Put Eastman School of Music’s world-class string quartet-in-residence, the Ying Quartet, together in a room with Rochester’s award-winning masters of motion theatre, PUSH Physical Theatre, and what do you get? “Creative Collision is what we’re calling it,” says PUSH Co-Founder/Co-Director Darren Stevenson. “It’s something that can happen only when both groups are fully open to…
On the heels of famed violinist Leila Josefowicz gracing Eastman’s stage this fall, comes a series of Violin Masterclasses, bringing four of the top violin professors in the United States to the Eastman School of Music. These spring master classes include: Ida Kavafian on Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Miriam…
The Fernando Laires Piano Series presents Lilya Zilberstein on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Zilberstein will be performing Scriabin’s Sonata in F# Minor No. 3, Op. 23; Rachmaninoff’s Six moments musicaux; and Beethoven’s 24 Variations on Venni Amore by Vincenzio Righini as well as Sonata No. 23, Op. 57, Appassionata. Martha Argerich…
The Fernando Laires Piano Series presents Beatrice Rana on Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. It is this young artist’s highly anticipated return to Eastman. Rana’s performance consists of: Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 25; Ravel’s Miroirs, and Stravinsky/Agosti’s The Firebird. Gramophone’s 2017 “Young Artist of the…
On Friday, March 8, 2019 at 12 p.m., the Jupiter String Quartet presents a free recital at the Eastman School of Music in Hatch Hall as part of the James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency. Established in 2014, the Residency aims to provide Eastman student ensembles with intense, up-close exposure to the playing and teaching…
Four Eastman School of Music alumni, Steve Gadd, Rob Paterson, Karim Sulayman, and D.J Sparr were winners in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 61st GRAMMY Awards, Sunday February 10. Steve Gadd (BM68) won the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for The Steve Gadd Band. Often cited as one of the most influential…
Pianist and Eastman School of Music student Jenny Chen will perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 21, at 8 p.m., as part of the Eastman Presents in New York series sponsored by the George D. and Freida B. Abraham Foundation. Chen’s upcoming performance at Carnegie Hall features virtuosic compositions from…
Eastman School of Music announces Grammy-award winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, together with pianist Bradley Moore on Sunday, February 10, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. An artist in the highest echelon of international performers, Susan Graham’s operatic roles span four centuries, from Monteverdi’s Poppea to Sister Helen Prejean…
Two student ensembles have been chosen to represent the Eastman School of Music in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, February 18, at 6:00 p.m. Representing the richness of the chamber music program at Eastman,one group represents a traditional chamber music idiom, the string quartet; the…