Gloria Cheng – Looking Above

Zipper Concert Hall and the Colburn Plaza 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles

Piano Spheres’ Emeritus Artist Gloria Cheng presents Looking Above, featuring music by and dedicated to beloved friends and collaborators from her remarkable musical career.  An internationally renowned concert pianist, Gloria will offer two special rarities: an unpublished work that modern master composer Pierre Boulez wrote for her to perform at her wedding, entitled Court dérives […]

Brook and Meadowcroft

Thayer Hall at the Colburn School 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Featuring two new large-scale works by important international composers Taylor Brook & Thomas Meadowcroft

Thomas Mellan: Collective Hysteria

Thayer Hall at the Colburn School 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Emerging Artist Thomas Mellan presents Collective Hysteria: The Complete Piano Sonatas of Pierre Boulez. Boulez is synonymous with music of era-defining extremes, showcasing brutal violence and sensual tenderness often in the same breath. What unifies his three pieces on this program is the tremendous virtuosity they demand of the player, and their concern with revolutionizing […]

Aron Kallay – Love/Dream

Thayer Hall at the Colburn School 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Franz Liszt’s Liebestraum No. 3 elicits complicated reactions from musicians and audiences alike. Aron Kallay wants a reason to perform it! He also thinks it’s time for an update. ‘30 for 30’ composers Michael Frazier, Brandon Rolle, Zanaida Robles, and Daniel Allas use Liebestraum as a point of departure, creating new work on what it means to love, to dream.

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