Category: Chamber Music

The 2024-2025 Convos Season includes the 29th West Lafayette Global Fest, award-winning jazz and chamber musicians, a curricular integration theatre residency, thought-provoking lectures, family-friendly engagements, and award-winning Broadway musicals and major attractions in Elliott Hall of Music including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert, Dear Evan Hansen, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Hadestown, Pretty Woman: The Musical, and Chicago.

Purdue Convocations announces its 2024-2025 seasonTickets Now Available All tickets for theatre, music, and national Broadway tours are now on sale to the general public and Friends of Convocations. Purdue Convocations presents its 122nd Season with a lineup of innovative projects...

Dive into the musical innovation of Kronos Quartet, celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking string quartet performances. Explore their diverse collaborations and pioneering compositions, and gain insights from founder David Harrington in an exclusive pre-show interview.

For five decades, San Francisco's Kronos Quartet—comprising David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Paul Wiancko (cello)—has pushed the boundaries of what a string quartet can achieve. Founded in 1973, at a time when the string quartet...

Les Violons du Roy is a renowned chamber orchestra based in Quebec City, Canada. Founded in 1984 by conductor Bernard Labadie, the group has become one of the world’s leading interpreters of Baroque and Classical music. Their commitment to historical accuracy and their passion for music have made them a beloved institution in the classical music world.

Les Violons du Roy is a renowned chamber orchestra based in Quebec City, Canada. Founded in 1984 by conductor Bernard Labadie, the group has become one of the world's leading interpreters of Baroque and Classical music. Their commitment to historical...

ATLYS is a classically trained, crossover string quartet comprised of four unique women. Lauded for their passionate and dynamic performances and signature sound, they create concert experiences that are both mesmerizing and interactive.

ATLYS is a classically trained, crossover string quartet comprised of four unique women. Lauded for their passionate and dynamic performances and signature sound, they create concert experiences that are both mesmerizing and interactive. Meet the artists: Jinty McTavish began studying...

Hear Christmas music in a way you’ve never heard before when the all-female, brass ensemble tenThing returns to Purdue for A Feeling of Norwegian Christmas.

There's no better way to get in the holiday spirit than by coming to see tenThing: A Feeling of Norwegian Christmas, at Purdue on December 11! tenThing is a ten-person, all-female, brass ensemble that was first formed in 2007 by...

Kenny Broberg is one of the most decorated and internationally renowned pianists of his generation. He is known for his inventive, intelligent, and intense performances.

Kenny Broberg brings his jaw-dropping musical talent to Purdue on November 20 at 3 pm in Loeb Playhouse.   Kenny Broberg is one of the most decorated and internationally renowned pianists of his generation. He is known for his inventive,...

By Jordan E. Howard - Marketing Intern Baroque music is a deep, vast treasure chest of astonishing virtuosity. On its sixth tour of the United States, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin—or Akamus—is letting stateside audiences in on Secrets of the...

Valentine’s Day is behind us, but we should still take some time to gush over the cutest couple in classical music: David Finckel and Wu Han. Whether you’re part of a couple, or partying on your own, here are 7...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Variations in F Minor (1793) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) March in C Major, K. 408 (1782) Allemande in C Minor, K. 399 (1782) Courante in E-Flat Major, K. 399 (1782) Menuet in D Major, K. 355...

David Finckel and Wu Han are among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. They are recipients of Musical America’s Musicians of the Year award, one of the highest honors granted by the music industry. The...

PROGRAM: Grieg and Chopin: Romantic Genius As with many of history’s greatest composers, both Edvard Grieg and Frédéric Chopin were also incredibly talented and accomplished pianists. A native of Norway, Grieg is widely considered one of the world’s foremost Romantic...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Convocations presents the brass quartet The Westerlies in the Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse at 8 p.m. Nov. 9. Blown eastward from Seattle into New York City like their eponymous prevailing wind, the Westerlies are a...