Calendar
Kemiönsaari Music Festival (FI)
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds in C major Op.100
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Jyväskylä Sinfonian puhallinkvintetti
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Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No.1 in A Major Op. 5
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Sonja Korkeala, viulu
Katinka Korkeala, viulu
Roland Glassl, alttoviulu
Kemiönsaari Music Festival (FI)
Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes Op.13
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestucke for Clarinet and Piano Op.73
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Gil Agababa Shaked, klarinetti
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-Flat Major Op.16
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Jyväskylä Sinfonian puhallinkvintetti
Korsholm Music Festival (FI)
Aulis Sallinen (1935–):
From a Swan Song, Op. 67 (1991)
Carl Nielsen (1865–1931):
Humoresque Bagatelles Op. 11 (1897)
Aulis Sallinen (1935–):
Violin Sonata, Op. 113 (2018)
Louise Farrenc (1804–1875):
Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 31 (1840)
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Elina Vähälä, violin
Aleksei Kiseliov, cello
Knut Erik Sundquist, double bass
Janne Thomsen, flute
Ismo Eskelinen, guitar
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Opus13
Sonoko Miriam Welde, violin
Edvard Erdal, violin
Albin Uusijärvi, viola
Daniel Thorell, cello
Korsholm Music Festival (FI)
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915):
5 Preludes Op. 13 (1895)
Edward Elgar (1857–1934):
“La Capricieuse" for Violin and Piano, Op. 17 (1891)
Arvid Engegård, violin
Korsholm Music Festival (FI)
Amy Beach (1867–1944):
Ballade, Op. 6 (1894)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791):
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478 (1785)
Arvid Engegård, violin
Taija Angervo, violin
Ilari Angervo, viola
Razvan Popovici, viola
Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
Knut Erik Sundquist, double bass
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Korsholm Music Festival (FI)
Richard Wagner (1813–1883):
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 (1857–58)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
“Porgi Amor” from the opera The Marriage of Figaro
“Ach ich fühl’s” from the opera The Magic Flute
“Crudele..Non mi dir” from the opera Don Giovanni
Jeanine Tesori (1961–):
The Girl in 14G
Aurora Marthens, soprano
Stone Church Cultural Center Recital
Recital of works from Mackenzie’s debut album!
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor (WTC Book I) BWV 867
Liszt: Funerailles
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by R. Schumann Op.9
Avner Dorman: Lament and Variations
Laura Kaminsky: Threnody…October 2024
Sir Stephen Hough: Prelude and Fugue (Aeolian)
Kemiönsaari Music Festival (FI)
Johannes Brahms: Four Serious Songs op. 121
Aarne Pelkonen, baritoni
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
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Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor op. 34
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Sonja Korkeala, viulu
Katinka Korkeala, viulu
Hariolf Schlichtig, alttoviulu
Wen-Sinn Yang, sello
Naantali Music Festival (FI) - Shostakovich!
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
Arto Noras, cello
Elina Vähälä, violin | Liza Ferschtman, violin | Jennifer Stumm, viola | Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
Naantali Music Festival (FI) - Fauré Quartet No.1
Fauré: Piano Quartet No.1 in C Minor
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, violin | Jennifer Stumm, viola | Claudio Bohorquez, cello
Naantali Music Festival (FI) - Dohnányi Sextet
Dohnányi: Sextet
Elina Vähälä, violin | Andres Kaljuste, viola | Claudio Bohorquez, cello | Christoffer Sundqvist, clarinet | Ilkka Puputti, horn
Naantali Music Festival (FI) - Aulis Sallinen 90
Aulis Sallinen: Shaka (world premiere, Naantali Music Festival commission)
Järvenpään Sibeliusviikot
Sibelius: Sonatina in E Minor
Sallinen: Violin Sonata Op.113
Elina Vähälä, violin
Finnish Radio Symphony Chamber Music
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No.2 in G Minor Op.45
César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major
Taija Angervo, violin / Ilari Angervo, viola / Tomas Nuñez, cello
Jyväskylä Sinfonia
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor
Jyväskylä Sinfonia
Adomas Morkunas, conductor
Finnish Radio Symphony Chamber Music
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No.1 in C Minor Op.15
Taija Angervo, violin / Ilari Angervo, viola / Tomas Nuñez, cello
All-American Recital at North Coast Rep (CA)
A benefit concert for the North Coast Repertory Theater
All-American Recital featuring works by Amy Beach, George Gershwin, Gottschalk, MacDowell, Florence Price, Samuel Barber, as well as musical theatre contributions!
