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Sarasota Music Festival 2025

Arts and Entertainment

May 7, 2025

From: Sarasota Music Festival

Schedule of the Event:

June 1, 2025

Opening Concert - Echoes Across Eras

Program

Beethoven
Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major (Street Song)
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Jean Schneider, piano

Schubert
Rondo in A Major (four hands)
Nicolas Namoradze, piano
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
    
Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor
Nicolas Namoradze, piano

Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé (Selections)
Nicolas Namoradze, piano

Scriabin
Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor
Nicolas Namoradze, piano

Cost: Starting at $30

Duration: 1 hour | No intermission

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Time: 4:00pm

Location: Holley Hall

June 5, 2025

Artist Showcases - Tessa Lark Returns

Program

Villa-Lobos
The Jet Whistle
Alex Sopp, flute
Karen Ouzounian, cello

Michi Wiancko
Fantasia for Tomorrow
Tessa Lark, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola

Traditional
Improvisation on an Old English Folk Song
Tessa Lark, violin
Mike Block, cello
Jeffrey Kahane, piano

Clarke
Piano Trio
Tessa Lark, violin
Mike Block, cello
Jeffrey Kahane, piano

Cost: Starting at $30

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 4:30pm

Location: Holley Hall

June 6, 2025

FESTIVAL FRIDAYS - From Bach to Block

Program

Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Alex Sopp, flute
Tessa Lark, solo violin
Jeffrey Kahane, harpsichord
SMF Fellows, flute, violins, viola, cellos, bass

Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2
David Bowlin, violin
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Nicolas Namoradze, piano

Mike Block
Global Music Collaboration
Mike Block, cello
SMF Fellows
   
Thuille
Sextet for Piano and Winds
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
Peter Kolkay, bassoon
Michael Adcock, piano
SMF Fellows, flute, horn

Cost: Starting at $29

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 7:30pm

Location: Sarasota Opera House

June 7, 2025

Festival Saturdays - Beethoven And Shostakovich

Program

Mary Kouyoumdjian
Diary of an Immigrant

Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major
Nicolas Namoradze, piano

Beethoven
Symphony No. 2

Cost: Starting at $29

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 7:30pm

Location: Sarasota Opera House

June 8, 2025

Rising Stars - Rising Stars – 1

Festival fellows bring their favorite chamber works to life, performing a selection of short pieces and movements.

Cost: Starting at $15

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 2:30pm

Location: Holley Hall

June 11, 2025

Special Event - Levin Lecture

Join us for a cherished SMF tradition—a captivating lecture by former SMF Music Director Robert Levin! Renowned for his incredible expertise and engaging style, Levin shares insights on topics like performance practice, improvisation, music history, and music theory, inspiring both Fellows and audiences alike. Stay tuned for the announcement of the 2025 lecture topic—it’s sure to be a highlight of the season!

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Time: 1:00pm

Location: Holley Hall

June 12, 2025

Artist Showcases - Miró Quartet Plays Schubert

Program

Tomasi
Concert Champêtre
Jung Choi, oboe
Richie Hawley, clarinet
Benjamin Kamins, bassoon

Daníel Bjarnason
Bow to String
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

Schubert
Rondo in B Minor
Stella Chen, violin
Robert Levin, piano

Schubert
String Quintet
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Miró String Quartet

Cost: Starting at $30

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 4:30 pm

Location: Holley Hall

June 13, 2025

Festival Fridays - Death And The Maiden

Program

Ginastera
String Quartet No. 1
Miró String Quartet

Strauss
Suite in B-flat Major for Thirteen Wind Instruments
Jasmine Choi, flute
Jung Choi, oboe
Jeff Scott, horn
SMF Fellows, flute, oboe, clarinets, bassoons, horns, bass

Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden)
Sandy Yamamoto, violin
Melia Watras, viola
Tracy Rowell, bass
SMF Fellows, violins, violas, cellos, bass

Cost: Starting at $29

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Sarasota Opera House

June 14, 2025

Festival Saturdays - Levin Plays Mozart

Program

Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F Minor
Stella Chen, violin
Gabrielle Chou, piano
SMF Fellows, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, viola, cello, bass,

Dvo?ák
Serenade for Strings in E Major

Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major
Robert Levin, piano

Cost: Starting at $29

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Sarasota Opera House

June 15, 2025

Rising Stars - Rising Stars – 2

Festival fellows bring their favorite chamber works to life, performing a selection of short pieces and movements.

Cost: Starting at $15

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 2:30 pm

Location: Holley Hall

June 19, 2025

Artist Showcases - Haydn And Rachmaninoff

Program

Haydn
Divertimento No. 1 in Bb Major
Carol Wincenc, flute
Nathan Hughes, oboe
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Julia Pilant, horn

Turina
Piano Quartet
Alexander Kerr, violin
Rebecca Young, viola
Emmanuel Feldman, cello
Joy Cline Phinney, piano

Rachmaninoff
Cello Sonata
Clive Greensmith, cello
Jeffrey Kahane, piano

Cost: Starting at $30

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 4:30 pm

Location: Holley Hall

June 20, 2025

Rising Stars - Rising Stars – 3

Festival fellows bring their favorite chamber works to life, performing a selection of short pieces and movements.

Cost - Starting at $15

Duration - 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 2:30 pm

Location: Holley Hall

Festival Fridays - Heirloom

Program

Barber
Summer Music
Carol Wincenc, flute
Nathan Hughes, oboe
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Julia Pilant, horn

Strauss
Metamorphosen, A Study for 23 Solo Strings
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Rebecca Young, viola
Emmanuel Feldman, cello
David Allen Moore, bass
SMF Fellows, violins, violas, cellos, basses

Gabriel Kahane
October 1, 1939/Port of Hamburg
Gabriel Kahane, solo piano

Gabriel Kahane
Heirloom: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Gabriel Kahane, conductor
Festival Orchestra

Cost: Starting at $29

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Sarasota Opera House

June 21, 2025

Festival Saturdays - Festival Finale

Program

Korngold
Violin Concerto
Elena Urioste, violin

Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C Major

Cost: Starting at $29

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes | With intermission

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Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Sarasota Opera House

Date: June 1-21, 2025

Locations:
Sarasota Opera House, 61 North Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236
Holley Hall at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236

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