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Keitaro Harada conductor
New Jersey Symphony

Lights, camera, action! Rising-star conductor Keitaro Harada leads a program of thrilling orchestral music from classic movies. Movie-musicals West Side Story and An American in Paris, with their timeless tunes, are heard alongside Joe Hisaishi’s score to the Studio Ghibli masterpiece Spirited Away. Don’t miss this festive performance with music that dazzles and delights—the perfect way to celebrate the start of the season.

Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Joe Hisaishi Suite from Spirited Away
George Gershwin An American in Paris

Keitaro Harada conductor
New Jersey Symphony

Lights, camera, action! Rising-star conductor Keitaro Harada leads a program of thrilling orchestral music from classic movies. Movie-musicals West Side Story and An American in Paris, with their timeless tunes, are heard alongside Joe Hisaishi’s score to the Studio Ghibli masterpiece Spirited Away. Don’t miss this festive performance with music that dazzles and delights—the perfect way to celebrate the start of the season.

Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Joe Hisaishi Suite from Spirited Away
George Gershwin An American in Paris

A free chamber music concert in Princeton Unitarian Church's beautiful Channing Hall organized by Belle Mead Friends of Music:

Brahms Sonata for cello & piano (Jennifer Guy & Nishan Aghababian)
Hindemith Sonata for clarinet & piano (David Millrod & Jason Gallagher)
Rachmaninoff etudes and preludes for piano (Chiu-Ling Lin)

Celebrate America's 250th anniversary with the Adelphi Orchestra as Northern New Jersey’s longest continuously performing chamber orchestra opens its 73rd season under the direction of Principal Conductor Kyunghun Kim!

The celebratory program, "American Voice at 250," features two masterworks by iconic American composer Samuel Barber: the poignant Adagio for Strings and his virtuosic Violin Concerto, featuring guest soloist Sophia Werner (Juilliard Kovner Fellow and 2022 Adelphi Young Artist Competition winner). The program concludes with Ludwig van Beethoven’s joyful and energetic Symphony No. 8.

PROGRAM:

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto — Sophia Werner, violin

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

Join Voices Chorale now by scheduling a brief, stress-free audition on September 14th, 21st or 28th. All voice parts are welcome, especially tenors and basses! We rehearse Mondays 7:30pm-9:30pm at Music Together, 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road in Hopewell, NJ. Visit our website for more information.
https://www.voiceschoralenj.org/

Forte International Group presents pianist Chengcheng Ma in an evening celebrating cross-cultural dialogue through piano music on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM at his Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall. This appearance follows his full-house New York City solo recital debut at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, in January 2026. The program features new works and established masterworks for solo piano and two pianos. Ma is joined by distinguished guest pianists Boaz Sharon, Rodney Lister, EunAe Lee, and Yimiao Fang. The program includes two world premieres by Stella Sung and Rodney Lister, the U.S. premiere of Nansong Huang's Reflections on Dunhuang, and works by Chen Yi, Mary Lou Williams, Prokofiev/Pletnev.

“In creating this program, I wanted to bring Chinese, American, and European musical voices into dialogue, allowing each tradition to retain its identity while illuminating the others. These works also reflect my own path - from China to the United States, from classical repertoire to contemporary commissions and jazz - and the artistic relationships that have shaped this concert.” - Chengcheng Ma

Pianist Chengcheng Ma has appeared as a concert pianist, concerto soloist, orchestral pianist, collaborative artist, and interpreter of contemporary music, with performances across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Recent highlights include being actively involved in commissioning and premiering new works, a full-house New York City solo recital debut at Merkin Hall in January 2026, recital and masterclass at the University of Mary, solo recital at First Church Boston, orchestral appearances with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, and Festival Manager and performer at the Ian Hobson International Piano Festival in Puerto Rico. More at chengchengma.com.

PSO Soundtracks: Meet the Bassoon - PSO’s own Brad Balliett introduces the multi-faceted world of the bassoon, sharing his musical journey, favorite repertoire, and his reed making process. Q&A immediately following. Presented by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) in partnership with Princeton Public Library; sponsored by AffinIT. Princeton Public Library Community Room, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton NJ. Free and open to the public. Assistive listening devices available, as well as the ability to connect to the library’s hearing loop; Additional accommodations or services (i.e. ASL, Audio Description etc.) can be arranged with two weeks’ notice; (609) 497-0020; princetonsymphony.org.

Dates, times, artists, and programs subject to change.

Concert pianist Lyndon Ji enjoys a diverse performing career in solo and chamber settings, with a particular enthusiasm for introducing lesser-known works to audiences of all backgrounds. This afternoon program will explore modernist French music from Fauré to Lili Boulanger to Murail, as well as the mystic sound world of Scriabin through a selection of études and the ineffable Fifth Sonata. Lyndon currently serves as staff pianist at Rutgers, Artistic Director of the Bay Area International Piano Competition, and appears in concert regularly throughout the East Coast.

In sixteenth-century Antwerp, a small shop described as being found “At the Sign of the Crumhorn” drew musicians, dancers, and the curious inside. There, the publisher Tielman Susato sent new music out into the world – tunes that became massively popular and culturally influential. This program opens that door again, with the vivid sound of shawms, sackbuts, dulcians, and crumhorns filling the air. Follow the sign and find what’s been waiting to be heard.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents piano virtuoso Dmitry Shishkin in performances of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s delightful Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Joan Tower’s Suite from Concerto for Orchestra and Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra showcase the orchestral prowess of the PSO with Rossen Milanov conducting. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ. Tickets start at $42 (children 5-17 who are accompanied by an adult receive a 50% discount); Accommodations or services can be arranged with two weeks’ notice, contact Mika Godbole at mgodbole@princetonsymphony.org or (609) 905-0931; For tickets: princetonsymphony.org or 609-497-0020.