The Canellakis-Brown Duo at Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association

• Michael Stephen Brown, piano
• Nicholas Canellakis, cello

Lukas Foss — Capriccio for Cello and Piano
Camille Saint-Saëns — Romance, Op. 36
Edvard Grieg — Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
Clara Schumann — "II. Romanze" from Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Claude Debussy — Beau Soir, L. 84
Michael Stephen Brown — Prelude and Dance
Nicholas Canellakis — Romance à GF
Niccolò Paganini / Gioachino Rossini — Mosè-fantasia, MS 23 (Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato soglio" from Rossini's 'Mosè in Egitto')
Don Ellis — Bulgarian Bulge (arr. Nicholas Canellakis)

Cellist Nicholas Canellakis and pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown, comprising the Canellakis-Brown Duo, have been uniting their multi-disciplinary talents and honing their unique musical voice for over fifteen years. They bring their affectionate, brutally honest, and infectious rapport to the stage while presenting programs celebrating the standard literature, little-known gems, and original works and arrangements.

Canellakis and Brown, who "play with their antennae tuned to each other" (The Washington Post), are both longtime artists with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. They have performed together virtually all over the world, including the Baltics, the Greek Islands, Cuba, the Far East, and venues all over the US. Recent engagements include Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York City, New Orleans Friends of Music, Rockport Music, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, ArtPower in San Diego, the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Wolf Trap in Washington D.C., and Music@Menlo in Palo Alto, where they were featured as guest curators.

Brown, a prolific composer, has written a variety of works for Canellakis, most recently a concerto called Vortex for Cello and Strings. Canellakis has composed and arranged several works for the duo across a variety of musical styles. Their compositions will be featured on their upcoming duo album, (b)romance, which will be released on First Hand Records in 2024.

About Canellakis-Brown Duo

The Washington Post has called the Canellakis-Brown Duo "a pair of adventurous young talents who play with their antennae tuned to each other." For up to fifteen years, the Duo has been honing its unique musical voice and presenting programs celebrating the standard literature, little-known gems, and original works and arrangements.

https://www.michaelbrownmusic.com/duo.html

About Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association

https://www.amestownandgown.org/

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

About Nicholas Canellakis, cello

Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a "superb young soloist" (The New Yorker) and for being "impassioned ... the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis's rich, alluring tone" (The New York Times). A multifaceted artist, Canellakis has forged a unique voice combining his talents as soloist, chamber musician, curator, filmmaker, and composer/arranger.

https://www.nicholascanellakis.com/