Conrad Tao, piano

Poetry & Fairy Tales

NEC's Jordan Hall

SUN MAR 15 3PM

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Pianist Conrad Tao wowed and delighted Vivo Performing Arts audiences earlier this year in the joyfully exhilarating Counterpoint, alongside tap dancer Caleb Teicher.

Tao returns in the new season to showcase his range and sensitivity with Poetry and Fairy Tales, a program that interweaves evocative contemporary works with well-known pieces by Brahms and Ravel.

Structure and freedom, mood and narrative, dynamism and introspection combine when Conrad Tao—an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” (New York Times)—returns to Vivo Performing Arts.

At the artist's request, there will be no late seating opportunity for this performance. Latecomers may take their seats at intermission.

“He is clearly one of the great minds to watch in the world of new music. ”
Cincinnati Business Courier

“Tao is a pianist who functions thrillingly within classical music trappings, but it was no mere gimmick that his solo return to Carnegie Hall brought a downtown sense of avant-garde to midtown. It’s in his soul. ”
Cadenza NYC

Program Details

Poetry and Fairy Tales

JOHANNES BRAHMS Klavierstücke, Op. 118, No. 1

DAVID FULMER I have loved a stream and a shadow, part I

BRAHMS Klavierstücke, Op. 118, Nos. 2, 3, 4

REBECCA SAUNDERS Mirror, mirror on the wall

BRAHMS Klavierstücke, Op. 118, No. 5

TODD MOELLENBERG Leg of Lamb (after Bernadette Mayer)

DAVID FULMER I have loved a stream and a shadow, parts 2 and 3

MAURICE RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit

BRAHMS Klavierstücke, Op. 118, No. 6