Artistry in Action

Esteemed faculty of Boston Conservatory at Berklee collaborate to perform works showcasing their artistic talents.

This event is part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Artistry in Action series.

Russian-born pianist Olga Kern was catapulted into stardom with her Gold Medal at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Since then, she has established a spectacular career, performing to wild enthusiasm all over the world.

In addition to her globe-trotting career, Olga Kern has been a professor of piano at the Manhattan School of Music since 2017 and often presents master classes. Devoted to music education, she has created the Kern Foundation “Aspiration,” which assists talented musicians around the world.

Melissa White, violinist of the Grammy Award–winning Harlem Quartet and first-prize laureate in the Sphinx Competition, joins forces with pianist Pallavi Mahidhara, prize winner in the 69th Geneva International Piano Competition and the 6th International Prokofiev Competition. 

Artistry in Action: Piano Masters series presents Yukine Kuroki in concert.

Twenty-five-year-old Japanese pianist Yukine Kuroki has been taking the piano world by storm. In a one-year period, she won first prize in the Liszt Utrecht Competition (2022) and the Dublin International Competition (2022), and third prize in the Rubinstein Competition in Israel (2023). Now performing worldwide, her concerts this season include Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Verbier Festival, and the Concertgebouw. This is her Boston recital debut.

String Masters Series presents Christopher Costanza, cellist of the acclaimed St. Lawrence String Quartet and full-time artist in residence at Stanford University, performing the complete solo cello suites of Benjamin Britten.

Esteemed faculty of Boston Conservatory at Berklee collaborate to perform works showcasing their artistic talents.

String Masters Series presents Michael Casimir, violist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and grand prize winner of the Hudson Valley String competition, accompanied by pianist Tae Kim, a collaborative artist at New England Conservatory and the Heifetz International Music Institute. 

Esteemed faculty of Boston Conservatory at Berklee collaborate to perform works showcasing their artistic talents.