Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Alchemy is Donn Boyd and Ephraim Reitman, two guitarists of different but complimentary styles. They play a mix of jazz, blues, and classic hits.

Concert-Lecture with Daniel Beliavsky, piano Join us for a concert-lecture by pianist Daniel Beliavsky while he explores and performs well-known works by Chopin, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich. Through performance and discussion, Dr. Beliavsky will demonstrate how these artists, each inhabiting … Read More

The Camarada Tango Quartet: Back to Buenos Aires Join the Camarada Tango Quartet as they present a powerful program of tango through time—a curated time-travel experience highlighting several famous traditional tango composers: Pugliese, Francini, Pontier, Salgan, Troilo, Mores, the unequivocal … Read More

Edward Gabrielyan, piano, Duncan Moore, drums & Justin Grinnell, bass Edward Gabrielyan is a San Diego–based jazz pianist. Duncan Moore is a San Diego–based drummer and educator. Besides maintaining a busy teaching schedule, he performs and records with numerous artists in … Read More

Santiago Cañón-Valencia (cello) with Victor Santiago Asuncion (piano) Superstar cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia returns to open our season with a dreamy duo program of French sonatas, unique transcriptions, and Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne (adapted from his ballet Pulcinella). Cañón-Valencia is a BBC … Read More

Margaret Tait, cello & Alison Luedecke, piano Born in Virginia and raised in South Carolina, cellist Margaret Tait joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1974. Her studies were at the North Carolina School of the Arts, the University of Southern … Read More

Kris Davis Trio | Athenaeum Jazz The series opens on Wednesday, October 29, with an Athenaeum debut by the Kris Davis Trio, featuring Davis on piano, Robert Hurst on bass, and Johnathan Blake on drums. Recognized in the DownBeat Critics … Read More

Maxwell String Quartet A longtime favorite on the Athenaeum chamber music series, the Maxwell String Quartet returns with a colorful program that opens with their signature dose of Scottish folk tunes, followed by Edmund Finnis’s first quartet, a poetic work … Read More

Andrés Cárdenes (violin), Steven Doane (cello), Ines Irawati (piano) This special “lineage” program combines world-class performers and pedagogues in their debut performance as a trio, featuring romantic lyricism alongside playful folk melodies, culminating in Dvorak’s always riveting “Dumky” piano trio. … Read More

Conor Hanick (piano) We eagerly welcome pianist Conor Hanick to the Athenaeum for the first time for an adventurous solo recital featuring Charles Ives’s monumental first sonata and two Schubert Impromptus paired with a new revision of Samuel Carl Adams’s … Read More

Diderot String Quartet The Diderot String Quartet will make their Athenaeum debut with a journey to 18th century Vienna, featuring masterpieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. One of the premiere ensembles performing on gut strings and historical instruments, this dynamic … Read More

Artifex Consort Specializing in the rich and varied “sound-world” of the late 17th century, the Artifex Consort (Malachai Komanoff Bandy, Rebecca Landell, and Eva Lymenstull, bass viols; John Lenti, theorbo; Ian Pritchard, keyboards) closes our season with works showcasing the … Read More