Events at the Library of Congress
Wednesday March 10, 2021
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Event | concerts and performancesHomegrown: É.T.É. Wednesday
March 10, 2021
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EST
Add to calendar Élisabeth Moquin, Thierry Clouette and Élisabeth Giroux came together in 2015 to create this exciting group. They chose the name É.T.É., which is the group’s first initials but also the French word for summer. The trio offers a contemporary and dynamic vision of traditional Québec music, combining influences from folk, jazz, progressive rock, and classical music on fiddle, cello, bouzouki, voice, foot-tapping and step...This event will premiere on both Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only
Friday March 12, 2021
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Event | concerts and performancesNew World Symphony Friday
March 12, 2021
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EST
Add to calendar Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas introduces a special Library mini-residency project for The New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS). Admired as a creative laboratory for the way music is taught, presented and experienced, NWS brings together brilliant young musicians for a fellowship program offering in-depth exposure to traditional and modern repertoire and professional development training.This event will premiere on both Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only
Friday March 19, 2021
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Event | concerts and performancesSteven Osborne, Piano Friday
March 19, 2021
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Brilliant Scottish pianist Steven Osborne offers a program of fragments and forgotten images illuminated by a classic evocation of moonlight. The music of Debussy and Rachmaninoff, two specialties of the pianist, shines in this special concert that includes works held in the Library’s collection.This event will premiere on both Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only
Wednesday March 24, 2021
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Event | concerts and performancesHomegrown: Ialoni Wednesday
March 24, 2021
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Women’s ensemble Ialoni was formed in 2009 in Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia. Their repertoire draws from all three branches of traditional Georgian vocal polyphony: ecclesiastical, folk and city music. The group selects its repertoire from archival records and manuscripts, field recordings, and published transcriptions, with a special emphasis on reviving relatively unusual, original and complex songs.This event will premiere on both Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only -
Event | concerts and performancesHomegrown: Ranina Quartet Wednesday
March 24, 2021
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The Ranina quartet is a new music ensemble from the Republic of Georgia, created out of a love for Georgian traditional music, including urban songs, folk songs, and chants. They have been singing since they were little children, and individual members have performed in many ensembles including such well known groups as Erisioni, Sakhioba, Didgori, Lasharela, Ertoba, Orbeli, Aghsavali of Mamadaviti church, the state...This event will premiere on both Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only
Friday March 26, 2021
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Event | concerts and performancesDudok String Quartet Amsterdam Friday
March 26, 2021
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Dudok Quartet Amsterdam comes to the virtual stage with a program connecting Brahms with Webern and Ligeti. With its recordings garnering enthusiastic praise from publications like Gramophone, The Guardian and The Strad, the quartet is establishing a reputation as a dynamic ensemble with thoughtful programs that include their own transcriptions.This event will premiere on both Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only
