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Upcoming performances in North Carolina, Colorado, Alabama, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, and New York
in Fall/Spring 2018-2019!
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Details will be updated on the page soon :)
Spring/Summer 2018

Thursday, JANUARY 11, 2018     7:30pm
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra: Fellowship Series Recital
Wilson Auditorium, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL (map)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 9, op. 47 "Kreutzer"
C. SCHUMANN: Romance 
R. SCHUMANN: Violin Sonata No. 1, op. 105
HUBAY: Carmen Fantasie

Sven Stucke, violin; Mika Sasaki, piano

Friday, JANUARY 19, 2018      1:00pm
Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall: Guest Presentation
"New Piano Music: A Performer's Perspective"
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Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (map)

Lecture-Performance featuring works by Magnus Lindberg, Milton Babbitt, George Crumb, and Thomas Adès

​Mika Sasaki, piano/speaker


Friday, JANUARY 19, 2018     7:30pm
Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall: Guest Piano Recital
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (map)
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RACHMANINOFF: Moments Musicaux op. 16, nos. 1 & 2
ADÈS: Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face
SCHUBERT: Moments Musicaux, D. 780, nos. 3 & 4
SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 5, op. 53

Mika Sasaki, piano

Wednesday, JANUARY 31, 2018    7:30pm
Karwendel Artists Gala Concert 
                                                                 presented by Wang & Tang Arts Promotion
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall (map)
Details and full program here​

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A Minor, op. 50

Sven Stucke, violin; Julia Yang, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano

Friday, FEBRUARY 16, 2018
SKIDMORE COLLEGE presents: Ensemble Connect
Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall (map)
Details and full program here​
[livestream link TBA]


​MOZART: Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498
GABRIEL KAHANE: Bright and Fair ​(world premiere)
SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Die Forelle" 

with Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; Maren Rothfritz, viola; Mari Lee, violin; Madeline Fayette, cello; Doug Balliett, double bass

Monday, FEBRUARY 19, 2018
CARNEGIE HALL presents: Ensemble Connect
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
Details and full program here​

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​MOZART: Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498
GABRIEL KAHANE: Bright and Fair
SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Die Forelle" 

with Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; Maren Rothfritz, viola; Mari Lee, violin; Madeline Fayette, cello; Doug Balliett, double bass

Friday, FEBRUARY 23, 2018      2:00pm
Music Ambassadors Concert
Weill Music Room, Carnegie Hall
 [private concert; limited RSVP only]

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A Minor, op. 50

Adelya Nartadjieva, violin; Julia Yang, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano

Sunday, MARCH 4, 2018
Charles Ives Series: Piano Trio Recital "​COMPOSERS AND THEIR WORLDS"
Shir Shalom Synagogue, Ridgefield, CT (map)
FREE ADMISSION

IVES: Piano Trio (1st mvmt only)
BERNSTEIN: Piano Trio
CZINER: Responses for Cello and Piano
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in D Minor

Chelsea Starbuck Smith, violin; Ariana Nelson, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano​

Tuesday, MARCH 13, 2018      8:00pm
Doctoral Graduation Recital: Paul Frucht, composer
The Juilliard School, Paul Hall, NY
FREE ADMISSION

FRUCHT: Zero Sum for Viola and Piano
FRUCHT: Music for Piano Trio

Chelsea Starbuck Smith, violin; Caeli Smith, viola; Julian Schwarz, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano

Thursday, MARCH 22, 2018     8:00pm
Festival Chamber Music Series

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (map)
Ticket info

MOZART: Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498, "Kegelstatt"
DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in D Minor

Moran Katz, clarinet; Katie Lansdale, violin/viola; Ruth Sommers, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano

Monday, MARCH 26, 2018    [Private Event]
Carnegie Hall Notables Event
Private Residence, NYC

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A Major, "Die Forelle"

Mari Lee, violin; Maren Rothfritz, viola; Madeline Fayette, cello; Lizzie Burns, doublebass; Mika Sasaki, piano

