Events Calendar

Described as a “rare combination of clarity and power” (AllMusic Guide), Tetiana Shafran has won over 20 international competitions and gained the accolades of the classical music world. The young Ukrainian star will make her PPI debut, showcasing her sublime gift through a program that weaves together fervor and legacy.

A melancholic prelude by Scriabin will inaugurate the evening, followed by Busoni’s Variations and Fugue on Chopin’s C Minor Prelude. Soon after, Shafran will sway her listeners to tears with Mykola Lysenko’s mournful Elegie. Following these intimate pieces are nods to virtuosity with Liszt’s Ballade No. 2 and his arrangement of Paganini’s epochal “La campanella.” Musicality will ripple from Shafran’s fingers as she brings the lush Sonatine by Ravel and impassioned crowd favorite Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty suite to life.

For tickets and more information, visit portlandpiano.org.

Tetiana Shafran
Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park Ave., Portland, OR 97201
Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, 12625 SW Crescent St., Beaverton, OR 97005
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Described as a “rare combination of clarity and power” (AllMusic Guide), Tetiana Shafran has won over 20 international competitions and gained the accolades of the classical music world. The young Ukrainian star will make her PPI debut, showcasing her sublime gift through a program that weaves together fervor and legacy.

A melancholic prelude by Scriabin will inaugurate the evening, followed by Busoni’s Variations and Fugue on Chopin’s C Minor Prelude. Soon after, Shafran will sway her listeners to tears with Mykola Lysenko’s mournful Elegie. Following these intimate pieces are nods to virtuosity with Liszt’s Ballade No. 2 and his arrangement of Paganini’s epochal “La campanella.” Musicality will ripple from Shafran’s fingers as she brings the lush Sonatine by Ravel and impassioned crowd favorite Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty suite to life.

Sun. September 15, 2024 | 4:00 PM | Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU
Tue. September 17, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

Fiddles, Fruit & Fungi Music Festival

Join world-class fiddlers and foodies in Dayton, Oregon for this unique and fun family event featuring musicians of all stripes playing throughout the day. Foragers will share their wares, and farms will be on hand to serve up the bounty of the harvest. Join a fun day in the heart of Oregon wine country.

Schedule:
11:30 AM Mariachi Viva Mexico
2:00 PM Oregon Fiddlers
5:00 PM Aaron Meyer, Concert Rock Violinist

Inspired by his own adventures in the Alps, Richard Strauss evokes nature’s power and majesty in a journey through crashing waterfalls, misty meadows, and furious storms. Featuring a massive orchestra of over 100 musicians, wind, and thunder machines, the new season debuts with the grand and awe-inspiring An Alpine Symphony. And Portland favorite Garrick Ohlsson leads an equally intense journey of the heart in Chopin’s First Piano Concerto, channeling the work’s melancholy grace with “a sound so lush it almost glistens” (Seattle Times). Conducted by Oregon Symphony Music Director David Danzmayr.

For tickets and more information, visit orsymphony.org.

Chatter PDX is a new weekly concert series featuring one hour of classical chamber music and spoken word. Concertgoers are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy free coffee and baked goods. Chatter PDX performs a wide variety of chamber music, ranging from the greatest hits of the Classical, Romantic, and Baroque eras to contemporary masterpieces and brand new works from local composers. Performers talk to the audience about their personal experiences learning the works performed and their thoughts about what makes the music interesting and important to them.

Once known as “The Church of Beethoven”, Chatter PDX aims to create a low-key atmosphere in which to enjoy high-quality performances. We are welcoming to all and we hope to build a new community where audiences can join together with dedicated and risk-taking performers to share their love of music and poetry.

Tickets available online (www.chatterpdx.org) or at the door. $20 – General Admission / $10 Student and Under 30 / $5 Under 13.

All performances take place at Pacific Center, 851 SW 6th Ave., Portland, OR

Inspired by his own adventures in the Alps, Richard Strauss evokes nature’s power and majesty in a journey through crashing waterfalls, misty meadows, and furious storms. Featuring a massive orchestra of over 100 musicians, wind, and thunder machines, the new season debuts with the grand and awe-inspiring An Alpine Symphony. And Portland favorite Garrick Ohlsson leads an equally intense journey of the heart in Chopin’s First Piano Concerto, channeling the work’s melancholy grace with “a sound so lush it almost glistens” (Seattle Times). Conducted by Oregon Symphony Music Director David Danzmayr.

