VC LIVE | Music Conservatories' "Unite For Ukraine" Benefit Concert [DONATE TODAY]

SATURDAY APRIL 16, 2022 | 3:00 PM (ET)

"UNITE FOR UKRAINE" BENEFIT CONCERT

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, COLBURN SCHOOL, CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY, NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, AND SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Introduction by Midori

Pianist Nikolay Pushkarev (Cleveland Institute of Music)

• Schubert | Piano Sonata in A Minor Op.42/D.845 (1st movement)

Viano String Quartet (Curtis Institute of Music)

• Béla Bartok | String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 (1st movement)

Contemporary Improvisation Department Jewish Music Ensemble (New England Conservatory)

• Dave Tarras | Nicolaev Bulgar

• Jacob Hoffman | Xylophone Doyne

• Traditional | Dem Trisker Rebn’s Khusidl

Hankus Netsky (director, piano); Nikita Manin (clarinet); Noah Kelly, Catherine Byrne, violins; Kimberly Sabio (trumpet); G Korth Rockwell (banjo); Emily Mitchell (guitar); Anwei Wang (guzheng), Henry Wilson (xylophone); Hannah Dunton (bass); Maude Bastien-Desilets (drums)

Violinist Anais Feller and Academy Virtuosi (The Colburn School)

• Mieczysław Weinberg | Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra (2nd and 3rd movements)

The Uptown Winds (Manhattan School of Music)

• Paul Taffanel | Wind Quintet in G minor (1st movement)

Megan Torti (flute); Josh Owens (oboe); Spencer Reese (clarinet); Hunter Lorelli (bassoon); Andrew Angelos (horn)

Cellists Peter Eom, Kuan-Yu Huang, and Kanon Shibata and pianist Jeanie Chung  (The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory)

• David Popper | Requiem for 3 Cellos and Piano Op. 66

Roots, Jazz and American Music Program (San Francisco Conservatory of Music)

• Eddie Harris | Freedom Jazz Dance

Nate Gilbreath (trombone); Michael Potter (piano); Mateyko Jazwinski (bass); Jayla Hernandez (drums)

Conductor Roderick Cox and the New World Symphony

• Miroslav Skoryk | Melody for String Orchestra