(For Immediate Release, February 6, 2026, Boston) Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) announces that pianist Joyce Yang has experienced a temporary injury and is no longer able to perform her concert at NEC’s Jordan Hall on April 18 at 8pm. She hopes to be able to return to a future Vivo Performing Arts season.
Pianist Paul Lewis has stepped in, and will be playing a program of Mozart, Poulenc, and Debussy. Paul Lewis’ performance will take place at the same date and time, and all existing tickets for the performance will be valid for the new performance.
Paul Lewis, piano
April 18, 8pm, NEC’s Jordan Hall
https://www.vivoperformingarts.org/productions/paul-lewis
W.A. Mozart | Sonata in C Major, K. 330/300h
Francis Poulenc | Improvisations Nos. 7-12
Claude Debussy | L’isle joyeuse, L. 109
Francis Poulenc | Improvisations Nos. 1-6 and 13-15
W.A. Mozart | Sonata in C minor, K. 457
Ticket holders will be contacted by the Vivo Performing Arts Box Office and given the option to keep their tickets for Paul Lewis' performance on the original performance date and time (no action is needed), to receive a refund, to exchange into another performance (subscriber option only), or to donate their ticket value.
This performance is an Aaron Richmond Recital, named in honor of Vivo Performing Arts' founder, and endowed by his daughter Nancy Richmond Winsten and her late husband Dr. Joseph Winsten.
ABOUT VIVO PERFORMING ARTS
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) was founded in 1938 by pianist and impresario Aaron Richmond. For more than 87 years, the organization has introduced Boston audiences to extraordinary performers across orchestral and chamber music, vocal and piano artistry, dance, and jazz in the city’s major concert venues. Guided by a belief in the performing arts as a source of curiosity and joy, Vivo Performing Arts collaborates with artists, audiences, and neighborhoods to create experiences that strengthen connection and invite discovery. Through education programs, community partnerships, and public performance initiatives, the organization works toward a Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, lifelong, and shared experience—on stages, on streets, and in neighborhoods throughout the region.
Vivo Performing Arts is grateful to 2025/26 Season Sponsors Crescendo Donor Advised Fund and the Thonis Family, and to the many individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose support helps fulfill our mission to enrich and inspire our community through exceptional live performances. Individual and institutional supporters include Jill & David Altshuler, Leslie & Howard Appleby, Arts Consulting Group, the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative, Amy & Joshua Boger, Stephanie L. Brown, Michael & Adrianne Canning, Barbara & Amos Hostetter, Klarman Family Foundation, Lizbeth & George Krupp, Liberty Mutual Foundation, Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation, Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation, Mass Cultural Council, Eleanor & Frank Pao, Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford, Rabb Family Foundations, Reuben Reynolds, Royal Little Family Foundation, Schrafft Charitable Trust, Sally S. Seaver, PhD, Jeremy Silverman & Mary Sutherland, Belinda Termeer, The Thonis Family, Dorothy Altman Weber, in memory of Stephen R. Weber, Anonymous (4), and many others
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