Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 7:00 PM
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall
Championing the arts as a unifying force.
African Queens
Karen Slack, soprano
March 9, 2025 / 7:00 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
This evening-length vocal recital of art songs celebrates the history and legacy of seven African queens, revered as rulers but not widely heralded in the western world. The program weaves historical narrative through new works by acclaimed composers along with carefully selected traditional repertoire – further illuminated through passages of spoken text and thematic artwork.
Brooklyn Rider
Ariadne Greif, soprano
March 1, 2025 / 7:30 p.m.
Sixth & I
String quartet performs Giovanni Sollima’s Four Quartets, plus works by Clarice Assad, Tyshawn Sorey, and Gabriel Kahane from the Brooklyn Rider Almanac, Book II, and more. Operatic soprano Ariadne Greif adds her “luminous, expressive voice” (New York Times) to this concert event at Sixth & I.
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