Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center April 2012 Concert Calendar
129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam) New York, NY 10023
Tickets at 212 501 3330 or http://www.kaufman-center.org
Kaufman Center Presentations at Merkin Concert Hall
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 11 am Poppy Seed Players Shlemiel Crooks – A Passover Musical A boy and his dog stop the ghost of Pharaoh from ruining Passover in this warm-hearted family musical based on the children's books Shlemiel Crooks and Chicken Bone Man by award-winning author Anna Olswanger featuring songs by Clay Zambo and Scott Ethier, and script by Bob Kolsby and Sean Hartley.
Tickets: $20 Press contact: Joan Jastrebski, 212 501 3386, [email protected]
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 2 pm Tuesday Matinees Musicians From Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute Tessa Lark, violin; Ayane Kozasa, viola; Deborah Pae, cello; Nathan Vickery, cello and Adam Golka, piano, with Mirian Fried, violin. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 Rands: String Quartet No. 2 Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Tickets: $17 Press contact: Joan Jastrebski, 212 501 3386, [email protected]
Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 4 pm Composer Festival Students from Kaufman Center's Lucy Moses School, Special Music School and Young Artist Program perform works by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.
Tickets: $10 Press contact: Joan Jastrebski, 212 501 3386, [email protected]
Additional Events at Merkin Concert Hall Please note individual press contacts for each event.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 3 pm Primavera Musical Jose Santana de Mexico and his Mariachi; Los Angeles Negros de Chile; Zarzuela and Opera with Angel Feliciano, tenor; Carla Lopez, mezzo-soprano and Regina Yakubstiner, piano
Tickets: $30, 25 Press contact: G.A.L.O.S. Corporation, 212 227 0597
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 7:30 pm American Protégé Winners Recital Young people’s recital with performances on piano, cello and violin. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Borodin, Saint-Saëns, Schumann and Lalo
Tickets: $45 Press contact: Alexandre Agaian, 212 534 6712
Monday, April 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm Concert Artists Guild: Peter Kolkay, bassoon Alexandra Nguyen, piano Judah Adashi: The Dark Hours Elliott Carter: Retracing Katherine Hoover: Journey Paul Moravec: Andy Warhol Sez George Perle: BassoonMusic Russell Platt: Three Songs John Fitz Rogers: Seven Desert Elegies
Tickets: $20 Press contact: Josephine Hemsing, 212 772 1132
Tueday, April 10, 2012 at 7:30 pm Cherry Blossoms From Japan "Namaenonai Gashyodan" - Japanese Women's Choir Mieko Nishida, director and conductor Azusa Hayashi, piano Namaenonai Gashyodan has been singing as a group for 31 years and consists of 40 amateur singers ranging in age from 49 to 83. The program includes traditional Japanese songs in English, musical theater numbers in Japanese such as Whole New World and Beauty and the Beast and Japanese hit songs.
Tickets: Free Press contact: Michio Nishida, 81 427 48 9582
Wednesday, April 11, 8 pm Tribeca New Music Festival 2012 Contemporaneous and Symphony Z David Bloom, conductor Premiering works by Dylan Mattingly and William Zuckerman.
Advance ticket info at http://www.tnmf.net/. Tickets will be available at the Merkin Concert box office on the day of the concert. Press contact: [email protected]
Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 3 pm New York Philharmonic Ensembles Alan Gilbert, music director Quan Ge, violin, Lisa GiHae Kim, Anna Rabinova, Kuan-Cheng Lu and Sheryl Staples, violin; Vivek Kamath and Rebecca Young, viola; Qiang Tu and Eric Bartlett, cello; Philip Myers, horn; Virginia Perry Lamb, Emily Tu and John Klibonoff, piano Dvořák: Terzetto John Harbison: Twilight Music Emily Tu: Dusk to Dawn Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major
Tickets: $34 Press contact: Ed Yim, 212 875 5937
Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 7:30 pm Crescendo International Competitions Little Mozarts Winners Recital Beginning and intermediate levels for all instrumentalists, vocalists and duets in a juried competition for beginners 3-14 years old Works by Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Liszt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Bartók, Brahms, Copland, Stravinsky, Schumann, Schubert, Shostakovich, Haydn, Clementi, Mendelssohn, Debussy and Ravel
Tickets: $40 Press contact: Alex Babayev, 732 539 4634
