UW Guest Artist Concert: Bennardo Larson Duo

UW School of Music and Bennardo-Larson Duo

Friday, April 4, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Free

Maya Bennardo, violin
Karl Larson, piano

Anthony Vine — Selected works
Various — Selected works

The violin and piano duo—Maya Bennardo (violin) and Karl Larson (piano)—performs works by recent Rome Prize winner (and School of Music alumnus) Anthony Vine and others.

The Bennardo-Larson Duo is an NYC/Stockholm-based contemporary classical duo committed to the performance and promotion of forward- thinking works for violin and piano. Comprised of Maya Bennardo (violin) and Karl Larson (piano), the duo is dedicated to aesthetically diverse programming that illuminates new repertoire for their instrumentation alongside intrepid works from the past. The Bennardo-Larson Duo was formed in 2016 when they undertook the task of learning and performing Charles Ives's complete works for violin and piano, which they presented on their annual Ives of March concerts from 2017-2019. Since then, the duo has steadily built a repertoire of pre-existing and newly-commissioned works for violin and piano.

The Bennardo-Larson duo has been featured on the MATA Festival at the Kitchen in New York, NY, the Bowerbird Series in Philadelphia, PA, the Toledo Museum of Art's "Great Performances Series" in Toledo, OH, the Music Mansion in Providence, RI, and Khimaira in Stockholm, Sweden. Their programming features the complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Charles Ives, Morton Feldman's monumental 'For John Cage,' and 'a wind's whisper,' a program featuring works by John Cage, Michael Pisaro, Eva Maria Houben, and two commissions by Adrian Knight and Kristofer Svensson.

Beyond the concert stage, Bennardo and Larson are passionate educators, offering workshops in contemporary string and piano technique for performers and composers. They have offered masterclasses and lectures at notable institutions including the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University.

https://www.bennardolarsonduo.com/