Classical music and jazz collide as two of today’s most prolific and compelling pianists join forces to create a unique program featuring jazz exploration, classical romanticism, and pop allure.

Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau has recorded and performed extensively since the early 1990s. He is first and foremost an improviser and greatly cherishes the surprise and wonder that can occur from a spontaneous musical idea that is expressed directly, in real time. But he also has a deep fascination for the formal architecture of music, and it informs everything he plays. The two sides of Mehldau’s personality – the improviser and the formalist – play off each other, and the effect is often something like controlled chaos. 

Kirill Gerstein has established himself as one of today’s most prolific and compelling performers. As a pianist, curator, educator, musical leader, and artistic collaborator, his exploration of resonant themes across a vast spectrum of repertoire – from Baroque suites and Classical concerti to contemporary creations, jazz, and cabaret – has nourished relationships with many of the world’s leading orchestras, conductors, instrumentalists, singers, composers, festivals, recording labels, and media platforms.

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