Kaufman Music Center – Bridges: Charles Yang & Peter Dugan
$25 ($10 student)
- Charles Yang, violin
- Peter Dugan, piano
From Ravel to The Beatles to their own compositions, the genre-bending “classical-meets-rockstar-duo” (The Wall Street Journal) will feature a gamut of musical styles and the connections between them. This dynamic duo will announce their program from the stage in a dazzling night of music-making.
Recipient of the 2018 Leonard Bernstein Award and described by The Boston Globe as one who “plays classical violin with the charisma of a rock star,” Juilliard graduate Charles Yang has performed as a soloist with orchestras and in concert around the world and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Not only confined to classical violin, Yang’s improvisational crossover abilities as a violinist, electric violinist, and vocalist have led him to featured performances with a variety of artists in numerous festivals.
Praised by the Los Angeles Times as “stunning” and by the San Francisco Chronicle as “fearlessly athletic,” pianist Peter Dugan is heard nationwide as the host of NPR’s beloved program From the Top. He has appeared as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician across North America and abroad. Prizing versatility as the key to the future of classical music, Dugan is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms. A sought-after multi-genre artist, Dugan has performed in duos and trios with artists ranging from Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, and Renée Fleming, to Jesse Colin Young and Glenn Close.
$10 student tickets are available by phone or in person. Call the box office at (212) 501-3330.
COVID-19 Protocol: All guests must wear a mask properly at all times while in the building. Audience members will need to be fully vaccinated with an FDA or WHO approved vaccine and must show proof of vaccination along with a government-issued photo ID. Audience members under the age of 12 (under the age of 5 beginning March 1, 2022) or patrons who are not able to be vaccinated due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief must show proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of the performance start time.
View Kaufman Music Center's full COVID-19 Policies here: https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/covid/
Charles Yang and Peter Dugan’s Artist Residency is generously underwritten by The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust.
About Charles Yang, violin
About Peter Dugan, piano
Pianist Peter Dugan's 2017 debut solo performances with Michael Tilson Thomas and
the San Francisco Symphony were described by the Los Angeles Times as "stunning" and by
the SF Chronicle as "fearlessly athletic." He has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across North America and abroad. Prizing versatility as the key to the future of
classical music, Peter is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms.
A sought-after crossover artist, Peter has performed in duos and trios with artists ranging from Itzhak Perlmanand Joshua Bell to Jesse Colin Young and Glenn Close. The Wall Street Journal described Peter's collaboration with violinist Charles Yang as a "classical-meets-rockstar duo." Peter's recent chamber music recitals include the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Music at Menlo, and a Weill Hall debut presented by Carnegie Hall. His debut album with baritone John Brancy – A Silent Night: A WWI Memorial in Song – pays homage to composers who lived through, fought in, and died in the Great War. John and Peter won first prize at the 2017 Montreal International Music Competition and second prize at the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition.
Peter holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Juilliard School, where he studied under Matti Raekallio. He resides in New York with his wife, mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan, and serves on the piano faculty at the Juilliard School Evening Division. Peter is a Yamaha Artist.