For tickets and more information, visit orsymphony.org.

IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild™ is an outdoor concert series where America’s most stunning landscapes replace the traditional concert hall. Guests explore the surrounding environment while listening to the music through wireless headphones, creating an immersive experience that fosters a connection with the music, nature, and with one another. Explore the full 2024 series at inalandscape.org.

About this location:
This late afternoon concert will take place at Fort Rock State Natural Area in Fort Rock, Oregon. Towering above the sagebrush desert, the Fort Rock caldera was once a volcano that erupted under an inland sea. Waves lapping against the rock created caves that housed a shoe ‘factory’ where anthropologist Luther Cressman discovered an ancient collection of ten-thousand year old sandals in 1938. The piano will be situated in the open area on the eastern side of the bowl, slightly below the site of our past concerts. Concert check-in opens at 3:00 pm, and the performance begins at 4:00 pm.

Come early for a visit to the Fort Rock Valley Historical Homestead Museum (ticket included with your purchase), a collection of original homestead era buildings including a church, school, houses, homestead cabins, and several other structures in a village setting.

After the concert, follow Hunter down to the Fort Rock Grange for our 2nd annual Pie Social and “Barn” Dance featuring live country & folk music by Wampus Cat! Pie & ice cream will be available for a $5 suggested donation, with all profits going to benefit the Fort Rock Grange and their community activities.

This event takes place on the traditional land of several nations including the Yahooskin, and The Confederated Tribes of Umatilla going back to time immemorial.

We’re bringing back this very popular program where the audience chooses what we play from a menu of musical delectables. For tickets and more information, visit 45thparallelpdx.org.

PERFORMERS
Greg Ewer, violin
Ron Blessinger, violin
Amanda Grimm, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello

Musical Tasting Menu
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Tony & Julie Furnary Residence, 7266 SW Eton Ct., Portland, OR 97225

Inspired by his own adventures in the Alps, Richard Strauss evokes nature’s power and majesty in a journey through crashing waterfalls, misty meadows, and furious storms. Featuring a massive orchestra of over 100 musicians, wind, and thunder machines, the new season debuts with the grand and awe-inspiring An Alpine Symphony. And Portland favorite Garrick Ohlsson leads an equally intense journey of the heart in Chopin’s First Piano Concerto, channeling the work’s melancholy grace with “a sound so lush it almost glistens” (Seattle Times). Conducted by Oregon Symphony Music Director David Danzmayr.

For tickets and more information, visit orsymphony.org.

CDZ Collegium Musica & U&I Event Center Present Gimenes and Zisa: Flute and Guitar Duo

Gimenes and Zisa: A Musical Journey to Spain, Cuba, Brazil, and Argentina!

Gimenes and Zisa Guitar and Flute Duo regularly perform throughout Oregon. Recent performances include concerts at Willamette University, Chehalem Cultural Center, U&I Event Center, and the Madeleine Old Historic Church. Their repertoire include J.S. Bach Flute Sonata BWV 1034, Mozart Flute Quartet K 285, Maximo Pujol’s Suite Buenos Aires, Astor Piazzolla’s History of the Tango, Five Miniatures Brasilieras by Edumindo Villani Cortes, and Dream Travels by Gary Schocker.

Gabriela Gimenes is a Portland-based flutist who plays on a wooden Yamaha flute. She is a Yamaha Clinician in Brazil, her birth county and is an active teacher and performer abroad and in this area. She wrote a flute notebook that Yamaha gives to students in more remote areas in Brazil where, from 2011 – 2017, she would go teach flute and music fundamentals.

Gabriela serves as an artist in residence with CDZ and performs regularly with the founder of this organization, the accomplished and globally acclaimed guitarist Dr. Peter Zisa. Gabriela and Peter have scheduled concerts coming up (GPFS will keep you posted on these)
and perform for a network of Senior Living homes in the area. Their spring concert will include some of their usual repertoire as well as the addition of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Sonatina for flute and guitar, a set of Maximo Pujol’s pieces for flute and guitar, and Train Travel by Gary Shocker. They will also feature the principal cellist with the Oregon Symphony; she and Gabriela will be performing Jet Whistle for flute and cello by Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Peter Zisa

Peter Zisa is an internationally acclaimed and award winning classical guitarist. His early training includes studies with David Grimes, as well as legendary classical guitar performers as Maestro Andrés Segovia, José Rey de la Torre, José Tomas, John Duarte, Pepé and Angel Romero, Michael Lorimer, David Russell, and Oscar Ghiglia.

