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Please note for the 2010-11 season:

*Subscriptions and Single Tickets are now on sale.
*All subscriptions are processed on a first come, first served basis.
*Single ticket order requests are processed after subscriptions.
*The Arens Series and Mann Series subscriptions are $32 for unreserved Orchestra seats.
*The Festival Series Subscriptions are $37 and $56 for Orchestra and Balcony seats, and $98 for Loge seats.
*Programs and artists subject to change.
Arens Series (formerly the Artists' Series)
Saturdays at 8:00 PM at Washington Irving High School

11/20/2010Alison Balsom, trumpet
Every once in a while an artist comes along whose virtuosity and communicative gifts transcend the common conception of their instrument. That is the case with this remarkable young English woman. Don’t miss your chance to experience this superb EMI recording artist.
12/11/2010Daniel Hope, violin
One of today’s most sought-after violinists, he has dazzled audiences at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the 92nd Street Y. He will be joined by Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society’s Co-Artistic Director, pianist Wu Han.
02/12/2011The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Today’s premier piano trio shows us why its concerts and recordings are favorites around the world. According to the Chicago Sun Times, “There is no finer piano trio than the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson.”
02/26/2011Inon Barnatan, piano
Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan brings a special poetry and passion to all that he performs. Hear him in a program including works of Beethoven and Schubert.
03/19/2011Richard Stoltzman, clarinet with Simone Dinnerstein, piano
When two of today’s most original artists join forces, we’re in for a very special evening of music-making. Hear these exceptional musicians in works by Bach, Schumann and Brahms.
04/30/2011Vladimir Feltsman, piano
An artist of immense range and insight, Vladimir Feltsman is recognized as one of the most imaginative and constantly interesting musicians of our time. Hear his artistry in a program of Mozart, Schubert and Chopin.

Mann Series (formerly the Chamber Music Series)
Saturdays at 8:00 PM at Washington Irving High School

10/30/2010Škampa String Quartet
This vibrant young Czech ensemble returns to enchant our audience with its innate musicality and verve. Hailed as one of the finest quartets of its generation, its recordings of Janacek and Smetana are held as bench-marks against which other performances are judged.
12/04/2010Brentano String Quartet
One of the country’s most exciting young quartets and a Carnegie Hall favorite, it has been described as “passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding” by the London Independent and hailed by The New York Times for its “luxuriously warm sound (and) yearning lyricism.”
01/08/2011ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra)
This amazing conductor-less orchestra is one of today’s most exceptional ensembles, noted for its fresh interpretations of new and old works coupled with passionate and joyous playing.
03/12/2011Juilliard String Quartet
"Each of the four has a notably beautiful tone, a sound that sings out but also blends. They show a shared understanding of the music they play; every bow stroke adds to its meaning and its integrity." - Chicago Tribune
04/09/2011ATOS Trio
When it comes to outstanding young piano trios, this award-winning ensemble has become a favorite around the world. Hear them play works by Haydn and Dvorak, along with Beethoven’s Ghost Trio.
05/14/2011Jupiter Quartet with Menahem Pressler, piano
There is usually a special synergy when a master makes music with gifted younger colleagues. That is bound to be the case when Menahem Pressler joins one of today’s finest young quartets in the Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 44.

Festival Series
Sundays at 2:00 PM at Town Hall

12/12/2010Friedrich Kleinhapl, cello
When he came to New York last fall, Kleinhapl wowed his audience and The New York Times critic who wrote, “For a relatively unknown performer to make a splash in New York is no simple matter,” and went on to praise him for his “abundant skill and unbridled passion.”
01/30/2011Hélène Grimaud, piano
A Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, she has been heard with leading orchestras and in major recital venues around the world and has been hailed as an artist of enormous gifts and originality. The International Record Review stated, “Hélène Grimaud is a truly remarkable artist.”
03/06/2011Garrick Ohlsson, piano
He came to international prominence in 1970 as the first American to win the Chopin International Competition, but his frequent PSC recitals have shown that he brings a special majesty to all that he performs.
04/03/2011Ebène Quartet
In just a few years, these four young French musicians have taken the chamber music field by storm, appearing at Carnegie Hall and in most of the leading series here and abroad - earning raves from The New York Times and a ‘Record of the Year’ award from Gramophone Magazine.
04/10/2011Mendelssohn Octet
Chamber music’s most beloved piece is always a delight, especially in the hands of the wonderful musicians from what The New Yorker called “classical music’s most coveted retreat.” The program will also include works by Janácek and Mozart.
04/17/2011Schumann Trio
Obama Inaugural and Metropolitan Opera principal clarinetist Anthony McGill teams up with Guarneri Quartet violist Michael Tree and pianist Anna Polonsky to illuminate some favorite works of Schumann, Mozart, Bruch and Brahms.