2019-2020 Cello Concerts and Events
Awesome Calendar of Cello Concerts and Events
2019 and Forward
Greater National Capital Region
Kindler Cello Society of Washington, DC
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OCTOBER
October 5 (8 pm) & 6 (3 pm), 2019. 8 pm. The Alexandria Symphony performs Beethoven’s Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano. Alan Richardson is the cellist. $5 - $85. Locations are Northern Virginia Community College and Masonic Memorial in Old Town Alexandria. http://www.alexsym.org/performances/2019-2020-main-series-guide/
October 6, 2019. 2 pm. Tanya Anisimova in recital with pianist/composer Jessica Krash. Program includes Bach’s second gamba sonata and, in a world premiere, Sonata No.1 for Cello &Piano by Illarion Gershkovich. A concerto for two cellos by Gershkovich will also be played. $40. Strathmore Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sundays-live-concert-series-tickets-70146386731?aff=erellivmlt
October 6, 2019. 8 pm. Paul Katz of the New England Conservatory in an online live, interactive conversation. This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
October 7-28, 2019. 10 – 11:30 am. Four-session music appreciation course “Befriending Beethoven” led by cellist Drew Owen. Through lecture, recordings, and live performance, participants will explore Beethoven’s life and four contrasting works. The works are the Cello Sonata in C Major No. 4; Symphony No. 5; String Quartet Op. 59, No. 1; and the “Kreutzer” Violin Sonata No. 9. $102 for the series, registration required. Sponsored by the Washington Conservatory of Music at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo MD. www.washingtonconservatory.org
October 12, 2019. 7:30 pm. Cellist Ashley Bathgate, a member of Bang on a Can All Stars, joins Korean haegum (fiddle) virtuoso Soo Yeun Lyuh for the Washington premiere of seven new works written for this unusual string duo. The New York Times describes Bathgate as an “eloquent new music interpreter.” $6, available through EventBrite. Remaining tickets free at the door. Freer Gallery of Art, Jefferson Drive and 12th Street, SW.
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October 12 & 13, 2019. 7:30 pm both nights. Four cellists play cello ensemble music composed by Dotzauer, Grutzmacher, Wagenseil, Popper, and Kuznetsov, who were all cellists. Performers are Myron Lutzke, William Skeen, Kenneth Slowik, and Allen Whear. Pre-concert lecture at 6:30. Smithsonian Museum of American History. $25 members, $35 non-members. http://smithsonianchambermusic.org/concerts/2019-10-12-music-four-celli
October 13, 2019. 2 pm. Matt Haimovitz in recital with pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Program includes Beethoven sonatas 4 & 5 and Philip Glass’s Partita #2 for solo cello. Pre-concert lecture one hour before the concert. $30-$50. Free student tickets available two weeks in advance. Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Cir, Manassas VA. http://hylton.calendar.gmu.edu/matt-haimovitz-with-simone-dinnerstein
October 13, 2019. 3 pm. Maxfield Wollam-Fisher plays the Shostakovich sonata opus 40 with pianist Topher Ruggiero on a concert sponsored by the Friday Morning Music Club. Collington Retirement Community. Free. 10450 Lotsford Road (I-95, Exit 17), Mitchellville, MD 20721. https://fmmc.org/event/collington-concert-series/
October 13 (3 pm) & 19 (4 pm), 2019. Molly Jones performs the Elgar concerto with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic. $25, free under 18. The Sunday concert is at the Alexandria Masonic Memorial and the Saturday concert is at the Universalist Unitarian Congregation of Fairfax. https://www.wmpamusic.org/philharmonic-2019-2020-season.html
October 13, 2019. 8 pm. Luis Claret of the New England Conservatory in an online live, interactive conversation titled “Celebrating Pablo Casals.” This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
October 16, 2019. 7:30 pm. Matt Haimovitz and pianist Simone Dinnerstein play Beethoven and Philip Glass in a concert at the University of Richmond. $19-$38. Modlin Center for the Arts. https://modlin.richmond.edu/events/page.html?
