Concerts & Composers
Composer Spotlight: Lera AuerbachAs part of CrossCurrents, the Kennedy Center's Contemporary Music Week, pianist/composer Lera Auerbach performs a program of her works with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. |
ETHELEclectic string quartet ETHEL, comprised of four Juilliard-trained composers and musicians, performs its unique blend of blues, jazz, rock, and pop in Phil Kline's Space for Amplified String Quartet. Part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
Composer Spotlight: Bruce AdolpheAs part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week, this concert features a selection of composer Bruce Adolphe's chamber works played by some of today's exciting musicians and the Center debut of the Apollo Trio. |
Daniel Bernard RoumainViolinist, composer, and performer, Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain is a master of musical diversity, performing music that blends classical with hip hop and electronica. Part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
Ljova and the KontrabandNew York City–based ensemble Ljova and the Kontraband plays a genre-defying blend of chamber music, gypsy melodies, jazz, and tango rhythms. Part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
Composer Spotlight: Joan TowerAcclaimed composer Joan Tower's music is often personally inspired. Tower on piano is joined first by her frequent collaborators the Muir Quartet and then the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio as part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
Red Light New Music EnsembleInspired by American composers such as Ives, Copland, and Cage, the New York–based Red Light New Music Ensemble is dedicated to presenting exciting and original contemporary music from musicians around the world. Part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and Miami String QuartetThese two world-renowned ensembles return for a program with works by Boccherini and Dvorák, as well as the D.C. premiere of a new piano septet written for them by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich as part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
Fuse EnsembleThe D.C.-based Fuse Ensemble presents a multimedia experience that combines video with composer Gina Biver’s blend of classical music influenced by jazz, world, minimalism, avant-garde, and electronica. Part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
The Nash Ensemble of LondonThe Nash Ensemble of London boasts an eclectic repertoire, from the classics to the contemporary. They perform a program that was chosen by British composer and conductor Oliver Knussen, the curator of the Kennedy Center's Contemporary Music Week. |
Mimesis EnsembleThe newly formed, New York City–based Mimesis Ensemble, comprised of energetic emerging graduates of the country’s top music schools, performs works by living composers Halim El-Dabh, Pozzi Escot, and Mohammed Fairouz. Part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
National Symphony Orchestra: Oliver Knussen, conductor/Leila Josefowicz, violin, plays KnussenAs part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week, Oliver Knussen leads a program that includes his own Violin Concerto. The work features Leila Josefowicz, who the Chicago Sun-Times says "plays with a zest and fiery personality." |
Janus TrioThis flute, viola, and harp trio from Brooklyn performs new and established works. The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls the Janus Trio, “a gem made in heaven and polished to perfection.” Part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
So PercussionAn eclectic and experimental percussion quartet, So Percussion performs music that is “astonishing and entrancing” (Billboard), playing instruments that include every-day objects. Part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. |
National Symphony Orchestra chamber ensemble: Oliver Knussen, conductor; Brad Lubman, conductorConductors Oliver Knussen and Brad Lubman lead a chamber ensemble of NSO musicians as part of CrossCurrents: Contemporary Music Week. The program includes Knussen's Requiem - Songs for Sue featuring soprano Elizabeth Keusch. |
