This page lists all our concerts of the 2020-2021 season. Listings from previous seasons are at the bottom of this page.
For concerts near you, click on the nearest city:
Appleton, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Taiwan, Tallahassee, Washington, D.C.
Upcoming Concerts
13 May 2021
Broadway Community
The Ferdinand Quartet
Nathan Meltzer, violin
Phoenix Avalon, violin
Sam Rosenthal, viola
Mizuki Hayakawa, cello
Schubert Quartet in G Major, D. 887
The second chapter concert from our New York City chapter. All proceeds will go to Broadway Community food pantry.
Every Friday at 12PM EST
MFF's YouTube Channel
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16 May 2021
Online
Joshua Halpern, cello
Maria Ioudenitch violin
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Laurence Lesser, cello
Robert Levin, piano
Geneva Lewis, violin
Kyumin Park, violin
Donald Weilerstein, violin
Zhanbo Zheng, viola
Mozart Piano Trio K.502:
-Allegro
-Larghetto
-Allegretto
Mozart String Quartet K.387:
-Allegro vivace assai
-Menuetto
-Andante cantabile
-Molto allegro
Mozart String Quintet K.516:
-Allegro
-Menuetto: Allegretto
-Adagio ma non troppo
-Adagio – Allegro
The fourth concert in our Season 11 Boston series. All proceeds will be split between pantries representing our Appleton and Washington D.C. chapters:
St. Joe’s Food Program and Martha’s Table.
Friday, July 17, 2020 . 7:00pm EDT
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiMAdvAftK8
Paul Biss, Michael Casimir, Central Conservatory of Music: Pipa Ensemble, Nick Cords, Beth Guterman Chu, Jonathan Chu, Miriam Fried, Ian Krause, Laurence Lesser, Ben Lim, Haesun Paik, Anoush Pogossian, Cara Pogossian, Eddy Pogossian, Movses Pogossian, Varty Pogossian, Larry Tyrell, Don Weilerstein, Vivian Weilerstein
Music for Food is proud to announce a second online concert to be released July 17th at 7pm. We are elated to offer you more beautiful music, sharing in an evening of community to help withstand these troubling times. Featuring both seasoned MFF friends and debut performances, we look forward to enjoying these performances with you.
All proceeds will go to the benefit of four food pantries honoring our performers: St Louis, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Portland, Oregon.
View on YouTube
Saturday, August 15, 2020
Calgary
Jesse Morrison, Maxwell Stein
Works by Hindemith, Bach, Mancini, John Williams and James Naigus
Porch concert led by Jesse Morrison and Maxwell Stein to raise money for the Calgary Food Bank Calgary Food Bank
August 17, 2020
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdz2oCcyC7A
Claudia Do Minh Ramos, Andrew Hughes, Kim Kashkashian, Yuchen Lu, Haneul Park, Jing Peng, Karlie Roberts, Gonzalo Martin Rodriguez, Julian Seney, Samuel Zacharia, Zhanbo Zheng
Hymnus Op. 57 by Julius Klengel, arranged for 12 violas by Jean-Loup Lecomte
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdz2oCcyC7A
Aug 30, 2020
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAS1FKmLrhw
Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Varty Manouelian and Movses Pogossian, violins; Cara Pogossian, viola; Edvard Pogossian, cello
Timo Andres – House Work (2020) – World Premiere*
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 2 (1917)
1. Moderato
2. Allegro molto capriccioso
3. Lento
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Larghetto affettuoso, from Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10 (1895)
*Commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting
Our family believes in using the power of music to make a difference for those in need. For years, we’ve been supporting a wonderful organization, Music for Food. If you enjoyed this concert and wish to contribute towards the Food Services of the Midnight Mission (Skid Row, LA), you have our gratitude!
October 8th, 2020
Livestream
The Aizuri Quartet
Miho Saegusa and Emma Frucht, violins
Ayane Kozasa, viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Eleanor Alberga (1949-) String Quartet No. 1 (1993)
I. Détaché et Martellato e zehr lebaft und Swing It Man
II. Espressivo with Wonder and Yearning
III. Frantically Driven Yet Playful
L van Beethoven (1770-1827) Quartet in E flat Major, Opus 127
I. Maestoso – Allegro
II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Andante con moto – Adagio molto espressivo – Tempo I
III. Scherzando vivace
IV Allegro
The Aizuri Quartet will perform the first MFF/NYC livestream concert on Thursday October 8th at 7:30. The concert will be broadcast live from Broadway Presbyterian Church and benefits Broadway Community. To listen, copy and paste the link below!
https://www.facebook.com/musicforfoodnyc/
In their own words, “Within each of these works is a feeling of expanse, an opening up of the music, as if the composer were standing on the edge of a cliff looking out over a broad new terrain. Alberga and Beethoven tackle life’s greatest existential questions – they zoom out of the personal, the local, and the quotidian, and instead wrestle with the laws of nature, astrophysics, and with the meaning of life. Though there is much existential angst in these works, there is also profound beauty and wisdom.” – The Aizuri Quartet
October 25, 2020
Boston
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Robert Levin, piano
Merz trio:
Lee Dionne, piano
Brigid Coleridge, violin
Julia Yang, cello
Maurice Ravel; Songs
Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques
Chanson de la mariée
Là – bas, vers l’église
Quel galant m’est comparable
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Tout gai !