Zisa performs regularly in Oregon and abroad. Zisa’s recent tours took him to New Jersey, California, and Japan. During his tours in Japan he has performed as a soloist and in duos with Miho Yamaji (koto master), violinist Aya Fujii (violinist), and guitarists: Hirokazu Sato, Kazuhiko Yamada, and Shohei Toyoda.

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Zisa’s guitar performances ‘made the ‘Rembrandt Evening’ a delight… It does not get much better than Rembrandt and Zisa.’
–Jeri Hamilton, Portland Art Museum: A ‘Rembrandt Evening’

‘Peter Zisa is one of the very few I have heard that goes beyond the notes to higher levels of musical understanding and expression. His playing is delightful and moving.’
–David Grimes, President Emeritus of the Guitar Foundation of America

“Peter Zisa’s performance for our FOCM Fundraiser: Tangos & Tapas” event …was a huge hit! [Zisa’s] performance was fabulous in every way. People were so engaged with all his comments and the beauty of his playing. Everyone who had the privilege of being there was enthralled. His program was perfect.” – – Pat Zagelow, Friends of Chamber Music.

“Peter Zisa gave a masterful concert at the Chehalem Community Center (concert series).  We all really enjoyed it and learned a lot!”
Lanette Smith, Manager ate Chehalem Cultural Center

You’re invited to Prince Orlofsky’s masked ball! Join Renegade Opera and members of Northwest Children’s Theater’s Catalyst Youth Company to experience a modern and immersive retelling of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II. In this new adaptation with script by Claire Robertson-Preis and Libretto by Robertson-Preis, Abigail Krawson, and Madeline Ross, the frivolity and bubbling spirit of the original opera remains, along with the tangled web of characters and desires. Renegade Opera’s adaptation introduces some modern moral dilemmas into the mix, with discussion of climate, wealth inequality, the justice system, and the role of art in protest.

The Salon Series at Ascension Episcopal Parish presents “Lovers & Lieder.”

Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano
Zachary Lenox, baritone
Emma Cowell, piano

This romantic recital will feature Lieder (German art songs for voice and piano) by two of music history’s most remarkable married couples, performed by local operatic power couple Jocelyn Claire Thomas and Zachary Lenox. The program includes the entirety of Robert and Clara Schumann’s collaborative song cycle, 12 Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling, as well as Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and songs by Alma Mahler.

This concert will take place in our intimate Parlor, with our historic Chickering parlor grand piano.
Suggested donation $20. Reception to follow.

On September 28, 2024, “Open Space Sequence: A Walking Tour Performance,” celebrates Lawrence and Anna Halprin’s legacies through site-specific dance performances at Portland’s prominent Open Space Sequence. The project is led by Heidi Duckler, Artistic Director of HDD/NW and renowned choreographer. Duckler has created more than 500 original site-specific, interdisciplinary works that encourage civic engagement and shed new light on historical sites. Duckler will collaborate with six dance artists who represent a range of cultural backgrounds, mirroring the rich diversity of the downtown Portland community.

This project highlights the ongoing relevance of Lawrence Halprin’s land-use principles as Oregon grapples with the dual challenges of protecting its natural areas. These issues are particularly poignant as they align with modern governance issues surrounding climate justice. Beyond honoring Anna Halprin’s legacy as a revolutionary modern dance choreographer, incorporating dance into Lawrence Halprin’s spaces enables HDD/NW to tackle complex issues such as urban development, climate change, and conservation effectively. Dance promotes a shared experience among audience members, nurturing a collective spirit and mutual understanding. This communal atmosphere can help communities collaboratively navigate through challenging and sensitive times.

$20 suggested donation

Musica Maestrale will start its 2024-25 season with a solo lute concert featuring our artistic director Hideki Yamaya in a program from the first golden age of lute music. This is some of the most sophisticated yet approachable, and imaginative music written for the lute. Composers represented include Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Francesco da Milano, and Giovanni Antonio Terzi.

NEW FOR 2024:
We are trying out pay-as-you-can admission at our concerts. No one will be turned away because of inability to pay. We will still be offering advance tickets to premium seats.

Advance premium tickets: $20 adult; $10 students and youth
At the door: pay-as-you-can (suggested: $20 adult; $10 students and youth); no one will be turned away
Cash (change provided), personal checks, and Venmo accepted