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October 16, 2019. 8 pm. A concert at the Library of Congress features the group Fretwork and a countertenor. Viol players Asako Morikawa, Joanna Levine, Sam Stadlen, Emily Ashton, and Richard Boothby partner with singer Iestyn Davies. Program includes works by Byrd, Gibbons, Handel, Vaughn Williams, and more. 6:30 pre-concert lecture with the artists. Free tickets available from EventBrite at 10 am on September 11. Seats generally also available at the door before the concert. No tickets required for pre-concert lecture. https://www.loc.gov/concerts/fretwork-iestyn-davies.html
October 18, 2019. Noon. Maxfield Wollam-Fisher plays the Shostakovich sonata opus 40 with pianist Topher Ruggiero on a concert sponsored by the Friday Morning Music Club. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 Eighth Street NW. https://fmmc.org/event/friday-concert-series/
October 19, 2019. 7 pm. Cello Stories, in the series Levine Presents. This performance, by a quartet of cellists, showcases the evolution of the cello, from the early instruments used by Leonardo Da Vinci to the instrument we now know and love. Levine Music. 2801 Upton Street, NW. http://www.levinemusic.org/performance/levine-presents
October 19 and 21, 2019. Juilliard-trained cellist Nathalie Haas and long-time Scottish fiddle collaborator Alasdair Fraser in concert. Haas has also toured with Mark O’Connor in his Appalachian Waltz Trio. October 19th at Garth Newel Music Center, Hot Springs VA. October 21st at St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Rockville MD. https://www.nataliehaas.com/tour
October 20, 2019. 2 pm. Cellist Isaac Melamed teams up with David Melamed, storyteller, guitar, and harmonica player, in a musical adventure with special activities for kids ages 6 to 12. Pay what you wish. No reservations required. Garth Newel Music Center, Hot Springs VA. http://www.garthnewel.org/event/daughter-and-son-days-i-the-pied-piper-of-bath/
October 20, 2019. 7:30 pm. Carolyn Rosinsky performs the two Brahms sonatas with Frederick Minger, piano. Free. Vantage House, 5400 Vantage Point Rd, Columbia, MD. https://www.carolynrosinsky.com/concerts
October 20, 2019. 8 pm. Astrid Schween of the Juilliand String Quartet in an online live, interactive conversation. This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
October 21, 2019. 9 pm. WETA’s Front Row Washington rebroadcasts a recital from the Phillips Collection by cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han. The two, who are married, perform a piece written for them by composer Bruce Adolphe. Adolphe explains the work’s title, Couple, as “an intensification of the more common musical word Duo.” The program also features works by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Grieg. 90.9 FM.
October 22, 2019. 7:30 pm. John Kaboff plays the Franck sonata in A Major with pianist Anna Ouspenskaya on a concert sponsored by the Friday Morning Music Club. Free. Goodwin House
4800 Fillmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA. https://fmmc.org/event/goodwin-house-concert-series/
October 22, 2019. 7:30 pm. Amit Peled with pianist Noreen Polera in recital. $19-$39, with $5 student rush one hour in advance. Beethoven’s second sonata and sonatas by Cassado and Strauss. $12-$39 with student discounts. University of Virginia, Cabell Hall. https://tecs.org/oct-22-2019
October 26, 2019. 7:30 pm. Cellist Peter Wiley joins the Formosa Quartet in a performance of the Schubert String Quintet in C. $6 on EventBrite and remaining tickets are free at the door. Freer Gallery of Art. Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW. https://www.freersackler.si.edu/events-overview/performances/#/?i=1
October 27, 2019. 1 pm. International soloist Inbal Segev in an online live, interactive conversation. This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
October 27, 2019. 3 pm. David Finckel in recital with pianist Wu Han, presenting works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Glazunov, and Chopin. $48. The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna VA. https://www.wolftrap.org/calendar/performance/1920barns/1027show19.aspx
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2019. 6:30 pm. Brooks Whitehouse plays an arrangement of the 6th Bach suite with double bass player Paul Sharpe. $25 and up. Free 18 and under. Optional dinner for extra fee. Garth Newel Music Center. 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs, VA. http://www.garthnewel.org/event/woman-warrior/
November 3, 2019. 2pm. David Hardy, with pianist Lambert Orkis, plays Beethoven’s first sonata and a sonata by David Jaffe. $36. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/NUCMB
November 3, 2019. 2 pm. Cellist Brooks Whitehouse and bassist Paul Sharpe in a kid-oriented program titled “Telling Stories with Music.” Pay what you wish. No reservations required. Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs, VA. http://www.garthnewel.org/event/daughter-and-son-days-iii-express-yourself-telling-stories-with-music/
November 3, 2019. 3 pm. Steven Honigberg plays Shostakovich concerto #1 with the Symphony of the Potomac. $20, $5. Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD. https://www.symphonypotomac.org/concerts
November 7, 9, and 10, 2020. Vivaldi’s concerto for two cellos performed by the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. $45. Venues in Easton MD and Lewes DE. https://midatlanticsymphony.org/concerts
November 10, 2019. 1 pm. Matt Zalkind from the University of Denver in an online live, interactive conversation. This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
November 10, 2020. 5:30 pm. Alban Gerhardt in recital with Cecile Licad, in music of Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, and Franck. The annual Piatigorsky Memorial Concert, Shriver Hall, Johns Hopkins University. $42, with discount for students. https://www.shriverconcerts.org/event/display/102/index.php#event_program
