Past Season Highlights
2024
| 18 December 2024 | International Museum of Surgical Science Concert Series Music of Josquin des Prez and Michael Hersch Ritual Action with Ah Young Hong |
Chicago, IL |
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| 10 December 2024 | St. David's Church Night Falls Fast Music of Monteverdi, Dowland, and Danyel |
Baltimore, MD |
| 13 October 2024 | Bloomberg Performance Center Michael Hersch - and we, each - an opera in two acts after poetry by Shane McCrae Presented by Mind on Fire Ah Young Hong, soprano Jesse Blumberg, baritone Tito Muñoz, conductor Directed by James Matthew Daniel Bloomberg Performance Center |
Washington D.C. |
| 28 & 29 September 2024 | Baltimore Theatre Project Michael Hersch - and we, each - an opera in two acts after poetry by Shane McCrae Presented by Mind on Fire (world premiere performances) Ah Young Hong, soprano Jesse Blumberg, baritone Tito Muñoz, conductor Directed by James Matthew Daniel |
Baltimore, MD |
| 12 January 2024 | CD RELEASE on New Focus Recordings World Premiere Recording: POPPAEA - an opera in one act (Commissioned by the Wien Modern Festival and Festival ZeitRäume Basel für Musik und Architektur) Music by Michael Hersch / Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann Ah Young Hong, soprano / Steve Davislim, tenor / Silke Gäng, mezzo-soprano Ensemble SoloVoices Ensemble Phoenix Basel Jürg Henneberger, Conductor Directed by Markus Bothe Piertzovanis Töws Architekten, Stage Design Marius Kob, Puppets Eva Butzkies, Costumes  more information |
2023
| 6-8 December 2023 | earspace Duke University Residency Voice master class, Poppaea symposium, performance Works by Hans Abrahamsen, Michael Hersch, Richard Drehoff Jr, John Supko |
Durham, NC |
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| 29 October 2023 8:00pm |
Talea Ensemble Michael Hersch: one step to the next, worlds ending [US Premiere] Michael Hersch: anonymous beneath the lemon trees Georg Friedrich Haas: ... wie stille brannte das Licht |
New York, NY |
| 9 September 2023 8:00pm |
Goethe-Institut Boston MÜNDEN - ENTZÜNGELN: music of Kurtág, Poppe, and Hersch Ah Young Hong, soprano Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon Will Overcash, violin |
Boston, MA |
| 8 September 2023 7:00pm CDT |
International Museum of Surgical Science engulf-enkindle: music of György Kurtág, Enno Poppe, and Michael Hersch Ah Young Hong, soprano Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon Will Overcash, violin |
Chicago, IL |
| 28 May 2023 Saturday |
TEN WORLD PREMIERES for Ah Young Hong The Studio of Christopher Cairns Ah Young Hong, soprano Conrad Harris, violin Coleman Itzkoff, cello |
Havertown, PA |
2022
| 5 November 2022 Saturday |
Alarm Will Sound Excerpt of soprano solo from Fang Man's opera, Golden Lily E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall |
St. Louis, MO |
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| 25 October 2022 Tuesday, 4:30 pm |
Screening of Poppaea Two-act opera by Michael Hersch and Stephanie Fleischmann George Peabody Library |
Baltimore, MD |
| 2 October 2022 Sunday, 3 pm |
Cairns Studio Recital Series Works by Shostakovich, Kurtág, Monteverdi, Purcell. Ah Young Hong, soprano Conrad Harris, violin John Koen, cello Kevin Payne, theorbo |
Havertown, PA |
| 16 September 2022 |
Album release: the script of storms Michael Hersch, composer New Focus Records Ah Young Hong, soprano BBC Symphony Orchestra Ensemble Klang |
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| 3 July 2022 |
University of Heidelberg Shih-Hui Chen: Or/And |
Heidelberg, Germany |
| 29, 30 April 2022 |
Asia Society Texas Center Brown Foundation Performing Arts Shih-Hui Chen: Or/And [World Premiere] |
Houston, TX |
| 7-10 April 2022 |
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 |
Washington, DC Baltimore, MD |
| 23 March 2022 |
Carnegie Hall Presents Decoda Michael Hersch: New Work [World Premiere] |
New York, NY |
2021
| 5, 6, 7 November 2021 |
Wien Modern Michael Hersch, music Stephanie Fleischmann, libretto POPPAEA Jürg Henneberger, conductor Markus Bothe, director Ensemble Phoenix Basel Ah Young Hong, Poppaea Steve Davislim, Nero Silke Gäng, Octavia |
Basel, Switzerland Vienna, Austria |
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| 10, 12 September 2021 |
Zeiträume Basel: Biennale for New Music and Architecture Michael Hersch, music Stephanie Fleischmann, libretto POPPAEA [World Premiere] Jürg Henneberger, conductor Markus Bothe, director Ensemble Phoenix Basel Ah Young Hong, Poppaea Steve Davislim, Nero Silke Gäng, Octavia |
Basel, Switzerland |
| 12 June 2021 |
Cairns Series Christopher Fox: treasure [World Premiere] |
Havertown, PA |
| 16 May 2021 |
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg [canceled due to the pandemic] Kurtág: Kafka Fragments Ah Young Hong, soprano Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin |
Hamburg, Germany |
| 3 May 2021 |
Columbia Orchestra Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 |
Columbia, MD |
2020
| 21 November 2020 |
Lucerne Festival [canceled due to the pandemic] Kurtág: Kafka Fragments Ah Young Hong, soprano Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin |
Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| 11-14 June 2020 |
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra [rescheduled due to the pandemic] Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 |
Baltimore, MD |
| 2 May 2020 |
earspace [canceled due to the pandemic] Nørgård: Nova Genitura and Seadrift Bach: Kantate 82a Ich habe genug |
Raleigh, NC |
| 18 April 2020 |
Cantata Profana [canceled due to the pandemic] Hersch: On the Threshold of Winter |
New York, NY |
| 16 April 2020 |
Cantata Profana [canceled due to the pandemic] Hersch: On the Threshold of Winter |
New York, NY |
| 25-27 February 2020 |
Recording Project [canceled due to the pandemic] Kurtág: Kafka Fragments Hersch: sapped from me broken [World Premiere] with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin |
Bern, Switzerland |
| 24 February 2020 |
Film showing at Kino Rex James Matthew Daniel, director Michael Hersch: On the Threshold of Winter (2015 production) Post film discussion with composer and soprano. |
Bern, Switzerland |
| 23 February 2020 5:00pm |
Camerata Bern Victoria Hall Hersch: Agatha [World Premiere] Bach: Kantate 21 and 32 (excerpts) Lassus: Susanne un jour |
Genève, Switzerland |
| 21 February 2020 7:30pm |
Camerata Bern Casino Bern, Grosser Saal Hersch: Agatha [World Premiere] Bach: Kantate 21 and 32 (excerpts) Lassus: Susanne un jour |
Bern, Switzerland |
| 14 February 2020 |
BBC Symphony Orchestra Michael Hersch: the script of storms [World Premiere] Maida Vale Studios |
London, UK |
| 29 January 2020 |
Seattle Symphony Kurtág: Kafka Fragments with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin |
Seattle, WA |
| 19 January 2020 |
Network for New Music Kurtág: Kafka Fragments with Jacob Ashworth, violin |
Philadelphia, PA |
2019
| 3 December 2019 7:30pm |
Spectrum New York presents Kurtág: Kafka Fragments with Jacob Ashworth |
New York, NY |
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| 12 September 2019 |
Blair School of Music Kurtág: Kafka Fragments with Carolyn Huebl |
Nashville, TN |
| 10 September 2019 |
Blair School of Music Works by Haas, Babbitt, Cage, MacMillan, Britten with Mark Wait and Jacob Rhodebeck |
Nashville, TN |
| September 2019 |
Residency at Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music Works by Kurtág, Haas and Babbitt |
Nashville, TN |
| 7 April 2019 7:30pm |
Spectrum New York presents Ah Young Hong in Recital Works of Babbitt, Haas and others Jacob Rhodebeck, piano |
New York, NY |
| 1 February 2019 7:30pm |
First Friday Series at St. David's presents Works by Brahms, Debussy and Berg Ah Young Hong, soprano Shirley Yoo, piano |
Baltimore, MD |
2017-2018
| 16 December 2018 3:00pm |
New Music Crane Arts and the Icebox presents Works of Cage, Feldman and Lassus FLUX QUARTET Ah Young Hong, soprano |
Philadelphia, PA |
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| 3 November 2018 7:30pm |
Michael Hersch: On the Threshold of Winter - a monodrama in two acts [D.C. Premiere] directed by Ah Young Hong Corcoran Museum of Art Flagg Building, North Atrium Gallery Ah Young Hong, soprano Tito Muñoz, conductor |
Washington D.C. |
| 21 June 2018 |
Aldeburgh Music Festival Michael Hersch: I hope we get a chance to visit soon Ah Young Hong, soprano |
Snape Maltings, UK |
| 15 June 2018 8:00pm |
Ojai at Berkeley, Cal Performances Michael Hersch: I hope we get a chance to visit soon Ah Young Hong, soprano Zellerbach Hall |
Berkeley, CA |
| 9 June 2018 2:30-3:45pm |
Ojai Music Festival with Patricia Kopatchinskaja György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments Ah Young Hong, soprano Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin |
Ojai, CA |
| 8 June 2018 9:00-10:15pm |
Ojai Music Festival Michael Hersch: I hope we get a chance to visit soon (World Premiere) Ah Young Hong, soprano Amy Yang, piano Gary Louie, alto sax Kiera Duffy, soprano Tito Munoz, conductor Members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra |
Ojai, CA |
| 1 February 2018 |
NOVA Chamber Music Series On the Threshold of Winter - a monodrama in two acts - directed by Ah Young Hong |
Salt Lake City, UT |
| 20 January 2018 18 January 2018 |
Ensemble Dal Niente On the Threshold of Winter - a monodrama in two acts - directed by Ah Young Hong |
Chicago, IL |
| 6 October 2017 4 October 2017 |
Residency at Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music Works by Lassus, Wolf, Berg, Barber, Corigliano, Kurtág, Shostakovich, Hersch |
Nashville, TN |