Carmel's Sunset Center for the Arts
The Central Coast's Premier Concert Venue
Save the dates for our
2023-2024 Season!!
Musical Moments - our online series
From April 2020 through early 2022 we posted more than 100 audio and video clips of more than 50 recent and upcoming CMS artists. The selections are usually encores, short excerpts, or unusual performances.
Jeremy Denk, piano Sunday October 2, 2022 at 3:00pm J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I |
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“Mr. Denk is a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs – for his penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and the generosity of his playing.” — NY Times We welcome back this engaging pianist, a recipient of Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year award and a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. |
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Telegraph String Quartet Sunday November 6, 2022 at 3:00pm Haydn, Ravel, Beethoven |
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“Soulfulness, tonal beauty and intelligent attention to detail...an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape.” Known for their rich and exuberant playing and the unique clarity of their four instruments: a matched set from American luthier Douglas Cox. |
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George Li, piano Sunday December 18, 2022 at 3:00pm Schumann, Ravel, Stravinsky |
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“Staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression.” — Washington Post This brilliant young American pianist was Silver Medalist of the International Tchaikovsky Competition. |
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Gryphon Piano Trio Sunday January 29, 2023 at 3:00pm Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert |
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“Musical insight, technical accomplishment and passionate commitment.” — The Strad Magazine One of the world’s preeminent piano trios, they have garnered acclaim for decades with their refined, dynamic and memorable performances. |
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Esmé String Quartet Sunday March 12, 2023 at 3:00pm Borodin, Fanny Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky |
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“Four young musicians who play with depth and maturity, which, and even this cliché can be swept off the table, does not depend on age.” — Strings Magazine, USA Based in Germany and popular throughout Europe, this young prize-winning Korean quartet is making their North American debut concert tour. |
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Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Sunday March 26, 2023 at 3:00pm Bach/Busoni, Schumann, Ravel, Prokofiev |
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"Astounding technical gifts, freshness of imagination, intense concentration, the absence of any kind of show, and the unmistakable sense of poetic immersion." — Süddeutsche Zeitung The long-awaited Carmel debut of one of the most important pianists to emerge from the UK in several decades. |
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Ilya Yakushev, piano Sunday April 16, 2023 at 3:00pm Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin |
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“Played with a winning blend of rapturous lyricism and dramatic flair.” — San Jose Mercury News The dynamic and dramatic Russian pianist will conclude his Carmel concert with George Gershwin's solo piano arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue. |
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