Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025 | | Various Campus Locations
Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music presents
EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025 | | Various Campus Locations
7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute
The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West. Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America. View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. Contact: Kathryn Wright Phone: 845-758-7196 E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://barduschinamusic.org/events/conference-2025
Friday, May 2, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Olin Hall
Bard College Conservatory of Music presents
Bard Chinese Ensemble and Special Guests
Friday, May 2, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Olin Hall
Shutong Li, conductor
The Bard Chinese Ensemble performs its final concert of the year as part of the US-China Music Institute’s annual conference, Exploration and Resonance: Chinese Music in the West. The ensemble will be joined by soloists Jing Xia (guzheng) and Jin Yang (pipa), both members of the Chinese instrument faculty at the Bard Conservatory of Music.
Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Bard College Conservatory of Music presents
Bard East/West Ensemble and USCMI Faculty Showcase Concert
Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Chapel of the Holy Innocents The Bard East/West Ensemble (BE/WE) and guest soloists will grace Bard’s historic chapel with a program of Chinese musical compositions specially arranged for the unique instrumentation of a Western string quintet, seven traditional Chinese instruments, and percussion. Faculty members Yazhi Guo, Jing Xia, and Jin Yang from the US-China Music Institute will showcase their unique approaches to combining Western and Chinese musical forms, along with other special guests. This concert is part of the US-China Music Institute’s annual conference, Exploration and Resonance: Chinese Music in the West.
Works by Wang Jianming, Huang Zhenyu, Zhou Wang and Zhou Zhan. Olin Hall4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Featuring Ji-Sian Chen, piano; Jaelyn Quilizapa, percussion; Ji-Sian Chen, erhu; and Minghui Wu, xiao.
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Works by Othmar Schoeck, Johannes Brahms, and Paquito D’Rivera. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Join us for a student recital. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 The Bard Baroque Ensemble, under the direction of Renée Anne Louprette, presents its debut performance in the Fisher Center, featuring works by Bach, Handel, and Mozart dedicated to the memory of Frederick Fisher Hammond (1937–2023), Professor Emeritus and the Irma Brandeis Chair of Romance Cultures and Music History.The program celebrates the restoration of Professor Hammond’s French double-manual and Italian single-manual harpsichords—now a part of Bard College’s collection of early keyboard instruments—featuring them in the Concerto for Two Harpsichords, Strings, and Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1060 by Johann Sebastian Bach, with Sophia Cornicello and Raymond Erickson as harpsichord soloists.One of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s most popular and enduring works, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, opens the program, interpreted by the Ensemble with a Baroque sensibility. Bard faculty member and distinguished tenor Rufus Müller presents the ravishing opening aria from Handel’s Serse: Ombra mai fu (Never was a shade).The program concludes with Bach’s Cantata No. 1: Wie schön leuchtet Der Morgenstern (How brightly shines the Morningstar), featuring the Bard Chamber Singers, Preparatory Division Children’s Chorus, and soloists from the Graduate Vocal Arts Program. This luminous chorale-cantata—originally conceived for the Feast of the Annunciation—is presented here in the context of transition from darkness to light, on the date of Holy Saturday within the Christian Church. Valentina Grasso, Assistant Professor of History at Bard, will present a reading from Dante’s Divine Comedy—in lieu of the traditional Lutheran sermon—at the center of Bach’s 1725 masterpiece.
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 The Bard Baroque Ensemble, under the direction of Renée Anne Louprette, presents its debut performance in the Fisher Center, featuring works by Bach, Handel, and Mozart dedicated to the memory of Frederick Fisher Hammond (1937–2023), Professor Emeritus and the Irma Brandeis Chair of Romance Cultures and Music History. The program celebrates the restoration of Professor Hammond’s French double-manual and Italian single-manual harpsichords, now a part of Bard College’s collection of early keyboard instruments, featuring them in the Concerto for Two Harpsichords, Strings, and Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1060 by Johann Sebastian Bach, with Sophia Cornicello and Raymond Erickson as harpsichord soloists.
Performances by Riley Lyons, Ameya Natarajan, Christina Ng-Leyba, and Eli Rupper, tenor trombone; Yu-Tien James Chou, bass trombone; and Zander Grier, tuba and bass trombone. Olin Hall7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Featuring works by Mahler, Pergolesi, Theo Charlier, Ferdinand David, Don Haddad, Stjepan Sulek, Tchaikovsky, and Edward MacDowell.
