All Brahms Program: Sonata #1, G Major, Op. 78; Sonata #5, E-flat Major, Op. 120, #2; and Sonata #3, D minor, Op. 108

Program includes Schubert’s “Quartetsatz;” Mozart’s Viola Quintet, C Major, K. 515; and Dvorak’s String Quartet, G Major, Op. 106

Performing their program “The Passenger” with Louise Alenius’s Piano Trio (2025); Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Piano Trio, OP. 24; Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio #2, E-flat Major, Op. 100

Pianist and composer Conrad Tao has been dubbed “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music” by New York Magazine.

The artists originally scheduled on this date are no longer be able to appear on next season’s Chamber Arts Series. We are actively securing a replacement ensemble of comparable stature and will share updates as soon as we are able.

Featuring Duke’s own Ciompi Quartet with special guests, Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America explores the Black and Indigenous influences on Dvořák during his time in America.

Performing their program “Masterworks” featuring Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” arr. Raaf Hekkema; Omar Thomas’s “Moods and Attitudes;” Derrick Skye’s “A Soulful Nexus;” George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” arr. Raaf Hekkema

Program includes Arriaga’s Quartet #3, E-flat Major; Shostakovich’s Quartet #3, F Major, Op. 73; Beethoven’s Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 with the “Grosse Fugue”

Duke’s resident Ciompi Quartet revisits Memoirs, a 2003 composition by the late Paul Schoenfield. Works by Bach and Shubert round out the program.