Piano Classical Concerts in Boston

Live realization of The Garden of Brokenness with piano and BSO percussionists.

piano Pianist Igor Levit makes his Symphony Hall recital debut with an all-Beethoven program that reveals an icon's humanity. From Beethoven’s early-career swagger to the luminous "Waldstein" sonata, Levit offers a statement of faith in the power of art.

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 (1793–95) David Bowlin, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Max Levinson, piano Antonín Dvořák Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74 (1887) David Bowlin, violin; Calvin Alexander, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 (1891) Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; David Bowlin, violin; Calvin Alexander, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One public Sanders Theatre concert at 3 p.m. Eastern. Source venue guide confirms Cambridge; no parking/box-office clock, subscription division, inferred end or biography performers.

Boris Berman piano recital; specific programme/admission not published. Prokofiev/Scriabin recordings and books are biographical context, not the performed repertoire. Series director Michael Lewin is not a recital collaborator. General-public price unconfirmed; no free badge from a series, student benefit, missing admission field or future ticket-release note. Printed physical location: Seully Hall. Studio 401/T401 is at 31 Hemenway; Studio 106 is at 132 Ipswich. Broadcasts, calendar-slot ends, masterclasses and repeated body dates are not extra performances or asserted runtimes.

Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Pei-Shan Lee , Sonata Night is an evening of piano-instrumental masterworks featuring collaborative pianists in partnership with their instrumental colleagues. Sonata, a musical term of several meanings, is u...

Camille Pépin: Autumn Rhythm; Shawn E. Okpebholo: City Beautiful; Salina Fisher: Kintsugi; Oliver Caplan: Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night; Anne Cawrse: The Red Buoy; Jennifer Higdon: Piano Trio. Grant Houston violin, Matthew Smith cello, Julia Scott Carey piano. David Brewster discusses paintings, not an inferred instrumental performer. Regular public admission $40. $35 senior, $15 student, conditional $1 Music for All affordability, $25 parish member and $40 Pay it Forward donation options are distinct; no subsidy, donation or subscription is a universal ticket floor. Fees/availability unconfirmed. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Native reviewed calendar-item identity preserved while source URL points to the full linked programme. Current homepage must still advertise its exact calendar card, and full programme/date selector/room corroborate the same physical start. Sudbury, Newburyport, Vermont, Boylston and botanic-garden dates are not relabeled Boston; March 13 is EST.

Pianists Gloria Cheng and Ralph van Raat. Programme: Pierre Boulez, Structures Livre 1, 1a (1952); John Cage, Music for Piano 4 and 19 (1953); Boulez, Scherzo (1945); Morton Feldman, Two Pianos (1957); Magnus Lindberg, Play I (1979); Boulez, Structures Livre 2, Chapitre 2 (1961); Boulez, Courtes dérives à partir d’Éclat (1996); Frank Zappa, Ruth Is Sleeping (1992); Olivier Messiaen, “Amen de la Consommation,” from Visions de l’Amen (1943). Tod Machover is the host, not an inferred third pianist. The source’s “at 100” branding is preserved, not used to infer a different year. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed; missing ticket metadata and MIT-affiliation concessions are not free admission. One physical Cambridge performance, not its simultaneous livestream. Eastern wall time is corroborated by the calendar and primary full-year/weekday/main clock; the calendar’s naive pseudo-UTC timestamp is not used as an instant. No campus mailing street or end time inferred.

A flight of performances. A richness of artists. In December, April, and May, New England Conservatory fills the air with the sounds of piano trios, string quartets, and more, both day and night. Performers include NEC's faculty of chamber music superstars, and the students coached by these great artists. In tonight's concert, student ensembles demonstrate the works they h...