November 15, 2019. 8 pm. Felix Fan and violinist Paul Huang perform the double concerto by Gordon Shi-Wen Chin with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. The Music Center at Strathmore. $75-$25. http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/subscribe/calendar/buy.aspx?id=4200
November 16, 2019. 7:30 pm. John Moran performs the Haydn C major concerto with the Prince Georges Philharmonic. Center for the Performing Arts, Prince Georges Community College. http://www.pgphilharmonic.org/secondconcert.html
November 16 & 17, 2019. Wolfgang Schmidt plays the Dvorak concerto with the Alexandria Symphony. http://www.alexsym.org/performances/2019-2020-main-series-guide/
November 16, 2019. 7 pm. In a solo recital titled Bach/k to the Future, Benedict Kloeckner plays from the Bach cello suites. $65 includes reception. Evermay Concert Series sponsored by the Ueno Foundation. 1623 28th St NW. http://www.rueno.org/em_fall2019/5.html
November 17, 2019. 4 pm. Carter Brey, principal cellist with the NY Philharmonic, plays the first Haydn concerto with the Apollo Orchestra. Free tickets and free parking. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW, Washington DC. https://www.apolloorchestra.com/venues/chevy-chase-presbyterian-church/
November 19, 2019. 7 pm. Benedict Kloeckner performs sonatas by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven. $65 includes reception. Evermay Concert Series sponsored by the Ueno Foundaiton. 1623 28th St NW. http://www.rueno.org/em_fall2019/6.html
November 19, 2019. 8 pm. Emanuel Gruber performs Bach Suites 1, 3, and 5 in a free concert at the University of Maryland. Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice. https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/masterful-strings-emanuel-gruber-cello
November 21 & 23, 2019. Both at 7:30 pm. Rebecca Gilmore and Michael Daniels play Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos with the Virginia Symphony. November 21 at Regent University, Virginia Beach, and November 23 at Crosswalk Church, Williamsburg. https://virginiasymphony.org/19-20season/
November 24, 2019. 8 pm. David Ying of the Eastman School of Music in an online live, interactive conversation. This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
DECEMBER
December 6, 2019. 7:30 pm. Zlatomir Fung, who recently won the gold medal at the Tchaikovsky competition, in recital. Pianist to be announced. Embassy of Bulgaria. $125. http://www.embassyseries.org/performances/zlatomir-fung-cello-embassy-of-bulgaria/
December 6 &7, 2019. 8 pm. Cellist Maya Beiser collaborates with dancer Wendy Whelan in a Kennedy Center dance program titled The Day. Choreography by Lucinda Childs and music by David Lang. Beiser, who conceived the piece, is a veteran of world stages. She has been described as “a force of nature” (Boston Globe) and a “cello rock star” (Rolling Stone). $25-$60. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/DUDSE
December 8, 2019. 1 pm. Brant Taylor of the Chicago Symphony in an online live, interactive conversation. This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
December 14, 2019. 3 pm. Twenty-year old British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, famed for his performance at the most recent royal wedding, with his pianist sister Isata in a free recital at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Works by Beethoven, Lutoslawski, Barber, and Rachmaninoff. https://www.shriverconcerts.org/event/display/110/index.php#event_overview
December 14, 2019. 7 pm. Shepardic cello duos performed by Susanna Mendlow and Devree Lewis. GroupMuse concert in a private residence in Rosslyn. $13, with spots for up to 15 people. https://www.groupmuse.com/events/8840-pre-hanukah-sephardic-music-for-everybody-on-north-oak-street
December 15, 2019. 1 pm. Jeffrey Zeigler of the Mannes School of Music in an online live, interactive conversation. This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
December 15, 2019. 3 pm. The Virginia Cello Ensembles perform at the Fredericksburg Academy. 10800 Academy Drive, Fredericksburg VA. https://www.fredericksburgcello.com/
December 15, 2019. 4 pm. Violinist Johnny Gandelsman plays arrangements of Bach’s cello suites 2, 4, 5, and 6 for the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia. $40. Wilton House Museum, 215 S. Wilton Rd., Richmond VA 23226. https://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/17241
December 22, 2019. 1 pm. Santiago Cañón Valencia in an online live, interactive conversation. This is a “CelloChat” sponsored by the website CelloBello. Free. https://www.facebook.com/cellobellofans/
JANUARY
January 12, 2020. 7:30 pm. Carrie Bean Stute plays selections from Bach’s 5th cello suite on a concert by the Chiarina Chamber Players. $25 - $10. St. Mark’s Church, 301 A Street, SE, Washington, DC. https://chiarina.org/concerts/new-paths/
January 21, 2020. 7:30 pm. Cellist Jay Campbell in a duo recital with violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Program includes works by Gibbons, Ravel, Xenakis, Ligeti, and Kodaly. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Campbell recently won an Avery Fisher career grant. $45. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/MUFSF
January 22, 2020. 7:30 pm. Kian Soltani with pianist Julio Elizalde in recital. Works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Franck, and Pärt. Presented by Washington Performing Arts. Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center. $40. http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/subscribe/calendar/buy.aspx?id=4127
January 23, 2020. 7:30 pm. Antonio Meneses in recital with guitarist Paul Galbraith. The Mansion at Strathmore. $30. 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda.