Deux Mélodies Hébraïques
Kaddisch
L’ Enigme Eternelle
Tripatos
Maurice Ravel: Piano trio in a minor
Modéré
Pantoum (Assez vif)
Passacaille: Trés large
Final: Animé
All proceeds will go to our rotating chapter of the month, Cleveland, benefitting the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.
View on YouTube
8 November, 2020
Philadelphia
Jonathan Biss, piano
Burchard Tang, viola
Priscilla Lee, cello
Amy Yang, piano
Rachel Ku, viola
Michael Rusinek, clarinet
Nancy Goeres, bassoon
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Mozart Sonata in C Major, K 330 2nd movement: Andante cantabile
Mozart La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni, arranged for Viola and Cello by Osmo Vanska
Beethoven “Eyeglasses” Duo, woo 32. 2nd movement: Menuetto
Dvorak Humoresque op. 101 no. 7
Delibes-Dohnanyi Waltz from Coppélia
Brahms Sonata in F, Op. 120, No. 1
Alan Fletcher Romance for clarinet bassoon and piano
15 November, 2020 at 3pm
Flutistry Boston
Susan Kang, flute
Balourdet String Quartet:
Angela Bae, violin
Justin DeFilippis, violin
Ben Zannoni, viola
Russell Houston, cello
W.A. Mozart – “Voi che sapete” and “Non so più cosa son” from “The Marriage of Figaro” K. 492 (arr. for Flute and String Quartet by Nicholas Kitchen and Paula Robison)
W.A. Mozart – String Quartet no. 19 in C Major, K 465 “Dissonance”
Claude Debussy – Syrinx for solo flute
Yuko Úebayashi – Misericordia for Flute and String Quartet__
The Balourdet Quartet and Susan are alumni of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. The Balourdet Quartet also first met and formed in Houston. Houston has a special place in our hearts, and so we wanted to help the community that means so much to us.
29 November 2020
View on YouTube
Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin
Gwen Krosnick, cello
Parker Quartet featuring Kim Kashkashian:
Daniel Chong, Ken Hamao, violin
Kim Kashkashian, Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932 — 2004): Walkin’ All Over God’s City Called Heaven (1996) from Afro American Spiritual Duos for Violin and Violoncello
J.S. Bach (1685 — 1750): Two Canons from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 17. Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta 14a. Canon in Hypodiatesseron al roverscio e per augmentationem, perpetuus
Mozart: Viola Quintet in C Major, K. 515
19 December 2020
Denver, CO
Zachary Carrettín, violin
Aria Cheregosha, viola
Mina Gajić, harpsichord
Ivalas Quartet
David Korevaar, piano
Sara Parkinson, piano
Igor Pikayzen, violin
Parisa Zaeri Reaves, piano
Zach Reaves, cello
Scott Slapin, composer
Lauren Spaulding, viola
Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin
Nocturne for Two Violas
Scott Slapin
Rondo in A minor K. 511
W. A. Mozart
Cacilie & Morgan!
Richard Strauss
Beethoven Romance No. 1 in G Major Op. 40
Ludwig van Beethoven
Die zwei Blauen Augen
Gustav Mahler
Sonata in C Minor BWV 1017
Largo
Johann Sebastian Bach
An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave
Carlos Simon
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn-Burmester
Zigeuner-Capricco
Fritz Kreisler
24 January 2021, 6:30 Central Time
Online
Elisabeth Adkins, violin
Michael Bukhman, piano
Jesus Castro-Balbi, cello
Stas Chernishev, clarinet
Jake Fridkis, flute
Ann Hung, clarinet/piano
Gloria Lin, piano
Edward Newman, piano
Xinyi Xu, viola
Heesun Yang, viola
E. Elgar: Three Pieces
Salut d’amour, Op. 12
Sospiri, Op. 70
Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15
Marlos Nobre: Poema, Op. 94, No. 3
Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello and Gloria Lin, piano
C. Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22
Andante molto
Allegretto
Leidenschaftlich schnell
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 28, E Flat Major, K. 380 (arr. for two clarinets)
Mozart: 12 duets for violin and viola (originally for 2 basset horns)
Nos. 1-6, 12
The theme for this concert is “From Our Family to Yours”, as there are 5 sets of families/couples performing music in support of MFF’s mission during the Covid-19 crisis. The concert will be recorded in advance and streamed on MFF’s YouTube channel, and donations to the Tarrant Area Food Bank will be collected via a dedicated link in the video description. This is a joint venture of MFF, Fort Worth Trinity Episcopal Church, TCU School of Music, and the Yale Club of Fort Worth.
View on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FpZamADPaw
10 February 2021
Long Island
Violin, viola, and piano students and faculty from the Pluckd Studio, a School for strings and piano in Long Island.
Lunchtime Concert Series (5)All donations will go to Our Lady of Mercy Parish in New York.