Saturday, APRIL 7, 2018    7:00pm
Charles Ives Series: The Ives Legacy: Today's American Composers

Danbury Music Centre, Danbury, CT

BEASER: Souvenirs for Piccolo and Piano
FRUCHT: Zero Sum for Viola and Piano
​DELLO JOIO: Two Concert Etudes for Piano

Emi Ferguson, piccolo; Caeli Smith, viola; Mika Sasaki, piano

Tuesday, APRIL 10, 2018    8:00pm
Princeton Sound Kitchen

Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, NJ (map)

T. MORRISON: Time Stacks for piano trio

Julia Glenn, violin; Issei Herr, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano

Saturday, APRIL 14, 2018    8:00pm
Ringwood Friends of Music: Intriguing Ensembles

Community Presbyterian Church, Ringwood, NJ (map)

MOZART: Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498, "Kegelstatt"
FIBICH: Quintet for Violin, Cello, Horn, Clarinet, and Piano
other works by Adolphe Blanc and Beethoven

Adelya Nartadjieva, violin; Madeline Fayette, cello; Nicolee Kuester, horn; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; Mika Sasaki, piano

​Thursday, APRIL 19, 2018    7:30pm
CARNEGIE HALL presents: Ensemble Connect
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall

SCHOENBERG: Pierrot Lunaire, op. 21

Lucy Shelton, soprano; Rosie Gallagher, flute; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; Mari Lee, violin; Madeline Fayette, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano

Tuesday, MAY 1, 2018        7:30pm
Relevant Tones Live at LPR: Modern Mexico
(le) poisson rouge, NY

Works by Mario Lavista, Felipe Pérez Santiago, Gabriela Ortiz, Ana Lara

Suliman Tekalli, violin; Caeli Smith, viola; Coleman​ Itzkoff, cello; Beomjae Kim, flute; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet;
​ Brandon Ilaw, percussion; Mika Sasaki, piano

Thursday, MAY 17, 2018       7:00pm
​​SHUFFLE CONCERT

Sam L. Cohen Community Hall, Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine (map)
Tickets here
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Standard "SHUFFLE" Performance/75 minutes/No Intermission

Ariadne Greif, soprano; Moran Katz, clarinet; Hassan Anderson, oboe; Brendan Speltz, violin; Sofia Nowik, cello;
​Mika Sasaki, piano

Saturday, MAY 19, 2018        12:30pm
ENSEMBLE MÉLANGE DEBUT CONCERT

Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, 152 W. 66th St., NY, NY

Ariadne Greif, soprano; Moran Katz, clarinet; Hassan Anderson, oboe; Brendan Speltz, violin; Sofia Nowik, cello;
​Mika Sasaki, piano

Sunday, JUNE 3, 2018     12:00pm
Charles Ives Series: Solo Spotlight
Shir Shalom Congregation, Ridgefield, CT (map)
read more here

Works by Clara and Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, Andy Akiho, Brad Balliett,
Paul Frucht, and Charles Ives 

Mika Sasaki, piano

Saturday, June 9, 2018     1PM and 3PM
(rain date: Sunday, June 10)
ENSEMBLE CONNECT presented by Rite of Summer Music Festival (details here)
Governors Island, NY

CHARLES WUORINEN  Spinoff
OSVALDO GOLIJOV  Tenebrae
JENNIFER HIGDON  Summer Shimmers
ANDY AKIHO  New Work (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

Saturday, July 7, 2018    7PM
Ensemble MÉLANGE at the Strings Music Festival

Strings Music Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO [more info]

Ariadne Greif, soprano; Moran Katz, clarinet; Hassan Anderson, oboe; Brendan Speltz, violin; Sofia Nowik, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano

July 16-August 4, 2018
​Artist Faculty at Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard (Nord Anglia Education)
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Collège du Léman, Versoix, Switzerland

August 5-12, 2018
Charles Ives Concert Series / Chamber Music Intensive
​Danbury Music Centre, Danbury, CT

Works by Samuel Adler, Nina Young, Max Vinetz, Shostakovich, and Beethoven

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