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DTSTAMP:20250513T103325
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250630T190000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Summer Sings: Verdi's Requiem
DESCRIPTION:All singers are welcome to these annual\, popular choral reading sessions. Come as you are to this no-audition\, no-performance evening of memorable music-making\, and join up to 250 singers from the region to sing great choral repertoire with UMS Choral Union music director Scott Hanoian and outstanding soloists. Rehearse portions of the score during the first half\, break for refreshments\, and then reconvene to sing through the entire work. Verdi's Requiem will be sung in Latin\, scores will be provided. \n\n$5 per person at the door (cash only). Registration begins at 6:30 pm\, with the Summer Sings rehearsal beginning at 7 pm.
UID:135370-21876766@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135370
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250728T134225
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250811T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250811T090000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Summer Sings: J.S. Bach Magnificat
DESCRIPTION:The UMS Choral Union invites you to take part in the return of Summer Sings. Just come as you are to this no-audition\, no-performance evening of memorable music-making!\n\nAs many as 250 singers from southeastern Michigan\, northern Ohio\, and Canada have joined each session in singing through great choral repertoire with some of the nation’s most respected choral conductors and outstanding soloists. We rehearse portions of the score during the first half\, break for refreshments\, and then re-convene to sing through the entire work.\n\nSummer Sings costs $5.00 paid at the door (cash only). Please arrive early at 6:30 pm for registration. Registration fee covers sheet music\, which will be distributed at the event.
UID:135617-21876994@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135617
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center
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DTSTAMP:20250813T093809
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Verdi's Requiem
DESCRIPTION:From the hushed opening of the “Requiem aeternam” to the thunderous cries of the “Dies irae\,” Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most powerful choral masterpieces ever written.\n\nUMS’s 25/26 Season opens with Verdi’s monumental work that fuses the drama of opera with the spiritual depth of sacred music. Written in memory of the Italian poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni\, it is a profoundly moving reflection that is simultaneously intimate and epic.\n\nThis performance celebrates UMS’s ongoing relationship with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, UMS Choral Union\, and DSO music director Jader Bignamini. The concert will only be performed in Ann Arbor and brings together a stellar international cast of soloists: South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu\, American mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke\, Mexican American tenor René Barbera\, and Chinese bass-baritone Shenyang.
UID:137128-21879785@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137128
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250813T094508
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251019T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251019T180000
SUMMARY:Performance:Belcea Quartet
DESCRIPTION:For the first time in more than a decade\, the Belcea Quartet performs in Ann Arbor\, opening the Chamber Arts Series with their fifth UMS performance.\n\nTheir program includes Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19\, the last in a series of six sophisticated quartets that he composed over three years (1782-85) and dedicated to Franz Joseph Haydn\, universally recognized as the “father” of the string quartet. Beethoven’s last quartet — and the last major work he completed — closes the program.\n\n“These were gorgeous and stirring performances\,” said the New York Classical Review of Belcea’s 2023 performance at Zankel Hall. “The quartet’s sinewy\, back-lit sound carried so much of the sonic beauty of the music\, and the energy behind the playing was full of style\, feeling\, and expressive depth.”
UID:137134-21879798@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137134
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250813T140724
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T213000
SUMMARY:Performance:Philharmonia Orchestra\, London with Víkingur Ólafsson\, piano
DESCRIPTION:“The conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali doubled down in this blast of a performance. What a sound he drew from the Philharmonia — the strings were a blaze of scorching sunlight\, the wood and brass bold and gleaming.” ― The Times\, London\n\nLondon’s Philharmonia Orchestra returns to Hill Auditorium\, with both the exciting young Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson making their UMS debuts.\n\nRouvali took over the podium at the Philharmonia in 2021. He’ll conduct Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5\, an emotional rollercoaster that received huge acclaim at its 1937 premiere.\n\nPianist Víkingur Ólafsson has captured public and critical imagination to become one of the most sought-after artists of today\, with recordings that have led to over a billion streams. His recent recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations captured the 2025 Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and served as the only work he toured in the 23/24 season\; he performed it 90 times across the world. Ólafsson performs Beethoven’s spirited “Emperor” Concerto\, a work that has not been performed at a UMS concert since 2004.\n\nLooking for free student tickets? All U-M undergraduate students are eligible to receive a FREE ticket to a UMS performance per academic year through the Bert’s Ticket program (a $20 value)!
