Professor David Lang receives 2013 Doris Duke Award
Awards recognize twenty vital American contemporary artists On April 29, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation recognized twenty of America’s most vital artists working in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz, and theatre. David Lang ’89DMA, a faculty member of the School of Music, is among the 2013 recipients. Lang will receive an unrestricted, multi-year grant, [...]
Guitar Chamber Music Recital Presents the Classic and the Modern
On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 8 pm, the students of guitarist Benjamin Verdery will perform a concert of Guitar Chamber Music. The event will include classic and contemporary works, including the Yale premiere of a piece by Verdery himself. Other composers featured on the program include Leo Brouwer, Napoléon Coste, Jindřich Feld, and Manuel De Falla. Brouwer’s Per [...]
New Music New Haven features faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis in Apr. 30 concert
Correction 4/15/2013: This concert will take place at Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange Street, New Haven. Kernis draws inspiration from the Italian Renaissance in his “da L’Arte dalla Dansar” The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The concert features faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis and his 2011 piece da L’Arte della Danssar, written for the [...]
Yale Opera performs Tchaikovsky rarity May 3–4
Michael Gieleta directs, Timothy Shaindlin is musical director The Yale Opera program at the Yale School of Music presents Tchaikovsky’s one-act opera Iolanta on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at 8 pm. The “richly melodious opera” (New York Times) was a great success upon its premiere; its fairytale plot features a blind princess growing up in [...]
Concert features complete Brahms piano quartets April 2
Performed by Boris Berman, Julie Eskar, Ettore Causa, Clive Greensmith The Yale School of Music presents a performance of the complete Brahms quartets for piano and strings on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Pianist Boris Berman, guest violinist Julie Eskar, violist Ettore Causa, and cellist Clive Greensmith (of the Tokyo String Quartet) will join forces for [...]
Concert features music of the Russian Thaw April 7
Note: This concert was originally scheduled for February 10 and was postponed due to the blizzard. Lecture-recital includes music by Denisov, Pärt, Schnittke, and more Boris Berman, professor of piano at the Yale School of Music, will perform music from the “Russian Thaw” the evening of Sunday, April 7. The Thaw was a period of relative liberalization of Soviet [...]
Yale in New York presents “Serenade and Metamorphosis” in New York and New Haven
Concert includes a world premiere by Matthew Barnson ’12DMA The Yale School of Music and the Yale in New York concert series present “Serenade and Metamorphosis,” a program celebrating the tradition of the instrumental serenade. Concertmaster Ani Kavafian will lead an ensemble of fellow faculty as well as alumni and student string players. The concert [...]
Wei-Yi Yang, Karen von Kunes explore Czech music and literature April 1
Wei-Yi Yang, a member of the School of Music faculty, and Karen von Kunes, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, will present “Leoš Janáček & Milan Kundera: a confluence of Czech music and literature” on Monday, April 1. Yang will perform Janáček’s rarely-played piano cycle On an Overgrown Path, written 1900–1912, alongside [...]
Yale Cellos perform 30th anniversary concert Apr. 10
“Dazzlingly well-disciplined.” – New York Times The Yale School of Music celebrates the 30th anniversary of Yale Cellos in a concert on Wednesday, April 10. Founding director Aldo Parisot will lead the Grammy-nominated ensemble in music from the baroque to the present day, including pieces by Vivaldi, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Veracini, and others. Four virtuoso [...]
David Lang to receive Hans Christian Andersen Prize
Composer David Lang ’89DMA is among those selected to receive this year’s Hans Christian Andersen Prize. He was selected for his composition The Little Match Girl Passion (2007), the piece for which he also won the Pulitzer Prize in Music. The recording of the work (by Theatre of Voices) received a Grammy Award in 2010. [...]
Guest conductor Peter Oundjian leads the Yale Philharmonia Apr. 5
Concert features American works of Rouse, Barber, Copland, and Adams The Yale School of Music presents the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale with its principal guest conductor, Peter Oundjian, on Friday, April 5, 2013. The program highlights American music from the past hundred years, from Aaron Copland to John Adams. The concert takes place at 8 pm in [...]
New Music New Haven presents new music by five Yale faculty composers Mar. 28
Featuring the works of Lang, Bresnick, Vees, Marshall and Lash The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, March 28, 2013. The concert features new music by five faculty composers: Martin Bresnick, David Lang, Hannah Lash, Ingram Marshall, and Jack Vees. David Lang‘s “Orpheus Over and Under,” for two pianos, [...]
