The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Engage 2.0 Premiere Project
2009 Grantee
$75,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society received $75,000 to present 12 public performances, each of which will feature a world or regional premiere performed by leading ensembles and recital artists. Composers whose works will receive world premiere performances include Charles Abramovic, Kyle Bartlett, Jan Krzywicki, and Richard Wernick, with regional premieres by Mario Davidovsky, Tigran Mansurian, Charles Wuorinen, Donald Martino, Stephen Hartke, John Adams, James MacMillan, and David Dzubay. The performers will include oboist Richard Woodhams; the Juilliard, Brentano, Takács, Orion, and St. Lawrence String Quartets; guitarist Jason Vieaux; violist Kim Kashkashian; pianist Peter Serkin; Trio Cavatina; the Dolce Suono ensemble; and Counter)Induction, a composer/performer collective.
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (PCMS) was created so that people from all walks of life could enjoy world-renowned chamber music and recital artists. PCMS serves this mission through its unique policy of affordable ticket pricing – enabling audiences to hear the Guarneri, Emerson, Juilliard and Tokyo Quartets, recitalists Richard Goode and Midori, and many other leading musicians for just $23 per ticket or less. Since its founding in 1986, PCMS has presented more than 900 concerts by 375 ensembles and recitalists, and it has commissioned more than 35 new works. Today’s annual program consists of more than 60 performances and 50 educational events. www.pcmsconcerts.org
Violist Kim Kashkashian, photo by Silvia Lelli