2008

March 24 Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano and David Zobel, piano - Chicago, IL

 

March 19 Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano and Brian Zeger, piano - New York City

 

February 17 Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano and Jake Heggie, pianist/composer - Houston, TX

 

 

2007

December 3 Christian Tetzlaff, violin and Alexander Lonquich, piano – New York City

(Michael Palm Series)

 

November 28 Elizabeth Futral, soprano and Joseph Illick, piano – Fort Worth, TX

 

November 12 Jake Heggie CD Launch featuring mezzo-soprano, Catherine Cook; flutist Carol Wincenc; cellist Emil Miland and pianist/composer Jake Heggie – San Francisco, CA

 

October 17 Natasha Paremski, piano – Buffalo, NY

 

October 15 Jake Heggie CD Launch featuring mezzo-sopranos Joyce Castle and Mary Phillips; flutist Eugenia Zukerman; clarinetist Andrew Shreeves; saxophonist Vince Gnojek; violinist Dawn Harms; cellist Emil Miland; bassist Richard Worn and pianist/composer Jake Heggie – New York City

 

September 17 Cayenne goes to Yankee Stadium New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles – Bronx, New York (Cayenne: Classical Action’s Youth

Entertainment Network)

 

August 4 Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Music Festival featuring pianist Jeffrey Kahane and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra – New York City

 

July 19 Brasil Guitar Duo – The Riverhouse in New York City

(Cayenne:

Classical Action's Youth Entertainment Network)


Summer 2007 River to River’s Summer Stars at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University featuring Young People’s Chorus of New York City, marimbist Makoto Nakura, trombonist Tim Conner, soprano Elizabeth Keusch and the Amstel Quartet – New York City

 

June 21 Natasha Paremski and Gabriel Kahane, piano – New York City

(Cayenne:

Classical Action's Youth Entertainment Network)


June 11 Up Our Alley 9: Classical Action’s Ninth Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza – Bowlmor Lanes, New York City

May 7 Jeremy Denk, piano – New York City (Michael Palm Series)

April 30 Ursula Oppens, piano – New York City

March 15 Ingrid Fliter, piano - New York City

(Maestro Appreciation Event)


March 13 Houston Grand Opera with sopranos Rebekah Camm, Alicia Gianni, Jennifer Root, Albina Shagimurotova, Tamara Wilson and Camille Zamora; mezzo-soprano Maria Markina; tenor Beau Gibson; baritones Liam Bonner, Joshua Hopkins and Ryan McKinny; pianist/coaches Jeremy Frank and Grant Loehnig; hosted by composer and pianist Ricky Ian Gordon at Ovations Night Club - Houston, TX (Cayenne:

Classical Action's Youth Entertainment Network)


February 12 Fred Hersch, piano and Kurt Elling, vocals - New York City

(Inaugural Concert of Cayenne:

Classical Action's Youth Entertainment Network)


February 5 Juilliard String Quartet

- New York City 60th Anniversary Celebration (Michael Palm Series)


January 25 Sandra Goodman, contralto

Christ Chapel at Riverside Church - New York City



2006

December 11 Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano and Malcolm Martineau, piano

- New York City (Michael Palm Series)


November 11 Fred Hersch, piano
- San Francisco, CA (Michael Palm Series)


September 28 Laura Aikin, soprano, Claudia Hoca, piano, Carol Wincenc, flutist and JoAnn Falletta, guitar - Buffalo, NY

(Michael Palm Series)


September 9 Karen Smith Emerson, soprano and Deborah Gilwood, piano - Norwich, VT


August 25 Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Music Festival featuring Director Louis Langrée and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra - New York City


August 15 Cyndia Sieden, soprano, Rod Gilfry, Baritone and Joe Illick, piano - Santa Fe, NM


August 14 2006 Stephen Hough, piano

- Los Angeles, CA


Summer 2006 River to River Festival's Summer Stars at Michael Schimmel Center featuring organist Cameron Carpenter, percussionist Svet Stoyanov with violinist Joseph Lin, baritone Thomas Meglioranza with pianist Reiko Uchida, pianist Jie Chen and the Brasil Guitar Duo - New York City


June 12 Up Our Alley 8: Classical Action's Eighth Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza - Bowlmor Lanes, -New York City


March 30 Jubilant Sykes, bass-baritone -- New York City (Michael Palm Series)


January 17 Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson, piano - New York City (Michael Palm Series)



2005

December 14 Yefim Bronfman, piano and Nikolaj Znaider, violin - New York City (Maestro Appreciation Event)


November 18 Hilary Hahn, violin and Natalie Zhu, piano - New York City (Michael Palm Series)


October 21 Fred Hersch's 50th Birthday Benefit House Concert featuring vocalists Rachelle Fleming and Kate McGarry, pianists Fred Hersch and Natasha Paremski, cellist Daniel Gaisford, among others - New York City


August 5 Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Music Festival featuring Director Louis Langrée, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, flutist Sir James Galway and members of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

