In celebration of Herb Snitzer’s groundbreaking portraits of jazz musicians such as Nina Simone, Miles Davis, and Louis Armstrong, some of which are on display in our Can I Get a Witness exhibition, we are honored to present guitarist Nate Najar with Joe Porter on bass. Playing in the Conservatory...
Labeled "the most exciting piano trio in America" by The New Yorker, Trio Solisti returns to the MFA to present a dynamic performance. Highlights of the 2017-2018 season include a performance of Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the Wisconsin Philharmonic and conductor Alexander Platt, and appearances at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival. Tickets...
Suggs began playing the trumpet at age 9. At 16, he started performing professionally and toured the US and Europe with the Continental Singers. He has shared the stage with such artists as Kenny Burrell, Robin Eubanks, Dick Hyman, Sean Jones, Chuck Mangione, Maria Schneider, and Frankie Avalon. In 2015,...
Winning high critical acclaim, pianist Christopher Johnson has given 18 annual solo recitals at the Bar Harbor Music Festival in Maine and has made his 10th appearance at the Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum. He performed the Horowitz/Sousa "Stars and Stripes Forever" in Washington, D.C. at the 2001 Presidential All-Star Gala...
"It is my intention to make music that stays in one’s memory not just because I had quick fingers but because it was so moving." - Claire Huangci Claire Huangci began her international career at the age of nine with grants, concert performances and prizes, becoming the youngest participant to receive...
Kristin Lee has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, New Mexico Symphony, and many more. She has performed on the world’s finest concert stages, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kennedy Center, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, the Metropolitan...
Wayne Bethanis is a best-selling, award winning pianist, a television and radio host of his own show, the Wayne Zone, which is broadcast worldwide, and a popular expert on music, having a PhD in Music. As a lecturer and teacher, Dr. Wayne Bethanis has published several articles on the arts,...
A captivating presence on the concert scene, award-winning Israeli-American pianist Yael Weiss has been hailed by many of today's greatest musicians and critics for visionary interpretations of surpassing depth, immediacy and communicative power. Following a recent recital, the Washington Post portrayed her as "a pianist who delves deeply and tellingly...
Classically trained, Mr. Diehl fell in love with jazz in his teens and toured with Wynton Marsalis at age 17. Now 32, the Juilliard School graduate is known for his meticulous touch and making music that both nods to and expands on foundations laid by past jazz greats. During his...
Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, "among the elite of today's classical guitarists," is the guitarist that goes beyond the classical. NPR describes Vieaux as "perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation." His solo album Play won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and earned a...
Mark Sforzini, clarinetist Brian Moorhead, and pianist Justin Havard show the development of composition style through the 19th and 20th century and will perform Baroque and classical music. Sforzini is the St. Pete Opera Artistic and Executive Director and director of the Tampa Bay Symphony. He has conducted more than...
This event has sold out. We are looking forward to seeing everyone during this special performance! The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg and the MFA’s Marly Music Society presents Above the Fold origami artists and mathematicians Erik and Martin Demaine accompanied by acclaimed jazz pianist and neuroscientist John C....
Praised for their "superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style or technical demand" (The International Review of Music), the Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess to both new and established repertoire. Dubbed "technically superb" by The Strad, the Tesla Quartet recently took...