NEW YORK CLASSICAL players WELCOMES THE 2022-23 SEASON, 13TH YEAR OF EXCLUSIVELY FREE PERFORMANCES
Under the direction of Founder and Music Director Dongmin Kim, NYCP enters its thirteenth year with exciting musical collaborators, expanded artistic partnerships across the Tri-State area, a continuation of its adventurous commissioning activities and - above all - the spirit of joyful music making. As always, all performances will be offered free of charge as a reflection of NYCP’s deep commitment to universal accessibility, community service, and high-level classical music performance for all.
Core Values
- Uncompromising artistic excellence
- Engagement with diverse communities
- Innovative programming and artistic vision
- Collaborative musicianship
- Committed to fiscal responsibility
Mission
New York Classical Players (NYCP) is an ensemble dedicated to the highest standards of artistry, collaboration, and virtuosity. Inspired by the belief that access to musical excellence is an essential human right, NYCP presents all concerts free of charge.
STELLA CHEN artist-in-residence / violin
JP JOFRE composer, guest artist / bandoneon
HAYOUNG CHOI guest artist / cello
The 2022-23 Season Highlight
Presenting the orchestral series performed across Manhattan, Queens, New Jersey.
Three-year partnership with acclaimed violinist Stella Chen, performing the complete Mozart violin concertos and Sinfonia Concertante with NYCP as their new Artist-in-Residence.
Resuming the chamber music series presented in partnership with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Presenting new works by 7 living composers, including 2 world premieres by JP Jofre and Jeremy Gill.
Last-minute stepping in to fill the English Chamber Orchestra's US tour.
NYCP’s new season begins in September with a three-concert series which pairs music of the Classical and modern eras, with a unifying thread of wit and brilliance running through each piece. NYCP Artist-in-Residence Stella Chen - acclaimed for her “emotionally profound and intellectually well-structured” playing - will begin her three-year term as NYCP’s new Artist-in-Residence with Mozart’s remarkable “Turkish” Concerto in A major. The same good humor that runs through this concerto can be found in the beloved and energetic Symphony No. 44 by Mozart’s admired mentor Franz Joseph Haydn. The first of this program’s modern works is the sparkling Sudden Path by Yoomi Paick, a past NYCP commission. The second, in its NYCP premiere, is an exciting work by violinist/composer George Meyer entitled Concerto Grosso. Featuring soloists drawn from NYCP’s roster, Concerto Grosso invites listeners to experience Baroque lyricism and complexity as filtered through the lens of the modern world.
NYCP’s November program presents two sides of the human experience. One side represents the despair found in artistic loneliness, with Samuel Adler’s Duo for Eight Strings - composed in the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic - paired with Shostakovich’s gripping and grief-stricken Chamber Symphony. The second half of the program shows the exuberant joy of the human spirit, as exemplified by Argentinian Tango. Astor Piazzolla’s Otoño Porteño for violin and orchestra finds common ground with Double Concerto for Bandoneon and Cello by award-winning bandoneon player and composer JP Jofre joined by cellist Michael Katz.
In the first program of the new year, NYCP will highlight the virtuosity and musicianship of its members in both intimate and large-scale ways. Michael Schachter’s Capriccio for two cellos demonstrates the playfulness and spontaneity that is possible in a duo setting, while Dvorak’s beloved Serenade for Strings showcases the powerful unified music making that is possible when large ensemble playing is undertaken with a chamber music sensibility. NYCP is thrilled to continue its dedication to promoting music of the 21st century, and on this program will premiere Corvus Mythicus by Jeremy Gill, the second in an ongoing series of commissions from this incredible composer. Closing the program is one of the most beloved works for cello, Schumann’s brooding and romantic Cello Concerto. Presented in an intimate arrangement for chamber orchestra, NYCP will be joined by New York Philharmonic Principal Cellist Carter Brey.
In March 2023, we were delighted to be touring, the last minute stepping in to fill the English Chamber Orchestra's US tour. Beginning at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers, Florida, and Secrest Auditorium in Zanesville, Ohio. The tour concludes at Wheaton College's newly built Armerding Concert Hall in Wheaton, IL. NYCP performs an eclectic program of familiar classical masterpieces, some of the all-time classics from Mozart and Haydn, and an exquisite arrangement of Holst's Jupiter by legendary composer Samuel Adler.
For the final concert of this season, NYCP is honored to present brilliant young cellist Hayoung Choi, the most recent first place laureate of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth competition. Choi will partner with NYCP in two iconic works for cello - Schubert’s Arpeggione sonata, presented in an arrangement for cello and chamber orchestra by acclaimed composer Dobrinka Tabakova, and Tchaikovsky’s crowd-pleasing Variations on a Rococo Theme, in a special arrangement for NYCP by Yoomi Paick. Surrounding these works for cello are pieces that highlight NYCP’s dynamic qualities - Homage to Anonymous Ancient Fiddlers by Texu Kim, and Schubert’s fleet but arresting Quartettsatz in C minor. This series of three concerts will be presented in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center New York.
NYCP proudly resumes its long-standing relationship with The Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center for our chamber music series. The Library welcomes NYCP back to the stunning Bruno Walter Auditorium for the 8th year. The program and dates in details will be announced later this fall.
Founded in 2010, New York Classical Players (NYCP) is an ensemble dedicated to the highest standards of artistry, collaboration, and virtuosity. Fueled by the belief that access to musical excellence is an essential human right, NYCP presents all of its concerts free of charge. NYCP is comprised of dynamic young musicians who are launching their professional careers. Graduates of some of the world’s leading conservatories come together as NYCP to share free performances of familiar masterpieces, bold new commissions, and unexpected musical treasures with the public. Each season, thousands of NYCP concertgoers experience both the dynamic power of the orchestral repertoire and the versatile intimacy of chamber performance – without charge. NYCP is under the direction of Founder and Music Director Dongmin Kim, and a committed board of directors guides and supports the organization.
A registered 501c3 organization, NYCP is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council.
To learn more about New York Classical Players, visit www.nycpmusic.org.
