Shriver Hall Concert Series Announces 2024-25 Season

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mallory McFarland | Morahan Arts and Media
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SHRIVER HALL CONCERT SERIES ANNOUNCES 2024-25 SEASON

Subscription Series Features Baltimore Debut of ACRONYM and
Baltimore Recital Debuts of Isata Kanneh-Mason and Pablo Ferrández

Series Also Includes Performances by
Escher String Quartet, Jordan Bak, Julio Elizalde,
Dover Quartet, Michelle Cann, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake,
Leif Ove Andsnes, and Richard Goode

Discovery Series Features
The Winner of the 2024 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition, 
Raphaël Feuillâtre, and Ivalas Quartet



“Baltimore’s finest importer of classical music talent” –The Baltimore Sun

www.shriverconcerts.org

Baltimore, MD (March 13, 2024) — Shriver Hall Concert Series (SHCS) — Baltimore’s premier presenter of chamber music ensembles and solo recitalists — today announces its 2024-25 and 59th concert season. The institution’s mission since its founding almost 60 years ago has been to craft performances at the highest level of excellence. Hundreds of world-renowned and emerging international artists have appeared on the Shriver Hall stage and at respected partner venues throughout the region, establishing SHCS’s legacy of presenting prominent debuts and premieres to the Baltimore community and beyond.

The Subscription Series features performances at Shriver Hall by: pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason in her solo Baltimore Recital Debut; Escher String Quartet with violist Jordan Bak; ACRONYM in its Baltimore Debut; cellist Pablo Ferrández in his Baltimore Recital Debut with pianist Julio Elizalde; Dover Quartet with pianist Michelle Cann; the return of tenor Ian Bostridge with pianist Julius Drake; the return of pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in his first Baltimore performance in 25 years; and pianist Richard Goode performing the Diabelli Variations.

SHCS’s free Discovery Series, which spotlights emerging artists on the classical music scene, includes recitals by: guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre – 2018 winner of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Concert Artist Competition – in his Baltimore Debut; the winner of the 2024 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition; and protégés of the Takács Quartet, Ivalas Quartet.

Catherine Cochran, Executive Director, remarks, “We are thrilled to share our 2024-25 concert season which features so many of today’s finest artists. Spotlighting luminaries and important voices from the U.S. and across the world, it is a season of transformative live music that we hope will inspire and resonate with our community.”

On Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 5:30pm, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason – “A profound and greatly gifted artist who radiates warmth, joy, and much-needed musical sunshine” (Gramophone) – makes her solo Baltimore Recital Debut at Shriver Hall. This is Kanneh-Mason’s third time performing at Shriver Hall as she has appeared twice before with her brother, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, in 2019 and 2022. Isata Kanneh-Mason is in great demand internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, offering eclectic and interesting repertoire with recital programs encompassing music from Haydn, Schumann, Chopin, and beyond. Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 serves as the anchor of her October 6 program, a treat for Baltimore audiences as the composition makes a powerful return after 20 years.

The New York City-based Escher String Quartet and violist Jordan Bak – who made his Baltimore Debut on the SHCS Discovery Series on February 26, 2022 – bring a rare program of viola quintets to the stage on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 5:30pm. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Quartet has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. Bak is an award-winning Jamaican-American violist who has achieved international acclaim as a trailblazing artist, praised for his radiant stage presence, dynamic interpretations, and fearless power. Critics have described him as “an exciting new voice in Classical performance” (I Care If You Listen). Show-stopping works on the program include music by Mozart, Dvorák, and Brahms.

Making its Baltimore Debut on Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 5:30pm is Baroque band ACRONYM. Described as an "outstanding young early-music string ensemble" (The New Yorker), ACRONYM presents a selection of music from 17th-century Vienna, a city in thrall to stylus phantasticus, a genre combining Italian drama and Northern European formal complexity. ACRONYM’s 11 members perform on strings, violas da gamba, theorbo, and keyboards bringing “gutsy, fresh explorations” (Early Music America) to these rare treasures.

Cellist Pablo Ferrández, hailed for his “superb technique and exhilarating musicality” (Los Angeles Times), makes his Baltimore Recital Debut with pianist Julio Elizalde, an artist with “compelling artistry and power” (Seattle Times) on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 5:30pm. A prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and SONY Classical exclusive artist, Ferrández has been hailed as a “new cello genius” (Le Figaro) and is championed by Anne-Sophie Mutter with whom he plays regularly. Praised as a musician of “compelling artistry and power” by the Seattle Times, Elizalde is a multifaceted artist who enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician, artistic administrator, educator, and curator. The duo’s program features works by Bruch, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Brahms.

