Ursula Oppens – Past Concerts
Ursula Oppens, a legend among American pianists, is widely admired particularly for her original and perceptive readings of new music, but also for her knowing interpretations of the standard repertoire. No other artist alive today has commissioned and premiered more new works for the piano that have entered the permanent repertoire.
A prolific and critically acclaimed recording artist with five Grammy nominations to her credit, Ms. Oppens is renowned for her cult classic The People United Will Never Be Defeated by the late iconoclastic composer Frederic Rzewski. That 1979 release, for the Vanguard label, marked her first Grammy nomination. In 2016 she put out a new recording of The People United Will Never Be Defeated, also nominated for a Grammy, and earlier Grammy nominations were for Winging It: Piano Music of John Corigliano; Oppens Plays Carter; a recording of the complete piano works of Elliott Carter for Cedille Records (also named a "Best of the Year" selection by The New York Times' long-time music critic Allan Kozinn); and Piano Music of Our Time featuring compositions by John Adams, Elliott Carter, Julius Hemphill, and Conlon Nancarrow for the Music and Arts label. Ms. Oppens recently added to her extensive discography by releasing Fantasy: Oppens plays Kaminsky in 2021 for the Cedille label. She also recorded Piano Songs, a collaboration with Meredith Monk, as well as a two-piano CD for Cedille Records devoted to Visions de l'Amen of Oliver Messiaen and Debussy's En blanc et noir performed with pianist Jerome Lowenthal.
Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival presents the Cassatt String Quartet & Pianist Ursula Oppens
Tania León — Ethos
Wang Jie — Song for Mahler in the Absence of Words
Joan Tower — Dumbarton Quintet
$30
Ursula & Friends
$30
Eclectic Series: Debussy, León, Ravel, Rzewski / Ursula Oppens
Tania León — Mística
Maurice Ravel — Valses nobles et sentimentales ("Noble and Sentimental Waltzes"), M. 61
Frederic Rzewski — Friendship
Maurice Ravel — La valse
$35
Lincoln Center: Philip Glass's The Complete Piano Etudes
Currently sold out ($35 suggested price)
Masterworks Series: Schubert, Rzewski, Mozart, Schubert / Ursula Oppens
Frederic Rzewski — Rondo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Rondo in A minor for piano K. 511
Franz Schubert — Four Impromptus, Op. 90
$35
Masterworks Series: Beethoven & M. Brown / Jerome Lowenthal & Ursula Oppens
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
$35
Music Academy: Lowenthal's Legend
SOLD OUT
Masterworks Series: Ursula Oppens / Mozart Rzewski Schubert
Frederic Rzewski — Rondo
Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845
$35
Frederic Rzewski: An Appreciation – Evening Concert, featuring pianists Ursula Oppens & Lisa Moore
Frederic Rzewski — Amoramaro (West Coast premiere)
Frederic Rzewski — Friendship
Frederic Rzewski — 4 Piano Pieces (No. 4)
Frederic Rzewski — Rondo
Frederic Rzewski — "IV. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" from North American Ballads (arr. for 2 pianos)
$25 (students free w/ ID)
Cassatt String Quartet with Ursula Oppens, piano [LIVE]
Victoria Bond – Blue and Green Music
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
Free ($20 suggested donation)
UW Guest Artist Recital: Ursula Oppens, piano
Free
UW Guest Artist Master Class: Ursula Oppens, piano
Free (Free)