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Friends of Chamber Music presents: Trio Karénine

Trio Karénine

Monday, March 20, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Lincoln Performance Hall (LH 175), Portland, OR, United States

Clara Schumann — Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Robert Schumann — 6 Studien in kanonischer Form ("Canonic Etudes"), Op. 56
Felix Mendelssohn — Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

$32-$57 ($20 ages 34 & under, $5 full-time student rush w/ ID)

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Boston University Spotlight

Boston University School of Music

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)

Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, NY, United States

Program includes works by Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss, Amanda Harberg, Camille Saint-Saëns, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Nikolai Kapustin.

$13

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DeKalb Symphony: Young Artists Concerto Competition Winners

DeKalb Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)

Marvin Cole Auditorium, GSU Clarkston Campus, Clarkston, GA, United States

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 ("I. Allegro moderato")
Edward Elgar — Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 ("IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non-troppo – Poco più lento – Adagio")
George Frideric Handel — Harp Concerto in B-flat, Op. 4, No. 6 ("I. Andante allegro")
Albert Franz Doppler — Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, Op. 26
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Marche Slave ("Slavonic March")

$26 ($24 seniors, $10 students)

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The Complete Goldberg Variations

Seattle Symphony

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States

Damien Geter — Buh-roke
Johann Sebastian Bach — Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Johann Sebastian Bach — Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027

$41

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Friends of Chamber Music presents: Trio Karénine

Friends of Chamber Music – Portland

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Lincoln Performance Hall (LH 175), Portland, OR, United States

Josef Suk — Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost"
Antonín Dvořák — Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65, B. 130

$32-$57 ($20 ages 34 & under, $5 full-time student rush w/ ID)

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Trio Fadolín

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)

Millennium Stage North at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, United States

Trio Fadolín is a new ensemble with a unique sonority. The ensemble features Sabina Torosjan on violin, Valeriya Sholokhova on cello, and L…

Free (RSVP required)

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Seattle Symphony: Three Continents Cello Concerto

Seattle Symphony

Thursday, March 23, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Samuel Barber — Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5
Sven Helbig / Zhou Long / Nico Muhly — Cello Concerto "Three Continents" (US premiere; Jan Vogler, cello)
Béla Bartók — Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123

$25-$140

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The Seattle Series: Efe Baltacigil, Zachary DePue, & Benjamin Hochman, with Noah Geller

The Seattle Series

Friday, March 24, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Women's University Club – Grand Ballroom, Seattle, WA, USA

Ahmet Adnan Saygun — Partita for Solo Cello Op. 31 (excerpt)
Franz Joseph Haydn — Piano Trio No. 44 in E major, Op. 86, No. 2, Hob. XV:28
Gilad Cohen — Circling Time (composed for Benjamin Hochman)
Gabriel Fauré — Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

$55-$65 ($35 student/ages 25 & under)

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Kamratōn Ensemble: She Scores

Kamratōn Ensemble

Saturday, March 25, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)

Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Emily Cook — Preoccupations (world premiere)
Brittany J. Green — Intersections
Younghi Pagh-Paan — Bi-Yu
Allison Loggins-Hull — Homeland
Julia Wolfe — Retrieve
Du Yun — dreams-bend

$15

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Czech Music in a Village Townhouse

Groupmuse

Saturday, March 25, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)

Private residence in the West Village, New York, NY, United States

Program includes works by Leoš Janáček, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Bedřich Smetana, Josef Suk, Antonín Dvořák, and Bohuslav Martinů.

$5 to reserve, $20+ at event

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Skagit Symphony: It Takes Two to Tango

Skagit Symphony

Saturday, March 25, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon, WA, United States

Astor Piazzolla — Fuga y misterio
Astor Piazzolla — Libertango
Kelly-Marie Murphy — En el Escuro, es Todo Uno (US premiere; Rosanna Moore, harp & Nicholas Finch, cello)
George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland — Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes

$10-$50 (college student/ages 12 & under free)

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Seattle Symphony: Three Continents Cello Concerto

Seattle Symphony

Saturday, March 25, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)

Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Samuel Barber — Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5
Sven Helbig / Zhou Long / Nico Muhly — Cello Concerto "Three Continents" (US premiere; Jan Vogler, cello)
Béla Bartók — Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123

$25-$140

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Kamratōn Ensemble: She Scores

Kamratōn Ensemble

Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT)

Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Emily Cook — Preoccupations (world premiere)
Brittany J. Green — Intersections
Younghi Pagh-Paan — Bi-Yu
Allison Loggins-Hull — Homeland
Julia Wolfe — Retrieve
Du Yun — dreams-bend

$15

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Symphony in C Virtuosi Series: Schubert Favorites

Symphony in C

Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (EDT)

Haddonfield United Methodist Church, Haddonfield, NJ, United States

Franz Schubert — Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ("The Shepherd on the Rock"), D. 965
Franz Schubert — Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"

$25 ($10 student)

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Shriver Hall Concert Series: Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Dörken Trio

Shriver Hall Concert Series

Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (EDT)

