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 [...]
Eminent pianist Paul Lewis makes New Haven appearance Mar. 6
Lewis is “arguably the finest Schubert interpreter of his generation.” –Gramophone The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by Paul Lewis on Wednesday, March 6. In this recital, Lewis will perform Schubert’s last three sonatas: Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958, Sonata No. 20 in A Major, [...]
Emanuel Ax performs Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Chopin Feb. 6
The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Emanuel Ax on Wednesday, February 6. Ax, “a musician of scope and confidence” (Post-Gazette), will perform a program of music by Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Chopin. This concert will open Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 2, No. 2 in A major, whose [...]
“Visionary” pianist Radu Lupu makes rare New Haven appearance Jan. 17
Recital features masterworks by Franck, Schubert, and Debussy The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the Radu Lupu on Thursday, January 17. Critics describe Lupu in otherworldly terms: he is “a mystic” who “communes with the score on his own terms” (Washington Post). The Guardian writes: “There is a [...]
Peter Frankl performs music of Schubert and Debussy Dec. 12
Concert also features Ettore Causa, viola The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by Peter Frankl, hailed by Auditorium as “not a mere pianist, but a true artist.” The recital, which focuses on the music of Schubert and Debussy, takes place Wednesday, December 12 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. The concert opens [...]
Hung-Kuan Chen performs Brahms, Schumann & more Nov. 28
“A virtuoso… with an enormous palette of tone colors.” ––Boston Globe New Haven, CT | The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Hung-Kuan Chen on Wednesday, November 28. Chen, a faculty member hailed by the Boston Globe as “a deeply probing, imaginative player with an enormous palette of tone [...]
Boris Berman plays music from a hundred years back Nov. 7
Program highlights Scriabin, Prokofiev, Debussy Multimedia program includes Debussy, Scriabin, Prokofiev NEW HAVEN, CT | The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents A Hundred Years Back: music written 1912–1913, a performance by pianist Boris Berman, on Wednesday, November 7. Featuring pieces by Scriabin, Prokofiev, and Debussy, the recital highlights the rich variety [...]
Wei-Yi Yang performs Spanish program Oct. 10
The Yale School of Music opens the 2012—2013 season of the Horowitz Piano Series with a recital by the “untiring, passionate, and poetic” (Classics Today) pianist Wei-Yi Yang on Wednesday, October 10. The centerpiece of the program is Enrique Granados’s masterful Goyescas, a neo-Romantic piano suite inspired by the work of the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Goyescas [...]
Horowitz Piano Series closes season with Robert Blocker on March 21
“A pianist of purified technique and enormous sensitivity.” – La Provincia The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Robert Blocker, on Wednesday, March 21. Blocker, hailed as “a pianist of purified technique and enormous sensitivity,” will perform a diverse program of music from the Baroque to [...]
“Brilliant” pianist Yefim Bronfman performs virtuoso program at Yale Feb. 28
“Stunning command, myriad colorings, incisive articulation and subtlety…” –New York Times The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents the pianist Yefim Bronfman in recital on Tuesday, February 28. The “brilliant soloist” (New York Sun), hailed for both “technical brawn and a glittery grace” (Los Angeles Times), will perform a powerhouse program [...]
Hung-Kuan Chen performs the “Hammerklavier” and other Beethoven sonatas Feb. 8
“A virtuoso… with an enormous palette of tone colors.” ––Boston Globe The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Hung-Kuan Chen on Wednesday, February 8. Chen, hailed as “a deeply probing, imaginative player with an enormous palette of tone colors” (Boston Globe), will perform an all-Beethoven program. [...]
“Poetic” pianist Wei-Yi Yang performs Jan. 25
Recital features music of Ravel and Schubert The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the “untiring, passionate, and poetic” (Classics Today) pianist Wei-Yi Yang on Wednesday, January 25. Mr. Yang’s performances have been described by critics as “sensational” (New York Times) and “a joy to behold” (Classics Today). [...]
YSM pianists survey Prokofiev’s nine piano sonatas
Dec. 5 & 7 in New Haven, Dec. 11 in New York The Yale School of Music presents all of the Prokofiev Piano Sonatas in two pairs of performances: December 5 and 7 at 8 pm at Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall, and December 11 at 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm in Weill Recital [...]
Peter Frankl performs piano concertos on Horowitz Piano Series Nov. 16
Concert also features Linden String Quartet & tenor James Taylor The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a concert by the pianist Peter Frankl on Wednesday, November 16. While the series most often presents solo recitals, Frankl will be joined by the Linden String Quartet and double bassist Gregory Robbins. The [...]
Kandinsky comes to life in Oct. 19 performance by Mikhail Rudy
The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a multimedia performance by the internationally renowned pianist Mikhail Rudy on Wednesday, October 19 at 8 pm. The Russian-born artist will perform music by three composers from his home country: Scriabin, Stravinsky, and Musorgsky. The recital will take place in Morse Recital Hall, located [...]
Boris Berman opens Horowitz Piano Series Oct. 5
Program highlights Schumann and Brahms Internationally renowned concert pianist Boris Berman, artistic director of the Horowitz Piano Series at Yale, opens the 2011–2012 season with a solo recital on Wednesday, October 5 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. The recital will focus on music of German Romantic composers: Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms. Berman, praised [...]
Boris Berman plays Bach keyboard concertos April 6
Will perform with quartet of YSM faculty and alumni performers The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by pianist Boris Berman and guest artists on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The concert presents four concertos [...]
Pianist Robert Blocker performs music from Scarlatti to Schwantner March 23
“A measurable virtuoso bent and considerable musical sensitivity….” – Los Angeles Times The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by its Dean, pianist Robert Blocker on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The Los Angeles Times [...]
Emanuel Ax plays Schubert in Feb. 23 recital
“His pianism is always thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous.” – Washington Post Music lovers all over the world celebrated Franz Schubert’s birthday on January 31. On Wednesday, February 23, music lovers in Connecticut can celebrate again when the renowned pianist Emanuel Ax gives an all-Schubert recital presented by the Yale School of Music. The event, which is [...]
Peter Frankl continues his 75th birthday celebration with a recital of solo piano music by Beethoven and Bartók
Frankl’s recording of Bartók on ASV was CD Review’s Record of the Month The Yale School of Music presents a recital by pianist Peter Frankl on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Frankl will perform music of Beethoven and Bartók; his interpretations [...]
Pianist Hung-Kuan Chen, visiting faculty at Yale School of Music, performs Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, Scriabin December 1
“This man plays music with uncommon understanding and the instrument with uncommon imagination.” – Richard Dyer, Boston Globe The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents Hung-Kuan Chen in a recital on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall. Chen, who is a visiting professor of piano at the [...]
Pianist Wei-Yi Yang performs in recital November 10
Recital will feature Schubert, Schubert-Liszt Lieder transcriptions, and Chopin’s complete Preludes The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents the “untiring, passionate, and poetic” (Classics Today) Wei-Yi Yang in a recital on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Mr. Yang is Associate Professor [...]
Boris Berman and Eteri Andjaparidze join together in an evening of Schumann piano duos October 13
First Horowitz Series concert of the season celebrates the 200th anniversary of Schumann’s birth The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents Boris Berman and Eteri Andjaparidze playing piano duos of Robert Schumann on Wednesday, October 13 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Berman, coordinator of the [...]
Anton Kuerti, “the best pianist currently playing,” in Horowitz Series recital April 21
“One of the truly great pianists of this century… poignantly beautiful.” – CD Review The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents Anton Kuerti in a special solo recital on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Kuerti, praised by a Fanfare magazine critic [...]