UID:137135-21879799@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137135
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T104223
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251122T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251122T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Danish String Quartet
DESCRIPTION:One of the world’s most adventurous and versatile chamber ensembles\, the Danish String Quartet returns to Ann Arbor with a unique program that includes works by Stravinsky\, Beethoven\, and film composer and Radiohead founding member Jonny Greenwood. In addition\, they’ll perform arrangements of traditional folk tunes and original compositions that trace musical pathways across the North Sea\, underlining the group’s belief that “folk tunes are not just part of our repertoire\, but an important element of our identity as musicians.”\n\nTheir most recent recording\, Nordic Music\, reflects this decade-long commitment to music inspired by northern folk and traditional sources. “I remain at a loss to explain how these four musicians create such pathos from a simple old folk tune. Their arrangement gives it an almost Beethovenian depth of feeling — sadness and joy turning inescapably into each other.” (The New York Times)
UID:137148-21879812@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137148
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T104924
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251206T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251206T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Handel's Messiah
DESCRIPTION:“Comfort ye\, my people.”\n\nThe first words sung in Handel’s Messiah invite us all into a world of hope\, renewal\, and transcendence.\n\nComposed in 1741\, Handel’s timeless masterpiece has enraptured audiences for centuries with its sublime beauty and profound spirituality. From the jubilant “Hallelujah” chorus to its stirring arias and evocative chorales\, Messiah is a celebration of the season’s true meaning: comfort\, hope\, and the promise of joy. Led by conductor Scott Hanoian and brought to life each year by friends and colleagues throughout the community who perform with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the UMS Choral Union\, this musical tradition continues to shine brightly — in fact\, many attendees consider it the official start to the holiday season.
UID:137150-21879814@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137150
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T104924
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251207T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251207T160000
SUMMARY:Performance:Handel's Messiah
DESCRIPTION:“Comfort ye\, my people.”\n\nThe first words sung in Handel’s Messiah invite us all into a world of hope\, renewal\, and transcendence.\n\nComposed in 1741\, Handel’s timeless masterpiece has enraptured audiences for centuries with its sublime beauty and profound spirituality. From the jubilant “Hallelujah” chorus to its stirring arias and evocative chorales\, Messiah is a celebration of the season’s true meaning: comfort\, hope\, and the promise of joy. Led by conductor Scott Hanoian and brought to life each year by friends and colleagues throughout the community who perform with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the UMS Choral Union\, this musical tradition continues to shine brightly — in fact\, many attendees consider it the official start to the holiday season.
UID:137150-21879815@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137150
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T105216
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Orchestra of Europe
DESCRIPTION:Over the course of the next four years\, the omnipresent conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at Carnegie Hall in an overview of the orchestral works of Johannes Brahms\, including all of his concertos\, overtures\, and symphonies. UMS is proud to present the first of these concert offerings\, which features the first and final works that Brahms composed for orchestra — his Symphony No. 1 and his Double Concerto for Violin\, Cello\, and Orchestra — performed by the 60-member Chamber Orchestra of Europe.\n\nThe COE was originally founded in 1981 by a group of young musicians who were part of the European Community Youth Orchestra\, and its members now pursue parallel careers as principals or section leaders of other prestigious orchestras in Europe. Originally mentored by the esteemed conductors Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt\, the group now works closely with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and will be joined for this limited tour by violinist Veronika Eberle and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras\, both making their UMS debuts.
UID:137152-21879816@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137152
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T111715
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260121T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260121T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería
DESCRIPTION:One of the audience favorites from UMS’s 23/24 season was the UMS debut of México’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería\, led by the dynamic conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto. The sheer exuberance and palpable joy from the musicians were felt throughout the audience\, which remained on its feet long after the performance ended\, cheering for more.\n\nWe’re delighted to bring the orchestra back to Hill Auditorium\, this time with dynamic trumpet soloist Pacho Flores\, who performs two different works for trumpet and orchestra\, including Paquito D’Rivera’s Latin Grammy Award-winning Venezuelan Concerto. Born in Venezuela and growing up in the country’s famous El Sistema program\, Flores makes his UMS debut in this concert\, which features rarely heard orchestral works by leading composers from the Americas.
