Visiting Artist Events

Colors from Colombia is a voice and piano lecture recital by tenor David Rivera Bozón and pianist Héctor Vargas Bonilla. 

 

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.

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.

The Berklee American Roots Music Program welcomes six of the best Texas fiddlers in America to demonstrate their artistry and skills in Texas contest fiddling.

This workshop by bass player Robert Hurst will address technique, achieving career success, getting and keeping gigs, and many other skill sets necessary for a sustainable career.

Founded in 2021 by American violinist Laurel Gagnon, Taiwanese clarinetist Li-Jie Yu, and Chinese pianist Ruoyang Xiang, Vinola Trio focuses on repertoire written during the 20th century and beyond, exploring diverse musical styles.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee presents a recital by guest pianist Jihye Chang, featuring works by Marti Epstein, Dan VanHassel, Eun Young Lee, and more, to celebrate the release of her new album, Boston Etudes.

Pianist Brianna Matzke’s commissioning project, Tremor, is a response to her recently diagnosed neurological condition, essential tremor, which makes her hands shake. 

Eric Lewis (a.k.a. ELEW) has carved out a niche for himself as a performer in the self-invented new genre, "rockjazz." His transformation from jazz purist to rock-influenced jazz artist came from a search for new angles of expression, as he believes rock and jazz have special storytelling appeal. For this concert, Lewis, a winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, is joined by Berklee Ensemble Department Professors Lil John Roberts and Mimi Jones.

In this clinic, Argentinian bassist Marcelo Torres will demonstrate how to blend rhythms from Argentina and other South American countries with modern jazz improvisation, using his six-string bass to bring his compositions to life.