- New York City


Summer 2005 River to River Festival's Summer Stars at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center featuring Antares, pianist Adam Golka, percussionist Svet Stoyanov, violinist/pianist/composer Daniel Bernard Roumain and violinist Caitlin Tully with pianist Rohan De Silva - New York City


June 13 Up Our Alley 7: Classical Action's Seventh Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza - Bowlmor Lanes, New York City


May 22 Janice Mayer & Associates,LLC10th Anniversary Celebration, New Vistas - Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center - New York City


May 11 Natasha Paremski, piano - New York City


May 2 Lang Lang, piano - New York City (Michael Palm Series)


April 18 Tokyo String Quartet - New York City


April 2 Johann-a-Thon 2005: A Four-part, Twelve-HourEvent Celebrating the Life and Music of Johann Sebastian Bach - James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary, New York City


March 30 Garrick Ohlsson, piano - San Francisco, CA


March 15 André Watts, piano - Houston, TX


March 3 Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway, flute with Phillip Moll, piano - New York City (Michael Palm Series)


February 6 Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano and Timothy Long, piano - New York City


January 10 The Takács Quartet - New York City (Maestro Appreciation Event)



2004

December 2 Thomas Hampson, baritone and Brian Zeger, piano - New York City

(Michael Palm Series)


August 20 Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival featuring Director Louis Langrée, violinist Joshua Bell and members of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra - New York City


Summer 2004 River to River Festival's Summer Stars at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center featuring pianist Kit Armstrong, the Imani Winds Quintet, flutist Demarre McGill with pianist Hugh Sung, pianist Natasha Paremski, cellist Daniel Gaisford and pianist José Feghali - New York City


June 7 Up Our Alley 6: Classical Action's Sixth Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza - Bowlmor Lanes, New York City


May 26 Leila Josefowicz, violin and John Novacek, piano - New York City

(Maestro Appreciation Event)


April 15 Betty Buckley, vocalist and Kenny Werner, piano - Houston, TX

(Michael Palm Series)


April 7 Anne Sophie-Mutter, violin, André Previn, piano and Lynn Harrell, cello - New York City


April 1 Deborah Voigt, soprano and Brian Zeger, piano - New York City (Michael Palm Series)


March 8 Joshua Bell, violin and Simon Mulligan, piano - New York City (Michael Palm Series)



2003

November 16 André Watts, piano - New York City (Michael Palm Series)


November 12 Emanuel Ax, piano - Santa Monica, CA


June 12 Renée Fleming, soprano and Fred Hersch, piano - New York City (Michael Palm Series)


June 9 Up Our Alley 5: Classical Action's Fifth Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza - Bowlmor Lanes, New York City


May 8 José Feghali, piano and Daniel Gaisford, cello - Houston, TX


April 8 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano - New York City


March 14 José Feghali, piano and Daniel Gaisford, cello - New York City (Maestro Appreciation Event)



2002

November 11 Deborah Voigt on Broadway: Opera's Leading Lady Meets Broadway's Leading Men, Deborah Voigt, Malcolm Gets, Howard McGillin, Adam Pascal, Patrick Wilson, Tom Wopat and Orchestra of St. Luke's; hosted by Dick Cavett - The Ford Center for the Performing Arts - New York City


September 24 Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano and Brian Zeger, piano - New York City

(Leading Ladies of the Opera series)


September 22 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano and Robert Tweeten, piano - Santa Fe, NM


June 28 Fred Hersch, piano - Healdsburg, CA


June 13 Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin and Norman Krieger, piano - Brentwood, CA


June 6 Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano and Dolora Zajick, mezzo-soprano with Anthony Manoli, piano - New York City (Leading Ladies of the Opera series)


June 3 Up Our Alley 4: Classical Action's Fourth Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza - Bowlmor Lanes, New York City


May 20 Hélène Grimaud, piano - New York City


May 16 José Feghali, piano and André Watts, piano - Houston, TX


May 13 Nancy Allen, harpist and Carol Wincenc, flutist - New York City


April 10 Dawn Upshaw, soprano and Stephen Prutsman, piano - New York City

(Leading Ladies of the Opera series)


April 7 Lang Lang, piano and Guo-Ren Lang, er-hu - Chevy Chase, MD


March 12 Lynn Harrell, cello and Victor Asunción, piano - Madison, WI



2001

December 1 Classical Action/Oberlin Concert, eighth blackbird - Oberlin, OH


October 17 Lang Lang, piano - New York City (Maestro Appreciation Concert)


June 4 Up Our Alley 3: Classical Action's Third Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza - Bowlmor Lanes, New York City


May 22 Ernst Haefliger, tenor and Danielle de Niese, soprano with Ken Noda, piano - New York City


May 21 Orion String Quartet - New York City


May 7 Renée Fleming, soprano and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano - Lincoln Center's Kaplan Penthouse, New York City


January 17 David Walker, countertenor and Timothy Hoekman, piano - New York City


January 1 Raphael Trio - New York City



2000

November 27 Lang Lang, piano - St. Louis, MO


October 26 Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and Sérgio and Odair Assad, guitars - New York City (Maestro Appreciation Event)