Works by Goedicke, Hummel, and Ewazen Olin Hall1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Featuring Bat-Erdene Batbileg, piano, and Lap Yin Lee, violin. Join us for a student recital. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
"Diva Down!": Works by Schubert, Britten, Viardot, Schmidt, Schumann, and Bolcom. Olin Hall3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Join us for a student recital. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Featuring Blanche Darr, violin; Andres Perez Rangel, cello; and Lara Saldanha, piano. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Works by Schubert, Klein, and Hindemith.
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Songs of Arnold Schoenberg and Charles Ives Bitó Conservatory Building7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 In honor of two iconic composers on the anniversary of their 150th birthdays, the young artists of the Vocal Arts Program and the Conservatory Piano Fellows present Schoenberg's Das Buch der hängenden Gärten (The Book of the Hanging Gardens) and a collection of songs of Charles Ives. Each composer found a new and highly individual musical language to respond to the rapidly changing world of the early 20th century, still highly relevant for our time.
Through The Mist: Love and Faith in Ambiguity Chapel of the Holy Innocents5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Featuring Francis Chung-Yang Huang, piano; Ji-Sian Chen, piano; Emily Lewis, soprano; Anthony D’Amore, baritone; Garrick Neuner, baritone; Javy Polanco, bass; Taylor Wallace, bass; Adrianna Rivera Corujo, soprano; and Mara Zaki, alto.
Works by Schumann, Brahms, Maxwell, Verdi, Shi Guangnan, Bizet, Puccini, Zhou Yi, Schumann, and Reger.
Curated by Joan Tower Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 A showcase featuring compositions by Elena Hause, Lili M. Namazi, Rowan Robinson, Olivia Marhevka, Logan Rishard, Santiago Mieres, Artemy Muhkin, Steve Bonacci, Julian Raheb, Emily Ta, Sam Mutter, Faisal Jones, Drew Frankenberg, and Manar Hashmi. Free and open to the public.
Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.
Featuring works by Kevin Day, Ferdinand David, and Stjepan Šulek Olin Hall1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Join us for a student recital. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Works by Ysaÿe, Mozart, Bach, and Stravinsky Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Join us for a student recital. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 A program of classical musical theater selections, featuring the works of Stephen Sondheim, Frederick Loewe, Joseph Stein, Dave Malloy, Joe Masteroff, and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory website here.
"Exploring Inner landscapes" Olin Hall3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 In preparation for her Carnegie Hall debut recital, pianist Alexandra Balog presents a solo piano recital featuring works by Kodály, Mozart, Noah Max, and Schubert.
Works by Olivier Tarpaga, Michael Laurello, Dan Langa, and Nathalie Joachim. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
A renowned performer and teacher, Joseph Lin appears regularly throughout the U.S., Asia, and Europe. He was first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet from 2011 to 2018, and he continues to teach violin and chamber music at the Juilliard School. Lin’s recent projects include a collaboration with Robert Levin featuring Beethoven and Schubert on period instruments, performances of Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto, Beethoven’s late string quartets, and the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Helen Huang at Juilliard. Marking the 300th year of Bach’s Violin Sonatas and Partitas in 2020, Lin presented complete cycles in Boston and Philadelphia. Recent seasons have included baroque and classical period instrument performances on both viola and violin. In 2025, Joseph Lin presents a special Beethoven program (Op. 95 “Serioso” Quartet, Op. 96 Sonata, and Op. 97 “Archduke” Trio) in numerous cities around the U.S.
From 2007 to 2011, Lin was a professor at Cornell University, where his projects included the inaugural Chinese Musicians Residency, as well as a collaboration with Cornell composers to study Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas and create new works inspired by Bach.
Lin was a founding member of the Formosa Quartet, which won the 2006 London String Quartet Competition. In 1996, he won first prize at the Concert Artists Guild Competition and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. In 1999, he was selected for the Pro Musicis Award and, in 2001, he won first prize at the inaugural Michael Hill Violin Competition in New Zealand. His recordings include the music of Korngold and Busoni with pianist Benjamin Loeb; an album of Debussy, Franck, and Milhaud with pianist Orion Weiss; and the complete unaccompanied works of Bach and Ysaÿe. His recording of Mozart’s A Major Violin Concerto with original cadenzas was released in 2017. With the Juilliard Quartet, he recorded Schubert’s Death and the Maiden and Elliot Carter’s Fifth Quartet, as well as the Quartet’s recent album of Beethoven, Davidovsky, and Bartók. During the summer season, he is a regular artist at the Tanglewood, Ravinia, and Marlboro festivals.
Joseph Lin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 2000. In 2002, he began an extended exploration of China, where he studied Chinese music, including the guqin, as a Fulbright scholar.
