Dimitri Papadimitriou, Artistic Director
The Carnegie Mellon Chamber Series is a collection of concerts in Pittsburgh's Kresge Theatre that brings together exceptional guests artists with members of the Carnegie Mellon University Faculty and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for a unique chamber experience in a small, intimate space. The series is currently on its eighth season.
2022/23 Season:
Saturday October 15, 2022: AUGUSTIN HADELICH @ CMU
Schumann: Dichterliebe op.48
Sari Gruber - soprano | Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major op.81
Augustin Hadelich - violin | Marta Krechkovsky - violin |
Tatjana Mead Chamis - viola | Anne Martindale Williams - cello
Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
Tuesday November 15, 2022: UKRAINIAN GEMS
Lyatoshinsky: String Quartet No.4
CMU Honors Quartet
Skoryk: Melody for piano trio
Skoryk: Allegretto and Dance for violin and piano
Lysenko: Elegy for cello and piano
Barvinsky: Piano Trio in A minor Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major op.81
Dylan Naroff - violin | Mikhail Istomin - cello | Igor Kraevsky - piano
Monday February 20, 2023: MAHLER, SCHULHOFF AND "TROUT"
Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder
Daniel Teadt - baritone | Sung-Im Kim - piano
Schulhoff: Concertino for flute, viola and bass
Lorna McGhee - flute | David Harding - viola | Micah Howard - bass
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major D.667, "Trout"
David McCarroll - violin | David Harding - viola | Charlie Powers - cello
Micah Howard - bass | Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
Tuesday March 28, 2023: FROM 1920 TO 2020
Bartok: Contrasts
Victoria Luperi - clarinet | Dennis O'Boyle - violin | Sung-Im Kim - piano
Ravel: Duo for violin and cello
Dennis O'Boyle - violin | Michael DeBruyn - cello
Gregory Walker: Selections from Rock, Pop and Hip-Hop Fantasies for two violins
CMU Honors Quartet violinists
Quinn Mason: Two Fleeting Daydreams
Victoria Luperi - clarinet | Dennis O'Boyle - violin | Sung-Im Kim - piano
Jennifer Higdon: Celestial Hymns
Victoria Luperi - clarinet | Dennis O'Boyle - violin | CMU Honors Quartet violist
Michael DeBruyn - cello | Sung-Im Kim - piano
Thursday April 27, 2023: "DUMKY" AND A TWIST
Rota: Sonata for viola and piano
David Harding - viola | Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
Dobrinka Tabakova: The smile of the flamboyant wings
CMU Honors Quartet
Jonathan Bailey Holland: Piano Trio
Dvorak: Piano Trio in E minor op.90, "Dumky"
Andrés Cárdenes - violin | Anne Martindale Williams - cello
Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
2021/22 Season:
Monday October 4, 2021: A NEW DAWN
George Walker: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1
Monique Mead - violin | Sung-Im Kim - piano
Tatjana Mead Chamis - viola | Mikhail Istomin - cello
Steven Franklin: Sonata for Tuba and Piano (world premiere)
Craig Knox - tuba | Sung-Im Kim - piano
Granados: Piano Trio No.1 in C Major
Cecee Pantikian - violin | Will Chow - cello | Rodrigo Ojeda - piano
Monday November 8, 2021: THE NEW B's: BOLOGNE & BEETHOVEN
Bologne: Quartet Concertante No.5 in G major
CMU Honors String Quartet
Beethoven: Quintet for Winds and Piano in E-flat Major, op.16
Cynthia DeAlmeida - oboe | Victoria Luperi - clarinet |
William Caballero – French horn | David Sogg - bassoon | Rodrigo Ojeda - piano
Monday February 7, 2022: A FEMALE COMPOSER GALA
Galbraith: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" , "The Mountain and the River"
CMU Singers | Thomas Douglas - conductor
Viardot: "Aimez-moi ma mignonne", "Hai Lui"
Florence Price: "My Soul's Been Anchored in de Lord"
Jennifer Aylmer – piano | Ellen Risinger - piano
C.Schumann: Three Romances for violin and piano
L.Boulanger: Nocturne for violin and piano
Jennifer Orchard – violin | Luz Manriquez – piano
F.Mendelssohn: Romance in G minor for cello and piano
Bronwyn Banerdt – cello | Luz Manriquez – piano
Jessie Montgomery: Duet for Cello and Piano
Jennifer Orchard – violin | Bronwyn Banerdt – cello
Thursday March 17, 2022: NOAH RETURNS @ CMU: A SPECIAL EVENT FEATURING THE ROSAMUNDE STRING QUARTET
Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, op.18 no.3
Barber: String Quartet in B minor op.11
Rosamunde String Quartet: Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin | Shanshan Yao, violin
Teng Li, viola | Nathan Vickery, cello
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op.44
Rosamunde String Quartet | Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
Tuesday March 22, 2022: A SPECIAL EVENT FEATURING ALEXI KENNEY
Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No.1 for solo violin
Alexi Kenney - violin
John Adams: Road Movies
Alexi Kenney - violin | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Dvorak: Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat major, op.87
Alexi Kenney - violin | David Harding - viola |
Anne Martindale Williams – cello | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Tuesday April 19, 2022: BEETHOVEN 250+: ARCHDUKE
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Romance in G for violin and piano
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Luz Manriquez – piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat Major, op.97 "Archduke"
