Parlando Presents: Crossing Over

We're teaming up again with Parlando for another fabulous Night Out at Merkin Hall!

If you've never attended a Parlando event, you'll understand why we align with their vibe! Like a Groupmuse living room concert, the music they perform is presented alongside fascinating lectures about the music, given by Parlando founder and conductor Ian Niederhoffer.

Their upcoming program explores the question: "How different is classical music from jazz, really?"

From smoky Soviet salons to mid-century Manhattan, jazz has left its mark on even the most unexpected corners of classical music. Join Parlando for a foot-tapping, genre-crossing evening that explores how classical composers borrowed the rhythms, harmonies and swing of jazz to create something entirely new. The program features Shostakovich’s sly and stylish Jazz Suite No. 1, Kapustin’s electrifying Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by rising star Maxim Lando, and Duke Ellington’s dazzling transformation of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite.

There will be a free reception following the concert.

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