https://www.strathmore.org/events-and-tickets/paul-galbraith-antonio-meneses
January 30, 31, & February 1, 2020. With Marin Alsop conducting, the Baltimore Symphony plays the Saint-Saëns concerto with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who strode onto the world stage playing at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. https://www.bsomusic.org/calendar/events/2019-2020-events/saint-sa%C3%ABns-cello-concerto/
FEBRUARY
February 1 & 2, 2020. Amit Peled plays the Bach cello suites, along with selections from Bloch’s From Jewish Life. Saturday at 4 pm at the Spencerville Adventist Church and Sunday at 2 pm at the Bender JCC in Rockville. Free (we think). https://www.mountvernonvirtuosi.com/201920-season
February 1, 2020. 8 pm. J. Barriere’s Duo for two cellos on a concert of the Pressenda Chamber Players. Tobias Werner, cello, is one performer. Program also includes sextets by Brahms and Strauss. Free, with suggested $20 donation. Sponsored by the Washington Conservatory. Westmoreland Congregational Church, 1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD www.washingtonconservatory.org/concerts
February 2, 2020. 2 pm. C.P.E. Bach's Cello Concerto in A minor performed on a program of the Bach in Baltimore ensemble. $25-$27. First Lutheran Church, Ellicott City. https://bachinbaltimore.org/portfolio-items/midwinter-baroque-daydream-19-20/
February 6 & 9, 2020. French-German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt makes his debut with the National Symphony in the Dvorak cello concerto, conducted by Edward Gardner. Kennedy Center Concert Hall. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/NUCSK
February 9, 2020, 3 pm. Harriet Kaplan performs the sixth Bach solo suite, completing her project of presenting one each year. Free. Rock Creek Chamber Players, St. Luke’s Church, 6030 Grosvenor Lane, North Bethesda. https://www.facebook.com/rockcreekchamberplayers/
February 9 (7 pm) & 10 (8 pm), 2020. István Várdai in a solo recital at Dumbarton Oaks, performing works of Bach, Ligeti, and Kodaly. Tickets on sale in mid-December. 1703 32nd Street, NW. https://www.doaks.org/events/music/istvan-vardai
February 15 (7:30 pm) & 16 (3 pm), 2020. Kelley Mikkelsen plays the Lalo concerto with the Roanoke Symphony. https://rso.com/event/happy-birthday-beethoven/2020-02-15/
February 22, 2020. 8 pm. Prize-winning cellist Natalia Khoma performs Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. $36-$60, with free student tickets available two weeks in advance. George Mason University Center for the Arts. 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. http://cfa.calendar.gmu.edu/national-symphony-orchestra-of-ukraine
February 25, 2020. 7:30 pm. Young Concert Artists presents Danish-American cellist Jonathan Swensen in works by Beethoven, Ligeti, and Franck, plus Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne. $20-$45. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. $20 - $45. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/RUYCD
February 27, 2020. 6 pm. Jonathan Swenson in the young artist series at Levine Music. Lang Recital Hall, 2801 Upton St. NW. http://www.levinemusic.org/performance/levine-presents
MARCH
March 6, 7, & 8, 2020. Leonard Elschenbroich plays the Elgar Concerto with the Virginia Symphony in Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. https://virginiasymphony.org/19-20season/
March 7, 2020. 3 pm. Cellist Cicely Parnas in recital with her sister, violinist Madalyn Parnas Möller, playing duos by Bach, Ravel and Kodaly. Free. University of Maryland Baltimore County. https://www.shriverconcerts.org/event/display/113/index.php#event_program
March 7, 2020. 7:30 pm. Amit Peled plays the Schumann concerto with the Johns Hopkins University Symphony Orchestra. $14 with student discounts. Shriver Hall Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University. https://studentaffairs.jhu.edu/hso/event/debussy-revueltas-schumann-peled/?instance_id=60
March 12, 2020. 7:30 pm. Jeffrey Ziegler, formerly with the Kronos Quartet, in recital at the Mansion at Strathmore. Zigler plays ARIA – works for solo cello by Paola Prestini. “This program brings the listener to one of her earliest interdisciplinary works created with National Sawdust Productions and then takes us forward to her most recent contribution to the project, The Sound of Science.” $30. 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. https://www.strathmore.org/events-and-tickets/jeffrey-zeigler
March 13, 2020. 7:30 pm. Cellist Tony Rymer, a 2018 winner of the FMMC Washington International Competition, is a soloist in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Avanti Orchestra. Free. Presented by the Friday Morning Music Club. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. Check www.fmmc.org for details.
