2017–2018 Season
SEP 2017
- 14
- THU
- Cork, Ireland, Cork Opera House, 8.00 PM
- Lisa Hannigan performs some of my arrangements of her songs with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Andre de Ridder conducts.
- 17
- SUN
- New York, NY, 1 Rivington St., 7.00 PM
- Metropolis Ensemble presents “Piano Philharmonic”, a piano transcription series. David Kaplan and I play the four-hands version of Brahms’s first symphony.
- 17
- SUN
- Milan, Italy, Teatro Elfo Puccini, 9.00 PM
- Eighth blackbird gives Checkered Shade its Italian première.
- 17–18
- SUN-MON
- Clarksville, TN / Franklin, TN, Gateway Chamber Orchestra, 4.00 PM / 7.30 PM
- Gateway Chamber Orchestra performs Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno. Gregory Wolynec conducts.
- 26–27
- TUE-WED
- New York, NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 7.00 PM‑1.00 PM
- A complete performance of Satie’s infamous Vexations, lasting all night (and well into the following day). I’ll be performing a 20-minute segment at 2.20 AM.
- 29–30
- FRI-SAT
- Jacksonville, FL, Symphony Hall, 8.00 PM
- Jonathan Biss performs The Blind Banister with the Jacksonville Symphony. Courtney Lewis conducts.
OCT
- 1
- SUN
- Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA, Golden Bough Theater, 2.00 PM
- I’ll be playing some of my piano music at Philip Glass’s Days and Nights Festival in Big Sur.
- 17
- TUE
- Brooklyn, NY, San Damiano Mission, 7.00 PM
- “Especially guesting” with Anna & Elizabeth, and the wonderful string virtuosos Cleek Schrey and Liam Byrne.
NOV
- 6
- MON
- London, UK, Milton Court, 7.30 PM
- Decoda (specifically: David Kaplan and Yonah Zur) perform Words Fail.
- 9
- THU
- Sacramento, CA, Sacramento State University, 8.00 PM
- ACME performs my first string quartet, Thrive on Routine.
- 17, 19
- FRI, SUN
- Cottbus, DE, Staatstheater Cottbus, 8.00 PM / 7.00 PM
- I’ll perform The Blind Banister in Cottbus, Germany with the Philharmonisches Orchester. Evan Christ conducts.
- 18
- SAT
- Orlando, FL, Bob Carr Theater, 8.00 PM
- Jeffrey Kahane leads the Orlando Philharmonic in Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno.
- 18
- SAT
- Albany, NY, The Egg, 7.30 PM
- Cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Sleeping Giant’s ASH.
- 19
- SUN
- New Brunswick, NJ, Zimmerli Art Museum, 2.00 PM
- New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra performs Strong Language.
DEC
- 3
- SUN
- Los Angeles, CA, Zipper Hall, Colburn School, 7.00 PM
- Students of the Colburn School join the Los Angeles Philharmonic brass to perform Land Lines for triple brass quintet. Mark Lawrence conducts.
- 8
- FRI
- Washington, DC, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 7.30 PM
- KC Jukebox, a series curated by Mason Bates and featuring musicians from the National Symphony, presents Checkered Shade.
JAN 2018
- 5
- FRI
- Brooklyn, NY, Jalopy Theater, 8.00 PM
- Especially guesting on this show in Red Hook curated by anna rg. Also featuring Cleek Schrey, John Cohen, and more.
- 8
- MON
- New York, NY, Music Mondays, Advent Lutheran Church, 7.30 PM
- yMusic performs Safe Travels alongside works by Nico Muhly, Andrew Norman, and others TBA.
- 22
- MON
- Erie, PA, Penn State Erie, 12.00 PM
- The Inscape Chamber Orchestra performs Checkered Shade.
- 23
- TUE
- San Francisco, CA, Strand Theater, 8.30 PM
- Joining the wonderful L.A. Dance Project to play Glass for Benjamin Millepied’s Closer.
- 26
- FRI
- San Francisco, CA, Strand Theater, 8.30 PM
- I’m playing a solo piano recital of visually-inspired piece by Caroline Shaw, Eric Shanfield, Christopher Cerrone, and Janáçek.
FEB
- 2
- FRI
- San Francisco, CA, Herbst Theater, 7.30 PM
- Joining the Kronos Quartet in a celebration of Philip Glass.
- 4
- SUN
- Davis, CA, Unitarian Universalist Church , 7.00 PM
- Cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Small Wonder at the Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival.
- 7
- WED
- Ojai, CA, Healing In America, 7.30 PM
- Cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Small Wonder in beautiful Ojai, California.
- 9
- FRI
- Berkeley, CA, Zellerbach Hall, 8.00 PM
- Jonathan Biss plays The Blind Banister with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, which co-commissioned and premiered the work in 2015. Joshua Weilerstein conducts.
- 10
- SAT
- Santa Monica, CA, First Presbyterian Church, 3.00 PM
- Cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Small Wonder.
