Kaufman Music Center – Piano Dialogues: Adam Tendler

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST ROBERT SCHUMANN – Carnaval Op. 9 (1834-1835) CHRISTIAN WOLFF – FANTAIL (22 pieces for a pianist) (2020) World Premiere! Pianist Adam Tendler premieres FANTAIL, a new major work by iconic American composer Christian Wolff. Commissioned by the pianist, FANTAIL is a 22 movement, unofficial response […]

2021 VIRTUAL SPRING BENEFIT CONCERT and SILENT AUCTION

Join on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 6:30pm CT | 7:30pm ET as Geneva Music Festival will present its 2021 Spring Benefit virtual concert, “An Evening of Romance”. This virtual evening of world-class music will feature violinists Geoffrey Herd and Clara Lyon, cellists Hannah Collins and Clive Greensmith, and pianist Esther Park. The artists will […]

Kaufman Music Center – Piano Dialogues: Timo Andres

R. SCHUMANN – Waldszenen (9 short solo piano pieces) SARAH GOLDFEATHER – World Premiere of a new work ERIC SHANFIELD – Timo Variations Post-concert conversation with Andres, Goldfeather and Shanfield moderated by Adam Tendler Date & Time: Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET The program explores the musical friendships, […]

Signature Concert #5 Intense, Playful & Serene

Chen Yi’s intense, high-spirited, and hopeful composition, Ge Xu (Antiphony), is a tribute to Southern China’s Zhuang minority people and their celebratory song styles. Claude Debussy accesses playful emotions in Children’s Corner, dedicated to his young daughter and her favorite toys. He turns to an impressionistic sensuality in his tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Finally, Robert Schumann […]