Come join us for a special evening featuring the great masterworks for piano, four hands. Featuring works by Mozart, Debussy, Faure and Poulenc.
The Multicultural Arts Center will host a one-night performance of “Nocturnes,” an ode to the elegance, drama, and mystery of the evening. The concert features singer and composer Shira Laucharoen, who will present original, musical theater inspired works, as well as classic Broadway selections. Actor Fady Demian will also take the spotlight, regaling audiences with iconic show tunes.
The two performers will be accompanied by Lauren Roberts and Sakurako Kanemitsu. Roberts is a cellist and educator who performs as a solo and chamber musician. She holds degrees from Utah State University and Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Kanemitsu is a pianist who began her education at age five in Tokyo, Japan. She studied at Sacramento State School of Music and Longy School of Music of Bard College. Singer Chloe Gardner and pianist Sophy Gao will also make appearances.
The Multicultural Arts Center is a place for artists and performers to share their creative energies, while fostering conversation around issues of identity, race, and equity. The Cambridge community space is excited to be offering a rich celebration of voices during this short engagement. In addition, the Persian bakery La Saison will serve refreshments during the event.
Come enjoy dueling pianos as Sakurako Kanemitsu performs excerpts from Das Jahr by Fanny Mendelssohn and The Seasons by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Kelvyn Koning performs an original work, The Calendar Cycle, a musical reflection on 2024.
Symbiosis is a collaboration between composer Ryan Suleiman, performance artist C. Neil Parsons, and his colleagues from the Fourth Wall Ensemble. Also included in the project are soprano Rose Hegele, pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu, and cellist David Russell. The concert will feature all original works by Suleiman, including two world premieres. In a collaboration which acknowledges and embraces the inherent theatricality of musical performance, Parsons and the Fourth Wall Ensemble serve as performers and theatrical directors in an otherwise “concert-music” program—a talent they’ve developed in their own work for well over a decade.
Suleiman’s body of work, while engaging with a variety of issues, has been particularly focused on the simultaneity of beauty and dread in our times and the ways in which art can engage with nature (and by extension, the climate crisis) in a serious and rigorous manner. Processing complex feelings, promoting listening, creating spaces for quiet contemplation, and exploring philosophical/existential questions about nature are some of the ways in which the program aims to promote healing and action through music and theater.
In the spirit of Nightingale's October performance exploring the development of Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir, the 'Gales turn their attention to the rest of the State's water-shaped history. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands through large-scale geological formation and then exploring other important moments: The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future - all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our beloved New England home. The program features new music never before heard by composers Laura Nevitt, Nathan Halbur, David Matthew Brown, Elijah Botkin, and Joshua Glassman. Project produced by Joshua Glassman. Featuring Sakurako Kanemitsu, piano.
In the spirit of Nightingale's October performance exploring the development of Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir, the 'Gales turn their attention to the rest of the State's water-shaped history. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands through large-scale geological formation and then exploring other important moments: The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future - all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our beloved New England home. The program features new music never before heard by composers Laura Nevitt, Nathan Halbur, David Matthew Brown, Elijah Botkin, and Joshua Glassman. Project produced by Joshua Glassman. Featuring Sakurako Kanemitsu, piano.
In the spirit of Nightingale's October performance exploring the development of Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir, the 'Gales turn their attention to the rest of the State's water-shaped history. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands through large-scale geological formation and then exploring other important moments: The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future - all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our beloved New England home. The program features new music never before heard by composers Laura Nevitt, Nathan Halbur, David Matthew Brown, Elijah Botkin, and Joshua Glassman. Project produced by Joshua Glassman. Featuring Sakurako Kanemitsu, piano.
Boston-based pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu (G.P.D., Longy School of Music) performs a solo recital of evocative works by Berklee faculty composers Marti Epstein, Andrew List, Ryan Suleiman, and others. The Egyptian zodiac (List), imagined sounds from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Epstein), and colors and movement of artist Peter London’s drawings (Suleiman) are just some of the sources of inspiration on offer in this dynamic program. Experience our multi-faceted world through the filter of the piano.
Berklee College of Music’s Composition Department faculty members present a concert of new works. World premiering Ryan Suleiman’s “No. 1 Radiant” from Three London Etudes!
Join the New England Philharmonic at their Annual Family Concert!
Adolphus Hailstork, Fanfare on Amazing Grace (2003)
Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor
Movements I & II
Hayden Ren, cello
2024 Young Artist Competition Winner
Movement IV
Andrew Kim, cello
2024 Young Artist Competition Winner
Béla Bartók, The Wooden Prince (1914-17)
Curvin Huber, Projections Director
Marco Cao, Projection Graphic Artist & Animator
Instrument Petting Zoo on stage after the concert!
I will be playing Celeste for Bartok’s The Wooden Prince!
Join us for an immersive evening at Saint Augustine’s Church, where movement, poetry, and music come together to create a shared experience. After a guided performance, you'll have the opportunity to participate through gentle prompts inspired by the church’s architecture. No performance experience is needed—just an openness to connect and explore together. Participation is optional.
Featuring dancer and choreographer Jimena Bernejo, Alli Ross, poet Judson Evans and pianist, Sakurako Kanemitsu.
Hosted by “People Could Rise” event series join us for an immersive evening at Saint Augustine’s Church, where movement, poetry, and music guide the experience. Inspired by the church’s interior architecture, gentle prompts will create varied experiences for each.
No performance experience is needed—just an openness to connect and explore together. Participation is optional.
Performance of Ryan Suleiman’s “firefly dusk” with spoken word by Judson Evans, dance and choreography by Alli Ross and Jimena Bermejo.
