Conrad Tao, piano

Poetry & Fairy Tales

NEC's Jordan Hall

Sun. March 15, 3:00 PM

Pianist Conrad Tao wowed and delighted Celebrity Series audiences earlier this year in the joyfully exhilarating Counterpoint, alongside tap dancer Caleb Teicher.

Tao returns in the new season to showcase his range and sensitivity with Poetry and Fairy Tales, a program that interweaves evocative contemporary works with well-known pieces by Brahms and Ravel.

Structure and freedom, mood and narrative, dynamism and introspection combine when Conrad Tao—an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” (New York Times)—returns to Celebrity Series.

“He is clearly one of the great minds to watch in the world of new music. ”
Cincinnati Business Courier

“Tao is a pianist who functions thrillingly within classical music trappings, but it was no mere gimmick that his solo return to Carnegie Hall brought a downtown sense of avant-garde to midtown. It’s in his soul. ”
Cadenza NYC

Program Details

Poetry and Fairy Tales

Johannes Brahms | Klavierstücke, Op. 118, no. 1

David Fulmer | I have loved a stream and a shadow, part I

Brahms | Klavierstücke, Op. 118, nos. 2, 3, 4

Rebecca Saunders | Mirror, mirror on the wall

Brahms | Klavierstücke, Op. 118, no. 5

Todd Moellenberg | Leg of Lamb (after Bernadette Mayer)

David Fulmer | I have loved a stream and a shadow, parts 2 and 3

Maurice Ravel | Gaspard de la nuit

Brahms | Klavierstücke, Op. 118, no. 6