Amernet String Quartet

January 07, 2024 — 4 PM

Praised for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying” playing by the New York Times, the Amernet String Quartet has garnered recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets and are Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida Inter- national University in Miami. Their sound has been called “complex” but with an “old world flavor.” Strad Magazine described the Amernet as “...a group of exceptional technical ability.”

Jeremy Denk

January 21, 2024 — 4 PM

Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists, proclaimed by the New York Times “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs”. Denk is also a New York Times bestselling author, winner of both the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Ensemble Schumann

February 04, 2024 — 4 PM

Heralded for creating “the most blissful sound this side of Nirvana” (Fanfare Magazine) this trio of soloists, present works by their name-sake Robert Schumann, as well as by Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Loeffler, Poulenc, Shostakovich and others. Performing together since 2005, Ensemble Schumann has been featured at the prestigious Da Camera Series in Los Angeles, at the Clark Art Museum in Massachusetts and on Live From Fraser on WGBH- Radio in Boston.

Lomazov-Rackers Piano Duo

February 18, 2024 — 4 PM

Praised for “demon precision and complete dedication” (Audio Society), the piano duo garnered wide attention as the second prize winner of the sixth Biennial Ellis Duo Piano competition, the only national competition for piano duo in the United States at that time. Since then, they have performed as recitalists and in concert with orchestras throughout the United States and Europe.

Keila Wakao

March 03, 2024 — 4 PM

Keila Wakao, violinist, is Impromptu’s 2024 “Rising Star”. In 2021, Keila was awarded the first prize and the Junior Composer award at the Menuhin International Violin Competition and first prize at the Stulberg International String Competition. At age nine, Keila gave her first solo performance with an orchestra and has continued to perform throughout the United States, Japan, Germany, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

Merz Trio

March 17, 2024 — 4 PM

Hailed as “artists in the deepest sense of the word” (CutCommon), Merz Trio, winners of the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff, and Chesapeake Competitions, have been lauded for their “stunning virtuosity... fresh and surprising interpretations” (Reading Eagle), and “perfection of intonation and ensemble” (Hudson Review). Merz Trio are passionately committed to reshaping the narrative of classical music through vibrantly dynamic programming and wide- ranging interdisciplinary collaboration.