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News“In Clara’s Hands” features music by and closely tied to Clara Schumann, with Juilliard String QuartetPianist Orli Shaham takes a deep dive into the music and life of Clara Schumann on a special program at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall on October 6. The concert highlights Schumann’s work not just as a composer, but as a superstar pianist who set new standards for virtuosity and the modern piano recital, while building her husband’s reputation and raising eight children.
Shaham will be joined by musicologist Sarah Fritz, author of a new biography on Clara Schumann, as well as the Juilliard String Quartet for a performance of Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet, a work Clara championed throughout her life. -
NewsUpcoming performances with violinist Deborah Buck in New Canaan, CT on September 27, and at Bargemusic on October 18Ahead of recording an album with her frequent collaborator violinist Deborah Buck for the 75th Anniversary of the Kinhaven Music School (released next year on AVIE Records), Shaham and Buck perform a free recital at Brooklyn’s Bargemusic on October 18.
Their program explores the rich compositional legacy connected to Kinhaven’s co-founder, Dorothy Dushkin, her brother-in-law—violinist and arranger Samuel Dushkin— and a circle of musicians who studied in Paris under the legendary Nadia Boulanger. This recital includes fun music by Stravinsky, Copland, Gershwin, Caroline Shaw, and a few other American composers that are closely connected to this legacy.
On September 27, Shaham and Buck come together for a performance presented by Orchestra Lumos in New Canaan, CT. -
NewsPianist Orli Shaham and members of Pacific Symphony release “American Tapestry” on February 13, 2026Album of chamber music by living Americans includes world premiere recordings of commissioned works by Avner Dorman and Margaret Brouwer; and music by Jessie Montgomery, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Viet Cuong, Reena Esmail, Peter Dayton, and Ari Barack Fisher.
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NewsOrli Shaham performs “Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?” by John Adams with Vancouver Symphony January 30-31On January 30 and 31, 2026, Orli Shaham heads to Canada to perform John Adams’ piano concerto “Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?” with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra led by David Robertson. In 2023, Shaham and Robertson performed the same work with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Helsinki and spoke about the work on national TV.
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