North Coast Repertory Theatre, Solana Beach, CA 92075
Rusk Festival (Chamber Music in Jakobstad, Finland)
Chamber music performances, as well as solo piano and piano-duo repertoire.
Purdue Fort Wayne
Recital and masterclass
J.S. Bach: Partita No.1 in B-Flat Major BWV 825
R. Schumann: Impromptus Op.5
Liszt: Funérailles
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Janáček: Sonata 1.X.1905
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of R. Schumann Op.9
Amy Beach: Ballade Op.6
Indiana Music Teachers Association
IMTA 2024 State Conference, St. Mary’s College, South Bend, IN
Conference Arist/Clinician
Recital and Lectures
Ensemble Festival (Poland)
Chamber music interpretation masterclass instructor and performer
Creative Work House – Radziejowice Palace, Poland
Tallinn Chamber Music Festival (Estonia)
Peter Hope: “Four Sketches for oboe, bassoon, and piano”
Lauri Jõeleht “In Twilight” for oboe, violn, cello and piano
Dvorak: “Waldesruhe” for Cello and Piano
Debussy/Beamish: La Mer Trio
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Schubert: Trout Quintet
Carmel Symphony (IN)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Carmel Symphony Orchestra
Joel Smirnoff, conductor
Kuhmo Chamber Music (FIN)
Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps for piano trio (1917–18)
Johannes Meissl, Violin
Tatu Kauppinen, Cello
Mackenzie Melemed, Piano
Zemlinsky: Trio in D minor, Op. 3 for clarinet, cello and piano (1896)
Gil Agababa-Shaked, Clarinet / Kati Raitinen, Cello
Ravel: Sonata No. 2 in G for violin and piano (1923–27)
Minna Pensola, Violin
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 (1918–19)
Sergey Malov, Violin / Sini Simonen, Violin / Annariina Jokela, Viola / Maja Bogdanović, Cello
Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13 (1883–84)
Marc Danel, Violin / Yuval Gotlibovich, Viola / Tatu Kauppinen, Cello
Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3 for violin and piano (before 1910)
Kasmir Uusitupa, Violin
Saint-Saëns: La cygne (Swan) for cello and piano (1887)
Tatu Kauppinen, Cello
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667 'Trout' (1819)
Sini Simonen, Violin / Charlotta Westerback, Viola / Tatu Kauppinen, Cello / Helka Seppälä, Double Bass
Villa Salmenranta Recital (Oulu, Finland)
“Great Classics”
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No.1 in B-Flat Major BWV 825
Johannes Brahms: Schumann Variations Op.9
Robert Schumann: Impromptus Op.5
Villa Salmenranta Recital (Oulu, Finland)
“From America”
Florence Price: Meditation
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Tournament Galop
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes
Edward MacDowell: Fireside Tales Op.61
Morton Gould: Boogie Woogie Etude
Samuel Barber: Ballade Op.46
Amy Beach: Ballade Op.6
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: The Banjo
Rockport Chamber Music Fest (Closing Night)
Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds
Schubert: Notturno
Dohnanyi: Sextet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Horn and Clarinet
Radovan Vlatković, French horn / Ryan Roberts, oboe
Yoobin Son, flute / Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet
Bee Ungar, bassoon / Luri Lee, violin
Barry Shiffman, viola / Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Numminen Piano Festival (Duo Recital)
Rimsky-Korsakov: from Scheherazade
Rachmaninoff: Suite No.2 for Two Pianos
with David Munk-Nielsen
Lauttasaari Music Festival (FI)
Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major
Samuel Niederhauser, cello / Iikka Järvi, double bass / New Helsinki Quartet
Performance Archive (continued)
Solo Recital
FPC Concerts, Myrtle Beach, SC
February 18, 2022
Solo Recital
St. Boniface Church, Siesta Key, FL
February 13, 2022
Beethoven: Woodwind Quintet
Jupiter Chamber Players, New York, NY
February 7, 2022
Solo Recital
ProMusica San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)
January 21-23, 2022
Chamber Music with Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin) and Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Arvo Pärt Center, Laulasmaa, Estonia
September 19, 2021
