Southeastern Piano Festival
Jun
9
7:30 PM19:30

Southeastern Piano Festival

In the 1970s, cassette players revolutionized how we experienced music at home. For the first time, we could record, curate, and create our own playlists, free from algorithms or formulas. Mozart next to Dolly Parton? Steve Reich alongside Peggy Lee? Why not? These were our personal mixtapes.

Pianist Pedja Muzijevic created this program as a tribute to that era.

Structured like a classic 60-minute cassette, the performance unfolds in three chapters, offering a rich and eclectic journey through time and sound. From the theatrical flair of Carl Philip Emanuel Bach and Joseph Haydn to the playful, tipsy waltz of György Ligeti, each piece invites the audience into a new world. The program also features the tender nostalgia of Valentyn Silvestrov, from the war-torn Ukraine, the sonic innovations of George Crumb and Henry Cowell, minimalism of Philip Glass and the passionate romanticism of Dora Pejačević and Amy Beach.

This is more than a concert; it’s a celebration of the art of listening, a homage to the joy of discovery, and a nod to the creative freedom of mixtapes.

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UNLTD Powered by Verbier Festival
Jul
28
9:30 PM21:30

UNLTD Powered by Verbier Festival

A journey through shadow and light as Schubert and David Lang explore the voices of Death — one through intimate song, the other through a modern echo. With Sandrine Piau, Pedja Mužijević, and the Leonkoro Quartet, UNLTD enters Schubert’s orbit ahead of his 200th birthday in 2028 for this Verbier premiere.

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Workshop at Colburn School in Los Angeles, CA
Oct
29
to Oct 31

Workshop at Colburn School in Los Angeles, CA

What Is a Concert?

A concert is a meeting point for all of us who love music—whether we are performers, teachers, presenters, funders, journalists, or ticket buyers.
But what is a concert, really?
Or, more accurately, what can a concert be today?

This workshop explores every aspect of a concert except the act of playing. We’ll look at programming, stage presence, how to use time on stage intentionally when not performing (between movements or works), speaking about music, audience development, writing compelling marketing blurbs, choosing concert locations, handling production needs, crafting email pitches to presenters and funders, setting artist fees, and increasing ticket sales.

Many of us have witnessed declining concert attendance, shrinking media coverage, and reduced funding. But how have we adapted concerts to meet the needs of our audiences? There are no single, definitive answers to these questions. Yet, if we want to make a living as musicians, we must approach them with the same creativity and seriousness we bring to our interpretations.

Pedja Muzijevic leads this conversation, drawing on his experience as a pianist, Artistic Advisor at Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana, and Artistic Administrator at Baryshnikov Arts in New York. He offers practical insights on making concerts more relevant in the 21st century. Pedja has led What Is a Concert? workshops at the Verbier Festival Academy, Banff Centre, Colburn School in Los Angeles, and The Glenn Gould School in Toronto, among others.

 

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Workshop at Curtis Institute of Music
Sep
22
to Sep 24

Workshop at Curtis Institute of Music

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What Is a Concert?

A concert is a meeting point for all of us who love music—whether we are performers, teachers, presenters, funders, journalists, or ticket buyers.
But what is a concert, really?
Or, more accurately, what can a concert be today?

This workshop explores every aspect of a concert except the act of playing. We’ll look at programming, stage presence, how to use time on stage intentionally when not performing (between movements or works), speaking about music, audience development, writing compelling marketing blurbs, choosing concert locations, handling production needs, crafting email pitches to presenters and funders, setting artist fees, and increasing ticket sales.

Many of us have witnessed declining concert attendance, shrinking media coverage, and reduced funding. But how have we adapted concerts to meet the needs of our audiences? There are no single, definitive answers to these questions. Yet, if we want to make a living as musicians, we must approach them with the same creativity and seriousness we bring to our interpretations.

Pedja Muzijevic leads this conversation, drawing on his experience as a pianist, Artistic Advisor at Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana, and Artistic Administrator at Baryshnikov Arts in New York. He offers practical insights on making concerts more relevant in the 21st century. Pedja has led What Is a Concert? workshops at the Verbier Festival Academy, Banff Centre, Colburn School in Los Angeles, and The Glenn Gould School in Toronto, among others.

