New York Classical Players is thrilled to announce the 2022-2023 season.
Under the direction of Founder and Music Director Dongmin Kim, NYCP enters its thirteenth year with exciting musical collaborators, expanded artistic partnerships across the Tri-State area, a continuation of its adventurous commissioning activities and - above all - the spirit of joyful music making.
Presenting the orchestral programs performed across Manhattan, Queens, New Jersey.
Resuming the chamber music series presented in partnership with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Presenting new works by 7 living composers, including 2 world premieres by JP Jofre and Jeremy Gill.
Three-year partnership with acclaimed violinist Stella Chen, performing the complete Mozart violin concertos and Sinfonia Concertante with NYCP as their new Artist-in-Residence.
NYCP’s new season begins in September with a three-concert series which pairs music of the Classical and modern eras, with a unifying thread of wit and brilliance running through each piece. NYCP Artist-in-Residence Stella Chen - acclaimed for her “emotionally profound and intellectually well-structured” playing - will begin her three-year term as NYCP’s new Artist-in-Residence with Mozart’s remarkable “Turkish” Concerto in A major. The same good humor that runs through this concerto can be found in the beloved and energetic Symphony No. 44 by Mozart’s admired mentor Franz Joseph Haydn. The first of this program’s modern works is the sparkling Sudden Path by Yoomi Paick, a past NYCP commission. The second, in its NYCP premiere, is an exciting work by violinist/composer George Meyer entitled Concerto Grosso. Featuring soloists drawn from NYCP’s roster, Concerto Grosso invites listeners to experience Baroque lyricism and complexity as filtered through the lens of the modern world.
“Stella is a dear friend to New York Classical Players, and our partnership has focused on her new perspective on great Mozart violin concertos - we are very grateful to welcome Stella as our new Artist-in-Residence,” shared Maestro Kim.
NYCP’s November program presents two sides of the human experience. One side represents the despair found in artistic loneliness, with Samuel Adler’s Duo for Eight Strings - composed in the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic - paired with Shostakovich’s gripping and grief-stricken Chamber Symphony. The second half of the program shows the exuberant joy of the human spirit, as exemplified by Argentinian Tango. Astor Piazzolla’s Otoño Porteño for violin and orchestra finds common ground with Double Concerto for Bandoneon and Cello by award-winning bandoneon player and composer JP Jofre joined by cellist Michael Katz.
In the first program of the new year, NYCP will highlight the virtuosity and musicianship of its members in both intimate and large-scale ways. Michael Schachter’s Capriccio for two cellos demonstrates the playfulness and spontaneity that is possible in a duo setting, while Dvorak’s beloved Serenade for Strings showcases the powerful unified music making that is possible when large ensemble playing is undertaken with a chamber music sensibility. NYCP is thrilled to continue its dedication to promoting music of the 21st century, and on this program will premiere Corvus Mythicus by Jeremy Gill, the second in an ongoing series of commissions from this incredible composer. Closing the program is one of the most beloved works for cello, Schumann’s brooding and romantic Cello Concerto. Presented in an intimate arrangement for chamber orchestra, NYCP will be joined by New York Philharmonic Principal Cellist Carter Brey.
For the final concert of this season, NYCP is honored to present brilliant young cellist Hayoung Choi, the most recent first place laureate of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth competition. Choi will partner with NYCP in two iconic works for cello - Schubert’s Arpeggione sonata, presented in an arrangement for cello and chamber orchestra by acclaimed composer Dobrinka Tabakova, and Tchaikovsky’s crowd-pleasing Variations on a Rococo Theme, in a special arrangement for NYCP by Yoomi Paick. Surrounding these works for cello are pieces that highlight NYCP’s dynamic qualities - Homage to Anonymous Ancient Fiddlers by Texu Kim, and Schubert’s fleet but arresting Quartettsatz in C minor. This series of three concerts will be presented in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center New York.
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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