Continuing the ensemble’s commitment to #PlayOn, NYCP’s exclusively free programs continue to offer audiences unparalleled access to great performances by NYCP players, leading soloists, and today’s most innovative composers
New York Classical Players proudly announces its 20/21 season, a hybrid year of virtual orchestral performances, digital chamber pieces, and plans to return to the stage as soon as players and audiences can safely gather to share music.
“New York Classical Players has always focused on free performances - our goal is to make great music, and access to the best of classical music, available to everyone, no matter their background or circumstances. Free music for everyone is what we’ve done for more than ten years - and that doesn’t change, even if our audience is experiencing NYCP on screen instead of on stage,”
- Dongmin Kim, music director
To begin the season, NYCP members will gather to rehearse and record a socially-distanced performance of works by Saint-Saens, Debussy, Wolf, and Samuel Adler. Violinist Nancy Zhou - who is rapidly becoming one of the leading violinists of her generation and counts Anne-Sophie Mutter and Miriam Fried among her mentors - appears alongside the ensemble in two dazzling works by Saint-Saens, paired with works by Samuel Adler and Hugo Wolf.
In November, NYCP audiences will welcome back clarinetist Yoonah Kim for Serenade and Rhapsody, a virtual experience of four incredible pieces. Ms. Kim will showcase her "inexhaustible virtuosity”(The New York Times”) in Gershwin’s beloved Rhapsody in Blue, arranged for chamber orchestra by Texu Kim. Philip Glass’s Quartet Satz, paired with Schubert's Quartettsatz in C minor, offer a pair of works that explore longing, nostalgia, and harmony in spinning layers of virtuosity. And for audiences who are unfamiliar with Dag Wiren, the Swedish master’s elegant Serenade will linger long after this digital experience concludes.
NYCP launches a new initiative this fall that continues the ensemble’s commitment to living composers and showcasing repertoire by emerging and established composers. In October, NYCP violinists Brian Hong and Rannveig Sarc share a new performance of Texu Kim’s “Homage to Ancient Fiddlers,” a virtuosic duet that pays tribute to the techniques and harmonies of early musicmakers. The months ahead will feature NYCP’s “Monthly Spotlight” with a variety of performers and composers, but always furthering the ensemble’s commitment to extraordinary works by living composers.
As the season unfolds, NYCP plans to announce more virtual programs, digital initiatives, and a gradual - and safely planned - return to the concert hall. Planned programs with violinist Stella Chen, Kristin Lee, oboist James Austin Smith, Artist-in-Residence Jasmine Choi, pianist HaeSun Paik, and the leading soloists who regularly partner with NYCP will continue to delight New York audiences - at no charge, as always.
New York Classical Players is thrilled to #PlayOn and looks forward to welcoming audiences back for its 11th season.
Founded in 2010, New York Classical Players (NYCP) is an ensemble dedicated to the highest standards of artistry, collaboration, and virtuosity. Fueled by the belief that access to musical excellence is an essential human right, NYCP presents all of its concerts free of charge. NYCP is comprised of dynamic young musicians who are launching their professional careers. Graduates of some of the world’s leading conservatories come together as NYCP to share free performances of familiar masterpieces, bold new commissions, and unexpected musical treasures with the public. Each season, thousands of NYCP concertgoers experience both the dynamic power of the orchestral repertoire and the versatile intimacy of chamber performance – without charge. NYCP is under the direction of Founder and Music Director Dongmin Kim, and a committed board of directors guides and supports the organization.
A registered 501c3 organization, NYCP is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council.
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