28 February 2021, 7:30pm
Cleveland, OH
Raphina Quartet, student artists
Karen Ferry, violin
James Gikas, violin
Alyssa Warcup, viola
Benjamin Richardson, cello
Elless Quartet, student artists
Ju-Eun Lee, violin
Megan Lin, violin
Marcus Stevenson, viola
Cecelia Swanson, cello
Kalliope Trio, student artists
Hosanna Carella, violin
Madelynn Bolin, cello
Melivia Raharjo, piano
Jaime Laredo, viola
Lynne Ramsey, viola
Sharon Robinson, cello
Martha Sprague, cello, student artist
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
Emanuela Friscioni, piano, guest artist
Juan Riveros, harp, student artist
Grace Roepke, harp, student artist
Jeremy Sreejayan, marimba, student artist
RAVEL Selections from Mother Goose Suite (arr. Escosa)
PRICE – String Quartet in G Major (1929)
II. Andante moderato
BARBER Selections from Souvenirs, Suite for Piano Four Hands, Op. 28
SCHUBERT Scherzo from String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
OKPEBHOLO Distance (2016)
BRAHMS Rondo alla Zingarese from Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Cleveland chapter concert presented by the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Student Government Association. All proceeds will go to the Kosher Food Bank. The concert will be live-streamed originally from CIM on February 24th at 7pm. This performance will then premiere on MFF’s YouTube channel on the 28th at 7:30pm and the Violin Channel’s VC Live on March 2nd at 5pm.
A silent auction will be held online from 12pm on 2/24 to 5pm on 3/3
Silent Art Auction
Live-stream from Cleveland: February 24th at 7:00pm
Cleveland Stream
MFF Video Premiere: February 28th at 7:30pm
MFF Cleveland Concert
Violin Channel Stream: March 2nd at 5pm
The Violin Channel
14 March 2021
MFF YouTube
Eunghee Cho, cello
Lluís Claret, cello
Daniel Claret, cello
Russell Houston, cello
Claire Kim, cello
Anna Mora, cello
Jasmine Pai, cello
GRUPCELLO.CAT (directed by Anna Mora)
Adagio Cantabile L.v.Beethoven
(from the Trio Op.87, for two oboes and english horn)
Lament i Divertiment, for 3 cellos, Op.113 Salvador Brotons (2009)
(Dedicated to the group)
Dido’s Lament transcription by Eunghee Cho 4.5 minutes
Henry Purcell
Espana
Emmanuel Chabrier, transcription by Blaise Déjardin, 6.5 minutes
Pastorale (from a piece for organ)
J.S. Bach
Kol Nidrei, Adagio on Hebrew Melodies, Op.47
Max Bruch
(Transc. for cello ensemble Günter Ribke)
Suite for 12 Cellos (written for L.Claret)
Juli Sandaran (1984)
-Balada
-Allegro
-Cançó de bressol (Lullaby)
-Sardana (Catalonia’s national dance)
MFF’s Boston 3rd core concert in celebration of renowned cellist Lluís Claret’s 70th birthday. All donations will go to the Women’s Lunch Place.
25 April 2021
Online
The Ariel Quartet
Gershon Gerchikov, violin
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin
Jan Grüning, viola
Amit Even-Tov, cello
Kristine Clair Uchi Galano, violin
Marcel Bobe, cello
Vikki Chen, piano
Soyeon Kate Lee, piano
Ran Dank, piano
Beethoven-“Maestoso-Allegro” from String Quartet in E-flat major, Op 127
Dvorak-“Poco Adagio” from Piano Trio No.3, op. 65 in F minor
Mendelssohn-“Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo” from Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Beethoven-“Andante cantabile” from String Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5
Beethoven-“Poco adagio- Allegro” from String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74
Cincinnati chapter concert for the benefit of the Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank.
13 May 2021
Broadway Community
The Ferdinand Quartet
Nathan Meltzer, violin
Phoenix Avalon, violin
Sam Rosenthal, viola
Mizuki Hayakawa, cello
Schubert Quartet in G Major, D. 887
The second chapter concert from our New York City chapter. All proceeds will go to Broadway Community food pantry.
Every Friday at 12PM EST
MFF's YouTube Channel
A weekly series of videos released every Friday at 12:00PM EST. Each video features MFF Artists and friends from all over the world. Subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don’t miss a video!
16 May 2021
Online
Joshua Halpern, cello
Maria Ioudenitch violin
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Laurence Lesser, cello
Robert Levin, piano
Geneva Lewis, violin
Kyumin Park, violin
Donald Weilerstein, violin
Zhanbo Zheng, viola
Mozart Piano Trio K.502:
-Allegro
-Larghetto
-Allegretto
Mozart String Quartet K.387:
-Allegro vivace assai
-Menuetto
-Andante cantabile
-Molto allegro
Mozart String Quintet K.516:
-Allegro
-Menuetto: Allegretto
-Adagio ma non troppo
-Adagio – Allegro
The fourth concert in our Season 11 Boston series. All proceeds will be split between pantries representing our Appleton and Washington D.C. chapters:
St. Joe’s Food Program and Martha’s Table.
Previous Seasons
Concerts Season 1
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Concerts Season 3
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Concerts Season 5
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