The Duo Ex Machina, saxophonist Randal Despommier and pianist Jason Yeager, reunites at Piano on Park on March 1st for Cosmic Sketches, a concert honoring the centennials of Miles Davis and John Coltrane. The program features original compositions inspired by these two towering figures, alongside new arrangements of their music, sketching an arc across their evolving artistic visions.

Formed by Juan Almada and Federico Díaz, the Argentina Guitar Duo brings a fresh and innovative perspective to the guitar duo repertoire.

Enjoy the live performance of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, which imbues Messiaen’s deep Catholicism with birdsong, dance, and his idiosyncratic rhythmic and melodic modes.

Emerging pianist and composer Jake Hart and renowned guitarist John Hart will both perform individual solo sets for an intimate evening of jazz.

Praised as “especially impressive” and “a thoughtful, sensitive performer” who "balanced lyrical warmth and crisp clarity” (Tommasini–The New York Times), pianist Zhu Wang was awarded First Prize in the 2020 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, Gold Medalist at 2024 New Orleans International Piano Competition.

Umer Piracha is a musician and singer of devotional Sufi music. Together with classical and jazz pianist Cyrus von Hochstetter, the duo creates fully improvised performances that transcend musical and cultural boundaries.

We invite you to join us for Anna Han’s recital, featuring Toccatas by Bach, Schumann, Unsuk Chin, and Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff’s Second Sonata

Andrea Casarrubios and Audrey Abela will perform works by Bach, Boulanger, original compositions, and other gems of the chamber music repertoire revolving around the cello and piano.

After a duo performance with Daniel Schnyder last in June, Jazz pianist Tommaso Perazzo is back at Piano on Park with an exclusive solo piano set.

Daniel Harnett and Cyrus von Hochstetter will perform songs and poems by Daniel Harnett, arranged for voice, guitar and piano.

A multi-genre musician from New Orleans who “blends the suavity of Paul Desmond with the intensity of Dave Binney” (Musically Speaking), alto saxophonist Randal Despommier has captivated audiences at venues including Carnegie Hall (Weill), the Regattabar, the Qintai Concert Hall in China, the Lilla Jazzfestivalen, Soapbox Gallery, and Snug Harbor with the John Mahoney Bigband.

A musical conversation and sonic exploration with DoYeon Kim (gayageum) and Frank Carlberg (piano), mining inspiration from cinema, fairgrounds and the subconscious.

After previously performing at Piano on Park on Theremin and Haken Continuum, Rob Schwimmer is back for an exclusive solo piano performance! Praised by The New York Times for his "Virtuosity, magic, and humor", Rob Schwimmer is a composer-pianist, thereminist, vocalist and Haken Continuum player who has performed and recorded throughout the world.

We invite you to join us for this exceptional musical experience as Chloe Chuyue Zhang guides you through a diverse repertoire that spans centuries, styles, and emotions. Her recital promises a captivating exploration of the piano’s limitless possibilities.

Tan, Boutris, and Wang will perform works by Mozart and Bruch, gems of the chamber music repertoire revolving around the viola and clarinet. Elements of the instruments’ singing, breathing, and speaking characteristics will be compared as the artists discuss their interplay—and exchangeability—in classical music.

Internationally acclaimed harmonica player and composer Yotam Ben-Or and pianist-composer Gabriel Chakarji team up as a duo for a musical program that will incorporate rhythms from the Caribbeans and other parts of Central and South America. Yotam's harmonica brings the melodic richness and depth that is found in Jewish Music alongside Gabriel's phenomenal and versatile way of playing the piano.

A rare opportunity to witness Grammy-winning pianist and composer Emilio Solla in an intimate dialogue with his old friend, the acoustic piano. His repertoire expands from fresh new versions of traditional folklore and tango tunes to originals.

Join Cyrus von Hochstetter in an interactive exploration of the connection between music, sound and meaning as we look for the stories behind the notes with musical examples from Debussy, Beethoven, Wagner, Schumann and more.

Han Chen has emerged among the new generation of concert pianists as a uniquely fearless performer in a wide variety of musical settings. Gold Medalist at the 2013 China International Piano Competition and a prizewinner at the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, Chen’s virtuosity is enriched by a probing commitment to new works as well as the great cornerstones of the piano repertory.

A 1000-YEAR MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM INDIA TO FRANCE

Tickets: $ 75

Concert followed by Meet & Greet with the musicians and a reception with French wine and cheese tasting.

