Tommy Mesa

University of Madison
2021-09-30 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St. Madison, WI, Madison, WI, 53706, 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.

Las Cruces Civic Concert Association
2021-09-21
Works by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, and Piazzolla. Program TBD.
Ilya Yakushev, piano

Kendal on Hudson Recital
2021-09-19 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Kendal on Hudson, 1010 Kendal Way, Sleepy Hollow, 10591, United States
The Mesa-Yakushev Duo brings masterworks to the community of Kendal on Hudson in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Caramoor Center for Music and Arts
2021-09-12 10:00 - 11:30 UTC | Caramoor Center for the Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York, 10536
Beginner’s Ear presents a duo recital by Ruben Rengel, violin and Tommy Mesa, cello

The Crossing Choir
2021-09-11 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Presbyterian Church Of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19118, United States
Excerpts from Michael Gordon’s Travel Guide to Nicaragua for solo cello and chamber choir.
The Crossing is a professional chamber choir conducted by Donald Nally and dedicated to new music. It is committed to working with creative teams to make and record new, substantial works for choir that explore and expand ways of writing for choir, singing in choir, and listening to music for choir.
Many of its nearly 110 commissioned premieres address social, environmental, and political issues. With a commitment to recording its commissions, The Crossing has issued 24 releases, receiving two Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance (2018, 2019), and six Grammy nominations.

Candlelight Concerts by FEVER
2021-08-24 18:30 - 22:30 UTC | The Mondrian Hotel Rooftop NYC, 444 Park Avenue South, New York City, NY, 10016, United States
The greatest works of Beethoven by candlelight on the rooftop of the Mondrian Hotel in NYC

Chautauqua Institution: This is America
2021-08-19
Drawing inspiration from the most promising voices of today, Sphinx Virtuosi seeks to lift the many voices within its communities. Despite the physical isolation imposed by the pandemic, the chamber orchestra’s members are unified through a shared commitment to social impact through expression. This performance will be a quintet presenting works by Dvorak, Taylor Perkinson, Andrea Casarrubios, and Xavier Foley.
Program includes solo cello work:
Andrea Casarrubios: SEVEN for solo cello (2020)

Candlelight Concerts by FEVER
2021-08-10 18:30 - 22:30 UTC | The Mondrian Hotel Rooftop NYC, 444 Park Avenue South, New York City, NY, 10016, United States
The greatest works of Beethoven by candlelight at the Mondrian Hotel rooftop in NYC
6:30 & 9:30 PM shows

The Heifetz Inernational Music Institute
2021-07-31 - 2021-08-03 | Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia
Performances and masterclass

The Juilliard School: Sphinx Performance Academy
2021-07-28 - 2021-08-07 | ONLINE
Teaching talented black and latinx high school cellists

Extensity Concert Series
2021-07-24 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Uncommonly Studio, 1519 Decatur Street, Ridgewood, NY, United States
An emotional and timely recital celebrating an emergence from despair to joy. The program opens with Andrea Casarrubios’ SEVEN (2020), commissioned by Mesa and written as tribute to the essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by Elizabeth Start’s Echoes in Life (2015), a ruminative exploration of bi-culturality which combines Native American influenced melodic elements with Western musical developments. The program concludes with Lydia Jane Pugh’s jubilant Caroline’s Jig (2015), and Beethoven’s transformative Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
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Honest Brook Music Festival
2021-07-17 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | The Music Barn, 1885 Honest Brook Rd, Delhi, NY, 13753, United States
Recital with Ilya Yakushev, piano

Wildflower Music Festival
2021-07-10 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary, 55 Suydam Drive, Honesdale, PA, 18431, United States
Rachmaninoff – Sonata in G minor
Claude Bolling – Suite for cello and jazz piano trio
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Ilya Yakushev, piano

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
2021-06-23 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | White River State Park, 801 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204
The world premiere of Andrea Casarrubios’s Mirage for solo cello and orchestra with Maestro Jacob Joyce. Thomas will also join Maestro Jack Everly in the second half with the Theme from Schindler’s List.

Jupiter Chamber Players
2021-06-21 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Good Shepard Presbyterian Church, 152 West 66th Street, New York, 10023, United States
Beethoven. String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104
Kolbel – Trio in D Major
Brahms – String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111
Shows at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM

Benjamin Beilman, violin
Ariel Horowitz, violin
Devin Moore, viola
Paul Laraia, viola
Vadim Lando, clarinet
Karl Kramer, horn

The Mark & Maggie O’Connor Show
2021-06-21
“Mark O’Connor Duo” with Maggie O’Connor: American Classics identifies the cornerstones of repertoire, style and wonderful diversity of A New American School of String Playing. Mining a huge body of repertoire that has made its impact on American music, the selected tunes and arrangements by Mr. O’Connor represent stylistic importance, pedagogical value and have timeless appeal. The program offers a broad and interconnecting collection of American music through violin/fiddle solos and duos, with additional original music by Mr. O’Connor on violin, guitar and mandolin and augmented by Americana vocal song treatments. Audiences will find themselves inspired by the songbook of America as they have never heard it before.
The duo performs a live streaming shows called “Mondays with Mark and Maggie O’Connor”. To view, tickets and subscriptions, go to the home page of this web site!

St. Petersburg Quartet Recording sessions
2021-05-30 - 2021-06-06
Sponsored by Kansas University School of Music
Brahms – Piano Quartet in G minor
Schumann – Piano Quartet
Becenti – Divertimento No. 4
Bornfield – As it Happened

Candlelight Concerts by FEVER
2021-05-27 21:30 UTC | The Mondrian Hotel NYC, 444 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, 10026, United States
The greatest works of Beethoven by candlelight on the rooftop of the Mondrian hotel in NYC.
6:30 and 9:30 shows

Tuesday Musical Association
2021-05-26 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill Street, Akron, OH, 44325, United States
A quintet of Sphinx Virtuosi travel to Akron, Ohio to perform Barber, Perkinson, Casarrubios (SEVEN for solo cello), and Foley.

Glen Ridge Community Series
2021-05-25 20:00 UTC | Glen Ridge Congregational Church, 195 Ridgewood Avenue, Glen Ridge, NJ, 07028, United States
Joining forces with the Euclid Quartet, Bela Horvath, Cong Wu, Amelia Dietrich and Bruno Pena.
Mendelssohn Octet

CANDLELIGHT CONCERTS MAY 2021
2021-05-07 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
The best chamber works of Beethoven by candlelight on the Mondrian Hotel rooftop in NYC.
Presented by Fever Up

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LA PHILHARMONIC
2017-08-20 19:30 - 2017-08-26 17:00 UTC | The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
