Upcoming Events
More performances in the works, so check back soon for more dates!
Solo Recital at the San Francisco Conservatory
Come out for a solo recital at Sol Joseph Recital Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music! The tentative program is as follows:
Copland — “Midday Thoughts”
— “Sunday Afternoon Music”
— “In Evening Air”
George Walker — Sonata No. 5
Beach — Four Sketches, Op. 15
(Brief Pause)
Caroline Shaw — “Gustave le Gray”
Barber — Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26
The hall is on the lower/basement level of the building. Hope you can make it!
Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
I’ll be performing in the live regional round of the Bachauer Competition, which is live and open to the public in Salt Lake City!
The brief program is:
Haydn: Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23
Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
Hope to see you there!
Naumburg International Piano Competition
Semi-finals will be streamed, and finals will be streamed as well as open to the public at the 92nd Street Y.
Two programs will be presented, which are as follows:
Program 1
Shaw — Gustave le Gray
Liszt — Aprés une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
(Intermission)
Debussy — Estampes, L. 100
Prokofiev — Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Program 2
Haydn — Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI: 24
Mendelssohn — Prelude & Fugue in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1
Scriabin — Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23
(Intermission)
Beach — Four Sketches, Op. 15
Copland — “In Evening Air”
Prokofiev — Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Solo Recital at the San Francisco Conservatory
Come out for a solo recital in the stunning Barbro Osher Recital Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music! The program is as follows:
Mendelssohn — Prelude & Fugue in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1
Shaw — Gustave le Gray
Liszt — Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
(Intermission)
Copland — In Evening Air
Debussy — Estampes, L. 100
Prokofiev — Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Recital at Brani Piano
Come for a solo recital in the delightful salon of Brani Piano in San Francisco. The program is as follows:
Caroline Shaw — Gustave le Gray
Debussy — Estampes, L. 100
Scriabin — Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23
Hope to see you there!
Betty Dickinson Competition
I’ll be competing in the Betty Dickinson Competition at the Texas State International Piano Festival! The date and time is to be announced — check back soon for more details!
Solo Recital
Excited to be playing a solo recital at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music! The program will be as follows:
Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15
Scriabin: Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23
(Intermission)
Haydn: Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI: 24
Prokofiev: Sonata in C major, Op. 103
Hope to see you there!
Weatherford College International Piano Competition
I’ll be competing in the 5th Weatherford College International Piano Competition! My exact performance time is to be announced — check back soon for an exact time!
Rhapsody in Blue with Lone Star Wind Orchestra
Thrilled to be performing Rhapsody in Blue with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra at the Eisemann Center in Plano, TX! Tickets are on sale now (Event Details | Rhapsodies in Blue (eisemanncenter.com).
Recital at Brani Piano San Francisco
Excited to for my first performance in San Francisco, a recital in the wonderful salon of Brani Piano! The hourlong program will feature Mendelssohn’s E minor Prelude & Fugue (Op. 35, No. 1), Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets, and Beethoven’s 32nd and final sonata, Op. 111. Tickets and more information can be found at Aaron Kurz - piano recital Tickets, Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite.
Hope to see you there!
The Heida International Music Competition
I’m thrilled to be one of four finalists in the upcoming Heida International Music Competition! I’ll be performing a solo recital, giving an interview, and teaching a masterclass over the course of three days in Westport, CT. More information can be found at the competition’s website (linked below).
Charles Wadsworth Piano Competition
NOTE: Date is a placeholder — an official date is forthcoming!
I was selected as one of eight semi-finalists for the 2020 Charles Wadsworth Piano Competition, but to the pandemic, the competition will now be taking place in 2022. I’ll be performing both solo and chamber works — more details to come!
Recital at the Whitney Center
I’ll be giving a solo recital at the Whitney Center in Hamden, CT! The recital will take place on Sunday, December 19, from 4pm to 5:30pm EDT. More details, including program, to come shortly.
Recital at Christ's College, Cambridge
I’ll be playing a solo recital at Cambridge University’s beautiful Christ College. This date and time is still tentative — check back soon for details and program!
City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
This season, I’ll be playing Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Hodge. The concert will be at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, UK, starting at 7:30pm GMT and lasting until roughly 9:30pm.
Queen Elisabeth Competition
I’ll be competing in the 2021 Queen Elisabeth Competition, which features three live rounds in Brussels, Belgium, each starting roughly two weeks apart. The event will be live-streamed on the Queen Elisabeth Competition Facebook page and website! More information is available at https://queenelisabethcompetition.be/cgi?lg=en .
Yale Degree Recital
I’ll be giving a recital as part of my degree at Yale! The live-stream can be found here (https://music.yale.edu/live), and the concert will be at 7:30pm Eastern (March 23)/12:30am GMT (March 24).
Full program notes can be found at www.aaronkurzpianist.com/program-notes closer to the performance. The program will be as follows:
Schubert – Four Impromptus, Op. 90; Brahms – Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2
5pm Series Recital
I’ll be playing an online recital on the 5pm Series! The event will be streamed on the 5pm Series Facebook page (www.facebook.com/5pmseries) at 5pm *Pacific* standard time (8 pm Eastern, 2 am CEST). Please join me!
Full program notes can be found at www.aaronkurzpianist.com/program-notes closer to the performance. The program will be as follows:
Schubert – Four Impromptus, Op. 90; Brahms – Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2
Illustrated Talk — Preparing Virtuosic Works
TIME: 8 pm GMT/3 pm EST
I’ll be giving a live-streamed “illustrated talk” in conjunction with the UK’s City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra about preparing virtuosic repertoire. I’ll discuss and show how I typically go about performing these works, taking the audience from the start of a piece’s preparation to it’s completion. More details, including how to access the talk, can be found at the link below!
World Piano Conference Recital
I’ll be giving a digital recital at this year’s edition of the World Piano Conference! Ordinarily, this event is held in Serbia, but due to the pandemic, it will be streamed online starting June 27th. At that point, my recital will be online and available for watching for the entire next week! Tune in at http://www.wpta.info/wpc/12th .
Full program notes can be found at www.aaronkurzpianist.com/program-notes-wpc-recital, and the program will be as follows:
Scriabin – Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53
Haydn – Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23
Prokofiev – Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
5pm Series Recital
I’ll be playing an online recital on the 5pm Series! The event will be streamed on the 5pm Series Facebook page (www.facebook.com/5pmseries) at 5pm *Central* standard time (6 pm Eastern, 12 am CEST). Please join me!
Full program notes can be found at www.aaronkurzpianist.com/program-notes. The program will be as follows:
Schumann – Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Debussy – Images, Book I; and Rachmaninoff – Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36