I’ll be playing a matinée recital at Westminster on Friday, November 15! The program is as follows:

Bach — Contrapunctus V from “The Art of Fugue”

Haydn — Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI: 49

Chopin — Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4

— Étude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-sharp minor

Liszt — Après une lecture du Dante, S. 161

Hope to see you there!

I’ll be playing a recital at Westminster the evening of Wednesday, September 4! The program, titled “Americana,” is as follows:

Gershwin – Prelude No. 1 
Beach – Four Sketches, Op. 15
(Intermission)
Copland – Midday Thoughts
– Sunday Afternoon Music
– In Evening Air
Barber – Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26

Hope to see you there!

Come join me for a lunchtime recital at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin! I’ll be playing a selection of works by Amy Beach and Samuel Barber. Hope to see you there!

Join me for a recital at the stunning Presidio Chapel in San Francisco, CA! Located in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, the venue is delightful and perfect for a Saturday afternoon of music. The program will be as follows:

Haydn: Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI: 49

Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G major (Op. 32, No. 5) & Prelude in B-flat major (Op. 23, No. 2)

Samuel Barber: Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26

Hope to see you there!

Come out for a solo recital at Sol Joseph Recital Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music! The program is as follows:

Copland — “Midday Thoughts”

— “Sunday Afternoon Music”

— “In Evening Air”

Caroline Shaw — “Gustave le Gray”

(Brief Pause)

Beach — Four Sketches, Op. 15

Barber — Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26

The hall is on the lower/basement level of the building. Hope you can make it!

I’ll be performing in the live regional round of the Bachauer Competition, which is live and open to the public in Salt Lake City!

The brief program is:

Haydn: Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23

Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Hope to see you there!

Semi-finals will be streamed, and finals will be streamed as well as open to the public at the 92nd Street Y.

Two programs will be presented, which are as follows:

Program 1

Shaw — Gustave le Gray

Liszt — Aprés une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

(Intermission)

Debussy — Estampes, L. 100

Prokofiev — Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

Program 2

Haydn — Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI: 24

Mendelssohn — Prelude & Fugue in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1

Scriabin — Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

(Intermission)

Beach — Four Sketches, Op. 15

Copland — “In Evening Air”

Prokofiev — Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83

Come out for a solo recital in the stunning Barbro Osher Recital Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music! The program is as follows:

Mendelssohn — Prelude & Fugue in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1

Shaw — Gustave le Gray

Liszt — Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

(Intermission)

Copland — In Evening Air

Debussy — Estampes, L. 100

Prokofiev — Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

Come for a solo recital in the delightful salon of Brani Piano in San Francisco. The program is as follows:

Caroline Shaw — Gustave le Gray

Debussy — Estampes, L. 100

Scriabin — Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

Hope to see you there!

Excited to be playing a solo recital at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music! The program will be as follows:

Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15

Scriabin: Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

(Intermission)

Haydn: Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI: 24

Prokofiev: Sonata in C major, Op. 103

Hope to see you there!

I’ll be competing in the 5th Weatherford College International Piano Competition! My exact performance time is to be announced — check back soon for an exact time!

Thrilled to be performing Rhapsody in Blue with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra at the Eisemann Center in Plano, TX! Tickets are on sale now (Event Details | Rhapsodies in Blue (eisemanncenter.com).

Excited to for my first performance in San Francisco, a recital in the wonderful salon of Brani Piano! The hourlong program will feature Mendelssohn’s E minor Prelude & Fugue (Op. 35, No. 1), Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets, and Beethoven’s 32nd and final sonata, Op. 111. Tickets and more information can be found at Aaron Kurz - piano recital Tickets, Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite.

Hope to see you there!

I’ll be giving a solo recital at the Whitney Center in Hamden, CT! The recital will take place on Sunday, December 19, from 4pm to 5:30pm EDT. More details, including program, to come shortly.

I’ll be playing a solo recital at Cambridge University’s beautiful Christ College. This date and time is still tentative — check back soon for details and program!

This season, I’ll be playing Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Hodge. The concert will be at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, UK, starting at 7:30pm GMT and lasting until roughly 9:30pm.

I’ll be playing an online recital on the 5pm Series! The event will be streamed on the 5pm Series Facebook page (www.facebook.com/5pmseries) at 5pm *Pacific* standard time (8 pm Eastern, 2 am CEST). Please join me!

Full program notes can be found at www.aaronkurzpianist.com/program-notes closer to the performance. The program will be as follows:

Schubert – Four Impromptus, Op. 90; Brahms – Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2

TIME: 8 pm GMT/3 pm EST

I’ll be giving a live-streamed “illustrated talk” in conjunction with the UK’s City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra about preparing virtuosic repertoire. I’ll discuss and show how I typically go about performing these works, taking the audience from the start of a piece’s preparation to it’s completion. More details, including how to access the talk, can be found at the link below!

6 Feb 2021: Online talk – Approaching virtuoso piano music: a performer’s view – City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra (ccso-online.org.uk)

I’ll be playing an online recital on the 5pm Series! The event will be streamed on the 5pm Series Facebook page (www.facebook.com/5pmseries) at 5pm *Central* standard time (6 pm Eastern, 12 am CEST). Please join me!

Full program notes can be found at www.aaronkurzpianist.com/program-notes. The program will be as follows:

Schumann – Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Debussy – Images, Book I; and Rachmaninoff – Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36