Morton Feldman Centennial Marathon: Day 1 of 2
January 11, 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
There has been nothing quite like the music of Morton Feldman, before or since. A singular composer of works embodying a seemingly glacial stillness over long expanses of time, his writing for piano is particularly beautiful. Piano Spheres celebrates the centennial of one of the 20th century’s greatest composers with a marathon program stretching over two days in two venues. Major works to be performed include Crippled Symmetry, For Bunita Marcus, Patterns in a Chromatic Field, and much more. Among the featured highlights will be Piano and String Quartet, which was premiered 40 years ago in Los Angeles. Featuring all of the artists of Piano Spheres with special guests.
These concerts are FREE!
Morton Feldman Centennial Marathon
Sunday, January 11, 2026
THE WENDE MUSEUM
A-Frame Theater in the Glorya Kaufman Community Center
10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90230
3:00 pm – Crippled Symmetry – Gloria Cheng, Jonathan Hepfer & Michael Matsuno
4:30 pm – Nature Pieces – Thomas Kotcheff
4:45 pm – Triadic Memories – Amy Williams
6:30 pm – Intermissions – Thomas Kotcheff
7:00 pm – Piano and String Quartet – Vicki Ray & The Eclipse Quartet
Monday, January 12, 2026
THE BRICK
518 N. Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004
3:00 pm – Why Patterns? – Richard An, Rachel Beetz & Dustin Donohue
3:45 pm – For Bunita Marcus – Aron Kallay
5:15 pm – For John Cage – Vicki Ray & Andrew McIntosh
6:30 pm – Palais de Mari – Nic Gerpe
7:00 pm – Piano Piece (to Philip Guston), and Piano – Conor Hanick
7:45 pm – Patterns in a Chromatic Field – Todd Moellenberg & Erika Duke
Programs subject to change.
Doors open 2:30 pm both days.
All performances are free to the public, no ticket or reservation required.
Seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Piano Spheres Morton Feldman Centennial Marathon is made possible through the generous support of New Music USA, The Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music, Abby Sher, the Aaron Copland Fund, Alice M. Ditson Fund, the Amphion Foundation, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles County Arts & Culture, the Perenchio Foundation, and the Culver City Arts Foundation.
Image credit:
Philip Guston “Friend — To M.F., 1978”
used by permission of the Des Moines Art Center