Evening concerts at Forte | Piano 2025 are free and open to all — no registration required. Join us for four nights of music featuring world-class artists and rare historical instruments.
Concerts start at 7:30pm in Kiplinger Theater at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis — no tickets or reservations needed.
Tuesday, August 5
Featured instruments: Joseph Simon, 1835, John Broadwood & Sons, 1865
Wednesday, August 6
Former students of Malcolm Bilson, including David Breitman, Petra Somlai, Tuija Hakkila and Zvi Meniker, will perform music by Schubert, Robert Schumann, and other composers.
Featured instruments: piano after Johann Schantz ca.1800
Friday, August 8
Sylvia Berry and Ursula Dütschler will present a selection of music for fortepiano and harpsichord by Jean-François Tapray (1738-1822), Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy (1744-1824), and Armand-Louis Couperin (1727-1789), after which Duo CPE (consisting of Andréa Walker, soprano, and Mikhail Grazhdanov, fortepiano) will perform songs and arias by Haydn. Tom Beghin and Luca Montebugnoli will conclude proceedings with a rendition of Beethoven’s rarely-heard four-hand fortepiano arrangement of his Grande Fugue for string quartet.
Featured instruments: piano after Gottfried Silbermann, 1749, Joseph Simon, 1835, piano after Johann Schantz ca.1800
Saturday, August 9
An evening of powerful and lyrical chamber works by Jane Mary Guest (c.1762-1836), Emilie Mayer (1812-1883), and Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), performed by Yi-heng Yang, Aisslinn Nosky, Gesa Kordes, Stephanie Vial, Heather Miller Lardin, and Andrew Willis.
Featured instruments: John Broadwood & Sons, 1799, Pleyel et Cie,1843