Shriver Hall Concert Series Presents Pianist Emanuel Ax and Guitarist David Manzanares-Salguero This January

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SHRIVER HALL CONCERT SERIES TO KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR
WITH CONCERT FEATURING PIANIST EMANUEL AX

Performance on January 11 at Shriver Hall includes
Beethoven, Corigliano, and Schumann

Discovery Series continues with the winner of the
2025 Yale Gordon Competition, guitarist David Manzanares-Salguero
on January 31 at the Baltimore Museum of Art

“Mr. Ax plays with youthful brio, incisive rhythm, bountiful imagination, delicacy when
called for, and thundering power” —The New York Times

David Manzanares-Salguero is “a staggeringly talented young artist with
powerful rhythm and elegant phrasing” —Austin Classical Guitar

www.ShriverConcerts.org

Baltimore, MD (December 1, 2025) — Shriver Hall Concert Series (SHCS) — Baltimore’s premier presenter of chamber music ensembles and solo recitalists — continues its 60th anniversary and 2025-26 concert season with its first performance on the new year, featuring pianist Emanuel Ax on Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 5:30 pm. Described as having “plush tone and intense focus” by The Los Angeles Times, the renowned pianist returns to Shriver Hall for a fourth appearance, performing essential repertoire, including Schumann's powerful Fantasie in C major.

As a multi GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist, Emanuel Ax brings a lifetime of authority to every musical setting. He was first presented by Shriver Hall Concert Series in 1979.

SHCS continues its acclaimed free Discovery Series in January with the winner of the 2025 Yale Gordon Competition, guitarist David Manzanares-Salguero, on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 3:00 pm at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Described as “a staggeringly talented young artist with powerful rhythm and elegant phrasing” by Austin Classical Guitar, Manzanares-Salguero has performed at the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Festival and earned top prizes at numerous competitions. A recent alumnus of The Peabody Institute, studying with Manuel Barrueco, he is currently pursuing a DMA degree at the University of Texas at Austin.

“I am looking forward to returning to Baltimore in 2026 to make my debut with the Shriver Hall Concert Series on their Discovery Series,” shares David Manzanares-Salguero. “I first learned about Shriver when I was a student at Peabody and always dreamed of playing a concert for the organization. As well, having the opportunity to do so on their 60th anniversary is an immense honor. The program I have prepared is filled with contrasting pieces that each tell their own story. I hope everyone listening will have the opportunity to experience something new from my program, and I am excited to see both old and new faces after the concert!”

Shriver Hall Concert Series’ Subscription Series continues in February with pianist Angela Hewitt on Sunday, February 22, 2026. SHCS will also continue its Discovery Series in February with the Baltimore Debut of pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

For six decades, SHCS has created unforgettable musical experiences in the intimacy of Shriver Hall. The upcoming season builds on this legacy with a vibrant lineup of programs featuring enduring masterworks and fresh perspectives, from Bach to Beethoven to Billy Childs. Woven through the season are themes of another milestone: the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026. Featuring American composers past and present, texts from the nation’s greatest poets, classical works infused with bluegrass and jazz, and some of today’s most thrilling young performers, these concerts will celebrate a nation brimming with musical treasures and talent.

Concert Information

Emanuel Ax, piano
Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Shriver Hall | 3400 N. Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: $48 Single Tickets, $10 Students
Link: www.shriverconcerts.org/ax

BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27, No. 1, "quasi una fantasia"
CORIGLIANO: Fantasia on an Ostinato
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight”
R. SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C major, Op. 18
SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

The Zarelda Fambrough Memorial Concert
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Discovery Series: David Manzanares-Salguero, guitar
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Baltimore Museum of Art | 10 Art Museum Drive | Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: Free, $10 suggested donation
Link: www.shriverconcerts.org/yalegordon 

SCARLATTI: Sonata in D major, K. 491 (arr. Manzanares-Salguero)
SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor, K. 10 (arr. Manzanares-Salguero)
PONCE: Thème, Varié et Finale
TAKEMITSU: Equinox
DUBEZ: Fantaisie sur des motifs hongrois
COSTE: Rondeau de concert, Op. 12
HENZE: Drei Tentos
LLOBET: Scherzo-Vals
DYENS: Triaela

About Shriver Hall Concert Series
For 60 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 enrich the Baltimore community through outstanding chamber music and recital experiences. 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, Emanuel 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, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Caroline Shaw, Carlos Simon, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, 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 a variety of student programs.

For more information, visit www.shriverconcerts.org.

About Emanuel Ax
Born to Polish parents in what is today Lviv, Ukraine, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his family when he was a young boy. Ax made his New York debut in the Young Concert Artists Series, and in 1974 won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975, he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists, followed four years later by the Avery Fisher Prize.

