Concert Artists Guild Announces 2017-18 New York Season

Concert Artists Guild's 2017-18 CAG Presents series features exciting young artists making their debuts, a host of prominent alumni musicians, and three world premieres of CAG commissions.

CAG's Opening Night: Judi Flom Winners Concert takes place on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 7:00pm at the Louis K. Meisel Gallery, presenting the winners of the 2017 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. This showcase concert introduces CAG's new winners to the public, following the Final Round auditions which take place at Merkin Hall on October 17.

CAG Encores!, featuring current CAG artists and distinguished alumni, continues in its second season. On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 7:30pm, current CAG artists the Brasil Guitar Duo perform with members of the Enso String Quartet, Christina Jennings, flute, and Tanya Bannister, piano. The performance at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall includes works by Mozart, Milhaud, and Leo Brouwer, as well as Fauré's Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15, and works for flute and two guitars by the Brasil Guitar Duo's members, Douglas Lora and João Luiz.

On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:30pm, guitarist Jiji, the First Prize Winner of the 2016 CAG Competition, performs works by Albéniz, Ginastera, and Leo Brouwer at Weill Recital Hall. The concert also includes a world premiere by Nina C. Young.

Double bassist Sam Suggs, CAG's 2016 New Music/New Places Fellow, performs a concert on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 7:30pm at The Sheen Center in Manhattan. A performer-composer, Sam's own world premiere double bass concerto accompanies works by Penderecki and J.S. Bach.

The season concludes on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 7:30pm with clarinetist Yoonah Kim, a Winner of the 2016 CAG Competition. Yoonah's performance at Weill Recital Hall includes works by Bernstein, Poulenc, and Brahms, and a world premiere by Andrew Hsu.

Since 1951, Concert Artists Guild has helped more than 500 young musicians launch concert careers. Winners of CAG's annual competition receive comprehensive management support, including a debut recital in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, concert bookings, opportunities through the CAG Commissioning Program and CAG Records label, marketing, publicity, and mentorship. Notable alumni artists include violinists Ani Kavafian and Jennifer Koh, soprano Martina Arroyo, pianist Barry Douglas, clarinetists David Krakauer and David Shifrin, flutists Carol Wincenc and Marina Piccinini, Imani Winds, Grammy-winning ensembles Pacifica and Parker String Quartets, and MacArthur Fellows Claire Chase and Eighth Blackbird.