Hear a song partnership that has lasted more than 3 decades, duo piano improvisations by two of today's jazz greats, music for to pianos and piano four-hands, and a thrilling cross-generational jazz collaboration. Save 20% with a Pick 4 subscription package, plus receive exclusive benefits like flexible ticket exchange.
Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber: Songs of Gustav Mahler
With a partnership going back more than three decades, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber have developed a personal chemistry rarely seen on stage. When the two perform together, they present what Gerhaher calls "vocal chamber music." Here, the duo's relationship is on full display in a performance of Gustav Mahler's lieder.
Craig Taborn and Kris Davis, pianos
"No two pianists have played with the kind of freedom and grace, abandon and emotion," writes The Village Voice of this mastermind piano duo, whose technical brilliance and improvisational genius are matched only by their perfect synchronicity. Together, they weave pianistic tapestries that range from vivid and propulsive to staggeringly ethereal.
Duo Tal & Groethuysen: Two Pianos, Four Hands
The Israeli pianist Yaara Tal and her German partner Andreas Groethuysen together make up one of the world's leading piano duos. This January, they bring piano and orchestral masterpieces by Mozart, Schubert, Wagner, Debussy, and Strauss for a rare two piano performance in Mandel Hall.
Julian Lage, guitar, and Fred Hersch, piano
Though they stand a generation apart, guitarist Julian Lage and pianist Fred Hersch are a well-matched pair. The brilliantly subtle and inventive Hersch engages the fleet-fingered, melodic master Lage in an improvisational duologue through a program of jazz standards and selections from their own catalogues.