Pianist and composer Conrad Tao’s 2019-2020 season builds on his growing presence in the major performance halls and orchestras of the US, with highly-anticipated recital debuts at Carnegie Hall (November 20) and the LA Philharmonic (March 10).
Conrad returns to the Cleveland Orchestra on May 15 for a program inspired by jazz and Dadaist art film, performed with pianist Aaron Diehl. The 12th Annual Celebrate Asia concert (March 8 at Seattle Symphony) puts the spotlight on the pianist and composer, who performs his piece Oneroi along with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
On his new album American Rage (out October 25 on Warner Classics), Conrad explores the history and resonance of the American labor movement through works by Frederic Rzewski, Aaron Copland, and Julia Wolfe.
Conrad maintains his deeply collaborative approach throughout the season, in continuing performances of his evening-length work More Forever with dancer Caleb Teicher at the Celebrity Series of Boston (January 30 - February 1), Philharmonic Society of Orange County (January 7), as well as in the pair’s duo collaboration, Counterpoint, at the Library of Congress (April 4) and Princeton University (April 7). Further partnerships include performing with longtime collaborator Charmaine Lee at the opening event of the Resonant Bodies Festival in NYC (September 3). In Spring 2020, Conrad tours the US, performing chamber music program with violinist Stefan Jackiw and cellist Jay Campbell, as the Junction Trio.
Highlights from Conrad’s 2018-19 season included the world premiere of his new work Everything Must Go, which was commissioned and performed by the New York Philharmonic. Conrad inaugurated the Philharmonic’s Nightcap series with artist Charmaine Lee and dancer Caleb Teicher, with whom he also premiered the new evening-length multidisciplinary work, More Forever. In February, Conrad made his LA Opera debut in the West Coast premiere of David Lang's new work, the loser. In Summer 2019, Conrad made his debuts with the New York Philharmonic at Bravo! Vail, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
September 3, 2019
Resonant Bodies Festival
Multidisciplinary performance with Charmaine Lee
September 14, 2019
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra
Performs Ravel Piano Concerto in G, Darko Butorac, conductor
September 21, 2019
Billings Symphony Orchestra
Performs Ravel Piano Concerto in G, Anne Harrigan, conductor
September 29, 2019
University of Notre Dame
Performs Lang, Bach, Carter, Wolfe, Rachmaninoff, Eckardt, Schumann
October 3-5, 2019
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Performs Scriabin Piano Concerto, Matthias Pintscher, conductor
October 24, 2019
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Performs Ravel Piano Concerto in G, Joseph Young, conductor
October 26, 2019
Humboldt State University
Performs Lang, Bach, Carter, Wolfe, Rachmaninoff, Eckardt, Schumann
November 3, 2019
Corvallis OSU Piano International
Performs Lang, Bach, Carter, Wolfe, Rachmaninoff, Eckardt, Schumann
November 8, 2019
Le Guess Who? Festival
Presented by Patrick Higgins
November 15-16, 2019
Princeton University: Institute for Advanced Study
Program TBC
November 20, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Performs Lang, Bach, Carter, Wolfe, Rachmaninoff, Eckardt, Schumann
January 7, 2020
Philharmonic Society of Orange County
With Junction Trio, performs Tao and Beethoven
January 10-12, 2020
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Performs Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
January 25-26, 2020
IRIS Orchestra
Performs Tao, Haydn, Brahms
January 30 - February 1, 2020
Celebrity Series of Boston
Performs More Forever with dancer Caleb Teicher
February 7-8, 2020
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Performs Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
February 12, 2020
Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Performs More Forever with dancer Caleb Teicher
February 15, 2020
Big Arts - Sanibel Island, FL
With Junction Trio
February 22, 2020
Ridgefield Symphony
Performs Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
March 5, 2020
Octave 9 at Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Program TBC
March 8, 2020
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Performs Gershwin and Tao, Tianyi Lu, conductor
March 10, 2020
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Performs Copland and Rzewski
March 28, 2020
People’s Symphony
With Junction Trio, performs Haydn, Ives, Dvořák
March 29, 2020
92nd Street Y
With Anthony De Mare, piano, performs Tao, Batiste, Puts, Bennett, Reich
April 4, 2020
Library of Congress
With Caleb Teicher, dancer, performs Bach, Gershwin, Schoenberg, Tao
April 7, 2020
Princeton University Concerts
With Caleb Teicher, dancer, performs Bach, Gershwin, Schoenberg, Tao
April 11, 2020
Valley Classical Concerts
With Junction Trio, performs Haydn, Ives, Dvořák
April 14, 2020
The University of Akron
With Junction Trio
April 16, 2020
Cliburn Concerts
With Junction Trio
April 18, 2020
Corpus Christi Chamber Music Society
With Junction Trio, performs Beethoven and Tao
April 19, 2020
Chamber Music Albuquerque
With Junction Trio
May 7, 2020
National YoungArts Foundation
Program TBC
May 15, 2020
Cleveland Orchestra
With Aaron Diehl, piano, performs Mary Lou Williams, Martinů, Antheil, Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
May 22-24, 2020
Phoenix Symphony
Performs Ustvolskaya and Tao, Tito Muñoz, conductor
May 28-30, 2020
Pacific Symphony
Performs Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20, Carl St.Clair, conductor
June 5-6, 2020
Omaha Symphony
With Junction Trio, performs Beethoven
