Front Row Washington

Classical performances by top local musicians and ensembles at venues throughout the Washington area.

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Join us for works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Rebecca Clarke, Gayane Chebotarian, Varvara Gaigerova, and Fanny Mendelssohn.

Show Notes

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

April 28, 2025 9:00 pm

An inspiring performance of powerful music by Dmitri Shostakovich, a sextet by Erwin Schulhoff who died in a Nazi prison camp, and Felix Mendelssohn's iconic Octet.
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The Tempest Trio plays Dvorak, Beethoven & Stutchewsky

May 5, 2025 9:00 pm

Presented by Downtown Piano Works

It's a concert of trios featuring music from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries!
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21st Century Consort presents "Art Becomes Music Becomes Art"

May 12, 2025 9:00 pm

Presented by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Hirshhorn Museum’s Ring Auditorium – music inspired by specific artists in the Hirshhorn collection, including Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell and others, with an early 20th Century masterpiece by a composer equally esteemed as a painter: Arnold Schoenberg.
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