This masterclass is free and open to the public.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
All Beethoven program featuring Joseph Lin and Claire Bourg, violins; Natalie Loughran, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; and Helen Huang, piano Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public.
Featuring works by Schumann and Beethoven. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Works by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Fauré, Finzi, Andy Vores, Warlock, Quilter and Peter Childs. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.
Featuring works by Beethoven, Barber, and Myaskovsky. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Works by Yang Jieming, He Xie, and Wang Danhong. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Featuring Kexilin Ke, konghou and Yi-Hsuan Hsia, piano
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 A concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein, featuring works by Brahms, Franck, Perle, and pianist Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni, performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 24. The Bard Conservatory Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music DirectorJohannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by HaydnWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni, pianoGeorge Perle Six BagatellesCésar Franck Symphony in D minorArtwork: Hilma af Klint, Primordial Chaos, No. 16, The WU/ROSEN Series. Grupp 1, 1906-07
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
7:00 PM - Nguyễn Thảo Nguyên (Bibi Nguyen), soprano 8:00 PM - Jane Sheehan, soprano Olin Hall7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Works by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Fauré, Finzi, Andy Vores, Warlock, Quilter and Peter Childs. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public.
Monday, March 10, 2025
An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Presenting a recital of works by Steven Bonacci, Bohuslav Martinů, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Shutong Li, conductor Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST/GMT-5 The Spring concert of the Bard Chinese Ensemble's 24-25 season features a new selection of captivating works for our large ensemble comprised of Bard Conservatory's Chinese instrument students along with Western instrument players eager to explore this distinctive repertoire. Join us to experience four unique pieces arranged by conductor Shutong Li especially for this concert: A stunning double concerto for dizi and flute, seamlessly blending Eastern and Western musical traditions with a deeply moving narrative. Two movements from the sheng concerto Peacock, evoking the elegance of Baroque music. The Blasting of Master Handan with explosive, dramatic passages reminiscent of The Rite of Spring. The Four Seasons Garden by the esteemed composer Wang Danhong, delivering emotional depth that goes straight to the heart.FREE and open to the public. View the livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/VDmXVduiYKo
Program Four: Literary Inspirations II: Beckett and Kurtág Works by Kurtág, Schubert and Beethoven.
György Kurtág (b. 1926) Hommage à Schubert (Book 3) Lovely Greetings to Grete Spinnrad (Book 5) Ryan McCullough, piano
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 Nacht und Träume, D. 827 Georgia Perdikoulias, soprano Lara Saldanha, piano
György Kurtág (b. 1926) Samuel Beckett Sends Word through Ildikó Monyók in the Translation of István Siklós (“Samuel Beckett: What is the word”), Op. 30a Sydney Cornett, mezzo-soprano Ryan McCullough, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”) Luosha Fang, violin Benjamin Hochman, piano Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
INTERMISSION
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) String Quartet in A Minor, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”) Daniel Phillips, violin Carmit Zori, violin Melissa Reardon, viola Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Live stream this event on the Conservatory YouTube channel HERE
This festival has been permanently endowed through the generous support of László Z. Bitó '60 and Olivia Cariño.
Program Three: Literary Inspirations I: Lichtenberg, Joyce and Kurtág
J. S. Bach (1685–1750) Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat Major, BWV 525 arr. Mordechai Rechtman Chloe Brill, bassoon Liliána Szokol, flute Jalen Mims, clarinet
Gubaidulina (b. 1931) Quasi Hoquetus for Viola, Bassoon, and Piano Luosha Fang, viola Blair McMillen, piano Philip McNaughton, bassoon
György Kurtág (b. 1926) Einige Sätze aus den Sudelbüchern Georg Christoph Lichtenbergs, Op. 37a Lucy Fitz Gibbons, soprano Will Langlie-Miletich, double bass
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Henry Purcell (1659–95) If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379C arr. Benjamin Britten Tim Widner, baritone
O Solitude, Z. 306 Man Is for the Woman Made, Z. 605 Imani Oluoch, mezzo-soprano Nomin Samdan, piano
What Can We Poor Females Do? Z. 518 Imani Oluoch, mezzo-soprano Tim Widner, baritone Nomin Samdan, piano
Amy Beth Kirsten (b. 1972) yes I said yes I will Yes. Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano Will Langlie-Miletich, double bass
Péter Eötvös (1944–2024) Joyce for Solo Clarinet Mohammad AbdNikfarjam, clarinet
John Cage (1912–92) The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs Nowth upon Nacht Madelin Morales, mezzo-soprano Yi-Hsuan Hsia, piano
Luciano Berio (1925–2003) Thema: Omaggio a Joyce (1958–59) Electronics
Benjamin Britten (1913–76) Moore’s Irish Melodies
Sail on, sail on Dear Harp of my Country! Sam Warshauer, tenor Kayo Iwama, piano
Oft in the stilly night The last rose of summer Benjamin Truncale, tenor Kayo Iwama, piano
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This evening’s program is only available to in-person audience members.