Recital with Sirja Nironen, cello
Camerata Hall of Helsinki Music Center (Finland)
August 26, 2021
Solo Recital and Chamber Music
Musiikkia! Ruovesi (Finland)
August 13-14, 2021
Solo Recital
Mäntän Musiikkijuhlat (Finland)
August 7, 2021
Debussy/Beamish La Mer and Schumann Quintet
Sysmän Suvisoitto (Finland)
July 8, 2021
Liszt and Stravinsky at the Indiana Landmarks Center
American Pianists Awards (Indianapolis, IN)
June 27, 2021
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 with the Indianapolis Symphony (Gerard Schwarz)
American Pianists Awards (Indianapolis, IN)
June 26, 2021
Zarebski Piano Quintet with the Dover Quartet
American Pianists Awards (Indianapolis, IN)
June 25, 2021
Solo Recital (and world premiere of Laura Kaminsky's Alluvion)
American Pianists Awards (Indianapolis, IN)
May 23, 2021
Solo Recitals
Grand Piano Series (Naples, Bonita Springs and Punta Gorda, FL)
March 21-23, 2021
Scriabin Piano Concerto Op.20 with Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (Leif Segerstam)
Turku, Finland
February 18, 2021
Private Performance
American Embassy in Finland
December 10, 2020
Finnish Independence Day Celebrations
Masku, Finland
December 6, 2020
Mozart Piano Concerto No.13 with Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (Johannes Gustavsson)
Kokkola, Finland
October 30, 2020
Solo Recital
Sibelius Festival 2020
Kalevi Aho-sali, Lahti, Finland
October 16, 2020
Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 with Hyvinkää Orkesteri (Tuomas Pirila)
Hyvinkää Sali, Hyvinkää, Finland
October 6, 2020
Solo Recital
The Gilmore Rising Stars Series
Wellspring Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI
September 20, 2020
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 with Jyväskylä Sinfonia (Ville Matvejeff)
Jyväskylä Teatteritalo, Jyväskylä, Finland
September 2, 2020
Chamber Music
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
New York, NY
March 15, 2020
Solo Recital
Los Altos Country Club
Los Altos, CA
March 1, 2020
Solo Recital
Half Moon Bay Methodist Church
Half Moon Bay, CA
February 29, 2020
Masterclass
University of Houston International Piano Festival
Houston, TX
February 8, 2020
Solo Recital
Moores Opera House
University of Houston International Piano Festival
Houston, TX
February 6, 2020
Solo Recital
Verkatehdas
Hämeenlinna, Finland
January 26, 2020
Mozart Piano Concerto No.13 with Vaasa City Orchestra (James Lowe)
Vaasa City Hall
Vaasa, Finland
January 23, 2020
Solo Recital (Stecher and Horowitz Foundation)
Congregation Emanu-El
New York, NY
January 12, 2020
Solo Recital
Iconic W
Seoul, Korea
December 29, 2019
Debut Recital
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
December 13, 2019
Guest Appearance
Piano Evenings with David Dubal
New York, NY
December 10, 2019
Solo Recital
St. Boniface Episcopal Church
Siesta Key, FL
November 17, 2019
Solo Recital (Sonata Piano Camp)
Bennington, VT
November 13, 2019
Solo Recital (Kauniaisten Musiikkijuhlat)
Uusi Paviljonki, Kauniainen, FI
October 25, 2019
Recital (Association Animato)
Salle Cortôt, Paris, FR
October 15, 2019
Solo Recital (Arctic PianoFest)
Korundi Hall, Rovaniemi, FI
October 6, 2019
Solo Recital
Tuckerman Hall, Worcester, MA
September 21, 2019
Duo Recital (Santa Barbara International Music Festival)
Tempio di Antas, Flumini Maggiore, Sardinia, IT
September 15, 2019
Chamber Music (Santa Barbara International Music Festival)
Tonnara Su Pranu, Portoscuso, Sardinia, IT
September 12, 2019
Solo Recital (Santa Barbara International Music Festival)
Montevecchio Mine, Sardinia, IT
September 10, 2019
Solo Recital (Classical Bridge Festival)
The DiMenna Center, New York, NY
August 1, 2019
Solo Recital (Summer Sonatina International Piano Camps)
Chapin Hall at Williams College, Williamstown, MA
July 27, 2019
Grieg Piano Concerto with Kuopio City Orchestra (Esa Heikkilä)
Sysmä Summer Sounds Festival
Luhanka Church, Luhanka, Finland
July 6, 2019
Chamber Music with Elisar Riddelin and Sirja Nironen (Sysmä Summer Sounds Festival)
Mäentalo, Sysmä, Finland
July 5, 2019
Solo Recital (Sysmä Summer Sounds Festival)
Sysmä Church, Sysmä, Finland
June 30, 2019
Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody with Philadelphia Orchestra (Yannick Nezét-Séguin)
National Center for Performing Arts, Beijing, China
May 23, 2019
Solo Recital
Paul Hall at The Juilliard School, New York, NY
April 20, 2019
Solo Recital (Stecher and Horowitz Foundation)
The National Arts Club, New York, NY
April 16, 2019
Jeajoon Ryu Piano Concerto with KBS Symphony Orchestra (Yoel Levi)
2019 Beethoven Easter Festival
National Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland
April 9, 2019
Jeajoon Ryu Piano Concerto with KBS Symphony Orchestra (Yoel Levi)
2019 Beethoven Easter Festival
NOSPR Hall, Katowice, Poland
April 8, 2019
Jeajoon Ryu Piano Concerto with KBS Symphony Orchestra (Yoel Levi)
2019 Beethoven Easter Festival
Cultural Meeting Center, Lublin, Poland
April 7, 2019
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 with Saimaa Sinfonietta (Vytautas Lukočius)
Mikaeli Hall, Mikkeli, Finland
March 22, 2019
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 with Saimaa Sinfonietta (Vytautas Lukočius)
Lappeenranta Hall, Lappeenranta, Finland
March 21, 2019
Duo Recital with pianist Junhee Kim (Käskenmäen Kotikonsertit)
Turku, Finland
March 9, 2019
Palmgren Piano Concerto No.2 with Tampere Filharmonia (Cathrine Winnes)
Tampere-talo, Tampere, Finland
March 8, 2019
Solo Recital
Los Altos Golf and Country Club, Los Altos, CA
February 10, 2019
Solo Recital (Stecher and Horowitz Foundation)
Greenwich House Music School, New York, NY
February 7, 2019
Solo and Chamber Music (Glafsfjordens Music Festival)
Ingesund School of Music, Arvika, Sweden
January 26, 2019
Solo Recital (Stecher and Horowitz Foundation)
The Lotos Club, New York, NY
January 16, 2019
Grieg Piano Concerto with Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra (Jorge Soto)
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
December 8, 2018
Solo Recital (Midday Masterpieces)
The Greene Space at WQXR, New York, NY
December 5, 2018
Recital (Prix de Tarnów)
Sala Lustrzana, Tarnów, Poland
December 2, 2018
Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody with Florence Symphony (Terry Roberts)
FMU Performing Arts Center, Florence, SC
November 19, 2018
Chamber Music with New Helsinki Quartet
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series
Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland
October 21, 2018
Barber Piano Concerto with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (Pablo González)
Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland
October 19, 2018
Solo Recital (Mäntsälä Lions Club)
Mäntsälä,Finland
October 16, 2018
Jeajoon Ryu Piano Concerto with Kuopio City Orchestra (Ralf Gothóni)
*European Premiere*
Kuopio Music Centre, Kuopio, Finland
October 11, 2018
Recital and Masterclass
Helsinki Conservatory, Helsinki, Finland
October 5, 2018
Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 with Oulu Sinfonia (Mihhail Gerts)
Maidetoja Hall, Oulu, Finland
October 4, 2018
Solo Recital
Lahti Music School, Lahti, Finland
August 10, 2018
Solo Recital (Mänttä Music Festival)
Serlachius Museum Göstä, Mänttä, Finland
August 5, 2018
Schumann Symphonic Etudes Op.13 (PianoSummer at New Paltz)
SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
July 27, 2018
Solo Recital (Summer Sonatina International Piano Camps)
SVC Laumeister Art Center, Bennington, VT
July 25, 2018
Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 with Downtown Sinfonietta (Vincent Lionti)
Grace Church, White Plains, NY
May 20, 2018
Appearance (Prix de Bern)
Kursaal Bern, Bern, Switzerland
February 18, 2018
Solo Recital (Association Aniamto)
Bibliothèaue Polonaise, Paris, France
February 14, 2018
Solo Recital (Association Animato)
Salle Cortôt, Paris, France
February 13, 2018
Solo Recital
The Arts Club of Washington, D.C.
February 10, 2018
Beethoven Choral Fantasy with the Massachusetts Symphony (Jorge Soto)
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
December 7, 2017
Solo Recital (pianoEspoo Festival)
Tapiola Hall, Espoo, Finland
November 3, 2017
Liszt Totentanz with the Sioux City Symphony (Ryan Haskins)
Orpheum Theater, Sioux City, IA
October 27, 2017