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Tippet Rise Art Center
Aug
17
11:00 AM11:00

Tippet Rise Art Center

Johann Strauss (are. A. Schoenberg) Kaiser Walzer, op. 437

Brandon Patrick George, flute

Yoonah Kim, clarinet

Mellisa White, violin

Benjamin Beilman, violin

Emma Wernig, viola

Bryan Chang, cello

Pedja Muzijevic, piano

F. Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”

Lun Li, violina

Emma Wernig, viola

Jay Campbell, cello

Lizzie Burns, bass

Pedja Muzijevic, piano

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Concert in 21st Century Workshop at Tippet Rise Art Center
May
11
to May 18

Concert in 21st Century Workshop at Tippet Rise Art Center

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This week-long workshop will bring six young musicians to Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana to look at the concert from perspectives of performers, presenters, production and marketing managers, funders and audience members. Musicians will perform a public concert at Tippet Rise, a pop up concert in an unconventional location in a neighboring community, write marketing blurbs for them, discuss production needs, look at the flow of each concert, work on speaking in public about music and explore ways to diversify the concert format.

 

The workshop will be lead by Pedja Muzijevic, pianist and artistic advisor for Tippet Rise Art Center.

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Bay Chamber Concerts
Feb
1
7:00 PM19:00

Bay Chamber Concerts

Homage to Mixtapes

C.P.E. BACH Allegretto moderato from Sonata in G Major, Wq. 55/6 (1765)

GYORGY LIGETI Tempo di valse (poco Vivace – “à l’orgue de Barbarie”) from Musica ricercata (1953)

C.P.E. BACH Andante from Sonata in G Major, Wq. 55/6 (1765)

VALENTYN SILVESTROV Serenade and Waltz of the Moment from Four Pieces, Op. 305 (2021)

C.P.E. BACH Allegro di molto from Sonata in G Major, Wq. 55/6 (1765)

AMY BEACH Ballad Op. 6 (1894)

PHILIP GLASS Dreaming Awake (2003)

HAYDN Allegro from Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI/52 (1794)

GEORGE CRUMB Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca.10,000 B.C.) (1972)

HAYDN Adagio from Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI/52 (1794)

HENRY COWELL Aeolian Harp (1923)

HAYDN Presto from Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52 (1794)

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Basic Instincts
Dec
12
7:30 PM19:30

Basic Instincts

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Basic Instincts

Program to be announced from the stage
Music is called the universal language, but what does that really mean? Pianist Pedja Mužijević leads this interactive performance with a wide range of short piano works, from Joseph Haydn to Henry Cowell, and asks the audience very specific questions that will encourage us all to react to music with our instincts.

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Piano aux Jacobins
Sep
19
8:00 PM20:00

Piano aux Jacobins

C.P.E. Bach : Allegretto moderato from Sonata in G major, Wq. 55/6 (1765)

G. Ligeti : Tempo di valse (poco Vivace – “à l’orgue de Barbarie”) from Musica ricercata (1953)

C.P.E. Bach :  Andante from Sonata in G major, Wq. 55/6 (1765)

V. Silvestrov : Serenade and Waltz of the Moment from Four Pieces, op. 305 (2021)

C.P.E. Bach : Allegro di molto from Sonata in G major, Wq. 55/6 (1765)

 

G. Spears : Thursday Morning from Seven Days (2020)

G. Antheil : Selections from La femme 100 tête (1933)

G. Spears : Friday Afternoon from Seven Days (2020)

M. Ravel : Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs (1905)

G. Spears : Saturday Evening from Seven Days (2020)

 

P. Glass Dreaming Awake

 

J. Haydn : Allegro from Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI/52 (1794)

G. Crumb : Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca.10,000 B.C.) (1972)

J. Haydn : Adagio from Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI/52 (1794)

H. Cowell : Aeolian Harp (1923)

J. Haydn : Presto from Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI:52 (1794)

 

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Basic Instincts at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Sep
9
4:00 PM16:00

Basic Instincts at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Basic Instincts

Program to be announced from the stage
Music is called the universal language, but what does that really mean? Pianist Pedja Mužijević leads this interactive performance with a wide range of short piano works, from Joseph Haydn to Henry Cowell, and asks the audience very specific questions that will encourage us all to react to music with our instincts.

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