Yeon-Min Park achieved her triumph as the 1st prize winner of the prestigious George Enescu International Music Competition in 2021 as well as a “Special Mention” for the best interpretation of George Enescu’s composition. She also won the 2nd Prize and Audience Prize at the Liszt Utrecht International Competition in 2022.

Composer and saxophonist Daniel Schnyder and pianist Tommaso Perazzo are excited to bring Schnyder’s original works to Piano on Park. Schnyder’s compositions are known to draw upon jazz and avant-garde idioms in practically equal measure, producing a heady brew which is tuneful, rhythmic and immediately appealing without being trite.

Eden Chen has performed extensively in concert halls around the world and in local communities. His artistic impact is enriched by work with other musical genres, fashion, visual arts, and social enterprise. Eden’s performance highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and Pritzker Pavilion. He was also invited to perform at the Grammy Salute to Classical Concert with distinguished artists such as Grammy Award winner Ledisi in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. Eden is a Young Scholar Alum of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, and a Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist.

Alessio Bidoli has performed in prestigious Italian concert seasons, including: MITO Settembre Musica, Società del Quartetto, Società dei Concerti and Serate, Musicali of Milan, Furcht-Bocconi University, Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala, Fondazione Musica Insieme of Bologna, Amici della Musica of Sondalo, Arvedi Auditorium of Cremona, Festival Paganiniano of Carro, Levanto Music Festival Amfiteatrof, Festival Internazionale della Cultura ofBergamo. He has also performed in several recitals in Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Latvia, Russia, and Thailand.

A multi-genre musician from New Orleans who “blends the suavity of Paul Desmond with the intensity of Dave Binney” (Musically Speaking), alto saxophonist Randal Despommier has captivated audiences at venues including Carnegie Hall (Weill), the Regattabar, the Qintai Concert Hall in China, the Lilla Jazzfestivalen, Soapbox Gallery, and Snug Harbor with the John Mahoney Bigband.

After years of recording and performing around the world with the greatest jazz musicians, double bassist Tal Mashiach returns to his original musical home—the guitar. Fragments from his personal and intimate yet worldly, transcontinental and timeless journey come together in the album Tiyul (which in Hebrew can mean both a short hike as well as a long journey to remote places and countries).

2023 marks the 240th anniversary since Padre Antonio Soler’s death, a prominent composer of 18th Spain, bridging late baroque and pre-classical eras. Hayk Arsenyan, a scholar of 18th century Iberian music will present a program of Antonio Soler’s sonatas and his controversial Fandango. This program is in support of the newly released book “El Mundo de Soler”, which was published by the Boileau Editorial de Musica in Barcelona in May, 2022.

Pianist Chaeyoung Park has been described as a passionate musician “who does not play a single note without thought or feeling” (New York Concert Review). Winner of the 2019 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, she presents a program with Beethoven’s Hammerklavier and musical works that similarly pushed boundaries of their time, celebrating their visions of grandeur, and the profound impact they had on the trajectory of classical music.

Vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles and pianist Jarret Cherner bring their original duo album, TONE, to Piano on Park. The captivating duo presents sublime original work steeped in jazz harmony, timeless melody and poetic verse that addresses the need for care in the world.

Classical pianist Tamana Tanaka performs Bach's Keyboard Partita no. 6 and Schumann's Piano Sonata No. 3

Pianist and composer Yoni Levyatov, winner of the San Jose International Piano Competition, is recognized as a soloist and chamber artist with “an appealing electricity” (The New York Times).

Classical piano recital by Ferdy Talan with music by Scarlatti, Janacek, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff and York Bowen.

Alyssa Wang, violin, and Ruoting Li, piano, perform their All-American program, "All The Live-Long Day", featuring music by Copland, Barber, Adams, Gardner, and Mackey.

Pianist Jeremy Manasia has been a fixture on the New York City jazz scene for over 20 years, as an in-demand sideman, bandleader, composer, recording artist, and educator. His 6 records as a leader spotlight more than 40 compositions, and his bebop rooted, soulful, impressionistic sound on the piano.

Acclaimed by the Baltimore Sun as “one of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years” pianist Terrence Wilson has appeared as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Washington, DC (National Symphony), San Francisco, St. Louis, and with the orchestras of Cleveland, Minnesota, and Philadelphia and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

French Pianist Audrey Abela has performed extensively in the United States, South America and Europe in major venues such as Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, The Kennedy Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Symphony Space, Steinway Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Salle Pleyel and the Royal Dublin Society. Her concert will present repertoire from her newly released Album “En Suite”.