Join us for a program filled with solo pieces inspired by visual arts through the ages! Includes works by Modest Mussorgsky, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt and the world premier of “Three London Etudes” by Ryan Suleiman, inspired by artist, Peter London’s drawings.
Join us for an early evening soiree of voice and piano music by Debussy, Sakamoto, selections from La La Land, Les Mis., Guys and Dolls, Phantom of the Opera, Songs for a New World, Bynes, Phillips, Vandervelden, List, Suleiman, and DeRose!
Hosted at the cozy Lilypad in Inman square, $15 suggested donation at the door
At the “It’s Personal” music festival at Longy School of Music, Hannah Anderson (flute), Rosalyn Taylor (cello) and Sakurako Kanemitsu (piano) will perform the iconic Vox Balaenae by George Crumb. As this is an all-day festival, specific performance spot will be announced later.
“it’s something beautiful” is my culminating graduate piano recital at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in the gorgeous Pickman Hall. Works to be performed include Bach-Siloti, Marti Epstein, Ryan Suleiman, and Chopin.
Join us this evening for a concert featuring brand-new works by Longy composers.
All works on the program are world premieres, never-before-performed music composed and completed this year, written by and performed by Longy artists.
Works to be performed: Flash Sale by Charlotte Koonce, Chromatic Fusion by Nick Hill (trumpet) in collaboration with Nina Kasper (cello/voice), and Sakurako Kanemitsu (piano).
Tickets are FREE but please register online!
World premier of “Flash Sale”, custom commissioned by Sakurako Kanemitsu at Charlotte Koonce’s composition recital. All works are performed by students at Longy School of Music in collaboration with student composer, Charlotte Koonce. This recital will feature works that she has worked on with her teacher, Alexandra Du Bois during her program at Longy.
Hannah Anderson’s graduating recital at Longy School of Music. Works to be featured include the iconic “Vox Balaenae” by George Crumb, featuring Rosalyn Taylor, cello, and Sakurako Kanemitsu, piano.
“Viriditas, literally meaning greenness in Latin, was a word used often by Saint Hildegard von Bingen, a renowned 12th century mystic. Hildegard uses the term viriditas as a metaphor for the health of the spirit, and relates our human power to grow and change to the powers of nature shown in its ability to provide for us. Much of my graduate work has involved research into the different facets of Saint Hildegard’s works, so I thought it only appropriate to acknowledge her in my graduate recital.
Before I decided to come to Longy, my life was completely upended after the death of my brother, Patrick. When my life is completely flooded with grief, I’ve tried to find new ways to use music to make me feel more connected to the world around me. This recital is a collection of pieces that connect me to all the different facets of human connection with nature. We will explore how Viriditas, “the green force of life, expanding into the Universe,” can sustain us when connections feel lost.”
Nightingale will perform the Massachusetts and Maine premieres of Andrew List's vocal quartet, clarinet, and piano cycle titled "Journey of Seasons." Featuring poetry by Queer, Belgian-American writer, May Sarton, "Journey of Seasons" uses the image of a garden as a metaphor for the self amidst life's seasons. Dr. Ivy Schweitzer will present pre-concert talks about Sarton and her impact on 20th century American literature.
This project is led by Nightingale Member Rose Hegele.
Featured performers include pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu, and clarinetist Walter Yee.
Nightingale will perform the Massachusetts and Maine premieres of Andrew List's vocal quartet, clarinet, and piano cycle titled "Journey of Seasons." Featuring poetry by Queer, Belgian-American writer, May Sarton, "Journey of Seasons" uses the image of a garden as a metaphor for the self amidst life's seasons. Dr. Ivy Schweitzer will present pre-concert talks about Sarton and her impact on 20th century American literature.
This project is led by Nightingale Member Rose Hegele.
Featured performers include pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu, and clarinetist Walter Yee.
Come join us at the Barn Opera House in beautiful Brandon, Vermont for an evening of classical and contemporary pieces inspired by the mysteries of the evening hours.
Composers featured include Andrew Lloyd Webber, Doris Day, Claude Debussy, Frederic Chopin, Justin Hurwitz and more!
Maya Johnson, flautist, will present her graduating student recital at Longy School of Music’s Pickman Hall. Featuring pianist, Sakurako Kanemitsu and soprano, Jessica Sanz.
Works by Ian Clarke, Franz Schubert, Christina George, and John Corigliano
Join us for the bi-annual recital of Berklee composition faculty’s new works of music!
David A. Friend Hall
World premier of Ryan Suleiman’s “Snow Day” performed by Sakurako Kanemitsu
Performances by students at Longy School of Music
Masterclass on Anthony Green’s “Evaporate” for solo piano
Come hear works by lesser known composers, and under performed pieces for solo piano!
Will be performing “Automne” by Cecile Chaminade
Tune in to CapRadio 88.9FM at noon for special Summer Concert Series hosted by Jennifer Reason. Sakurako Kanemitsu performs a portrait concert of Joe Hisaishi’s solo piano works to uplift the voice of an exceptional Asian composer. Interview afterwards about the rise of Anti-Asian hate crimes, and how music can help change minds.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL INTERVIEW AND VIDEO
Sakurako Kanemitsu is back to perform for the lovely residents of Eskaton Village Carmichael. Performance is not open to the public.
Pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu, cellist Michael Dahlberg and choreographer Jacob Montoya has been chosen by the UC Davis Department of Music to participate in the 2020-2021 Concert season as part of their Artist-in-Residence program. Livestream event TBA.