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Anne Martindale Williams – cello |
Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
2020/21 Season: "ARTS UNIFIED"
Monday September 21, 2020: AMERICAN VOICE Vol.1
READING: "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
George Walker: String Quartet No.1
Jennifer Orchard – violin | Laura Motchalov - violin |
Tatjana Mead Chamis - viola | Mikhail Istomin - cello
Monday October 12, 2020: GREAT DAMES
READING: Excerpt from "Sula" by Toni Morrison
Florence Price: Fantasy for Violin & Piano No.1
Florence Price: Fantasy for Violin & Piano No.2
Monique Mead - violin | Sung-Im Kim - piano
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor
Monique Mead - violin | Alexandra Thompson - cello | Sung-Im Kim - piano
Monday November 23, 2020: AMERICAN VOICE Vol.2
READING: "Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation" by John Lewis
Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Sari Gruber - soprano | Mark Carver - piano
William Grant Still: Suite for Violin and Piano
Christopher Wu - violin | Rodrigo Ojeda - piano
(CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
Monday January 18, 2021: AN EVENING WITH VADIM GLUZMAN
READING: "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint George: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3
Vadim Gluzman - violin | Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No.1 for solo violin
Vadim Gluzman - violin
Brahms: Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor
Vadim Gluzman - violin | David Harding – viola |
Anne Martindale Williams – cello | Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
(CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
Monday February 15, 2021: BEETHOVEN 250+: QUINTET FOR WINDS & PIANO
READING: "Human Family" by Maya Angelou
Valerie Coleman: "Fanmi Imen" for flute and piano
Lorna McGhee - flute | Vahan Sargsyan – piano
Beethoven: Quintet for Winds and Piano in E-flat Major, op.16
Cynthia DeAlmeida - oboe | Victoria Luperi - clarinet |
William Caballero – French horn | David Sogg - bassoon | Rodrigo Ojeda - piano
(CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
Monday March 29, 2021: BEETHOVEN 250+: ARCHDUKE TRIO
READING: "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Romance in G for violin and piano
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat Major, op.97 "Archduke"
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Anne Martindale Williams – cello |
Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Monday April 26, 2021: AMERICAN NARRATIVE
READING: "I, Too" by Langston Hughes
William Dawson: Spirituals
Jennifer Aylmer - soprano | Britney Yauger - soprano |
CMU singers - choir | Thomas Douglas - conductor
2019/20 Season
Wednesday September 25, 2019: THE RUSSIAN EFFECT
Arensky: Suite for Two pianos, op.15
Vahan Sargsyan – piano | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Prokofiev: Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, op.35bis
Cyrus Forough – violin | Rodrigo Ojeda – piano
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.1 in C minor, op.8
Kelsey Blumenthal – violin | Charlie Powers – cello | Rodrigo Ojeda – piano
Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments
featuring members of the Renaissance City Winds and C Street Brass
Monday November 25, 2019: OUR NEW HAMBURG STEINWAY
Debussy: Suite Bergamasque
Frederic Chiu - piano
Ravel: La Valse for two pianos
Luz Manriquez – piano | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Schubert: Sonatina for violin and piano in A minor, D.385
Andrés Cárdenes - violin | Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, Romance (arr. Frederic Chiu)
Frederic Chiu - piano
Prokofiev: Toccata in D minor
Frederic Chiu - piano
Monday February 10, 2020: MUSIC OF STEEL: CELEBRATING PITTSBURGH-BASED COMPOSERS
David Stock: A Vanished World
Lorna McGhee – flute | David Harding – viola | Gretchen Van Hoesen – harp
Marilyn Taft Thomas: Sonic Moments for oboe, cello and piano (premiere)
Cynthia DeAlmeida - oboe | Anne Martindale Williams – cello |
Luz Manriquez, piano
Leonardo Balada: Caprichos No.3 for violin and piano
Jeremy Black - violin | Luz Manriquez, piano
Reza Vali: Persian Suite
Lorna McGhee – flute | Vahan Sargsyan, piano
Nancy Galbraith: Interrupted Atmosphere (premiere)
Lorna McGhee – flute | Cynthia DeAlmeida - oboe | William Caballero – French horn | Jeremy Black - violin | Anne Martindale Williams – cello |
Dimitri Papadimitriou - piano
(CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
Tuesday March 24, 2020: BEETHOVEN'S 250th WITH JOHN O'CONOR
Beethoven: String Quartet No.11 in f minor, op.95 "Serioso"
CMU Honors String Quartet
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, "op.27 No.2 "Moonlight"
John O'Conor - piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, op. 58 (arr. for piano & string quintet)
John O'Conor - piano | David Harding – viola | David Premo - cello |
Members of the CMU Honors String Quartet
(CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
Tuesday April 28, 2020: TWO MASTERPIECES: BEETHOVEN'S ARCHDUKE TRIO & BRAHMS' F MAJOR STRING QUINTET