SHCS welcomes the Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet back to Shriver Hall along with pianist Michelle Cann on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 5:30 pm, who bring a program dedicated to America. Hailed as “the next Guarneri Quartet” by the Chicago Tribune, the acclaimed Dover Quartet – which last appeared on the Subscription Series in 2023 – is one of the most in-demand ensembles in the world. Lauded as "technically fearless with...an enormous, rich sound" (La Scena Musicale), Michelle Cann made her orchestral debut at age 14 and has since performed as a soloist with prominent orchestras such as the Atlanta and Cincinnati symphony orchestras, The Cleveland Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. From pieces inspired by folk idioms to works by Native Americans, this program relishes in Americanness.

Tenor Ian Bostridge, renowned for his lyric gifts and “instinct for conveying meaning and emotion with disarming clarity” (The Guardian), makes a triumphant return to Shriver Hall – last appearing in 2009 – with pianist Julius Drake on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 5:30pm. Ian Bostridge’s extraordinary international career has taken him to the foremost concert halls, orchestras, and opera houses in the world and Julius Drake enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest instrumentalists in his field, collaborating with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. The two will perform a program featuring Shakespeare and Donne texts.

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes gives his first Baltimore performance in 20 years on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 5:30pm. The program features Scandinavian works and a rare performance of Chopin's Twenty-Four Preludes. The New York Times calls him “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight,” and the Wall Street Journal names him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” The inductee of the Gramophone Hall of Fame is an avid chamber musician. He is the founding director of the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, was co-artistic director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music for nearly two decades, and served as music director of California’s Ojai Music Festival in 2012.

Pianist Richard Goode, who has set an international standard of musicianship for decades with his “unfailingly beautiful tone, effortless technical command, interpretive insight and total emotional commitment to the music” (The Washington Post), concludes the Subscription Series lineup on Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 5:30pm. This will be Goode's 8th appearance on the series, having previously performed in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1986, 1993, 2012, 2015, and 2019. Goode will play the Diabelli Variations, which the master musician, renowned for his Beethoven sonata cycles, added to his repertoire in recent years. The famed keyboardist has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music. In regular performances with major orchestras, recitals in the world’s music capitals, and through his extensive and acclaimed Nonesuch recordings, Richard Goode has won a large and devoted following.

Shriver Hall Concert Series’ free Discovery Series kicks off on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 3:00pm at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre takes the stage with a program that features a Baroque-inspired first half and a Spanish/South American second half. Feuillâtre, originally from the northeastern coast of Africa and now based in Paris, made his international breakthrough in 2018 as the winner of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Concert Artist Competition. He had already been tipped as a rising star in Europe following his victory at the 2017 José Tomás Villa de Petrer International Guitar Competition in Valencia and earlier prize-winning competition performances elsewhere in Spain as well as in France, Portugal, and the Czech Republic.

Continuing the Discovery Series will be the winner of the 2024 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition. The performance will take place at the Baltimore Museum of Art on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 3:00pm.  Many of the leading classical musicians of tomorrow are training at The Peabody Institute today. The extraordinary young string player who wins the conservatory’s Yale Gordon Concerto Competition this year will offer a preview of classical music’s bright future in an intimate recital at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Closing out the free Discovery Series is the Ivalas Quartet on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 3:00pm at UMBC’s Linehan Concert Hall. The protégés of the Takács Quartet – who recently performed on SHCS current 2023-24 season – bring a program that is inspired by new images from the James Webb Telescope. Hailed by The Strad for playing with “tremendous heart and beauty,” the Ivalas Quartet has been changing the face of classical music since its inception at the University of Michigan in 2017. Dedicated to the celebration of BIPOC voices, the ensemble seeks to enhance the classical music world by consistently spotlighting past and present BIPOC composers.

Shriver Hall Concert Series’ season is made possible through generous support from the Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore County Commission for Arts & Sciences, and Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

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Concert Information

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano (Baltimore Recital Debut)
Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 5:30pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $276 Subscription; on sale in August - $46 Single Tickets and $10 Students
Link: shriverconcerts.org/kanneh-mason 

JOSEPH HAYDN: Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50 
CLARA SCHUMANN: Nocturne in F major, Op. 6, No. 2
CARL NIELSEN: Chaconne, Op. 32
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA: Chaconne
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

The Yale Gordon Young Artist Concert
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Escher String Quartet and Jordan Bak, viola
Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 5:30pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $276 Subscription; on sale in August - $46 Single Tickets and $10 Students
Link: shriverconcerts.org/escherbak 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: String Quartet in D major, K. 575
ANTONÍN DVORÁK: String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, “American”
JOHANNES BRAHMS: String Quintet in G major, Op. 111 

The Howard Family Concert
The Reiko T. and Yuan C. Lee Fund for Outstanding String Performers
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ACRONYM (Baltimore Debut)
Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 5:30pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $276 Subscription; on sale in August - $46 Single Tickets and $10 Students
Link: shriverconcerts.org/acronym 

“Vienna: City of Music, City of Dreams”
GIOVANNI VALENTINI: Sonata a5 in C major
VALENTINI: Sonata a5 in G minor
ANTONIO BERTALI: Sonata a5 in G minor
VALENTINI: Sonata a5 in A minor
BERTALI: Sonata a6 in E minor
GEORG PISCATOR: Sonata a7 in A minor
ADAM DRESE: Sonata a6 in C major
JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER: Sonata a5 in G minor
MARC’ANTONIO ZIANI: Sonata TBD 
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER: The Battle of Vienna in G minor (arr. A.A. Schmelzer)
BIBER: Ballettae a8 in C major
ALESSANDRO POGLIETTI: Sonata a8 in A minor
SCHMELZER: Serenata (Ciacona) a8 in A major

The Paul & Barbara Krieger Early Music Concert
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Pablo Ferrández, cello (Baltimore Recital Debut) and Julio Elizalde, piano
Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 5:30pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $276 Subscription; on sale in August - $46 Single Tickets and $10 Students
Link: shriverconcerts.org/ferrandez 

MAX BRUCH: Kol nidrei, Op. 47 
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 
SERGE RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 

The Piatigorsky Memorial Concert
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Dover Quartet and Michelle Cann, piano 
Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 5:30pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $276 Subscription; on sale in August - $46 Single Tickets and $10 Students
Link: shriverconcerts.org/dovercann 

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Strum for String Quartet
PURA FÉ: Rattle Songs (arr. Tate)
JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA’ TATE: New work (Baltimore premiere, SHCS co-commission)
ANTONÍN DVORÁK: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, Op. 81 

The Mity Clarke Gann Concert
The David & Barbara Rodbell Kornblatt Commissioning Fund
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Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, piano
Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 5:30pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $276 Subscription; on sale in August - $46 Single Tickets and $10 Students
Link: shriverconcerts.org/bostridge 

JOHN DOWLAND: “In darkness let me dwell”
GERALD FINZI: Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18
FRANZ SCHUBERT: “An Sylvia,” Op. 106, No. 4
SCHUBERT: “Ständchen,” D. 889
JOSEPH HAYDN: “She never told her death,” Hob. XXVIa/34
ROGER QUILTER: “Come away, death,” Op. 6, No. 1
IVOR GURNEY: “Under the Greenwood Tree”
GURNEY: “Sleep”
ERICH KORNGOLD: “Desdemona’s Song,” Op. 31, No. 1
KORNGOLD: “Come away, death,” Op. 29, No. 1
KORNGOLD: “Adieu, Good Man Devil,” Op. 29, No. 3
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35

The Helen Coplan Harrison Concert
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Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 5:30pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $276 Subscription; on sale in August - $46 Single Tickets and $10 Students
Link: shriverconcerts.org/andsnes 

EDVARD GRIEG: Sonata in E minor, Op. 7
GEIRR TVEITT: Sonata No. 29, Op. 129, “Sonata etere”
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 28

The Sidney & Charlton Friedberg Concert
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Richard Goode, piano
Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 5:30pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $276 Subscription; on sale in August - $46 Single Tickets and $10 Students
Link: shriverconcerts.org/goode 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Sonata in F major, K. 533 
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120 

The Zarelda Fambrough Memorial Concert
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Discovery Series: Raphaël Feuillâtre, guitar (Baltimore Debut)
Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 3pm
Baltimore Museum of Art | 10 Art Museum Drive | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: Free, Tickets required
Link: shriverconcerts.org/feuillatre 

FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: Les barricades mystérieuses (arr. A. Fougeray)
JACQUES DUPHLY: Médée from Pièces de clavecin, Book 3 
PANCRACE ROYER: L’aimable from Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 (arr. Feuillâtre) 
J.S. BACH: Concerto in D major, BWV 972 (arr. J. Perroy)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI: Sonata in A major, K. 208 (arr. G. Abiton) 
MIGUEL LLOBET SOLÈS: Variations on a Theme by Sor (La Folia) 
JULIÁN ARCAS: Fantasia on Themes from Verdi’s La Traviata 
MIGUEL LLOBET SOLÈS: Two Catalan Folk Songs 
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ: Asturias (Leyanda) from Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47 
FRANCISCO TÁRREGA: Three Preludes
AGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ: La Catedral 
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: Adios Nonino (arr. C. Tirao) 
ROLAND DYENS: “Clown Down (Gismonti at the Circus)” from Triaela 
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Discovery Series: Winner of the 2024 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition
Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 3pm
Baltimore Museum of Art | 10 Art Museum Drive | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: Free, Tickets required
Link: https://www.shriverconcerts.org/yalegordon 

Program to be announced
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Discovery Series: Ivalas Quartet
Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 3pm
UMBC’s Linehan Concert Hall | 1000 Hilltop Circle | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: Free, Tickets required
Link: shriverconcerts.org/ivalas 

“First Light” 
OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Tenebrae 
ELEANOR ALBERGA: String Quartet No. 1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130

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About Shriver Hall Concert Series
For more than 50 years, Shriver Hall Concert Series (SHCS) has been “Baltimore’s finest importer of classical music talent” (The Baltimore Sun) and the area’s premier presenter of chamber music ensembles and solo recitalists with a mission to craft performances and educational programs at the highest level of excellence. A 5-time recipient of Baltimore Magazine’s distinction “Best Classical Music” in its annual “Best of Baltimore” issue, the coveted subscription series features many of the world’s most renowned soloists and ensembles, presented in The Johns Hopkins University’s Shriver Hall.

Founded in 1966 by Dr. Ernest Bueding, a pharmacologist at Johns Hopkins University, and a group of similarly dedicated music enthusiasts, SHCS set out to make an important contribution to the vitality of an already vibrant city. When flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal walked onto the stage of Shriver Hall for the first concert, more than 1,100 people witnessed the launch of what is now recognized as a remarkable success story: Shriver Hall Concert Series. In the succeeding years, SHCS has presented hundreds of acclaimed and emerging international artists in classical chamber music and recitals and a legacy of important debuts and premieres. In addition, SHCS collaborates with local schools and subsidizes hundreds of student tickets each season.

The list of artists presented by SHCS is remarkable—Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Ewa Podlés, Maurizio Pollini, Jacqueline du Pré, Mstislav Rostropovich, Jordi Savall, András Schiff, Rudolf Serkin, Janos Starker, Daniil Trifonov, Lynn Harrell, Emmanuel Ax, Alban Berg Quartet, Guarneri Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Cleveland Quartet, and Quartetto Italiano, among many others. SHCS also has a history of championing important musicians early in their careers, including Richard Goode, Hilary Hahn, Hélène Grimaud, Dawn Upshaw, Lang Lang, and the Emerson String Quartet. Commissioned composers include Timo Andres, Sebastian Currier, Jonathan Leshnoff, James Lee III, Han Lash, Caroline Shaw, and Nina C. Young.

Designed specifically for the community, SHCS offers the Discovery Series, a series of free concerts presented in venues throughout the region focused on artists emerging on the national and international scene. Artists featured include Narek Hakhnazaryan, Colin Currie, Xavier Foley, Eric Lu, and the Dover Quartet. SHCS also offers the annual Spring Lecture Series, a series of free talks focused on annual topics related to the intersection of music and society and a variety of student programs.

For more information, visit www.shriverconcerts.org.

Photo credits (L-R, top to bottom): Isata Kanneh-Mason by David Venni; Escher String Quartet by Anna Kariel; Jordan Bak by Dario Acosta; ACRONYM by Jeff Weeks; Pablo Ferrández by Igor Studio; Julio Elizalde by Amanda-Westcott; Dover Quartet by Roy Cox; Michelle Cann by Steven Mareazi Willis; Ian Bostridge by Kalpesh Lathigra; Julius Drake by Marco Borggreve; Leif Ove Andsnes by Helge Hansen; Richard Goode by Kevin Kinzley; Raphaël Feuillâtre by Stefan Höderath

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