Tommy Mesa

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: Chamber Music
2023-01-12 | AZ
Tommy Mesa and Melissa White curate chamber music concerts in collaboration with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Sphinx Organization. This program includes the music of Jessie Montgomery, Andrea Casarrubios, and Coleridge-Taylor. Guests artists include pianist Carlos Avila and percussionist Sidney Hopson.

Serenbe Residency
2022-11-16 - 2022-11-20 | AZ
Chamber music programs curated at a wellness community outside of Atlanta, Georgia

Residency at The Colburn School
2022-11-07 00:00 - 2022-11-14 00:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Colburn Conservatory
As a part of the Amplify Series, Tommy Mesa leads masterclasses, workshops, and gives a recital featuring works by Andrea Casarrubios, Carlos Carrillo, Sebastian Quesada, Joaquin Nin, and the world premiere of Net, a solo cello work by Quenton Blanche.

Symphony Pro Musica
2022-11-06 15:00 - 17:00, 2022-11-05 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AZ
Maestro Mark Churchill leads Symphony Pro Musica for Jessie Montgomery’s Divided for cello and string orchestra, and Respighi’s Adagio con variazioni

Sphinx Virtuosi in Brazil
2022-10-24 21:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AZ
Jessie Montgomery: Divided, concerto for cello and string orchestra (Tommy Mesa, cellist: co-commissioned by Sphinx, New World Symphony, and Carnegie Hall)
Other works by Michael Dudley, Valerie Coleman, Carlos Simon, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ricardo Herz, For Bridgetower: Ludwig van Beethoven

Sphinx Virtuosi: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
2022-10-21 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Kimmel Center Cultural Campus

Sphinx Virtuosi: Cleveland Institute of Music
2022-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cleveland Institute of Music: Mixon Hall

Sphinx Virtuosi: SUNY Buffalo
2022-10-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | SUNY Buffalo

Sphinx Virtuosi: Carnegie Hall
2022-10-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Carnegie Hall: Perelman Theater

Sphinx Virtuosi: University of Oregon
2022-10-09 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Beall Concerto Hall: 961 East 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR

Sphinx Virtuosi: Southern Oregon University
2022-10-07 | Southern Oregon University

Recital with Ilya Yakushev: Los Gatos, CA
2022-09-25 | AZ
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

Recital with Ilya Yakushev: Healdsburg, CA
2022-09-23 | AZ

Recital with Ilya Yakushev: Silver City, New Mexico
2022-09-17 | AZ

Recital with Ilya Yakushev: Elko, Nevada
2022-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | AZ

Recital with Ilya Yakushev: Grants Pass, Oregon
2022-09-13 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | AZ

Recital with Ilya Yakushev: Crescent City, CA
2022-09-11 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Crescent City, CA

JP Jofre at Art Park
2022-08-13 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Art Park Mainstage Theater
This concert will features works by JP Jofre for cello and bandoneon that will be recorded and released on all streaming platforms next year. Returning to Artpark after a moving and stunning performance last summer, the New York City-based JP Jofre Hard Tango Chamber Band, was started in 2008 by bandoneonist and composer Juan Pablo (J.P.) Jofre. The quintet focuses on Jofre’s original works as well as authentic interpretations of legendary composer Astor Piazzolla. Argentinian expatriate JP Jofre, highlighted several times by The New York Times, and praised by Lincoln Center, who called him “one of today’s leading tango artists,” has seen his reputation grow by leaps and bounds.

Lakeside Symphony Orchestra
2022-08-09 | AZ
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

Celebrity Series at The Heifetz International Music Institute
2022-07-29 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AZ
Chamber music by Florence Price with Elena Urioste, Tom Poster, Paul Neubauer

The Philadelphia Orchestra
2022-07-21 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | The Mann Center
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme

Cello Faculty @ Heifetz International Music Institute (Junior Division)
2022-07-17 - 2022-08-06 | AZ

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 | AZ

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

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 | AZ
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.
