Concerts
March 19, 2026 – May 31, 2026
Recital with Kevin Zhu in Liechtenstein
Brahms / Arr. Joachim: Ungarische Tänze für Violine und Klavier
Nr. 1 in g-Moll
Nr. 9 in e-Moll
Nr. 17 in fis-Moll
Nr. 5 in fis-Moll
Grieg: Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 3 in c-Moll, op. 45
Strauss: Sonate für Violine und Klavier in Es-Dur, op. 18
Kevin Zhu, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
McGill Graduate Music Symposium Keynote Performance
Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Kurtág: Selections from Jatekok
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Benjamin Hochman, Piano
Bard Kurtág Festival
George Benjamin – Canon & Fugue (from The Art of Fugue)
György Kurtág – Selections from Játékok
Hans Abrahamsen – Schnee: Ten Canons for Nine Instruments (2006–08)
Junyu Lin, violin
Qijia Liu, violin
Hadia Masood, violin
Katherine Chernyak, viola
Chloe Slane, viola
Abby Wolf, cello
Megumi Takahashi, flute
Danika Dortch, horn
Dominik Kovács, horn
Elizabeth Chernyak, violin
Mason Haskett, viola
William Pilgrim, cello
Elizabeth Bennett, flute
Elisabeth Young, oboe
James McCourt, clarinet
Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano
Sophia Cornicello, piano
Mike Jones, percussion
Benjamin Hochman, conductor and pianist
Bard Kurtág Festival
Bach: The Inventions and Sinfonias
Students of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Preparatory Division of the Bard College Conservatory of Music
Bard Kurtág Festival
Songs, Laments, Dances, Games
Bartók: Pieces from For Children
Peasant’s Flute; Children at Play; Pillow Dance; “Hey, Tulip, Tulip”; Round Dance; “I Lost My Partner”; Bagpipe II; Drinking Song; Children’s Dance; Dance Song
Ivy Chen – cimbalom, András Szalai – piano
Kurtág: Tre pezzi op. 38
Dávid Kéringer – clarinet, András Szalai – cimbalom
Kurtág: Un brin de bruyère à Witold (In memoriam Witold Lutosławki)
Kurtág: Hommage à Halmágyi Mihály
Sophia Cornicello – piano, András Szalai – cimbalom
Ligeti: Études Automne à Varsovie 5’
Sophia Cornicello – piano
Kurtág: Herdecker Eurhythmie Part 1 op. 14a 5’ Self-Will; Hommage à J. S. B.; Flowers We Are (1); Quarrel and Gentleness; Flowers We Are (2)
Liliána Szokol – flute, András Szalai – cimbalom
Kurtág: Pieces from Games
Beating; Trumbe-bunny; Bluebell; Thistle; Labyrinthine D (with echo); Vigorously; Hommage à Petrovics; Stubbunny Alexandra Balog – piano, András Szalai – cimbalom
Kurtág: Hommage à Berényi Ferenc 70
Nathaniel Valsania – cimbalom
Couperin: Les Bergeries The Shepherdesses
Nathaniel Valsania – cimbalom, András Szalai – piano
Bartók: Sonatina 4’
Dávid Kéringer – clarinet, András Szalai – cimbalom
Intermission
Béla Bartók – Falun (Village Scenes), Sz. 78, BB 87a
Lucy Fitz Gibbons, soprano; Kayo Iwama, piano
György Kurtág – In Memory of a Winter Evening, Op. 8
Daphne Buan, soprano
András Szalai, cimbalom
Mira Wang, violin
Thomas Adès – Növények for mezzo-soprano and piano sextet
Benjamin Hochman, Artistic Director
Bard Kurtág Festival
C.P.E. BACH: Rondo in G major, Wq. 59, no. 2
András Kemenes, piano
J.S. BACH/KURTÁG: Three Chorale Preludes for piano four hands
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr BWV 711
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 687
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BVW 614
András Kemenes and Benjamin Hochman, piano
KURTÁG: Selections from Játékok
András Kemenes, piano
KURTÁG: Wind Quintet, Op. 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon
Intermission
MOZART: Variations G major K. 501- 8’
András Kemenes and Benjamin Hochman, piano
MOZART: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
Alexandra Knoll, oboe
Noemi Sallai, clarinet
Philip Philip McNaughton, bassoon
Dominik Kovács, horn
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Bard Kurtag Festival at Brooklyn Public Library
György Kurtág in Context: Bach, Bartók and Kurtág
Béla Bartók
Falun (Village Scenes), Sz. 78, BB 87a
Lucy Fitz Gibbons, soprano
Kayo Iwama, piano
György Kurtág / J. S. Bach
Selections from Kurtág Játékok interwoven with movements of Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Benjamin Hochman, piano
György Kurtág
Kurtág: Tre pezzi, op. 38
Béla Bartók
Bartók: Sonatina
David Keringer, clarinet
András Szalai, cimbalom
György Kurtág
Szálkák (Splinters) for cimbalom, Op. 6c –
J. S. Bach
Largo and Allegro assai from Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
András Szalai, cimbalom
Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances – 5’
András Szalai, cimbalom
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Chamber Music in Georgia
HAYDN Piano Trio in G major Hob. XV/25
FRANCK Piano Quintet
Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
McDuffie Young Artists
Chamber Music in Georgia
BEETHOVEN Archduke Trio
FRANCK Piano Quintet
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
McDuffie Young Artists
Chamber Music in Georgia
BEETHOVEN Archduke Trio
FRANCK Piano Quintet
Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
McDuffie Young Artists
Linton Chamber Music
HAYDN: Trio Flute, Cello, & Piano in G Major, Hob. XV:15
BEETHOVEN: Trio for Piano, Violin, & Cello in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1, “Ghost”
MENDELSSOHN: Trio for Piano, Violin, & Cello No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Stefani Matsuo, violin
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello
Randolph Bowman, flute
Linton Chamber Music
HAYDN: Trio Flute, Cello, & Piano in G Major, Hob. XV:15
BEETHOVEN: Trio for Piano, Violin, & Cello in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1, “Ghost”
MENDELSSOHN: Trio for Piano, Violin, & Cello No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Stefani Matsuo, violin
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello
Randolph Bowman, flute
Curtis on Tour- Berlin
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA
Curtis on Tour- Bremen
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA
Curtis on Tour- Stockholm
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA
Curtis on Tour- Vienna
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA
Curtis on Tour- Villagarcía de Arosa
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA
Curtis on Tour- Nicosia, Cyprus (tbc)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Others TBA