Howland Music: Jewish Voices
$35 ($10 students age 25 & under)
- Michael Stephen Brown, piano
- Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Robert Dauber — Serenade
Pavel Haas — Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17 (arr. for violin & piano)
Samuel Adler — Lullaby
Mieczysław Weinberg — Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Op. 47
The internationally lauded American pianist Michael Stephen Brown, hailed by The New York Times as "one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers," will return to the Howland Chamber Music Circle in a duo recital of piano and violin on Sunday afternoon, November 12, 2023 at 4pm at the Howland Cultural Center.
Mr. Brown will be joined by the internationally noted violinist Arnaud Sussmann. The program, drawing inspiration from Mr. Sussman's own grandfather's survival of Auschwitz-Birkenau, will feature Mr. Sussmann and Mr. Brown performing works by Jewish composers whose lives were directly impacted by the war.
About Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Praised for his "fearless performances," by The New York Times and "exceptionally beautiful" compositions by The Washington Post, pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown is a frequent performer of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series. Mr. Brown, whose artistry is shaped by his creative voice as a pianist and composer, will be featured in the Society 2023-24 season with a solo recital at Alice Tully Hall. A native New Yorker, he lives there with his two 19th-century Steinway Ds, Octavia and Daria.
https://www.samnyc.us/artist.php?id=michaelstephenbrown&aview=dpk