Shriver Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States

Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Bedřich Smetana — Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Franz Schubert — Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 99, D. 898

$44 ($10 student)

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Nordic Chamber Music: Denmark – Distinguished Danes

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society

Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States

Bent Sørensen — Selected works (new work TBA; commissioned for this tour)
Carl Nielsen — Wind Quintet, Op. 43
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Flute Quartet in C major, K. Anh. 171/285b
Clara Schumann — Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17

$30 ($10 child/student)

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Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: The Triumph of Tchaikovsky with Nathan Chan, cello

Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)

Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States

Felix Mendelssohn — The Hebrides, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Friedrich Gulda — Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra, Op. 129 (Nathan Chan, cello)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

$40 ($20 senior, $10 student/ages 12-18; ages 11 & under free)

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First Pres Marietta Lunchtime Series: Eurasia Trio

FPC Marietta Music & Fine Arts and Eurasia Trio

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (EDT)

First Presbyterian Church of Marietta, Marietta, GA, United States

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
Clara Schumann — Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17

Free

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Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Rhythms of Nature II, A Celebration of the Earth

Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island

Saturday, April 1, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)

Langley United Methodist Church, Langley, WA, United States

David Madeira — Minus Nine (for 3 marimbas, vibraphone, & string quartet)
John Luther Adams — In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (for vibraphones, keyboards, & string quartet)
David Marlatt — Earthscape (for brass & organ)
Morten Lauridsen — O Magnum Mysterium

$20 suggested donatiion

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Rudersdal Chamber Players at Carnegie Hall

Rudersdal Chamber Ensemble and Weekend of Chamber Music

Saturday, April 1, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 1:00pm (EDT)

Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, NY, United States

Carl Nielsen — Helios Overture, Op. 17 (arr. Karl Aage Rasmussen for chamber orchestra; US premiere)
Poul Ruders — Piano Quartet (East Coast premiere)
Andrew Waggoner — Now, the Fire (NY premiere)
Amanda Röntgen-Maier — Piano Quartet (US premiere)

$34-$39 (student/senior discounts available at the box office)

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Music in the Museum: Schubert "Trout" Quintet & World Premiere Piano Quintet

Cascadia Art Museum

Saturday, April 1, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)

Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States

Franz Schubert — Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"
Hwaen Ch'uqi — Quintet No. 1 for Piano and Strings (world premiere)

$20 ($14 museum member)

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Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Rhythms of Nature II, A Celebration of the Earth

Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island

Sunday, April 2, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)

Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church, Oak Harbor, WA, United States

David Madeira — Minus Nine (for 3 marimbas, vibraphone, & string quartet)
John Luther Adams — In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (for vibraphones, keyboards, & string quartet)
David Marlatt — Earthscape (for brass & organ)
Morten Lauridsen — O Magnum Mysterium

$20 suggested donatiion

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Hwaen Ch'uqi & Friends Chamber Music Series at Stage 7 Pianos

Stage 7 Pianos

Sunday, April 2, 2023 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)

Stage 7 Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States

Hwaen Ch'uqi — Deux Morceaux for cello and piano
Hwaen Ch'uqi — Quintet No. 1 for Piano and Strings
Franz Schubert — Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"
Vittorio Monti — Czárdás
Brandon Vance — Shetland Fantasia

$20 (kids free)

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Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott

La Jolla Music Society

Thursday, April 6, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA, United States

One of the most beloved musicians of our day and a dear friend of La Jolla Music Society, Yo-Yo Ma brings his unparalleled virtuosity, pass…

$30-$112

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Phillips Collection: Conrad Tao & Jay Campbell

Phillips Music at the Phillips Collection

Saturday, April 8, 2023 @ 2:30pm – 3:30pm (EDT)

The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States

Online and in-person

Catherine Lamb — The Additive Arrow (Washington, DC premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

$45 ($25 member) | Stream: $15 ($10 member)

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Washington Musica Viva: 'Frontline' by Noam Faingold, world premiere

Washington Musica Viva

Saturday, April 8, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)

BannerArts Studio, Takoma Park, MD, USA

Online and in-person

Noam Faingold — Frontline (world premiere)
Robert Kahn — Clarinet Trio in G minor, Op. 45
Camille Saint-Saëns — Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 167

$20 – advance only

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Phillips Collection: Conrad Tao & Jay Campbell

Phillips Music at the Phillips Collection

Saturday, April 8, 2023 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (EDT)

The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States

Online and in-person

Catherine Lamb — The Additive Arrow (Washington, DC premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

$45 ($25 member) | Stream: $15 ($10 member)

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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Third Sound

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Third Sound

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)

American Philosophical Society: Benjamin Franklin Hall, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Online and in-person

Claude Debussy — Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (“Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”)
Ingrid Arauco — Fantasy-Quartet
Lembit Beecher — Stories from My Grandmother
Kati Agócs — Voices of the Immaculate (Philadelphia premiere/PCMS Co-Commission)

Free (Online: pay-what-you-wish | In person: $20 general, $10 student))

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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Musicians from Marlboro III

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Marlboro Music

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)