- 22
- THU
- North Bethesda, MD, The Mansion at Strathmore, 7.30 PM
- Cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Sleeping Giant’s ASH.
- 23
- FRI
- New York, NY, Jazz Gallery, 7.30/9.30 PM
- Very Especially Guesting with Becca Stevens.
- 24–25
- SAT-SUN
- Brooklyn, NY BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 8.00/3.00 PM
- Playing in Jonny Greenwood’s delicious score for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, with Wordless Music. (Note: second show added)
- 25
- SUN
- Beverly Hills, CA Steinway Piano Gallery, 2.00 PM
- Pianist Zhu Wang premières Moving Études, commissioned for him by Music Academy of the West.
- 26
- MON
- Santa Barbara, CA Hahn Hall, 7.00 PM
- Pianist Zhu Wang plays Moving Études, alongside works by Kapustin, Bach, Brahms, and Chopin.
- 28
- WED
- Chicago, IL Preston Bradley Hall, 12.15 PM
- Pianist Zhu Wang plays Moving Études, alongside works by Kapustin, Bach, Brahms, and Chopin.
MAR
- 3
- SAT
- New York, NY Steinway Hall, 7.00 PM
- Pianist Zhu Wang plays Moving Études, alongside works by Kapustin, Bach, Brahms, and Chopin.
- 9
- FRI
- Brooklyn, NY, Bargemusic, 8.00 PM
- Solo recital in NYC featuring music by Caroline Shaw, Chris Cerrone, Eric Shanfield, and Janáček.
- 9
- FRI
- Kennesaw, GA, Kennesaw State University, 8.00 PM
- ACME performs Thrive on Routine.
- 18
- SUN
- New York, NY, Weill Recital Hall, 2.00 PM
- Joining Hotel Elefant for a program of Armenian-inspired works by Mary Kouyoumdjian.
- 31
- SAT
- Miami, FL, New World Center, 7.30 PM
- John Adams leads the New World Symphony in The Blind Banister (featuring Jonathan Biss) and Ingram Marshall’s recent piano concerto Flow (which I’ll play).
APR
- 12
- THU
- Washington, DC, Blind Whino Arts Club, 8.00 PM
- Albany Symphony’s chamber contingent, Dogs of Desire, performs Sleeping Giant’s evening of songs with Theo Bleckmann. Part of the SHIFT Festival; free tickets.
- 21
- SAT
- New York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 7.00 PM
- World première of Upstate Obscura, a new cello concerto inspired by the Vanderlyn Panorama, for Inbal Segev and Metropolis Ensemble.
- 23
- MON
- Denver, CO, Newman Center, 7:30 PM
- Eighth blackbird performs the complete version of Sleeping Giant’s Hand Eye.
- 26
- THU
- New York, NY, Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, 6.30 and 9.00 PM
- The Schumann Quartet and pianist Gloria Chien perform my Piano Quintet. The later show will be broadcast live, and available for 72 hours thereafter, here.
- 27
- TUE
- London, UK, Milton Court, 7.30 PM
- David Kaplan and I play two-piano versions of two Russian warhorses, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
MAY
- 1
- TUE
- Hamburg, DE, Elbphilharmonie, 8.00 PM
- Stargaze performs my arrangement of David Bowie’s Dollar Days with singer Lætitia Sadier.
- 18
- FRI
- Brooklyn, NY, The Owl Music Parlor, 7.30 PM
- Solo set on this triple bill alongside Cassandra Jenkins and Aaron Roche. I’ll probably play some Ann Southam because why not?
- 25
- FRI
- Boston, MA, Harvard Athletic Complex, Arena Stage, 4.30 PM
- Joining Clarice Jensen and Grey McMurray in this program of Clarice’s original work, curated by Natalie Portman. Part of Boston Calling.
JUN
- 7
- THU
- London, UK, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 7.00 PM
- A very special performance of Reich’s Four Organs at St. Paul’s Cathedral, alongside James McVinnie, Nico Muhly, Eliza McCarthy, and Chris Thompson.
JUL
- 16
- MON
- Chicago, IL, Ravinia Festival, 6.00 PM
- The premiere of a big new Piano Trio written for Ravinia’s Steans Institute.
- 21
- SAT
- Fishtail, MT, Tippet Rise Festival, 11.00 AM
- The Dover String Quartet plays Early To Rise.
- 21
- SAT
- Fishtail, MT, Tippet Rise Festival, 6.30 PM
- Joining Gabriel and Jeffrey Kahane for a special evening of collaborative song & piano playing.
AUG
- 22
- WED
- Spokane, WA, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 7.00 PM
- The Spokane Symphony performs Word of Mouth, conducted by Morihiko Nakahara.
- 24
- FRI
- Chicago, IL, Ravinia Festival, 6.00 PM
- Two-piano extravaganza at Ravinia with David Kaplan, performing Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.