Verdi's OTELLO In 45 Minutes Will Be Performed Tonight at Merkin Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2020
Come hear Verdi's OTELLO PRE-formed in excerpts by Metropolitan Opera tenor, Errin Duane Brooks and PREFORMANCES host, soprano Allison Charney with pianist Craig Ketter and narration by veteran actor of stage and screen - Jordan Charney. TONIGHT @7pm at Merkin Hall.
Miranda Cuckson Comes To PREFORMANCES WITH ALLISON CHARNEY
by Stephi Wild - Jan 25, 2020
Violinist Miranda Cuckson makes her series debut at PREFORMANCES WITH ALLISON CHARNEY's matinee concert - CHAMBER MUSIC CELEBRATION - this Thursday, January 30th @2pm at New York City's acoustical gem, Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. Cuckson will play Dave Soldier's 'Hammer and Anvil' for solo violin. Cellist Sophie Shao joins Cuckson for Iannis Xenakis' 'Dhipli Zyia' and violist Daniel Panner will round out the group for Zoltán Kodaly's 'Intermezzo for String Trio' and the finale of Beethoven's 'String Trio, op. 3'.
Photo Flash: PREFORMANCES with Allison Charney at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 26, 2019
The title DYNAMIC DUOS was certainly apt for yesterday's sensational PREFORMANCES with Allison Charney at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. Beethoven's history-making Cello Sonata, no. 3 has never sounded better than it did played by the duo of cellist Peter Seidenberg and pianist Hui-Mei Lin who infused this duet with great beauty and authenticity.
Kelly Hall-Tompkins Pre-forms Florence Price at NYC's Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
by Stephi Wild - Oct 19, 2019
Superstar violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins returns to PREFORMANCES with Allison Charney to play Florence Price's masterful Violin Concerto, no. 2 this Thursday, October 24th at 7pm at Merkin Hall. Ms. Hall-Tompkins makes this appearance in the midst of her 'The Fiddler Expanding Tradition' tour and her work on the composite song cycle, 'Forgotten Voices', an original commission from Music Kitchen: Food for the Soul, which premieres at Carnegie Hall in the spring.
Photo Flash: PREFORMANCES with Allison Charney Presents CHAMBER MUSIC: THEN AND NOW
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 13, 2019
PREFORMANCES with Allison Charney presented its matinee concert: 'Chamber Music: Then and Now' on Monday, March 11th at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center with a plethora of chamber music luminaries, including the Neave Trio, cellist Susan Salm and pianists Reiko Uchida and Benjamin Loeb, performing together with series founder, soprano Allison Charney and collaborative pianist, Craig Ketter.