Monday, April 16, 2012 at 8 pm New York New Music Ensemble 35th Anniversary Celebration Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Linda Quan, violin; Christopher Finckel, cello; Stephen Gosling, piano; Daniel Druckman, percussion; James Baker, conductor Rand Steiger: elliott's instruments (NY Premiere) Eric Chasalow: On That Swirl of Ending Dust Yiorgos Vassilandonakis: Quatuor pour la fin d’une ère Zhou Long: Cloud Earth
Tickets: $20 Press contact: Lisa Freeman, 516 680 1508
Wednesday, April 18, 8 pm Tribeca New Music Festival 2012 Sirius String Quartet & Face the Music Premiering music by Uri Caine and Gregor Huebner, with works by Emily Cooley, Jefferson Friedman and Jeremy Harman. Special guest artist: Peter Stan, accordion. Jeremy Harman: Paths Emily Cooley: Etched Uri Caine: String Theories Jefferson Friedman: String Quartet No.3 Gregor Huebner: Colors of the East
Advance ticket info at http://www.tnmf.net/. Tickets will be available at the Merkin Concert box office on the day of the concert. Press contact: [email protected]
Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 8 pm Great Moments of Opera David Gvinianidze, baritone; Olga Orlovskaya, soprano; Alexandor Proknorov, bass-baritone; Galina Ivannikova, mezzo-soprano and Vladimir Rodionov, piano Works by Verdi, Mascagni, Wagner, Bizet, Donizetti, Rachimaninov, Tchaikovsky, Legar, Gershwin, Tosti, Broadsky and Chiara
Tickets: $65, 55, 45, 35, 30, 25 Press contact: Galina Ivannikova, 901 240 1949
Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 8:30 pm Latin ACE Awards 44th Annual Awards
Tickets: $65 Press contact: 212 724 8805
Monday, April 23, 2012 at 7:30 pm Steven Kossak in Recital Steven Kossak, cello Edward Laurel, piano
Tickets: $20 Press contact: 212 755 5120
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 8 pm Alkinoos Ioannidis With Yiorgos Kaloudis Instruments: Classical guitar, Eastern lute, cello, Cretan lyra, percussion Alkinoos Ioannidis is one of the most well loved Greek songwriters. Hear his amalgamation of Cypriot and Greek influences along with byzantine, classical and rock music elements, in addition to his unique vocal delivery.
Tickets: $35 Press contact: Alex Papasimakopoulou, [email protected]
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 8 pm New York City Master Chorale Water and Night Thea Kano, conductor; Laura Barger, piano Paul Leavitt: Eaux Vives (American Premiere) Morten Lauridsen: Nocturnes Stephen Paulus: The Day is Done Eric Whitacre: Water Night Marcos Leite: Tres Cantos Nativos; Dos Indios Krao Samuel Barber: Sure on This Shining Night Arr. James Erb: Shenandoah Arr. Moses Hogan: Deep River; Wade in the Water
Tickets: $35 Press contact: Thea Kano, 917 326 1422
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8:30 pm Rebirth Concert: Armenia-United Nations 20th Anniversary The Philharmonic Community Orchestra of Rhode Island Konstantin Petrossian, conductor Yeghishe Manousharian, tenor, Metropolitan Opera Victoria Avetisyan, mezzo-soprano, Boston Opera Ruben Matevosyan & Raysa Megerdchian: Legendary Artists of Armenia Arevik Gharibyan & Johnny Roubian from Yerevan Vicken Tarpinian: Popular Singer from France Rebirth Concert is dedicated to the dual 20th Anniversaries of the membership of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations and the establishment of the Armenian Armed Forces.
Tickets: $100, 75, 50 Press contact: [email protected]
Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 1 & 3 pm The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Meet the Music! Bruce Adolphe, host Claude Debussy Meets Sherlock Key! For ages ages 6 and up.
Tickets: Call 212 875 5788 Press contact: Derek Balcom, 212-875-5793
Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 6 pm National Young Maestro Competition Winners Concert and Awards Ceremony Works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Liszt and others
Tickets: [email protected] Press contact: Eliza Bokman, 917 584 0838
Ticket Information
Tickets at 212 501 3330 or http://www.kaufman-center.org
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center 129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam) New York, NY 10023
Press contact for Kaufman Center presentations in Merkin Concert Hall: Joan Jastrebski 212 501 3386 [email protected]
Kaufman Center: New York’s creative home for listeners, learners and performers Kaufman Center is one of New York City's most vibrant cultural organizations, combining the finest in music education for all ages with world class performance in the acoustically superior Merkin Concert Hall. Founded in 1952 as a community school for pre-conservatory music training, today's Kaufman Center provides entertainment, education and inspiration for more than 75,000 New Yorkers each year. In addition to Merkin Concert Hall, it is home to Lucy Moses School, New York’s largest community arts school, and the Special Music School, New York’s only public school for musically gifted children.