Concertante Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 3 p.m. NAS Auditorium Entrance at 2100 C Street, NW Free. No reservations required.
The musicians of Concertante are outstandingly gifted young artists who have won major national and international music competitions. As solo performers they have graced the premiere stages of the world from New York’s Carnegie Hall to London’s Royal Festival Hall to Shanghai’s Grand Theater. Founded in 1995 by a group of Juilliard School graduates, Concertante draws from its rich pool of artistic talent to perform a wide array of repertoire ranging from quintets by established masters to less commonly performed nonets and other varied combinations of instrumentalists. The ensemble has an interest in furthering the cause of new music and has to date given the world premiere performances of many new works it has commissioned. Back this season by popular demand, Concertante will perform a diversified and substantive program that includes Richard Strauss’ Capriccio Suite, Arnold Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night and Johannes Brahms’ String Sextet, Op. 36.

***** All concerts are free and open to the public. Doors to the auditorium open 30 minutes prior to the performance. Directions to the National Academy of Sciences For more information, email arts@nas.edu or call (202) 334-2436