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of his first appearance with the orchestra, his 2025-26 season begins with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Carnegie Hall on October 31. The fall also includes an Asian tour that will take him to Tokyo, Seoul, and Hong Kong. Following its world premiere at Tanglewood in summer 2025, the concerto written for him by John Williams will have its Boston Symphony subscription debut in January with the N.Y. premiere one month later with the New York Philharmonic. As a guest artist, he will return to orchestras in Dallas, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Charleston, Madison, Naples, and New Jersey. In recital, he can be heard in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Santa Barbara, Des Moines, Cedar Falls, Schenectady, and Princeton. An extensive European tour will include concerts in Munich, Prague, Berlin, Rome, and Torino.

Emanuel Ax has been a Sony Classical exclusive recording artist since 1987, and following the success of “Brahms: The Piano Trios” with violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the trio launched an ambitious, multi-year project to record all the Beethoven Trios and Symphonies arranged for trio, of which the first three discs have been released. He has received Grammy Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn’s piano sonatas. He has also made a series of Grammy-winning recordings with Ma of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano. In the 2004-05 season, Ax contributed to an International Emmy Award-winning BBC documentary commemorating the Holocaust that aired on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In 2013, Ax’s recording “Variations” received the Echo Klassik Award for Solo Recording of the Year (19th Century Music/Piano).

Ax is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates of music from Skidmore College, New England Conservatory of Music, Yale University, and Columbia University. 

Emanuel Ax's website is EmanuelAx.com.

About David Manzanares-Salguero
Described as “a staggeringly talented young artist with powerful rhythm and elegant phrasing” (Austin Classical Guitar), David Manzanares-Salguero is a multi-award-winning classical guitarist from Houston, Texas. He has won top prizes in several competitions, including the Philadelphia Guitar Competition, Southwest Guitar Symposium, Florida Guitar Festival, Columbus Guitar Symposium, and the Houston Classical Guitar Festival. Most recently, David was a co-winner in the prestigious Yale Gordon Concerto Competition, performing Tedesco’s Guitar Concerto in D major. Some of his most recent notable performances include performing for the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Festival, Austin Classical Guitar’s play! series, and performing at the Home of the Spanish Ambassador in Washington, D.C.

Passionate about community outreach, David participated in the Music for a While program at Peabody Institute during the 2021-22 academic year, bringing music to the Johns Hopkins Hospital. From 2022 to 2024, he was the Musician in Residence at the Edenwald Senior Living Community, where he performed and curated weekly concerts for its independent and assisted living communities. During the 2023-24 academic year, David was selected to be a performer for Peabody at the Shelter, bringing music to Helping Up Mission, a shelter and addiction recovery center in Baltimore, MD. Currently, he serves as Peabody’s Arts in Health program’s inaugural Intern in Inspired Aging.

David cares deeply about finding ways to make higher education more accessible for low-income students. He recently won the competitive Launch Grant from the Peabody Institute to fund the creation of “For the Future,” a college readiness program that guides high school classical guitarists facing financial barriers through the college application process.

As a supporter and performer of new music, David has collaborated with a variety of composers to create works for solo guitar and guitar ensemble. Recently, David received a Peabody Launchpad Grant to commission underrepresented composers to write duets for the Mina Duo, a guitar duo he started with Gwenyth Aggeler. These composers include Seo Yoon Soyoona Kim, Merick Ohata, and Angela Ortiz. The Duo is recording these commissions for an upcoming album, aiming to give a voice to communities that are unheard.

David has performed in masterclasses for Manuel Barrueco, Gabriel Bianco, Zoran Dukic, Grisha Goryachev, Adam Holzman, Sharon Isbin, Juan Carlos Laguna, Lorenzo Micheli, Judicaël Perroy, David Russell, Benjamin Verdery, and Jason Vieaux. He has studied and performed at many summer music programs like the Brevard Music Center and Boston Guitar Festival, and has earned full scholarships to attend the Aspen Music Festival and the Bath Guitar Festival.

David received his Bachelor of Music in Performance at The Peabody Institute of Music of the Johns Hopkins University, studying with Dr. Thomas Viloteau. He continued his studies at Peabody, receiving his Master of Music in Performance and Pedagogy, studying with Maestro Manuel Barrueco. Currently, David is pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Texas in Austin, studying with Professor Adam Holzman as his teaching assistant. He is partnered with Knobloch Strings and Le Support, and his website is dmsguitar.com.

Photo of Emanuel Ax by Nigel Parry; photo of David Manzanares-Salguero courtesy of the artist

Shriver Hall Concert Series’ season is made possible through generous support from the Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore County Commission for Arts & Sciences, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust, and William G. Baker Jr. Memorial Fund.

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