The Lysander Piano Trio concluded its winter West Coast tour, starting with performances at Chamber Music Monterey Bay and Music in Corrales in January and concluding with a debut at Camerata Musica in the Tri-Cities in Washington state and a return to Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, California.
Read MoreMelissa White gave four stunning performances of the new Violin Concerto by Sophia Jani, the Dallas Symphony's composer-in-residence, in her Dallas Symphony debut. Rave reviews came from several local news outlets, including The Dallas Morning Sun and Texas Classical Review (see here). These performances will be aired on MediciTV.
Read MoreCellist Tommy Mesa releases his second solo album on February 13, 2026, titled ‘17(67),' pairing together the year the artist’s Nicolò Gagliano cello was made with a popular modern slang term. The album’s title reflects the bridge created between the traditional and the innovative through this wide-ranging program, played alongside pianist Yoon Lee. With recordings from the Romantic canon, an early 20th century Brazilian composition, to contemporary voices and even some of Mesa’s own arrangements, Mesa’s repertoire spans eras and styles. The album has been praised by the CBC as their Album of the Week (see here).
Read MoreThe Merz Trio just concluded their Winter 2026 tour, returning to Chamber Music Houston and Pro Musica San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, and appearing for the first time on other series such as Chamber Music Society of Louisville and The Forum on the Virgin Islands. A concert with Philadelphia Chamber Music Society was cancelled due to the blizzard in late January.
Read MoreThe Harlem Quartet performs in Telluride on January 24th at the Historic Sheridan Opera House. Presented by Telluride Chamber Music, the concert features a diverse program ranging from Classical to Latin and jazz. From January 27th through 30th, the Quartet visited Arizona State University for the second time this season, performing both a “Jazz Inspirations” program in addition to performing with the ASU Symphony Orchestra. The Quartet will conclude its residency with a final visit to ASU in April.
Read MoreThe Lysander Piano Trio, in their first winter tour since cellist James Kim joined last spring, will tour several unique locales in January. This includes their debut with Chamber Music Monterey Bay on January 10 (details here), Lake Superior State University in Michigan on January 16 (details here), and a sold-out return to Chamber Music Corrales in New Mexico (details here) on January 26 (details here).
Read MoreOn January 24, pianist Roman Rabinovich will give his New Mexico Philharmonic debut in Albuquerque. With Music Director Roberto Minczuk conducting, Roman will perform Prokofiev’s fiery Piano Concerto No. 3. He will stay the following day to give a fundraising performance for the Philharmonic.
Read MoreOn December 3, violinist Melissa White was a featured soloist collaborating with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for their Opening Night and Company Premiere of Blink of an Eye, choreographed by Medhi Walerski.
Read MoreAfter a one-year trial merger with the agency EFP, Dinin Arts Director ended its agency partnership. As of January 4, 2026, Dinin Arts is operating again as an independent, full-service artist management firm in its 10th year of operations. The artists who were on Dinin Arts’ roster prior to the partnership are back, exclusively with Dinin Arts, and we look forward to welcoming more soloists and ensembles to the roster this week. We are thrilled to be back!
Read MoreFollowing their successful first collaboration at Oberlin Conservatory in 2023, the Verona Quartet reunites with Wu Man for a performance at San Antonio Chamber Music Society on November 17. Their interdisciplinary program shines a light on the complex fabric of “what is home” and cultural identity in the modern age through a nostalgic and visionary exploration of both ancient and contemporary repertoire from traditions across the globe. Their collaborations continue in spring and summer 2025, at venues including the Eastman School of Music and the National Museum of Asian Art (and more to be announced soon)!
Read MoreMelissa White opened the 2024-25 orchestral season with debuts at the Plymouth Philharmonic in September and the Hilton Head Symphony in October. Following these successful appearances, featuring concerti by Florence Price and Max Bruch, Ms. White heads to the Baton Rouge Symphony, Jackson (MI) Symphony, and Orchestra Iowa in November for performances of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy.
Read MoreTommy Mesa is the Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Artist-in-Residence. To kick off the residency November 2-3, Mesa will be featured in a chamber music concert he curated featuring TSO musicians with works including Andrea Casarrubios’ solo Seven, Caroline Shaw’s Limestone and Felt, and Schubert’s masterpiece Cello Quintet. He joins the orchestra for subscription concerts in December.
Read MoreThe two quartets on the roster, the Borromeo and Verona, are teaming up for a new octet program which has its debut at Clemson University’s Brook Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Utsey Chamber Music Series on September 26. The octet, which will continue touring through the 2025-26 season, has subsequent performances with Music for a Great Space in Greensboro on September 27 and Chamber Music Raleigh on September 28, followed by another performance with Dumbarton Concerts in Washington, DC in May.
Read MoreFollowing his 2021 orchestral debut with the orchestra and a successful recital together with Greg Zelek, the Madison Symphony Principal Organist and Overture Hall’s organ, Tommy Mesa returns to Overture Hall for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, performed on a program together with Zelek performing Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante.
Read MoreMelissa White performed Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Cape Town Philharmonic and conductor Rossen Milanov on August 29, marking her solo debut on the African continent. The Weekend Special, a South African online publication, noted White’s “dazzling” performance and her “exquisite singing-tone.”
Read MoreVerona Quartet makes their upcoming debut with the revered Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival from July 30 - August 5, beginning with a wide-ranging recital program and inspiring chamber programs to follow.
July 30 Verona plays Mozart, Britten and Verdi
August 1 program featuring Golijov’s Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
August 4 program featuring Vivaldi’s transcribed concerti for Lute and Mandolin
August 4-5 program featuring Mahler’s Das Lied van der Erd
The full calendar can be found here.
Tommy was featured performing Jessie Montgomery’s Divided concerto with the Sphinx Virtuosi at Newport Classical (July 5), Caramoor (July 7), and Nashville’s Schermerhorn Center (July 9). Montgomery describes the work as “a response to the social and political unrest that has plagued our generation in the recent past.”
Reviewing the Newport Classical performance, Stephen Martorella wrote: “In the dramatic Divided, the soloist takes on the personae of the victims, at times pleading, even weeping, then becoming angry, almost violent. This “argument” between solo and ensemble reflects in musical opposites alongside the philosophical. Minor-second intervals expressed outcries against harmonies of the wide-open inversions of these same intervals as dissonant harmonies, projecting pain against pain, yet the dissonance never drowns out the lyric beauty of the human condition. Even to the last note, an unresolved dissonance lingers lyrically poignant in its beauty. With brilliant solo work, Mesa took rich and rewarding artistic ownership on a 1767 Nicolò Gagliano cello.”
Link to the full article here.
Read MoreCellist Tommy Mesa was featured on the Columbus Symphony’s final concert of the 2023-24 season performing Jessie Montgomery’s Divided alongside Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. Tommy also visited local students for a master class.
Read MoreMelissa White was featured on the West Virginia Symphony’s closing weekend of the season, performing Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with guest conductor Melisse Brunet. Melissa will perform this work again with her in the fall!
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