Grinberg Classical Salon Series

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Dear Friends!

This Summer / Fall 2024 Season, I am thrilled to be hosting the 12th year of the Grinberg Classical Salon Series on New York’s Upper West Side – a one-of-a-kind, intimate salon concerts in revival of the old and elegant European tradition of Hausmusik. The Season will include both beloved masterworks, including Beethoven’s bold and brilliant Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major (“Gassenhauer”), op. 11, Chopin’s dazzling Introduction and Polonaise Brillante for cello and piano, Brahms’s exquisitely lyrical and bucolic Violin Sonata in A Major, op. 101, as well as rarely-heard masterworks, such as Ferruccio Busoni’s dark and dramatic Violin Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Charles-Valentin Alkan’s bracingly virtuosic Sonate de concert for cello and piano, and Arnold Schoenberg’s youthful, lushly amorous, and fully tonal (!) Verklarte Nacht (“Transfigured Night”), op. 4, in the seldom-heard piano trio arrangement by Eduard Steuermann, in tribute to Schoenberg’s 150th birthday this year.

To learn more about the upcoming salons, scroll down below.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

 

With best wishes for a fun, relaxing, and musically inspiring Summer!

Dr. Yelena Grinberg, the founder and the artistic director of Grinberg Classical Salon Series

PS: To register for the salon e-newsletter, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected] or sign up here.

 

SALON VIDEO CLIP:


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SALON REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS:

Salon Interview with cultural critic, Maya Pritsker – RTN – December 13th, 2023

New York’s Great Champion of Undeservedly Obscure Classical Repertoire Shares These Treasures at Her Magical Salon SeriesLucid Culture – October 24th, 2021

Musical Salons for the Book of Guinness RecordsEtazhi, journal – July 19th, 2021

Yelena Grinberg Rescues Rare Classical Treasures from ObscurityNew York Music Daily – June 4th, 2019

Live from the Living Room  – West Side Spirit – February 4th, 2015

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Dr. Yelena Grinberg, the founder and the artistic director of Grinberg Classical Salon Series

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ENCHANTING EVENING FOR CLARINET AND PIANO

Sunday, October 20th, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.

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BIXBY KENNEDY, clarinet
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

MENDELSSOHN – Andante in G minor from Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1824)
GADE – Fantasiestucke for clarinet and piano, op. 43 (1861)
WEBER – Grand Duo Concertante for clarinet and piano, op. 48 (1816)
BUSONI – Suite for clarinet and piano, BV 88 (1878)
BRAHMS – Sonata No. 1 in F minor for clarinet and piano, op. 120, no. 1 (1894)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

 

ART OF VARIATIONS

Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.

 

YELENA GRINBERG, piano
ELENA KUSCHNEROVA, piano

BEETHOVEN – 8 Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein, WoO 67 (1792)
HUMMEL – Nocturne, Theme and Variations in F Major, op. 99 (1823)
BRAHMS – Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B-flat Major, op. 56b (1873)
MOZART – Andante and Variations in G Major, K. 501 (1786)
MENDELSSOHN – Andante and Variations in B-flat Major, op. 83 (1841)
SCHUBERT – 8 Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat Major, D. 813 (1824)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

 

GRAND DUO CONCERTANTE

Sunday, November 17th, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 19th, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.

  

G-SHARP DUO

EMILIE-ANNE GENDRON, violin
YELENA GRINBERG, piano 

CHOPIN – Nocturne in E Major, op. 9, no. 2, arr. for violin and piano (1830-31)
BUSONI – Violin Sonata No. 1 in E minor, op. 29 (1890)
LISZT – Elegie No. 1 in A-flat Major for violin and piano, S. 196 (1874)
ALKAN – Grand Duo Concertante in F-sharp minor for violin and piano, op. 21 (1841)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

 

BACH: ORCHESTRAL SUITES

Sunday, December 1st, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 5th, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.

 

YELENA GRINBERG, piano
ELENA KUSCHNEROVA, piano

Bach’s 4 Orchestral Suites (1725-1739), arr. for piano four-hands by Max Reger (1907)

BACH – Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066 (before 1725)
BACH – Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (1738-39)
BACH – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (ca. 1731)
BACH – Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069 (ca. 1725)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]

 

TRANSFIGURED NIGHT

Sunday, December 15th, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 19th, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.

Arnold Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht - Finished Artworks - Krita Artists

GRETA MYATIEVA, violin
JOSEPH STATEN, cello
YELENA GRINBERG, piano

WAGNER – Romanze in A Major for violin and piano, WWV 94 (1861)
SCHOENBERG – Verklarte Nacht (“Transfigured Night”), op. 4 (1899), arr. for piano trio by E. Steuermann (1932)
LISZT – Consolation No. 3 in E Major (“Nocturne”), arr. for cello and piano (ca. 1844-49)
BRAHMS – Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, op. 8 (1853)

To learn more and to register, contact Dr. Yelena Grinberg at [email protected]