Events

Visiting Artist: Robert Silverman, piano

Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Copland, and Schubert for piano.

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C# minor, WTC I, No. 4
Copland: Variations (1930)
Beethoven: Sonata No 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Schubert: "Wanderer" Fantasie, Op. 15, D.760
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

In a career spanning more than five decades, Robert Silverman performed in concert halls throughout North America, Europe, the Far East and Australia. Under the batons of renowned conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, John Eliot Gardiner, and Kiril Kondrashin, he appeared with orchestras worldwide, including the Chicago Symphony, the Sydney Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as every major orchestra in Canada. He was a faculty member at the University of British Columbia for thirty years, including a 5-year term as Director of the School of Music. A long-standing Steinway artist, he is frequently heard on the CBC and has recorded for EMI, Stereophile, Marquis Classics, OrpheumMasters and Isomike.
 
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.

Master Class: Robert Silverman, piano
Conservatory pianists perform works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Chopin.

Monday, September 23, 2019

In a career spanning more than five decades, Robert Silverman performed in concert halls throughout North America, Europe, the Far East and Australia. Under the batons of renowned conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, John Eliot Gardiner, and Kiril Kondrashin, he appeared with orchestras worldwide, including the Chicago Symphony, the Sydney Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as every major orchestra in Canada. He was a faculty member at the University of British Columbia for thirty years, including a 5-year term as Director of the School of Music. A long-standing Steinway artist, he is frequently heard on the CBC and has recorded for EMI, Stereophile, Marquis Classics, OrpheumMasters and Isomike.
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.

Noon Concert

Conservatory students perform an hour-long program.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu.

Lecture: Conservatory Dean and Composer Tan Dun speaking on Music and Film

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/BCOM-Tan-Dun-Lecture/.

Beethoven in Beijing: Film Preview and Discussion

Part of the 2nd Annual China Now Music Festival: China and America—United in Music

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Beethoven in Beijing is an upcoming documentary film chronicling the historic journey of the Philadelphia Orchestra to China in 1973. Meet the film producers and members of the orchestra at a preview screening with discussions concerning the history and future of classical music as a bridge connecting China with the United States. Presented by the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
Sponsored by: US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail kwright@bard.edu, or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/china-now-music-festival.

Beethoven in Beijing: China and the Philadelphia Orchestra

China Now Music Festival 2019: China and America—Unity in Music

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Film preview of the upcoming documentary Counter Point followed by a discussion on the Philadelphia Orchestra’s history-making tour of China in 1973, marking the beginning of an explosion of interest in Western classical music that continues there to this day. With filmmaker Jennifer Lin, US-China Music Institute Director Jindong Cai, and special guests. A receptions follows. 
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
Sponsored by: US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail kwright@bard.edu, or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/china-now-music-festival.

A Martial Arts Trilogy

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Tan Dun, Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, conducts the Conservatory Orchestra in a film with live orchestra performance featuring excerpts from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, and The Banquet.

Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Tan Dun, composer, conductor
Daniel Phillips, violin
Peter Wiley, cello
Blair McMillen, piano
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/BCOM-Tan-Dun/.

From the Middle Kingdom to the Wild West

China Now Music Festival: China and America—Unity in Music

Sunday, September 29, 2019

An open dress rehearsal with The Orchestra Now, conducted by Jindong Cai, for the world premiere of a new symphonic oratorio by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Zhou Long to commemorate the Chinese railroad workers of the American West, on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad across the United States. With the China Now Festival Chorus and soloists. 
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
Sponsored by: US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail kwright@bard.edu, or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/china-now-music-festival.

Echoes of China: Contemporary Piano Music with Susan Chan

China Now Music Festival 2019: China and America—Unity in Music

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Susan Chan performs piano music inspired by Chinese musical traditions, including works by Tan Dun, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Alexander Tcherepnin, Doming Lam, Alexina Louie, and Zhang Zhao. 
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Sponsored by: US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail kwright@bard.edu, or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/china-now-music-festival.

Master Class: Susan Chan, piano

Monday, September 30, 2019

A master class with pianist Susan Chan for undergraduates.

Ms. Chan is also giving a recital of contemporary Chinese piano music on Sunday, September 29, at 7:00 pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building as part of the China Now Music Festival: China and America—Unity in Music. Free and open to the public. 
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7250, e-mail mcmillen@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.edu/music.