October 22, 2026: Host Christa Wessel welcomes ChatterPDX; and Gabriel Kahane to the Irving Levin Performance Hall.
ChatterPDX shares music by Rachmaninoff and more, featuring cellist Trevor Fitzpatrick. Then musician, writer, and storyteller Gabriel Kahane performs an exclusive recital, presented by the Oregon Symphony.
Tune in Thursday at 3:00 PM PT at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR or from anywhere in the world on our website.
ABOUT
Chatter PDX IS a new performing arts series in Portland, Oregon. Inspired by the success of the innovative Chatter series in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which has captivated audiences for over 15 years, Chatter PDX brings a unique blend of music, spoken word, coffee, and reflection to the vibrant cultural landscape of Portland.
Learn more at chatterpdx.org.
Over the last fifteen years, Gabriel Kahane has established a diverse career that has brought him from rock clubs and concert halls to off-Broadway theaters and beyond, where he is known for tackling politically thorny subject matter with grace and complexity. His wide-ranging discography includes five albums as a singer-songwriter, several orchestral projects, a disc of chamber music, as well as various other collaborative albums. He has worked with an array of artists spanning the aesthetic gamut, from Phoebe Bridgers, Paul Simon, Sylvan Esso, Andrew Bird, and Sufjan Stevens, to the Danish String Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, Attacca Quartet, Caroline Shaw, and Pekka Kuusisto, with whom he plays as the duo Council.
An avid theater artist, Kahane made his off-Broadway debut as a performer at Playwrights Horizons with the 2024 repertory run of two solo pieces, Magnificent Bird and Book of Travelers. His album & stage spectacle, The Ambassador, a sprawling meditation on the mythos of Los Angeles, was produced at the BAM Next Wave Festival in 2014, under the direction of Tony-winner John Tiffany. A musical, February House, written with the playwright Seth Bockley, received its New York premiere at the Public Theater in 2012. In 2018, Kahane made his Broadway debut with the score for Kenneth Lonergan’s play The Waverly Gallery, starring Elaine May, Lucas Hedges, and Michael Cera.
Keep reading at gabrielkahane.com.