Pianist / composer Cyrus von Hochstetter performs music by Mozart, Schubert, Bartok, and new original compositions for clarinet & piano with Louis Arques.

Chinese pianist Wynona Wang was selected as First Prize winner of the 2018 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, which is just the latest in a series of impressive first prize performances, along with the 2017 Wideman International Piano Competition in Louisiana. Wynona was also awarded the 2019 “Charlotte White” Career Grant awarded by the Salon de Virtuosi in New York City.

JP Jofre is known as one of the world’s foremost soloists on the bandoneon: the soulful, Argentinian instrument that is the main voice of tango and that Astor Piazzolla catapulted to fame. But Jofre is also a brilliant and pioneering composer whose work transcends nuevo tango to encompass neo-romantic, indie classical, and world music. This program is made possible by the New York City Artist Corps.

Described as “ravishing" (Strad), "enlightened" (BBC), "explosive” (Virginia Gazette), and "irresistibly elegant" (Diario de Leon), violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova are rapidly compiling a remarkable list of accolades in recognition of their fiery musical expression, refined artistry, and relentless entrepreneurial dedication to social initiatives.

Contemporary jazz, Italian pop, alternative rock, Gregorian chant, and high-octane, gospel-infused grooves with Randal Despommier - alto sax, Jason Yeager - piano, Aaron Holthus - bass, Rodrigo Recabarren - drums

Bach, Beethoven, Haydn & Schubert by Hilda Huang

Violist Jiawei Yan presents a program of music written and adapted for viola and will be joined by pianist Yinuo Wang.

Using this strangest of times to regroup and focus on solo repertoire for clarinet, Louis Arques invites you to join him on an intimate journey through his favorite musical universes. From the inner poetry of Baroque music to the intense cries of Contemporary music, and from the sunny rhythms of Brazilian Choro to the blue soul of Jazz.

Bach, Beethoven & Brahms by Hilda Huang

Bach's Cello Suite No.1 and beloved concert pieces.

One of the most recognized Taiwanese performing cellists of today, Nan-Cheng Chen’s performances have been described as “personable and smile-inducing” by the Washington Post.

Musical travels and escapes with Debussy, Scriabin and Gershwin (with a guest appearance by Louis Arques, clarinet). Pianist Cyrus von Hochstetter presents a selection of pieces and an original composition inspired by travel, nature and cities.

Bach’s cello Suites No. 2 & 3, and a world premier for solo cello.

Known for the energy he brings to the stage, cellist Benjamin Larsen has forged a reputation as an avid chamber musician in the New York City area.

Virtuoso Tabla player Samir Chatterjee illustrates the lyrical nuances of the Indian drums, through certain unique compositions and spells of improvisations.

works by Beethoven, Chopin, Moszkowski and Bowen.

As Beethoven bowed down before Händel, so now do the world-renowned saxophonist/composer Daniel Schnyder, bass trombonist David Taylor and violinist Mark Peskanov.

Roving across America, on night trains and tour busses, across overflowing roadways and empty sky, Cyrus von Hochstetter didn’t really write an album; he wrote a journey. Experimental, witty, sexy and surprising, the pianist, singer, and songwriter grabs you by the gin joint and seduces you into a 1920’s speakeasy, feel-easy groove, lures you across Billboard charts into the scruff of coyote country, swings by the Mississippi Delta to holler the blues and finally, leaves you spent and coddled in a NYC nightclub, nearly straining to savor every last moment of his latest release, “Hat Music.”

Pianist Ari Livne, one of three pianists nationwide selected as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, was also a Gold Award winner at the youngARTS week sponsored by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). His performances at Benaroya Hall and the Kennedy Center, as well as those with the Seattle Symphony, have been met with critical acclaim.

The JP Jofre Hard Tango Chamber Band is one of New York City’s hottest in-demand ensembles. Started in 2008 by bandoneonist/composer JP Jofre, it focuses on his own works, as well as authentic interpretations of legendary composers such as Astor Piazzolla.

Indonesian pianist Ferdy Talan began his musical journey after winning the Jakarta piano competition in his teens. He came to New York to study at the Manhattan School of Music, but soon chose to seek out less conventional training, surrounding himself with mentors, likeminded performers and composers as a way to better define and refine his musical identity.

Pianist Ari Livne, one of three pianists nationwide selected as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, was also a Gold Award winner at the youngARTS week sponsored by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). His performances at Benaroya Hall and the Kennedy Center, as well as those with the Seattle Symphony, have been met with critical acclaim.