{"id":5938,"date":"2020-01-06T21:44:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T21:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2020-01-22T21:54:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T21:54:06","slug":"5938-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/5938-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WQXR Presents “20 For 20”: Artists To Watch for the Upcoming Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Classical music, as an art form, is far from dead. Here are 20 notable musicians and ensembles proving it.<\/a><\/p>\n

Our inaugural program, which we dubbed \u201c19 for 19,\u201d launched with a spectacular sold-out event at The Greene Space that was broadcast live on WQXR-FM and streamed worldwide, featuring five members of the program \u2014 Anne Akiko Meyers, Jess Gillam, Inon Barnatan, Wei Luo, and The Knights. In December 2019 the program concluded with a weeklong celebration on WQXR-FM, with a dedicated 60-minute broadcast every night, only breaking format in the middle of the week to go live to Carnegie Hall \u2014 for a broadcast featuring \u201c19 for 19\u201d member Sheku Kanneh-Mason.<\/p>\n

Today, we are proud to introduce you to our \u201c20 for 20.\u201d From Afghanistan to Iceland, via South Korea, Bulgaria, and our very own New York City, these are 20 singers, instrumentalists, ensembles, and conductors who are redefining what classical music can be, and doing so in diverse and thrilling ways. It goes without saying that our Artists to Watch program does not seek to be a definitive list of who\u2019s hot in the classical world in any given calendar year. With all the talent that\u2019s out there, how could we? But it is about embarking on a musical adventure with these 20 sensationally gifted artists as we take our next trip around the sun and saying: WQXR is a place to come and play, both literally and metaphorically. We can\u2019t wait to see \u2014 and hear \u2014 what our \u201c20 for 20\u201d get up to this year, and we\u2019re looking forward to sharing it, every step of the way, with you.<\/p>\n

Nicholas Phan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tenor Nick Phan started the 2010s hot by co-founding the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, followed by an NPR \u201cfavorite artists\u201d designation in 2011.<\/p>\n

Since then, he’s produced not one but two Grammy-nominated albums: Gods and Monsters,<\/em> an extravaganza of Romantic song, and an unforgettable reading of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella; as well as a quartet of other critically critically-acclaimed albums plus world premiere recordings of song cycles by Evan Chambers and Elliott Carter.<\/p>\n

Phan enters the 2020s on a similarly high note, with an upcoming season in which he premieres a Gabriel Kahane song cycle in San Francisco and releases a new solo album featuring the music of Lili and Nadia Boulanger, including the former\u2019s rarely-performed 1914 song cycle Clairi\u00e8res dans le ciel<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Conrad Tao<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Pianist and composer Conrad Tao is a fixture of New York City\u2019s musical life, but as he advances in his career it becomes increasingly obvious that he cannot be bound to any one place. For him, 2020 is a year of debuts and fresh projects, including his first engagement at Walt Disney Hall for a program of Copland and Frederic Rzewski. And then there\u2019s Everything Must Go<\/em>, his short, gossamer work that, in addition to making for a great introduction to Bruckner\u2019s Eighth Symphony, heads across the Atlantic for its European premiere as Tao sets up shop with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. And his More Forever<\/em>, a collaboration co-created with choreographer Caleb Teicher & Company, is performed in Boston, then heads to the west coast this winter.<\/p>\n

Stefan Jackiw<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Stefan Jackiw and his Ruggeri violin are set to climb to new musical heights, partnering with a number of other artists in the process. He plays Ives Sonatas with Jeremy Denk at Duke Performances in January, and keeps that Ivesian spirit alive with a release of those works later in the year on Nonesuch. Jackiw then joins Mahan Esfahani (a WQXR \u201819 for 19\u2019 artist) on his quest to keep the harpsichord hot, performing works that take advantage of the keyboard instrument and violin. Jackiw\u2019s major debuts this season include Konzerthausorchester Berlin, where he\u2019ll be joined by conductor Juraj Val\u010duha for Korngold\u2019s Violin Concerto.<\/p>\n

Check out all of the artists on WQXR’s “20 for 20.”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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