This festival has been permanently endowed through the generous support of László Z. Bitó '60 and Olivia Cariño.
BARTÓK’S MIKROKOSMOS (BOOKS 4, 5, and 6) PERFORMED BY STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF THE CONSERVATORY
Béla Bartok (1881-1945) Selections from Mikrokosmos (Books 4, 5, and 6)
Book 4
Notturno Honor Doran
Thumb Under Hasti Safaei
Crossed Hands Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni
In the Style of a Folk Song Hongfan Su
Diminished Fifth Francis Huang
Harmonics Sophia Cornicello
Minor and Major Linus Ramakrishnan
Through the Keys Playsong Ivy Chen
Children's Song Evie Tourtelot
Melody in the Mist Marcos Castilla
Wrestling Juliette Benveniste
From the Island of Bali Alexandra Balog
Clashing Sounds Oskar Baron
Intermezzo Andrew Altrock
Variations on a Folk Tune Chelsea Yang
Bulgarian Rhythm (1) Xinri Zhang
Theme and Inversion Yujia Yang
Bulgarian Rhythm (2) Ivy Chen
Song Bourrée Triplets in 9/8 Time Marcos Castilla
Dance in 3/4 Time Fifth Chords Two-Part Study Francis Huang
Book 5
Chords Together and Opposed Staccato and Legato Staccato Juliette Benveniste
Boating Fiona Boak-Kelly
Change of Time Hasti Safaei
New Hungarian Folk Song Hasti Safaei Maggie Yang
Peasant Dance Hasti Safaei
Alternating Thirds Village Joke Fourths Andrew Altrock
Major Seconds Broken and Together Syncopation Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni
Studies in Double Notes Perpetuum Mobile Whole-tone Scale Sophia Cornicello
Unison Bagpipe Merry Andrew Ivy Chen
Book 6
Free Variations Xinri Zhang
Subject and Reflection Chelsea Yang
From the Diary of a Fly Alexandra Balog
Divided Arpeggios Frank Corliss
Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths Francis Huang
Chromatic Invention Yujia Yang
Ostinato Saoirse Doran
March Hongfan Su
Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm Terrence Wilson
(Timing: Approximately 70-75 minutes, no intermission).
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Live stream this event on the Conservatory YouTube channel HERE
This festival has been permanently endowed through the generous support of László Z. Bitó '60 and Olivia Cariño.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 The opening night concert for this year's Signs, Games & Messages - A Kurtág Festival!
Program One: Bartók and Kurtág
Distinguished Signs, Games & Messages 2025 festival guest artists: Hiromi Kikuchi, violin and Ken Hakii, viola
Béla Bartok (1881–1945) Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins
15. Soldier’s Song 8. Slovakian Song (2) 17. Hungarian March (1) 44. Transylvanian Dance
György Kurtág (b. 1926) Hipartita (Hirominak), Op. 43 ⁂ (sostenuto, doloroso) Après une lecture de Rimbaud - To Anne Longuet-Marx Oreibasia In Memoriam György Gonda Heraclitus: It Is Hard To Fight With Desires Teneramente Perpetuum Mobile Heimweh - Hommage à Péter Eötvös
INTERMISSION
György Kurtág Selections from Signs, Games and Messages
Hommage à J. S. B. Jelek 1 Im Volkston The Carenza Jig Klagendes Lied Mijakonak Perpetuum Mobile Pizzicato
Béla Bartok Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins
26. Teasing Song 28. Sorrow 14. Pillow Dance 21. New Year’s Greeting (1) 43. Pizzicato 37. Prelude and Canon
Violinist Hiromi Kikuchi has studied with Saschko Gawriloff, Henryk Szeryng, and Nathan Milstein. She has performed as a soloist worldwide and appeared at major festivals in Salzburg, Paris, Vienna, and beyond. György Kurtág composed several works for her, including Hipartita and …concertante…, which she performed with La Scala and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. A recipient of the Franco Abbiati Prize, the German Critics’ Award, and the Dutch Edison Award, her recording of Kurtág’s Signs, Games and Messages was named a New York Times Best Classical CD.
