Adam Tendler, piano

Celebrating Ravel: Americans, and Paris

Charles Griffes: Three Tone-Pictures (1910)
John Adams: Phrygian Gates (1978)
Morton Feldman: Palais de Mari (1986)
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Praised for his “adventurousness and muscular skill” (The New York Times), Grammy-nominated artist ADAM TENDLER has been called “the hottest pianist on the American contemporary classical scene” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), “relentlessly adventurous” (Washington Post), a “remarkable and insightful musician” (LA Times), an “intrepid… maverick pianist” (The New Yorker), and “one of contemporary classical music’s most intentional and daring pianists” (Seven Days). A pioneer of DIY culture in classical music, at age 23 Tendler performed solo recitals in all fifty states as part of a grassroots tour called America 88×50, the subject of his memoir, 88×50. He has since become one of classical music’s most recognized and celebrated artists, receiving Lincoln Center’s Emerging Artist Award, the Yvar Mikhashoff Prize, and appearing as soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, LA Phil, Sydney Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, NJ Symphony, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, as well as on the main-stages of Carnegie Hall, the Barbican Centre, Sydney Opera House, BAM, Milan Fashion Week, and other leading series and stages worldwide. As a recording artist, he is featured on Wild Up’s Grammy-nominated third volume of Julius Eastman’s music, and has also released albums of music by Franz Liszt, Robert Palmer, and of his own original work. He recently commissioned and recorded 16 new pieces using the entire inheritance left to him by his father after his unexpected death, including works by Laurie Anderson, Nico Muhly, Dev Hynes and Missy Mazzoli, as part of a program called Inheritances, a New York Times Critic Pick, which said of the album, “You will be moved, profoundly and intensely,” and described the project as “a display of contemporary compositional force… a true show…emotionally involving…with a sense of true dramatic stakes.” As Green-wood Cemetery’s Artist-In-Residence, Tendler a site-specific installation, Exit Strategy, open through summer 2024. Adam Tendler is a Yamaha Artist and serves on the piano faculty of NYU.

Reserved Hall Seats: $45, $30, $24/$22 (partial obstruction)
General Admission/Outdoors/Uncovered: $20, Students: $10

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