Yale School of Music Professor Melvin Chen performs Beethoven, Tower, and Mussorgsky Mar. 27
“A pianist whose playing is powerful and driven.” –The New York Times The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by faculty pianist Melvin Chen on Wednesday, March 27. Chen, lauded as “raw and roaring” by The New Yorker, will perform a program of music by Beethoven, Mussorgsky, and Joan Tower. This concert [...]
New Music New Haven presents music by Michael Daugherty Mar. 7
Michael Daugherty has “a maverick imagination, fearless structural sense and meticulous ear.” – The Times (London) The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The performance features two pieces by renowned composer (and Yale School of Music alumnus) Michael Daugherty along with music by YSM graduate composers. Performers [...]
Kyung Yu and Elizabeth Parisot perform together March 3
Concert features music by Bach, Strauss, Prokofiev, and Saint-Saëns The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents violinist Kyung Yu and pianist Elizabeth Parisot on Sunday, March 3 at 8 pm. The concert takes place in Morse Recital Hall, located in Sprague Hall at 470 College Street. The event was originally scheduled for February [...]
Yale Percussion Group performs Sunday, Feb. 24
Concert also features the Meehan/Perkins Duo The Yale School of Music presents the Yale Percussion Group on Sunday, February 24, 2013. The concert features music by Bartók as well as three living composers, and takes place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The concert will open with Bartók‘s masterful Sonata [...]
Conducting Fellows lead the Yale Philharmonia Mar. 1
Concert also features pianist Peter Frankl The Yale School of Music presents the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale led by the School’s conducting fellows, Paolo Bortolameolli and Jonathan Brandani, on Friday, March 1, 2013. Pianist Peter Frankl will also perform with the orchestra. The concert takes place at 5 pm in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague Hall at 470 College Street, New [...]
Music by Christopher Theofanidis featured in Feb. 28 concert
Henschel String Quartet and pianist Donald Berman perform chamber music The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents the Henschel Quartet Munich and pianist Donald Berman in a concert of chamber music by faculty composer Christopher Theofanidis on Thursday, February 28. The concert takes place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall, located in Sprague Hall at 470 College [...]
Arabella String Quartet performs Feb. 23
Concert features music from Haydn, Debussy, and Smetana The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents the Arabella Quartet on Saturday, February 23, 2013. The quartet’s members include faculty members Sarita Kwok, violin, and Ettore Causa, viola, along with Julie Eskar, violin, and Alexander Lecarme, cello. The concert takes place at 8 pm in [...]
Ole Akahoshi and Elizabeth Parisot perform together at Yale Feb. 20
Program includes music of Bach, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn The Yale School of Music presents a recital by Ole Akahoshi, cello, and Elizabeth Parisot, piano, on Wednesday, February 20 at 8 pm.The concert is part of the Faculty Artist Series, which presents members of the YSM faculty in programs that are free and open to the [...]
Ettore Causa and Boris Berman perform Feb. 19th
Duos for piano and viola by Schumann, Brahms, Hindemith, and more The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents violist Ettore Causa and pianist Boris Berman in a concert on Tuesday, February 19 at 8 pm. The duo will perform music by Schumann, Brahms, Hindemith, and Franck. The concert will open with two movements [...]
Reflections on Bach brings together old and new in Feb. 27 concert
UPDATE: This concert was originally scheduled for February 13. It will take place Wednesday, February 27. Graduate composers collaborate with Yale Baroque Ensemble The Yale School of Music presents “Reflections on Bach,” a collaboration between the Yale Baroque Ensemble and graduate composers on Wednesday, February 27 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. The concert will include new compositions as well as [...]
POSTPONED: Boris Berman performs music of the “Russian Thaw” and beyond Feb. 10
Update 2/10/2013: This concert has been postponed because of snow. Lecture-recital includes music by Denisov, Pärt, Schnittke, and more Boris Berman, professor of piano at the Yale School of Music, will perform music from the “Russian Thaw” the evening of Sunday, February 10. The Thaw was a period of relative liberalization of Soviet cultural policies in the [...]
New Music New Haven presents a world premiere by Ezra Laderman Feb. 7
“Ezra Laderman has been a major behind-the-scenes force in American music for many decades.” –New Music Box The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, February 7, 2013. The event features a new piece by faculty composer Ezra Laderman alongside the music of five up-and-coming young composers. The centerpiece of the concert is [...]