Ken Hakii studied violin at Tokyo University of the Arts and viola in graduate school. A winner of the Min-On Chamber Music Competition and the Kirishima International Music Festival Grand Prize, he has served as principal violist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist with leading conductors, including Wolfgang Sawallisch and Mariss Jansons, and appeared at major festivals such as Salzburg and the BBC Proms. György Kurtág composed …concertante… for him and his wife, violinist Hiromi Kikuchi. Their recording of Signs, Games and Messages won the German Critics’ and Dutch Edison Awards
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This evening’s program is only available to in-person audience members.
This festival has been permanently endowed through the generous support of László Z. Bitó '60 and Olivia Cariño.
Join the artists of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program with members of the Collaborative Piano Fellowship as they present self-directed opera scenes from German Opera Theater. Featuring works by Humperdinck, J. Strauss, R. Strauss, Weber, Flotow, and Weill.
This performance was originally scheduled for Saturday, February 15, 2025. Olin Hall3:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Free and open to the public. Livestream this event on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space12:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Works by Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Per Nørgård, and Yingren Zhao.
Free and open to the public. Livestream available here.
Improvisation for Classical Musicians Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space4:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Raymond Erickson is a musician-scholar of unusual breadth. He has travelled the world as a performer on both piano and harpsichord (with improvisations often integrated into his programs) and has made significant contributions as a musical historian in fields as diverse as computer applications in music, medieval music theory, Schubert, and Bach. For almost forty years he was on the faculty of Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, serving as founding Director of the Aaron Copland School of Music and Dean of Arts and Humanities at the College and as the principal teacher of historical performance practices at the Graduate Center.
Upon his retirement, he and his wife moved to Rhinecliff; he has since become a regular instructor in Bard's Lifelong Learning Institute as well Artist-in-Residence at the Conservatory. Erickson has four books to his credit and for many years directed, in both New York and Japan, "Rethinking Bach: A Workshop for Performers." His current research focuses on the performing history of Bach's iconic Ciaccona for unaccompanied violin, on which he has published several articles and produced two videos (one with a performance by Bard alumna and faculty member Luosha Fang). His honors include election as an Honorary Member of Phi Beta Kappa, and decoration with the Federal Service Cross, First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Free and open to the public.
Friday, February 21, 2025
2:00 PM - Alex Norrenberns, oboe 5:00 PM - Sophia Cornicello, piano 6:00 PM - Athena Allen, double bass Olin Hall2:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Free and open to the public. Livestream on the Conservatory YouTube channel:
*This performance has been postponed to Thursday February 27th at 3:00pm in Olin Hall due to inclement weather*
Join the artists of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program with members of the Collaborative Piano Fellowship as they present self-directed opera scenes from German Opera Theater. Featuring works by Humperdinck, J. Strauss, R. Strauss, Weber, Flotow, and Weill. Olin Hall7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Free and open to the public. Livestream this event on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.
Students and faculty of the Conservatory and Music Programs join forces with two featured guest artists, soprano Martha Guth and pianist Sholto Kynoch, to perform lively songs and ensembles by Clara and Robert Schumann, Fanny Hensel, Pauline Viardot, Franz Lachner, and Johannes Brahms.
Featured faculty include Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Stephanie Blythe, Teresa Buchholz, Rufus Müller, Tyler Duncan, Kayo Iwama, and Erika Switzer.
This performance is part of the Vocal Arts Residency. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space1:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatort Youtube Channel here.
Undergraduate Opera Workshop Fisher Center, LUMA Theater2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST/GMT-5 The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Undergraduate Opera Workshop Fisher Center, LUMA Theater7:30 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5 The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Friday, January 31, 2025
Undergraduate Opera Workshop Fisher Center, LUMA Theater7:30 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5 The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
A Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5 2 pm • Pre-concert celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year 3 pm • PerformanceCelebrate the Year of the Snake with music! Now in its sixth year, The Sound of Spring is an authentic Chinese New Year concert featuring dramatic orchestral works and world-class Chinese instrument soloists, led by Maestro Jindong Cai.This year, The Orchestra Now is joined by soloists from the legendary faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing on erhu, sheng (Chinese mouth organ), and percussion. The diverse program combines traditional favorites with new compositions, including a commission especially for this concert by Bard faculty member Xinyan Li.Before the concert, join us in the Sosnoff lobby for Chinese tea and treats while enjoying Chinese instrument demonstrations, courtesy of the US-China Music Institute.For more information, visit barduschinamusic.org.
