Weekend Concert Series
Lysander Piano Trio
Sunday
November 15, 2026
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Calderwood Hall
The terrific Lysander Trio, formed when they were students at Juilliard, are phenomenal chamber musicians. The oldest work on their program is by the remarkable Swedish violinist and composer Amanda Maier, who knew and worked with Brahms and Grieg, among others. South African composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen, whom the Museum has commissioned, writes music that is at once charming and fiendishly difficult. His sophisticated approach to form and rhythm finds inspiration in the musics of various sub-Saharan peoples (including the Xhosa clan, to which he belongs) as well as the global classical music tradition.
Program
Amanda Maier
Piano Trio in E-flat major (1873–1874)
Edvard Grieg
Andante con moto, EG 116 (1878)
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)
Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Two Nguni Dances (2008)
Artist
Itamar Zorman, violin
James Kim, cello
Liza Stepanova, piano
How to Get Tickets | Museum Admission
Get tickets online or:
• By calling the Box Office at 617 278 5156, Wednesday–Monday, 10 am–4 pm
• In person* at the ticket desk, Wednesday–Monday, 11 am–4:30 pm
Questions about accessibility? Please call the Box Office at 617 278 5156 to request accessible or companion seating, or to inquire about other accommodations.
*Walk-up, day-of tickets are not guaranteed.
Fitzpatrick Family Concert.
Music at the Gardner is supported by the Nora McNeely Hurley Foundation. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Scott Nickrenz Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; David Scudder in memory of his wife, Marie Louise Scudder; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by Barbara and Amos Hostetter, Joseph Mari, Sallie and Jim McGregor, Nicie and Jay Panetta, and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