UID:137160-21879832@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137160
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260127T133459
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Wynton Marsalis's \"The Jungle\"
DESCRIPTION:In October 2022\, UMS hosted an intensive weeklong residency with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that included two concerts\, a School Day Performance\, multiple residency activities on and off campus\, and a halftime performance at the Michigan football game. While a February residency precludes an appearance on the 50-yard line\, we’re thrilled that Wynton and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will return for another distinctive UMS residency this year.\n\nMarsalis’s Symphony No. 4\, “The Jungle\,” was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and premiered in December 2016\; it has only been performed three times in the US since it was written. The six-movement symphony for jazz band and orchestra takes the dense mosaic of New York City as its inspiration. Marsalis’s masterwork highlights the paradoxes that define New York City\, where wealth and poverty\, grit and romance\, and unlimited growth and stagnation all coexist. But it’s also a meditation on what being human means today — a wide-scale attempt to understand the maelstrom of modern life and remind us all what brings us together.
UID:137165-21879835@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137165
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T112932
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260208T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260208T160000
SUMMARY:Performance:Nicola Benedetti & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti makes her UMS debut with an ensemble featuring guitar\, accordion\, and cello performing arrangements of popular classical works. As a sought-after and influential musician and the Director of the Edinburgh International Festival\, Benedetti is an unabashed advocate for Western classical music\, popularizing the genre with a new generation and captivating audiences with her sumptuous tone and top-notch playing.\n\n“This is an artist who exudes star quality\,” said The Herald (Scotland). “Her exquisite playing\, combining true virtuosity and a deep musical intelligence\, made this a memorable performance.”
UID:137167-21879838@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137167
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250806T113339
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Fauré Piano Quartets
DESCRIPTION:The 23/24 season featured a recital debut by violinist James Ehnes\, who captivated Rackham Auditorium with his insightful commentary and expressive playing. Now Ehnes is joined by pianist Inon Barnatan\, violist Jonathan Vinocour\, and cellist Raphael Bell for a program of Fauré’s two piano quartets. Gabriel Fauré’s youthful first piano quartet\, full of intoxicating melodies\, is paired with his strikingly individual\, impassioned second quartet. Among his best-known chamber works\, Fauré’s piano quartets are exquisitely crafted and ideal vehicles for these four superb artists and musical soulmates.\n\n“The wondrous James Ehnes [is] a thinker of the violin as well as a supreme virtuoso of the instrument…an artist of the first order.” (The Daily Telegraph) Inon Barnatan is admired for his “superior playing\, in which penetrating musicianship\, compelling interpretive insight\, and elegant pianism achieve near perfect equilibrium.” (BBC Music)
UID:137168-21879839@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137168
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260105T160008
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
DESCRIPTION:The internationally acclaimed Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir\, under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste\, celebrates the famed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and the indelible mark he has left on choral singing and classical music over his 90 years. As a composer\, Pärt has changed the course of music — both within and beyond the classical sphere. Profound\, powerful\, and beloved worldwide\, his work transcends time and space\, taking us beyond everyday existence into another realm.\n\nThe EPCC is well-versed in interpreting the spiritual depth and minimalist aesthetic that characterize Pärt’s music\, having often premiered and performed his works under his direction. Renowned for their resplendent sound\, the ensemble was named one of the 10 Best Choirs in the World by BBC Magazine\, as anyone who has attended one of their previous six UMS concerts in Hill Auditorium and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church can attest.
UID:137169-21879840@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137169
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250813T140802
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to Hill Auditorium for the first time in more than a decade\, under the leadership of Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä.\n\nMäkelä made his thrilling UMS debut with Orchestra de Paris in March 2024\, just a few weeks before he was appointed to the Chicago post. He conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7\, a work written in 1812 during the Napoleonic era with Beethoven conducting its premiere at a charity concert for wounded soldiers\, and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique\, a revolutionary work composed just a few years after Beethoven’s death.\n\nBerlioz composed the work when he was just 27 years old\, creating a dreamlike\, hallucinatory world that mythologizes the fevered dreams of an artist who has poisoned himself with opium in the throes of unrequited love. Inspired by his own obsessive love for the actress Harriet Smithson\, who ultimately became his wife\, Berlioz uses radical orchestration\, bold narrative\, and psychological depth to trace the protagonist’s descent from infatuation into delusion and nightmare in this thrilling and imaginative score.\n\nLooking for free student tickets? All U-M undergraduate students are eligible to receive a FREE ticket to a UMS performance per academic year through the Bert’s Ticket program (a $20 value)!
UID:137173-21879844@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137173
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T115900
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker
DESCRIPTION:The Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker offers some of the world’s most gifted young musicians the opportunity to perfect their skills while studying\, rehearsing\, and regularly performing with the orchestra. Founded in 1972 by conductor Herbert von Karajan\, the Akademie serves as the training ground for the next generation of musicians in the Berliner Philharmoniker and other orchestras around the world.\n\nThis concert\, part of a weeklong residency that will include campus engagement and learning activities\, will feature Akademie scholars alongside two Karajan-Akademie mentors who are principal members of the Berliner Philharmoniker in an evening of mixed chamber music repertoire.
UID:137174-21879845@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137174
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260225T095921
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:CANCELLED EVENT: Sheku Kanneh-Mason\, cello and Isata Kanneh-Mason\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Update 2/25/2026: We regret to inform you that the concert featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason\, scheduled for Saturday\, March 21 in Hill Auditorium has been canceled.\n\nSheku’s ongoing recovery from a finger injury is taking longer than he had anticipated to heal\, and with huge regret\, he is withdrawing from all of his concerts through the end of May 2026. We plan to invite Sheku and Isata to return to Hill Auditorium once they are touring together again.\n\nSiblings Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason bring their extraordinary musical chemistry to a program that bridges Romantic lyricism and 20th-century innovation.\n\nOpening the program is Felix Mendelssohn’s first cello sonata\, a work of luminous interplay that reveals both the cello’s expressive depth and the piano’s crystalline brilliance. Then\, Nadia Boulanger’s striking miniatures demonstrate the full range of the cello’s capabilities\, as do Robert Schumann’s folk-inspired short compositions. The program concludes with the trailblazing composer Rebecca Clarke\, whose rich\, expressive Viola Sonata is presented here in its cello arrangement. Written in 1919 for a competition\, the work tied for first place with a sonata by Ernest Bloch and is admired for its sweeping lyricism\, harmonic richness\, technical brilliance\, and sheer expressive power.
UID:137183-21879889@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137183
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T124039
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Takács Quartet
DESCRIPTION:The always superlative Takács Quartet performs works by Franz Joseph Haydn and Claude Debussy\, as well as a UMS co-commission by U-M alumna Clarice Assad\, who is working on her second piece for the Quartet.\n\nAssad floats freely across musician idioms\, drawing on an array of sounds from Amazon forest wildlife to operatic arias. “We fell in love with Clarice Assad’s music when we toured her quintet CLASH for the Takács and accordionist Julian Labro\,” said the Quartet\, about the work UMS presented by Assad in 2021. “Clarice’s music inspires interactive spirit and theatrical energy. We feel liberated by her limitless imagination and can’t wait to dive into her new string quartet for us.”
UID:137191-21879896@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137191
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T124523
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes
DESCRIPTION:One of the most influential composers of our time\, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact on the musical and intellectual life of our age.\n\nGlass has written more than 30 operas\, 14 symphonies\, 13 concertos\, numerous soundtracks to films\, nine string quartets\, a growing body of work for solo piano and organ\, and collaborated with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg\, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie. He describes himself as a composer of “music with repetitive structures” and says that “If I’m to be remembered for anything\, it will probably be for the piano music\, because people can play it.”\n\nPhilip Glass conceived his collection of etudes as a set of 20 works for solo piano written to improve his own performance technique. His most personal body of work is a self-portrait of a life’s practice\, representing some of the most intimate and inventive music of Glass’s oeuvre. This distinctive concert offering of all 20 of Glass’s etudes features 10 pianists onstage\, each offering a unique musical tribute to this masterful composer.
UID:137192-21879897@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137192
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250806T125119
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Jean-Yves Thibaudet\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Short in length but limitless in imagination\, all 24 of Claude Debussy’s magical preludes for piano are performed by one of their supreme living interpreters\, Jean-Yves Thibaudet.\n\nDebussy opened up a new universe of sound in his two books of exquisitely conceived\, ravishingly colored musical cameos\, and few pianists inhabit that revolutionary universe more fully than Thibaudet. Each of these brief works is painted in subtle shades\, hazy harmonies\, and daring textures\, with inspiration ranging from paintings and travel to Dickens and Peter Pan.\n\nThibaudet has lived with Debussy’s Preludes for his “entire life\,” learning some as a child and recording the full set more than 30 years ago. He closes the 25/26 Choral Union Series with this legendary program in his first solo recital with UMS since 2009.
UID:137195-21879900@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137195
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Classical
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
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