October 22 Bo Skovus, baritone and Warren Jones, piano - Cleveland, OH


September 28 Emerson String Quartet - New York City


July 31 Up Our Alley 2: Classical Action's Second Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza - Bowlmor Lanes - New York City


June 13 Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and Fred Hersch, piano - New York City


April 2 Simon Mulligan, piano - Wyomissing, PA


March 12 André Watts, piano - West Hollywood, CA


February 7 Thomas Hampson, baritone and Craig Rutenberg, piano - Westport, CT



1999

December 16 Evgeny Kissin, piano - New York City


November 7 Lang Lang, piano - Reading, PA


October 17 André Watts, piano - Philadelphia, PA


October 12 Bejun Mehta, countertenor - New York City


July 13 Up Our Alley 1: Classical Action's First Annual Benefit Bowling Bonanza - Bowlmor Lanes, New York City


June 29 Seattle Concert Gala at the Benaroya Hall featuring the Seattle Symphony with Maestro Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Opera Chorus, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Men's Chorus, violinists Joshua Bell and Mark O'Connor, vocalist Betty Buckley, baritone Jubilant Sykes; hosted by Lily Tomlin - Seattle, WA


May 20 Philip Glass, piano and Nurit Pacht, violin - New York City


May 13 Gino Quilico, baritone and Scott Dunn, piano - Beverly Hills, CA


May 3 Joshua Bell, violin, Edgar Meyer, bass, Sam Bush, mandolin and Mike Marshall, guitar - New York City


April 25 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano - Mamaroneck, NY


April 14 Emanuel Ax, piano - Chicago, IL


February 23 The King's Singers - New York City


January 14 A Celebration of Benita Valente at Lincoln Center's Juilliard Theater featuring soprano Benita Valente, soprano Susan Narucki, The Juilliard String Quartet, pianists Richard Goode, Ken Noda, Stephanie Brown and Cynthia Raim, composer and pianist William Bolcom, mezzo-sopranos Marilyn Horne, Joan Morris, Emily Golden and Marietta Simpson, tenors Richard Clement and Jon Humphrey, baritones Christòpheren Nomura and William Stone - New York City



1998

December 2 José Feghali, piano - St. Louis, MO

November 15 Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano and Steven Blier, piano - New York City


November 11 Stephen Hough, piano - New York City (Maestro Appreciation Event)


November 8 José Feghali, piano - Austin, TX


October 11 Scott Dunn, piano and Kurt Ollmann, baritone - Beverly Hills, CA


September 12 Leila Josefowicz, violin and John Novacek, piano - Stowe, VT


April 13 Fred Hersch and Friends: The Duo Concert at Town Hall featuring pianists Fred Hersch and Kenny Barron, saxophonist Joe Lovano, vocalists Andy Bey and Janis Siegel, vibraphonist Gary Burton; hosted by Dr. Billy Taylor and WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton - New York City


March 2 Classical Action: A HeartFelt Tribute to San Francisco Performances at the Herbst Theatre featuring pianist Fred Hersch, soprano Dawn Upshaw, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, The Alexander String Quartet, dancer/choreographer Stephen Petronio; hosted by Stockard Channing and Lisa Vroman - San Francisco, CA


January 10 Classical Action's Fifth Anniversary Celebration at the Brooklyn Academy of Music featuring violinist Joshua Bell, pianists Fred Hersch and Ursula Oppens, dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, bassist Edgar Meyer, the Orion String Quartet, clarinetist David Shifrin, soprano Dawn Upshaw, Ida Nevasayneva of Les Ballets Trockadero of Monte Carlo; hosted by Madeline Kahn and Nathan Lane - New York City




1997

May 24 Leila Josefowicz, violin and John Novacek, piano - Beverly Hills, CA


May 12 Eos Ensemble Benefit Concert at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall featuring composers Mark Adamo, William Bolcom, John Corigliano, David Del Tredici, Elliot Goldenthal and Jonathan Sheffer, and pianist/composer, Fred Hersch - New York City


April 29 Dawn Upshaw, soprano and pianists Fred Hersch and Gilbert Kalish - New York City


March 9 Renée Fleming, soprano and the Orchestra of St. Luke's; conducted by André Previn at Carnegie Hall, New York City


February 7 Greenleaf Chamber Players - New York City



1996

Jerry Hadley, tenor and Thomas Hampson, baritone with Craig Rutenberg, piano - New York City

Fred Hersch, piano - San Francisco, CA

Muir String Quartet - Buffalo, NY



1995

Joshua Bell, violin and Paul Coker, piano - Buffalo, NY

James Galway, flute and José Feghali, piano - Ann Arbor, MI

James Galway, flute and Phillip Moll, harpsichord with Sarah Cunningham, cello - Beverly Hills, CA

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano - New York City

1994

3 Concert Series featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Tokyo String Quartet

Dawn Upshaw, soprano and Dennis Giauque, piano - New York City

Apple Hill Chamber Players - New York City

Richard Goode, piano - New York City



1993

Emanuel Ax, piano - Brookline, MA

David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano - Garrison, NY

André Watts, piano - New York City

Daniel Gaisford, cello and Nelson Padgett, piano - New York City



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