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat Major, op.97 "Archduke"
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Anne Martindale Williams – cello |
Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Brahms: String Quintet in F Major, op.88
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Christopher Wu – violin | David Harding – viola
Tatjana Mead Chamis - viola | Anne Martindale Williams – cello |
2018/19 Season
Monday October 8, 2018: RUSSIAN GEMS
Tchaikovsky: Selection of Songs for Soprano and Piano
Sari Gruber – soprano | Mark Carver – piano
Stravinsky: Divertimento for Violin and Piano
Cyrus Forough – violin | Rodrigo Ojeda – piano
Rachmaninov: Vocalise for Cello and Piano
David Premo – cello | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Prokofiev: Ballade for Cello and Piano in C Major, op.15
David Premo – cello | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Shostakovich: Concertino for Two Pianos in A minor, op.94
Luz Manriquez – piano | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Thursday November 8, 2018: A VIENNESE SOIRÉE: A SPECIAL EVENT FEATURING JOHN O'CONOR
Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K.448
John O’Conor - piano | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Schubert: Selection of Songs for Soprano and Piano
Jennifer Aylmer – soprano | John O’Conor - piano
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3 in A Major, op.69
Anne Martindale Williams – cello | John O’Conor - piano
Monday February 18, 2019: MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS
Barber: Hermit Songs, op.29
Jennifer Aylmer – soprano | Djordje Nesic – piano
Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano
Lorna McGhee – flute | Vahan Sargsyan – piano
Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango for Flute and Harp
Alberto Almarza – flute | Gretchen Van Hoesen – harp
Selections from two Brass Quintets by Enrique Crespo and Paquito D’Rivera
George Vosburgh – trumpet | Neal Berntsen – trumpet | William Caballero – French horn | Peter Sullivan – trombone | Craig Knox – tuba
Wednesday March 27, 2019: ROMANTIC EMBARKMENT -
DVORAK AND BRAHMS
Dvorak: String Quintet in E-flat Major, op.97
David Harding – viola | CMU Honors String Quartet
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, op.34
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Christopher Wu – violin | David Harding – viola
Anne Martindale Williams – cello | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Monday April 29, 2019: AN EVENING WITH THE CLARION QUARTET
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No.2 in B-flat Major, op.87
Jennifer Orchard – violin | Marta Krechkovsky – violin | Tatjana Mead Chamis – viola | David Harding – viola | Bronwyn Banerdt – cello
Weinberg: Piano Quintet, op.18
Jennifer Orchard – violin | Marta Krechkovsky – violin | Tatjana Mead Chamis – viola | Bronwyn Banerdt – cello | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
2017/18 Season
Wednesday September 27: THE GOLDEN TRADITION - BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS & MAHLER
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D Major, BWV 1050
Monique Mead – violin | Stephen Schultz – baroque flute |
Sergey Schepkin – harpsichord
Beethoven: String Trio op.9 no.3 in C Minor
Kelsey Blumenthal – violin | Marylene Gingras-Roy – viola |
Bronwyn Banerdt – cello
Brahms: Two Songs for Voice, Viola & Piano, op.91
Daniel Teadt – baritone | Marylene Gingras-Roy – viola | Mark Carver – piano
Mahler: Piano Quartet in A Minor
Kelsey Blumenthal – violin | Marylene Gingras-Roy – viola | Bronwyn Banerdt – cello | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Thursday November 16: WONDERFUL WINDS
Mozart: Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, K.452
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida – oboe | Victoria Luperi – clarinet | David Sogg – bassoon | William Caballero – French horn | Sergey Schepkin – piano
Martinu: Sonata for Flute and Piano, H.306
Lorna McGhee – flute | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Galbraith: ”Rhythms and Rituals” for Piano & Woodwind Quintet
Lorna McGhee – flute | Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida – oboe | Victoria Luperi – clarinet | David Sogg – bassoon | William Caballero – French horn |
Luz Manriquez – piano
Poulenc: Sextet for Piano & Woodwind Quintet, op.100
Lorna McGhee – flute | Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida – oboe | Victoria Luperi – clarinet | David Sogg – bassoon | William Caballero – French horn |
Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Monday February 12: RUSSIAN DUOS
Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in F Minor, op.80
Cyrus Forough – violin | Rodrigo Ojeda – piano
Rachmaninov: Selection of songs for Soprano and Piano
Jennifer Aylmer – soprano | Djordje Nesic – piano
Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano in D Major, op.94
Alberto Almarza – flute | Vahan Sargsyan – piano
Monday April 2: A FRANCO-GERMAN EVENING - SPOHR & RAVEL
Spohr: Double Quartet No.3 in E Minor, op.87
Jeremy Black – violin | Christopher Wu – violin | David Harding – viola | Anne Martindale Williams – cello | CMU Honors String Quartet
Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Anne Martindale Williams – cello |
Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Monday April 23: SLAVIC CHARM - A SPECIAL EVENT FEATURING JAMES EHNES
Dvorak: Terzetto in C Major for two violins and viola, op.74
Marta Krechkovsky – violin | Jennifer Orchard – violin |
David Harding – viola
Dvorak: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Major, op.81
James Ehnes – violin | Jennifer Orchard – violin | David Harding – viola | David Premo – cello | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
2016/17 Season
Monday September 26: DAS IST GUT
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Dan Teadt – baritone | Mark Carver – piano
Hindemith: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Neal Berntsen – trumpet | Donna Amato – piano
Brahms: Horn Trio in E-flat major op.40
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | William Caballero – horn | Luz Manriquez – piano
Monday November 7: CLASSICAL FOLKLORE
Bartok: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion
Christopher Allen – timpani | Jeremy Branson – percussion |
Rodrigo Ojeda – piano | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Dvorak: Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat major op.87
Cyrus Forough – violin | Meng Wang – viola | David Premo – cello |
Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Monday February 13: A RUSSIAN VOYAGE
Arensky: String Quartet No.2 in A minor op.35
Jennifer Orchard – violin | David Harding – viola | Bronwyn Banerdt – cello | Mikhail Istomin – cello
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor op.57
Jennifer Orchard – violin | Cyrus Forough – violin | David Harding – viola |
David Premo – cello | Sergey Schepkin – piano
Tuesday March 28: UNEQUIVOCALLY ROMANTIC
Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-flat major op.20
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Christopher Wu – violin | David Harding – viola | Anne Martindale Williams – cello | CMU Honors String Quartet
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major op.44
Andrés Cárdenes – violin | Christopher Wu – violin | David Harding – viola | Anne Martindale Williams – cello | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Wednesday April 26: BLOWN AWAY
Beethoven: Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano in B-flat major op.11
Michael Rusinek – clarinet | Nancy Goeres – bassoon | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Previn: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Nancy Goeres – bassoon | Sung-Im Kim – piano
Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Michael Rusinek – clarinet | Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Fletcher: Romance for Piano, Clarinet and Bassoon
Michael Rusinek – clarinet | Nancy Goeres – bassoon |
Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
Mendelssohn: Concert Piece No.1 op.113
Michael Rusinek – clarinet | Nancy Goeres – bassoon |
Dimitri Papadimitriou – piano
2015/16 Season
Monday October 26: SCHUBERTIADE
Schubert: Fantasy in F minor for 4 hands D.940
Sergey Schepkin, piano | Sung-Im Kim, piano
Schubert: ‘Auf dem Strom’ D.943
Jennifer Aylmer, soprano | Bill Caballero, French horn | Mark Carver, piano
Schubert: ‘Trout’ Quintet in A major D.667
Jennifer Orchard, violin | David Harding, viola | David Premo, cello |
Micah Howard, bass | Luz Manriquez, piano
Monday November 23: BRILLIANT DUOS
Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major op.17
Bill Caballero, French horn | Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano
Schumann: 3 Romances for Oboe and Piano op.94
Cindy Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe | Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano
Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Lorna McGhee, flute | Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major
Andrés Cardenes, violin | Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano
Monday February 2: LA BELLE MUSIQUE
Debussy: Sonata for Viola, Flute and Harp
Alberto Almarza, flute | Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola | Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp
Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
Cyrus Forough, violin | Sergey Schepkin, piano
Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor
David Premo, cello | Sergey Schepkin, piano
Fauré: Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor
Cyrus Forough, violin | Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola | David Premo, cello |
Sergey Schepkin, piano
Tuesday March 29: PIECES OF EIGHT
Shostakovich: Two pieces for String Octet op.11
Andrés Cardenes, violin | Chris Wu, violin | David Harding, viola |
Anne Martindale Williams, cello | CMU Honors Quartet
Enescu: String Octet in C major, op.7
Andrés Cardenes, violin | Chris Wu, violin | David Harding, viola |
Anne Martindale Williams, cello | CMU Honors Quartet
Tuesday May 10: BOLSHOI TRIOS
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2 in E minor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin | Anne Martindale Williams, cello |
Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin | Anne Martindale Williams, cello |
Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano