2024-2025 Concert Season
Wilson Liu & The Arrow Quartet
Dec 9, 2024
Monday, at The Kosciuszko Foundation: 15 E 65th St, NYC
2024 Bohemians Piano Competition Winner, Wilson Liu, performs Haydn Concerto in D Major, Hob.XVIII/11 with the Arrow Quartet (orchestral reduction for string quartet).
10-year-old pianist Wilson Liu comes from California. At the age of 7, he was admitted to The Juilliard School Pre-College Division. Wilson has won numerous piano competitions, including the Grand Prize in the XIV Chopin Piano Competition, Kaufman Music Center International Youth, 5th Florida Young Artists, Chicago International and others.
The Arrow Quartet is dedicated to creating a joyful and inclusive chamber music experience with an eye towards historically informed performance practice. Wilson Liu and the Arrow Quartet will perform other solo and ensemble pieces complementing the Haydn keyboard concerto.
Duo Karolina & Iwo
Feb 3, 2025
Monday, at The Kosciuszko Foundation: 15 E 65th St, NYC
Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk (violin) & Iwo Jedynecki (accordion), have enjoyed international recognition as one of the must-see duos of the classical music scene.
Performing exciting transcriptions ofVivaldi, Chopin, and Piazzolla,both artists boldly venture into renowned works of the chamber music literature, giving them new quality and delightfully diverse coloring with unique transcriptions.
The duo also collaborates with contemporary music composers. In 2019 they worked with two-time Grammy winning composer Krzysztof Penderecki arranging his I Violin Sonata for a duo of violin and classical accordion.
The duo has recorded two albums with contemporary music nominated for the Fryderyk Prize - polish Equivalent of Grammy. Their music videos with classical music repertoire have been shared by the famous British platform Classic FM.
Karolina Mikołajczyk plays a Duke London violin from 1776. Iwo Jedynecki plays a Pigini Sirius Millennium accordion. The purchase of both instruments was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Fiddling Through Time: Cross-tuning from Baroque to Appalachia
Mar 5, 2025
Wednesday, at The Kosciuszko Foundation: 15 E 65th St, NYC
Amelia Sie & Friends take us on an enchanting exploration of scordatura from seventeenth century Italian, German, and Scottish, to the modern fiddle of Appalachia.
Scordatura is a tuning of a string instrument that is different from the normal, standard tuning. It typically attempts to allow special effects or unusual chords or timbre.
Click the links below to discover more about our performers: Amelia Sei (violin), Nathan Whittaker (cello), and Benjamin Katz (harpsichord).
American Piano Awards’ Caelan Cardello Trio
May 5, 2025
Monday, at The Kosciuszko Foundation: 15 E 65th St, NYC
Performing original and jazz standards, American Piano Awards finalist Caelan Cardello began piano at age 5, training in classical and jazz with mentors like Fred Hersch and Dave Kikoski. He developed his skills at Jazz House Kids under Christian McBride, performing with jazz legends such as Jimmy Cobb and Ravi Coltrane. His performances include Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Newport Jazz Festival.
Caelan’s awards include the NJ Governor’s Award, the BMI Future Jazz Master Award. A William Paterson University graduate, he now pursues a master’s at Juilliard and performs regularly in NYC and beyond.
This concert is co-presented by the American Piano Awards. Their annual competition alternates between classical and jazz piano and offers significant opportunities for the country’s young premier pianists, ages 18–30, to advance their careers.
All finalists – chosen from a series of juried performances – receive a cash prize and the competition does not have repertoire requirements. Past laureates from both genres have gone on to mightily successful professional careers with international accolades.
Tribute to Gabriel Fauré
Nov 13, 2024
Wednesday, at The Kosciuszko Foundation: 15 E 65th St, NYC
November 4, 2024 marks 100 years since the death of French composer, Gabriel Fauré. The Bohemians have a long tradition of honoring specific composers through special concerts, and this season we are delighted to highlight various genres of Fauré's works.
Solo piano will include three préludes from his late works, op. 103 and one of his most-loved nocturnes, no. 6 in D-flat Major.
Piano four-hands will include the playful Dolly Suite - composed for the daughter of Fauré's mistress, Emma Bardac.
The program will conclude with the epic Violin Sonata No. 1 and a group of songs, including Prison, Adieu, Mandoline, Tristesse, Au Bord De L'eau, and Chanson d'amour .
The second bohemians young artists piano competition
JUNE 24, 2024
THE SECOND BOHEMIANS YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITION
7:00-9:00 pm
Venue: Christ & Saint Stephen’s - 120 W 69th St, NYC
Three finalists, aged up to age 18, compete in a live final round for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes of the 2nd annual Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition. 2024 also marks 100 years since the death of Gabriel Fauré. We will pay tribute to this great composer by offering a prize for the best performance of a work by Fauré.
