Sound plays John Luther Adams’s Ten Thousand Birds; I’ll join in on celesta!Canceled due to rainy weather :(
- 15
- MON
- 20 Carlisle Road, London, UK, Iklectik Creative Space
- Pianist Zubin Kanga performs At The River.
- 18
- THU
- 85 N 15th St., Brooklyn, NY, The Mission
- Especially guesting with ACME to celebrate Philip Glass’s 80th birthday. I’ll be playing his Dance No. 4 on the organ.
- 21
- SUN
- Mt. Kisco, NY, Copland House, 3.00 PM
- Music from Copland House performs my Piano Quintet.
JUN
- 3
- SAT
- Brooklyn, NY National Sawdust, 7.00 PM
- New Vintage Baroque and tenor Owen McIntosh perform my new arrangements of Benjamin Britten’s Folk Songs.
- 4
- SUN
- Dayton, OH Schuster Center, 3.00 PM
- The Dayton Philharmonic performs Sleeping Giant’s re-written Mozart Requiem.
- 7
- WED
- Brooklyn, NY National Sawdust, 7.00 PM
- The excellent percussion quartet Sandbox Percussion plays my Austerity Measures and Chris Cerrone’s Goldbeater’s Skin, both in their New York premieres.
- 17
- SAT
- Santa Barbara, CA Music Academy of the West, Hahn Hall, 7.30 PM
- The west coast première of Land Lines for triple brass quintet at Music Academy of the West. Mark H. Lawrence conducts.
- 17
- SAT
- Brooklyn, NY National Sawdust, 7.00 PM
- David Kaplan and I celebrate the 10th birthday of Shy and Mighty, an hour-long two piano extravaganza.
- 17
- SAT
- Eau Claire, WI Eaux Claires Festival, 8.30 PM
- Paul Simon and yMusic perform specially-commissioned new arrangements together, including my rendition of “That’s Where I Belong”.
- 23
- FRI
- Sarasota, FL Sarasota Opera House, 8.00 PM
- YMusic performs Safe Travels on the Sarasota Music Festival.
- 24
- SAT
- Sarasota, FL Sarasota Opera House, 8.00 PM
- Jeffrey Kahane conducts Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno with the Sarasota Orchestra.
JUL
AUG
- 1
- TUE
- Santa Barbara, CA Music Academy of the West, Lobero Theater, 7.30 PM
- The west coast première of Tides and Currents. I’ll join Music Academy faculty Conor Hanick, Daniel Druckman, and Michael Werner.
- 11
- FRI
- Fishtail, MT Tippet Rise Festival, Olivier Music Barn, 6.30 PM
- Pianist Jeffrey Kahane plays Heavy Sleep.