March 21, 2020. 7:30. Cellist Katy I-Hsuan Chiang with Sangmi Yoon, piano, in an “Alphabet Series” concert. In advance voting, the public will select a letter of the alphabet to be featured in the concert. All pieces will be by composers whose last names begin with the chosen letter. The program will include exploration of lesser-known cello repertoire. $5 to $16. Howard Community College, Horowitz Center for the Visual and Performing Arts. https://www.howardcc.edu/discover/arts-culture/horowitz-center/music-concerts/season/faculty-concert-series.html
March 26, 2020. 7:30 pm. Matt Haimovitz with violinist Laura Colgate. The Mansion at Strathmore. $30. 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. https://www.strathmore.org/events-and-tickets/matt-haimovitz-laura-colgate
APRIL
April 4, 2020. 3 pm. Eric Kutz and Amir Eldan, cellists, with pianists Miko Kominami and Misha Namirovsky perform Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano. Free. Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice, University of Maryland. https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2020/masterful-strings-beethoven-cellobration-250
April 18, 2020. 3 pm. Zuill Bailey performs the world premiere of a cello concerto by Alistair Coleman with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Bailey also plays Tales of Hemingway by Michael Daugherty. The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda MD. https://www.nationalphilharmonic.org/subscriptions-tickets/music-prose/
April 21, 2020. 8 pm. The star cellist at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2018 royal wedding, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, plays the Saint-Saëns first concerto. The Chineke!Orchestra is conducted by Kevin John Edusei. Kennedy Center. Tickets on sale July 19, 2019. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/MUCOB
MAY
May 2, 2020. 4 pm. British cellist Natalie Cline performs with pianist Marianna Shirinyan. Dumbarton Church. $43-$40. 3133 Dumbarton Street NW. http://www.dumbartonconcerts.org/tickets
May 3, 2020. 4 pm. James Wilson plays Nathalie Joachim’s Dan Mwen Yo for cello and recorded sound on a program of the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia. $30-$5. Perkinson Recital Hall, University of Richmond. http://cmscva.org/index.php/events/home-is/
May 10, 2020. 3 pm. Cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan in recital with pianist Marianna Prjevalskaya. Ward Virts Concert Series. Prince Frederick, Calvert County MD http://creativecello.com/js_events/ward-virts-concert-series/
May 10, 2020. 7:30 pm. Carrie Bean Stute, cello, plays The Jet Whistle by Villa Lobos with flutist Adria Sternstein Foster on a concert by the Chiarina Chamber Players. $25 - $10. St. Mark’s Church, 301 A Street, SE, Washington, DC. https://chiarina.org/concerts-tickets/
May 6 & 17, 2020. Amit Peled conducts and plays the Haydn concerto with the Mount Vernon Virtuosi. Saturday at 4 pm at the Spencerville Adventist Church and Sunday at 2 pm at the Bender JCC in Rockville. Free (we think). https://www.mountvernonvirtuosi.com/201920-season
May 23, 2020. 6:30 pm. Isaac Melemed plays Beethoven’s second cello sonata with pianist Jeannette Fang. Pre-concert presentation by Professor Steven M. Whiting, Beethoven Specialist, University of Michigan. $10-$25, with optional dinner for extra fee. Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs, VA. http://www.garthnewel.org/event/the-late-years/
May 31, 2020. 4 pm. The Peabody Peled Cello Gang, with Amit Peled as soloist, in a concert of works for cello ensemble. Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia. Co-presented by the JCC and the Fairfax Symphony. 8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax VA https://www.fairfaxsymphony.org/may-31-peabody-peled-cello
Updated 9/28/2019
Ann Franke
