Tommy Mesa

Art of the Piano Recital with Michelle Cann
2022-07-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Werner Recital Hall @ Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Works by Andrea Casarrubios, Claude Debussy, Carlos Carrillo, Sebastian Quesada, Mario Oyanadel, and Kevin Day.

Cello Faculty @ Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival
2022-06-26 - 2022-07-17 | WI

Minnesota Orchestra Residency
2022-05-30 - 2022-06-05 | WI

Virginia Arts Festival: Olga Kern and Friends
2022-05-25 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Robert Hixon Theater, Norfolk, Virginia
Olga Kern, piano
Tommy Mesa, cello
Alexandre Da Costa, violin

Astral Artists Recital Series
2022-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
In the richly historic Benjamin Franklin Hall, a program with newly commissioned solo cello works by Andrea Casarrubios, Stephanie Ann Boyd, and Carlos Simon. In addition, Tommy Mesa and Michelle Cann will perform works by Black and Latinx composers. They will have recorded an album the previous week for PARMA Recordings which is fully funded by the Sphinx Organization in a “Call for Scores” format which will allow for the duo and the world to uncover important music by living Black and Latinx composers.
Program TBD

Springfield Symphony
2022-04-22 | WI
Dvořák‘s Cello Concerto in B minor

Schubert Club
2022-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Ordway Center for the Arts, 345 Washington St, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The Sphinx Virtuosi is one of the nation’s most dynamic professional chamber orchestras, comprised of 18 top Black and Latinx classical soloists. This touring season’s program will feature Tommy Mesa playing Jessie Montgomery’s new cello concerto and the music of Valerie Coleman, Florence Price, Xavier Foley, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, and Ginastera.

Kohler Foundation
2022-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Kohler Foundation

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
2022-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA, 02115, United States

Portland Ovations
2022-03-31 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Beaches Fine Arts Series
2022-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 465 11th Ave N, Jacksonville Beach, FL, 32250, United States

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
2022-03-26 | Hilbert Circle Theater
Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191

Sphinx Virtuosi and South Florida Symphony
2022-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | WI

Sphinx Virtuosi in Sarasota
2022-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | WI

Chamber Music with Indianapolis Symphony
2022-03-09, 2022-02-16 | Hilbert Circle Theater
As co-curator with Melissa White, works by Latinx and Black composers. Program TBD.

Recital with Ilya Yakushev in Palm Springs
2022-02-22 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | WI
BRAHMS
Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38
CHOPIN
Nocturne No. 21 in C-Minor Op. Posth (for solo piano)
ANDREA CASARRUBIOS
Seven (for solo cello)
JOAQUIN NIN
Vieja Castilla and Murciana, from Suite Española
LERA AUERBACH
Prelude for Cello and Piano Op. 47, No. 12,
RACHMANINOFF
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op 19

Chamber Music with Indianapolis Symphony
2022-01-19 | Hilbert Circle Theater
Andrea Casarrubios: SEVEN (2020)
Katherine Balch: Two Memories (2020)
Andrea Casarrubios: Mensajes del agua (2019)
Joaquin Nin: Spanish Suite Vieja Castillo & Murciana
Lera Auerbach: Prelude for Cello and Piano Op. 47, No. 12
Carlos Simon: Warmth from Other Suns (2020)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: String quartet in Eb Major
Tommy Mesa, cello
Albert Cano-Smit, piano
ISO String Quartet

Music at Kohl Mansion
2022-01-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Kohl Mansion, 2750 Adeline Dr, Burlingame, CA, 94010, United States

St. Martin’s Abbey
2022-01-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St. Martin’s Abbey, 5000 Abbey Way, Lacey, Washington, 98503-3200, United States

Grand County Concert Series
2022-01-14 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Church of the Eternal Hills, 100 Meadows Boulevard, Tabernash, CO, 80478, United States

The French Consulate in NYC
2021-12-09 | WI
Carnival of the Animals

Jupiter Chamber Players
2021-12-07 14:00 - 21:00 UTC | WI
Henriette Renié – Trio in Bb Major
Sylvio Lazzari – Piano Trio in G major, Op. 13

Albert Cano Smit, piano
William Hagen, violin
Jacqueline Kerrod, harp
Tommy Mesa, cello

Shows at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM

Madison Symphony Orchestra
2021-11-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-11-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-11-12 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State Street, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
The majesty of the Grand Canyon unfolds musically and visually in the spectacle of Ferde Grofé’s expansive musical palette accompanied by stunning projected imagery. Cuban-American cellist Tommy Mesa, a hit in his 2019 Madison recital, balances the program with the equally expansive and expressive Cello Concerto of Antonin Dvořák. Two Madison premieres, Arthur Honegger’s Rugby and Lyric for String Orchestra by African-American composer George Walker complete the program.
Honegger, Rugby
Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor
Walker, Lyric for String Orchestra
Grofé, Grand Canyon Suite, Synchronized imagery assembled by Stephen Lias

RESIDENCY: Colburn Conservatory
2021-10-27 - 2021-10-31 | Colburn Conservatory
The Colburn School will host a three-day Sphinx Virtuosi residency, to include public performances and educational and community engagement activities. Sphinx Virtuosi musicians will lead programs and perform alongside students in the Colburn Community School, Music Academy, and Conservatory of Music.

Bucks County Symphony Orchestra
2021-10-23 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | WI
Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B minor

George Mason University Center for the Arts
2021-10-19 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | WI

Carnegie Hall
2021-10-15 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Stern Auditorium, NYC
