We’re coming to you LIVE from Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center in New York for a concert featuring cellist Benett Tsai. Presented by Young Concert Artists, this recital is Benett's debut recital as an artist on the YCA roster.

A former prizewinner at the 2022 Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann, Benett joined the YCA roster after winning the 2023 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions in New York. He has appeared with major orchestra including the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Lahti, Kammerphilharmonie Metamorphosen Berlin, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Academy. Presently a student of Clive Greensmith at The Colburn School, Benett will perform with the Queensland, Maryland, and Kennett Symphony Orchestras in the upcoming 2024-2025 season.

Program

Ginastera

Pampeana No. 2, Rhapsody for Cello & Piano, Op. 21

Beethoven

Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’, WoO 46

Barber

Cello Sonata, Op. 6

Penderecki

Capriccio per Siegfried Palm

Brahms

Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38