NYC-ARTS Spotlights 2017 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award-Winning Violinst Chad Hoopes

NYC-ARTS, Thirteen's weekly arts and culture multi-platform showcase, brings arts lovers an all-access pass to the interesting, unusual and unique cultural offerings of the greater New York City region. Each year, the world-renowned Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts administers The Avery Fisher Career Grant, a prestigious award given to up to five outstanding instrumentalists. The award is intended to give significant recognition and support to instrumentalists who show great potential for solo careers.

On September 7, NYC-ARTS presents a profile of violinist Chad Hoopes, a recipient of a 2017 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award.

At 22 years old, Hoopes has already received international acclaim, appearing with numerous ensembles throughout the world since he won the first prize at the Young Artists Division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition.

"Our program spotlights those artists who have already made a name for themselves, as well as those just beginning to gain momentum," said Joan Hershey, Editorial Director of the series. "It's clear that Mr. Hoopes is a promising young instrumentalist, and we look forward to keeping an eye out for his continued success."

Co-hosted by New York Emmy Award winners Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, with events around town reported by Ha, NYC-ARTS showcases both world-renowned and local, community-based arts organizations.

See below for a full detailing of September's NYC-ARTS lineup.

The program will be pre-empted on Thirteen on Thursday, September 21 and Thursday, September 28 due to Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War."

The program airs on Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on Thirteen and is also available to stream on NYC-ARTS.org on Friday mornings. Encore presentations generally follow on Sundays at 12 noon on THIRTEEN; Sundays at 3 p.m. and Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. on WLIW21; and Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on NJTV.

Thursday, September 7

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #357

Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. Chad Hoopes, a 2017 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award-winning violinist, and the National September 11 Memorial Museum are the subjects of this week's feature/profile segments. The Subway Riders" by Ralph Fasanella in the collection at the American Folk Art Museum is the choice segment.

Thursday, September 14

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #358

Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. Zahn's conversation with Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of New-York Historical Society, is this week's feature/profile. The Audubon Mural Project is the subject of this week's choice segment.

Thursday, September 21

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #359

[NOTE the 8p.m. broadcast on THIRTEEN will be pre-empted due to Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War."]

Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. This week's program features The Metrograph Theatre as well as a profile of painter Dorothea Rockburne. Jane's Carousel, located in Brooklyn Bridge Park, is the subject of this week's choice segment.

Thursday, September 28

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #360

[NOTE the 8p.m. broadcast on THIRTEEN will be pre-empted due to Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War."]

Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. This week's program includes a feature on the Eldridge Street Synagogue. Christie's short documentary "Studio in a School," is this week's choice segment.

NYC-ARTS is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET, one of America's most prolific and respected public media providers.

Executive Producer: David Horn. Editorial Director: Joan Hershey. Supervising Producer: Mitch Owgang. Senior Producer: Bob Morris. For the digital platforms, General Manager: Dan Greenberg. Director of Digital Strategy: Joe Harrell.

NYC-ARTS is made possible in part by First Republic Bank and Swann Auction Galleries. Major funding for NYC-ARTS is also made possible by Rosalind P. Walter, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, the Jean Dubinsky Appleton Estate, Jody and John Arnhold, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Lewis "Sonny" Turner Fund for Dance, Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and the Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding provided by members of THIRTEEN.

Visit the NYC-ARTS Web site at NYC-ARTS.org for additional information.

About WNET: WNET is America's flagship PBS station and parent company of Thirteen and WLIW21. WNET also operates NJTV, the statewide public media network in New Jersey. Through its broadcast channels, three cable services (KidsThirteen, Create and World) and online streaming sites, WNET brings quality arts, education and public affairs programming to more than five million viewers each week. WNET produces and presents such acclaimed PBS series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, PBS NewsHour Weekend, Charlie Rose and a range of documentaries, children's programs, and local news and cultural offerings. WNET's groundbreaking series for children and young adults include Get the Math, Oh Noah! and Cyberchase as well as Mission US, the award-winning interactive history game. WNET highlights the tri-state's unique culture and diverse communities through NYC-ARTS, Theater Close-Up, NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams and MetroFocus, the daily multi-platform news magazine focusing on The New York region. In addition, WNET produces online-only programming including the award-winning series about gender identity, First Person, and an intergenerational look at tech and pop culture, The Chatterbox with Kevin and Grandma Lill. In 2015, THIRTEEN launched Passport, an online streaming service which allows members to see new and archival THIRTEEN and PBS programming anytime, anywhere: www.thirteen.org/passport.

About NYC-ARTS: NYC-ARTS aims to increase awareness of New York City's nonprofit cultural organizations, whose offerings greatly benefit residents and visitors-from children to adults, and teenagers to senior citizens. NYC-ARTS promotes cultural groups' activities and events to tri-state, national and international audiences through nonprint media, using new technologies as they develop. Through television, Web sites, mobile applications and social media, NYC-ARTS nurtures New York City's position as a thriving cultural capital of the world, one that has both world-renowned institutions and those that are focused on local communities.