And the winner is…
The Tony Award nominees are out, so this month I highlight some past and present nominees. But first, I invite you to get to know the artists that will be part of our upcoming Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center concert on May 16.
CMS: Schubertiade
Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 5pm (Artist Talk at 4:15pm)
The Purchase PAC
CMS is bringing Benjamin Beilman, David Finckel, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Wu Han to Purchase to present a concert exploring Schubert in three settings. Fun fact: CMS will present this same program at Lincoln Center on May 17, and that concert is sold out, so The Purchase PAC is the place to be.
Learn more and get tickets on The Purchase PAC website
Spotlight on violinist Benjamin Beilman
- Benjamin Beilman CMS Artist Profile on YouTube (September 2012)
- Benjamin Beilman CMS Artist Profile on YouTube (May 2016)
- Prokofiev: Sonata for Solo Violin in D Majoar, Op. 115
- Schubert: Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano. Filmed live in Alice Tully Hall on March 20, 2015
- Young Concert Artists Career Catalyst: 5 Questions for Benjamin Beilman
- Young Concert Artists Career Catalyst: 5 More Questions for Benjamin Beilman
- Young Concert Artists Career Catalyst: Yet 5 More Questions for Benjamin Beilman
- 2025-26 Focus Artist of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra: “The moment I realized music would define my life.”
Spotlight on Anne-Marie McDermott
- Anne-Marie McDermott CMS Artist Profile (March 2012)
- CMS Master Class with Anne-Marie McDermott
- Grand Pause: CMS Artists at Home – Anne Marie McDermott, piano
- Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Major, D. 850 “Gasteiner”: I. Allegro vivace
- Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: I. Molto moderato
- Anne-Marie McDermott talks CMS of Lincoln Center, Bravo! Vail, MSM, Carnegie Hall, Cliburn
Spotlight on David Finckel and Wu Han
- Franck: Cello Sonata in A Major: IV: Allegretto poco mosso; David Finckel, Wu Han
- David Finckel & Wu Han CMS Artist Profiles – January 2011
- WQXR Café Concert: David Finckel and Wu Han Play Shostakovich Cello Sonata — Allegro
- David Finckel and Wu Han: Musical America’s 2012 Musicians of the Year Award
- Britten: Sonata in C for Cello and Piano, Op. 65: II. Scherzo – Pizzicato
- Schubert Piano Trio in E flat Major, Op 100, D 929 Wu, Setzer, Finckel
PBS Great Performances: Suffs
Premieres May 8
Created by Tony Award winner Shaina Taub, this musical recorded from Broadway tells the story of the American suffragist movement and the remarkable friendships, heartbreak, and action that brought women together—or, in some cases, tore them apart. Suffs got 6 Tony noms and 2 wins (Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score) in 2024.
Watch Great Performances “Suffs” on PBS
Ragtime: Tiny Desk Concert
Lincoln Center Theater’s acclaimed Broadway revival of Ragtime received 11 Tony Award Nominations. The musical centers on figures from three communities — Black Americans, immigrants and upper class whites — in New York at the dawn of the 20th century and what the American dream means to them as they intersect and, at times, clash. Company members from the Tony-nominated, Lincoln Center Theater revival recently stopped by the NPR’s Tiny Desk to share a bit of that American dream.
Listen to the “Ragtime” Tiny Desk Concert
PBS Great Performances at the Met: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
In this new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel set shortly before the outbreak of World War II, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism. Incorporating electronic design elements and a variety of musical styles, composer Mason Bates’ score moves among the three worlds of Gene Scheer’s libretto: Nazi-occupied Prague, the bustling streets of New York City, and the realm of comic-book fantasy. Bartlett Sher’s production features towering sets and proscenium-filling projections designed by Jenny Melville and Mark Grimmer of 59 Studio. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Watch Great Performances “The Amazin Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” on YouTube
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Culture Picks celebrates the performing arts. In each post, PAC staff member Coni Guhl shines the spotlight on work by artists that you know and love from their appearances at The Purchase PAC, and offers recommendations about other performing arts events that you really should not miss. Experience them all!
All times are EDT unless otherwise noted.
Pictured: David Finckel and Wu Han (c) Lillian Finckel
