Concerts
January 9, 2026 – May 20, 2026
Orquestra Clássica da Madeira
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
Alissa Margulis, violin
Benjamin Hochman, conductor
NY International Piano Festival
BACH: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
BRAHMS: Fantasies Op. 116
CHOPIN: Polonaise Fantasy, Op. 61
CHOPIN: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Musikwoche Hitzacker
BRAHMS: Fantasies, Op. 116
JOSQUIN DES PREZ/ arr. WUORINEN: Ave Christe
KURTÁG: Selections from Játékok
• Distel (Book III)
• Hommage à Schubert (Book III)
• Präludium und Choral (Book V)
• Márta ligaturája (Book XI)
• Hommage à Berényi Ferenc 70 (Book VII)
• Capriccioso – Luminoso (Book V)
• … Apfelblüte … (Book IX)
• Les Adieux (in Janáček’s manner) (Book VI)
• Ligatura dolce–amara – amara-dolce (Book XI)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Lyric Chamber Music Society
Joaquin Turina: Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op 67
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op 45
Benjamin Bowman, violin
Milan Milisavljević, viola
Joel Noyes, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Recital in North Carolina
Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Brahms: Fantasies Op. 116
Chopin: Polonaise Fantasy Op. 61
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Benjamin Appl and Friends
Schubert:
An die Leier, D 737
Nachtviolen, D 752
Die Sterne, D 939
Wandrers Nachtlied II, D 768
Appl, Switzer
Kurtág: Four Songs (poetry by Ulrike Schuster)
Die Rosen
Die Zeit
Ich weiß nicht
Physalis alkekengi
Appl, Hochman
Kurtág: Selections from Játékok
Hochman
Schubert: Rondo in A major, D 951 (for piano four hands)
Baillieu, Hochman
Intermission
Kurtág: Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a
An… (Hommage à D. E. Sattler)
Im Walde (für Georg Kröll)
Gestalt und Geist (Hommage à Alexander Polzin) — for baritone, trombone, and tuba
An Zimmern (für Reinhart Meyer-Kalkus)
Der Spaziergang (für Heinz Holliger)
Paul Celan: Tübingen, Jänner (Robert Klein in Erinnerung)
Appl, Austin, Rojas
Schumann: Kerner-Lieder, Op. 35
Appl, Baillieu
Benjamin Appl, baritone
James Baillieu, piano
Erika Switzer, piano
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Demian Austin, trombone
Marcus Rojas, tuba
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
McGill Graduate Music Symposium Keynote Performance
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)
Benjamin Hochman, conductor and pianist
Bard Kurtág Festival
Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias
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: Selections from Clavier-Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber, Wq.55-59
András Kemenes, piano
BACH/KURTÁG: Chorale Preludes
András Kemenes and Benjamin Hochman, piano
KURTÁG: Wind Quintet, Op. 2
Intermission
MOZART: Dances K. 408
András Kemenes and Benjamin Hochman, piano
MOZART: Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Chamber Music in Georgia
Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Chamber Music in Georgia
Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Chamber Music in Georgia
Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
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