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With our own Ari Evan and his lineup of internationally recognized musicians, we are delighted to present the series in our sanctuary with its outstanding acoustics.
The repertoire of each concert features an acclaimed work by a Jewish composer.
Join us for three Sundays at 2:00 pm.
Members $18; $50 for subscription to all three concerts
Non-members $25; $65 for subscription to all three concerts
$36 at the door
Free for students with ID and those under 18
Or mail your check to RTFH, 71-11 112 Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet (1876)
(I. Nicht zu schnell)
Aaron Copland: Piano Quartet (1950)
I. Adagio serio
II. Allegro giusto
III. Non troppo Lento
Intermission
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major (1878)
I. Allegro con fuoco
II. Lento
III. Allegro moderato, grazioso
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Michael Boriskin, piano
“A pianist of the highest rank” (Die Welt, Berlin)
“A pianist with the Midas touch” (The New York Times)
One of Musical America’s “Top 30 Professionals of the Year” (2023), pianist Michael Boriskin has performed with leading international orchestras and chamber ensembles in over 30 countries, including the San Francisco, Seattle, and Utah Symphonies, Munich and Polish Radio Orchestras, Buffalo and Mexico City UNAM Philharmonics, American Composers Orchestra; New York Philharmonic Ensembles; St. Lawrence, St. Petersburg and Borromeo String Quartets; and Dorian and Arioso Wind Quintets. He has appeared at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Tanglewood and Ravinia Festivals, BBC, (London), Smithsonian, Berlin Radio, Theatre des Champs-Elysees (Paris), Library of Congress, Kennedy Center, Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires), Arnold Schoenberg Center (Vienna), and many others; recorded extensively for Naxos, SONY Classical, New World, Bridge, and other labels; and been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR (including its Tiny Desk Concerts), and Euro-Radio. He is Artistic and Executive Director of Copland House, the award-winning creative center for American music at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark home and its satellite at Bluestone Farm (both near New York City), and has previously served as Music Director of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s fabled White Oak Dance Project, and program advisor for the New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, U.S. State Department, and many other major institutions.
Tiffany Chang, violin
Originally from Arizona, Tiffany Chang began playing the violin at the age of three and soon discovered a passion for sharing and playing music with others. This passion has led her to cultivate a career that embodies and promotes musical collaboration. Always looking to broaden her collaborative endeavors, Tiffany has worked in various musical spheres, from Indie Pop recordings to premieres of new music works.
Last year, Tiffany made her first appearance at the Marlboro Chamber Music Festival and will be returning for the 2026 season. Other chamber festival appearances include the Ravinia Steans Institute of Music, Perlman Music Program, Taos School of Music and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. She has worked with members of the Brentano, Elias, Miro, Juilliard, and Borromeo quartets and has performed alongside distinguished musicians such as Miriam Fried, Nina Lee, Donald Weilerstein, and Amy Yang among others. Tiffany is a founding member of the Boston-based piano trio, Trio Rai. In addition to chamber music, Tiffany regularly performs with ensembles including the New York Classical Players, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Delirium Musicum, The Knights, and Palaver Strings. An ardent proponent of new music, Tiffany has worked with and performed pieces by prominent composers including Paul Wiancko, Keenan Azmeh, Reena Esmail, and Jessie Montgomery.
Tiffany received her B.M. and M.M. in Violin Performance at the New England Conservatory.
She is currently a doctoral candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. Former mentors include Miriam Fried, Mark Steinberg, Merry Peckham, Nicholas Cords, and Danny Phillips. Tiffany lives in Brooklyn where she enjoys consuming copious amounts of hot pot and spending time with her cat, Slim Bim.
Tanner Menees, viola
Tanner Menees is a sought-after violist in chamber music recognized for both his technical mastery and his rich, inventive style.
After graduating from the Colburn School, where he studied with Paul Coletti, Tanner went on to earn a Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Grammy winner Kim Kashkashian. He has since collaborated with a growing pantheon of chamber musicians and a long list of celebrated festivals at home and abroad.
Tanner has appeared as a soloist with the Colburn Orchestra under maestro Thierry Fischer and with Symphony New Hampshire. As an assiduous advocate of new American music, Tanner regularly performs and records with Copland House, where he has participated in the introduction of electrifying new works including A Standing Witness, by composer Richard Danielpour and U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove.
You can further find Tanner playing the part of “snoozing musician/somnambulant violist” in “Dreaming of Boccherini,” a whimsical video by Mike Grittani shot in Guarneri Hall as part of the NEXUS Chamber Music Festival in 2019.
Tanner grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, in a family of talented musicians who listened to the great classical masterpieces on long car rides, with only the occasional intervention by Earth, Wind & Fire. When not performing, practicing or scurrying to airports, he is similarly an advocate for new American board games such as 2019’s Wingspan. He currently resides in New York City.
Tanner plays on a viola of the Tarasconi school made in Milan, Italy c. 1880 courtesy of Guarneri Hall NFP and Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins.
Notable collaborators include: Miriam Fried, Susan Graham, Lynn Harrell, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Kim Kashkashian, Laurence Lesser, Danny Phillips, Marcy Rosen, Mitsuko Uchida, and Donald Weilerstein.
Ari Evan, cello
Praised for his “evocative, impassioned” playing and “remarkable security,” (New York Concert Review, Shostakovich Concerto No. 1) cellist Ari Evan maintains an active performing career throughout North America and Europe. From 2020-2023 he lived in Belgium, where he completed his Artist Diploma at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapelle under the tutelage of Gary Hoffman. Solo highlights from this time include a performance of Schumann’s Cello Concerto with the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, Haydn D with Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Vienna Concert Orchestra, and a solo recital at Flagey.
A versatile chamber musician, Ari has performed with Itzhak Perlman, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Corina Belcea, Colin Carr, Miriam Fried, Gary Hoffman, Hsin-Yun Huang, Ani Kavafian, Robert McDonald, Carol Wincenc, and has toured internationally as guest cellist with the Rolston String Quartet, Aeolus Quartet, and Quatuor MONA. He has world-premiered works by Augusta Reed Thomas, Aaron J Kernis, Philip Lasser, and Pieter Schuermans. As a chamber musician, he is featured on the Alpha Classics, DUX, MSR Classics, and Sono Luminus labels.
Ari has served as guest principal cellist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Princeton Symphony. He has also worked with many of New York’s premiere ensembles, touring with Orpheus and the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), and performing withMusic from Copland House, NOVUS, Metropolis Ensemble, New York Classical Players, Frisson, and Exponential Ensemble. Additionally, he serves as the co-founder and artistic director of the Forest Hills Chamber Music Series.