American Philosophical Society: Benjamin Franklin Hall, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Online and in-person

Felix Mendelssohn — Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 (2 selections TBA)
Paul Wiancko — Benkei's Standing Death
György Kurtág — Fragments from the Scrapbooks of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Op. 37 (duos for soprano & double bass)
Amy Beth Kirsten — yes I said yes I will Yes
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quintet in C major, Op. 29

Free (Online: pay-what-you-wish | In person: $25 general, $10 student)

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Phillips Collection: Musicians from Marlboro

Phillips Music at the Phillips Collection and Marlboro Music

Thursday, April 13, 2023 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (EDT)

The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States

Online and in-person

Felix Mendelssohn — Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 (2 selections)
Paul Wiancko — Benkei's Standing Death
György Kurtág — Fragments from the Scrapbooks of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Op. 37 (Duos for Soprano & Double Bass)
Amy Beth Kirsten — yes I said yes I will Yes
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quintet in C major, Op. 29

$45 ($25 member) | Stream: $15 ($10 member)

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Seattle Symphony: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Seattle Symphony

Thursday, April 13, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Abel Selaocoe — Selected works (new work TBA; US premiere; Abel Selaocoe, cello)
Hector Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

$25-$140

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Seattle Symphony: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Seattle Symphony

Saturday, April 15, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)

Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Abel Selaocoe — Selected works (new work TBA; US premiere; Abel Selaocoe, cello)
Hector Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

$25-$140

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Seattle Symphony: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Seattle Symphony

Sunday, April 16, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)

Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Abel Selaocoe — Selected works (new work TBA; US premiere; Abel Selaocoe, cello)
Hector Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

$25-$140

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A Concert for Sugihara

Yad Vashem

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)

Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage), New York, NY, United States

Lera Auerbach — Symphony No. 6, "Vessels of Light" (US premiere)
Karen Tanaka — Guardian Angel

$50 + fees

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Classical Music Connections

National Nordic Museum

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)

National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States

Acclaimed cellist and UW College of Music Artist-in-Residence Christine Lee partners with the National Nordic Museum for a three concert se…

Single: $45 ($35 NNM member) |
Package: $115 ($85 NNM member)

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Portland Cello Project: Purple Reign – The Music of Prince

Portland Cello Project

Thursday, April 27, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)

Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States

Prince — Selected works

$22.50-$44.50

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Anacortes Early Music: Party of Three

Anacortes Early Music Concert Series

Friday, April 28, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)

Croatian Cultural Center NW, Anacortes, WA, United States

Ludwig van Beethoven — String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 3
Hyacinthe Jadin — Selected works
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger — Selected works

$30 – cash or check at the door (students age 18 & under free)

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Portland Cello Project: 90s vs 90s

Portland Cello Project

Saturday, April 29, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton, OR, United States

In the fall of 2006, a group of 9 cellists got on stage at Portland's Doug Fir Lounge to perform western classical music in an informal set…

$25-$35

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Gallery Concerts: Party of Three

Gallery Concerts

Saturday, April 29, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)

Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States

Hyacinthe Jadin — Selected works
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger — Selected works
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 3

$35 ($30 ages 65 & over, $15 ages 17-25; ages 16 & under free)

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Auburn Symphony: Antonín Dvořák’s Concerto for Cello

Auburn Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, April 30, 2023 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)

Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States

Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Adolphus Hailstork — Three Spirituals for Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák — Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191

$36 ($28 seniors, $8 students)

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Gallery Concerts: Party of Three

Gallery Concerts

Sunday, April 30, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)

Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States

Hyacinthe Jadin — Selected works
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger — Selected works
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 3

$35 ($30 ages 65 & over, $15 ages 17-25; ages 16 & under free)

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Portland Cello Project: 90s vs 90s

Portland Cello Project

Sunday, April 30, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States

In the fall of 2006, a group of 9 cellists got on stage at Portland's Doug Fir Lounge to perform western classical music in an informal set…

TBA

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South Bend Symphony Orchestra + Yo-Yo Ma

South Bend Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 @ 9:30pm – 11:30pm (EDT)

Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN, United States

The South Bend Symphony Orchestra welcomes the return of world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. For one night only, witness the ultimate artistic…

$60-$209 (student discounts available)

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Emma Hays Johnson, cello, & Carl Banner, piano at the Wellfleet Public Library

Washington Musica Viva

Saturday, May 6, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)

Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States

Henriëtte Bosmans — Cello Sonata
Johannes Brahms — Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Natasha Senanayake — Cello Sonata No. 1

Free

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Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: Yo-Yo Ma plays Dvořák

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday, May 7, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)

Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY, United States

Gioachino Rossini — William Tell Overture
Richard Strauss — Don Juan, Op. 20
Antonín Dvořák — Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191

Limited availability

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Isidore Quartet with James Ehnes & Efe Baltacıgil

Seattle Chamber Music Society and Town Hall Seattle

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)

The Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States

Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32
Billy Childs — String Quartet No. 2 "Awakening"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"

Pay-what-you-can ($35 suggested donation)

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