Our winners last year were David Fu (1st prize), Benjamin Wien (2nd prize), and Timothy Yang (3rd prize). All of our finalists have gone on to do great things over the past year, including winning other competitions and soloing with orchestras around the country.
Music from “manifesto: the diaghilev project.”
JUNE 5, 2024
BOHEMIANS NOUVEAU & IN ABSENTIA PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS:
MUSIC FROM “MANIFESTO: THE DIAGHILEV PROJECT.”
Venue: The Kosciuszko Foundation (15 E 65th St)
Featuring music, dance, and readings from from “MANIFESTO: The Diaghilev Project” - a collage-theatre piece conceived and created by Greek director Nadia Foskolou and American playwright Nathan Wright. Exploring the life and work of Sergei Diaghilev, MANIFESTO is part docu-theatre, part dance-concert, part chamber music, and finally, part play. MANIFESTO was presented as a developmental production in New York City at The Robert Moss Theater, July 24-28, 2018, with original music by Dustin Gledhill.
In Nomine Ensemble
MAY 6, 2024
IN NOMINE ENSEMBLE
7:30 pm
Venue: The Kosciuszko Foundation (UES) 15 E 65th St.
As alumni of Juilliard’s Historical Performance, In Nomine (“in the name of”) believes that music can be performed in the name of anything: love, grief, anger, revival, joy, power, etc. Music must tell a story, and even the oldest stories must continue to be retold through new voices. The ensemble performs on historically accurate instruments, but strives to create new sounds from these ancestral tools.
Thanks to Louise Basbas, The Bohemians started a long tradition of featuring Renaissance and Baroque music by engaging the Juilliard415 ensemble to perform on our seasons
Bohemians’ cocktail hour & Music benefit
Bohemians Cocktail Hour & Music Benefit - Mar 9 - 5:30 pm
Home of Martin Rook (UES) 605 E Park Ave - Saturday
Dinners were common In the early days of the Bohemians, honoring members such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Jascha Heifetz, and Rafael Joseffy. Resuming this tradition with a cocktail hour in 2024, our benefit will raise funds to support the finalists of our 2nd annual Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition. Our gracious host, Martin Rook, will delight with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Our musical guest will be Timothy Yang - third-prize winner from our 2022 Competition.
*Please note: this event is on a Saturday
Caelan cardello trio
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
CAELAN CARDELLO TRIO
AMERICAN PIANISTS AWARDS
7:30 pm
Venue: The Kosciuszko Foundation (UES) 15 E 65th St.
The Caelan Cardello Trio ft. Jonathon Muir Cotton and Domo Branch brings a new light to jazz, effortlessly bridging the gap between jazz’s classic elegance and the contemporary groove of modern pop. From new arrangements of old favorites to original compositions, the trio creates an immersive experience that speaks on their growing fanbase.
Concert Artists Guild's ArcoStrum
JANUARY 23, 2024 (TUESDAY)
CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD’S, ARCOSTRUM
7:30 pm
Venue: Home Studios: Studio 2 (Union Square) 873 Broadway @ 18 St)
International prizewinning artists guitarist Tengyue (TY) Zhang and violinist Strauss Shi present their unique violin-guitar instrumentation and arrangements of VIvaldi’s Four Seasons, Piazolla Histoire du Tango, and music featuring the Chinese traditional instrument “Er Hu”.
They have each won multiple international awards, with TY capturing the Grand Prize at the Guitar Foundation of American International Concert Artist Competition (GFA-ICAC), and Strauss securing First Prizes at the USC Thornton Concerto Competition, Mondavi Center Young Artists Competition, and United States International Music Competition. The Duo is a laureate of the 2023 Concert Artists Guild Competition and a recipient of the Audience Prize.
Our reception will include wine, nibbles, a special sampling of artisan cookies from our friend and cookie designer, Melania Bettarelli.
(Please note: this concert is on a Tuesday)
Juilliard 415
In collaboration with The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance department, students of Juilliard415 ensemble present music from the past on period instruments in an intimate setting.
An American Landscape
2022 New Orleans International Piano Competition laureate, Seho Young, presents an American Landscape, featuring Barber, Copland, and Seho’s own transcription of Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. This concert is in part made possible by the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans.
Bohemians Young Artists piano competition
The first annual Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition presents three finalists under the age of 16 in a two-part final round.
December 18, 2022: Master Class with Spencer Myer (Kosciuszko Foundation: 1:30 pm, 15 E 65th St)
December 19, 2022: Final Concert (National Opera Center: 7:00 pm, 330 7th Ave, 7th Fl.)
Rachmaninoff Remembered
On January 5th, 1919, The Bohemians held a “Ladies Evening” which included a dinner and program in honor of Sergei Rachmaninoff. In memory of that evening, Concert Artist Guild’s Wynona Wang and Magdalena Kuźma present songs and solo piano works by Rachmaninoff.
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