Past Events

Multiple GRAMMY® nominated pianist Nadia Shpachenko will present 9 San Francisco Premieres on Wednesday, June 20th at 7:30pm at Center for New Music. Shpachenko will perform compositions by Adam Borecki, Daniel Felsenfeld, Tom Flaherty, Missy Mazzoli, Nick Norton, and Peter Yates from her World Premieres album “Quotations and Homages,” released by Reference Recordings on April 6, 2018, as well as brand new 2018 compositions by Vera Ivanova and Isaac Schankler. The recital will feature new works inspired by a variety…

Solo and Chamber Recital (with CPP Piano Ensemble) at Los Angeles City College PROGRAM Tom Flaherty (b. 1950) Time’s Up for two pianos, toy piano, and percussion (2018) Nadia Shpachenko with her students Marissa Aronson, Ilka Bradvica, Katherine Cabula, Melinda Hovsepian, Amelia Kaufman, Sophia Lin, Joshua Tessler, Michael Tran, and Long Yu Vera Ivanova (b. 1977) In the Deep Heart’s Core for piano, electronics and multimedia (2017) 1. The Echo 2. In the Fog 3. Wind 4. The Lake Isle…

Sarah Cahill, piano PROGRAM All the pieces below were written for Sarah Cahill Meredith Monk (b. 1942) - Steppe Music (excerpt) (1998/2009) Ingram Marshall (b. 1942) - Authentic Presence (2000) John Adams (b. 1947) - China Gates (1977) Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) - Quintuplets Play Pen (2001) Annea Lockwood (b. 1939) - RCSC (2001) Phil Kline (b. 1953) - The Long Winter (2008) Samuel Adams (b. 1985) - Shade Studies (2014) Terry Riley (b. 1935) - Be Kind to One Another…

Solo and Chamber Recital (with CPP Piano Ensemble) at Los Angeles City College PROGRAM Tom Flaherty (b. 1950) Time’s Up for two pianos, toy piano, and percussion (2018) Nadia Shpachenko with her students Marissa Aronson, Ilka Bradvica, Katherine Cabula, Melinda Hovsepian, Amelia Kaufman, Sophia Lin, Joshua Tessler, Michael Tran, and Long Yu Nimrod Borenstein (b. 1969) Scenes of Ballet for piano quartet (2000) Preview before US premiere Nadia Shpachenko with her students Marissa Aronson, Michael Tran, Long Yu, pianos Vera…

PROGRAM CPP Piano Ensemble, Nadia Shpachenko, director Tom Flaherty (b. 1950) Time’s Up for two pianos, toy piano, and percussion (2018) Nadia Shpachenko, Marissa Aronson, Ilka Bradvica, Katherine Cabula, Melinda Hovsepian, Amelia Kaufman, Sophia Lin, Joshua Tessler, Michael Tran, and Long Yu Nimrod Borenstein (b. 1969) Scenes of Ballet for piano quartet (2000) US Premiere Nadia Shpachenko, Marissa Aronson, Michael Tran, Long Yu, pianos Adam Schoenberg (b. 1980) Bounce for Two Pianos (2013) Nadia Shpachenko and Marissa Aronson, pianos Maurice…

World Premiere of Half Life and The New Frontier by Jack Van Zandt (composer) and Jill Freeman (librettist) at Hear Now Music Festival's opening concert at the Wende Museum. Performed with soprano Stacey Fraser, percussionist Yuri Inoo, and bassist John Kennedy. Program Jeffrey Holmes—NASTROND Stefan Carow—ERUPTIONS Jack Van Zandt –THE NEW FRONTIER Joan Huang—SHANGHAI SOUVENIRS Vera Ivanova— (title unknown) William Roper—NEW-OPENED EYES Hugh Levick—THE AFTER WORLD Liviu Marinescu—STRING QUARTET NO.1

Performance of Jack Van Zandt's Si An Bhru (inspired by the Newgrange Ancient Temple in Ireland) that will be released on March 1 on Shpachenko's upcoming album The Poetry of Places. Concert description: Spiritual Forest, a chamber opera by Japanese composer Koji Nakano will receive its world premiere by the CSUSB Opera Theatre in collaboration with the LotusFlower New Music Project. The work features Stacey Fraser soprano, Alastair Edmonstone, piano, Maggie Parkins of the critically acclaimed LA based Eclipse string…

Guest Performance and Master Class with Shpachenko's Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble at Mannes School of Music. Musical exchange between Cal Poly Pomona University and Mannes School of Music. On the program: Tom Flaherty - Time's Up for 10 pianists Dr. Nadia Shpachenko, director, Marissa Aronson, Ilka Bradvica, Katherine Cabula, Melinda Hovsepian, Amelia Kaufman, Sophia Lin, Joshua Tessler, Michael Tran, and Long Yu Eric Fegan - Cascade for 4 pianists Marcia Eckert, director, Sam Finard, Catherine Jiang, Paul Kim, and…