Rob Kapilowconductor, Composer, Commentator
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~ Rob Kapilow’s new book What Makes It Great? Short Masterpieces, Great Composers,
available September 6th, 2011. [ more ]

~ Rob Kapilow’s
All You Have to Do
Is Listen: Music from the Inside Out,

available in book stores and online. [ more ]


About Rob

~ Current Performances

Recent Performances

2008

~ Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA

~ Sunday, November 2, 2008, 2:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings
Stanford Lively Arts
Stanford, CA

~ Thursday, November 6, 2008, 5:00pm
What Makes it Great?® – Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
St. Paul's School
Concord, NH

~ Sunday, November 9, 2008, 2:00pm
Family Musik® – Green Eggs and Hamadeus
Hancher Auditorium
University of Iowa

~ Monday, November 10, 2008, 10:15am
Family Musik®
Hancher Auditorium
University of Iowa

~ Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8:00pm
What Makes it Great?® – Bach’s Double Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Boston Celebrity Series
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

~ Wednesday, November 19, 2008
What Makes it Great?® – Chopin’s Etudes and Ballades
Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC

~ Monday, November 24, 2008, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
New York, NY

~ Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 6:30pm
Family Musik® – Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA

~ Saturday, December 6, 2008, 11:00am
What Makes it Great?® – Mendelssohn’ Octet
with the Biava Quartet
Kansas City, MO

~ Sunday, December 7, 2008, 2:00pm
What Makes it Great?® – Mendelssohn’ Octet
with the Biava Quartet
Kansas City, MO

~ December 15, 2008, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Chopin’s Two Ballades: No. 3 in A-flat major and No. 4 in F minor
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
New York, NY

2009

~ Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 8:00pm
What Makes it Great?® – Beethoven’s Archduke Trio
Stanford Lively Arts
Stanford, CA

~ Monday, January 12, 2009, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Schumann’s Lieder
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
New York, NY

~ Sunday, January 18, 2009, 3:00pm
Family Musik® – Jabberwocky
Music in the Morning
Vancouver, BC, Canada

~ Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1, The Kreutzer Sonata
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
New York, NY


 

2009 (continued)

~ Wednesday, February 18, 2009
What Makes it Great?® – Schumann’s Fantasy in C
Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC

~ Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Dvorák’s Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA

~ Saturday, February 28, 2009, 12:00pm and 2:00pm
Family Musik® – Green Eggs and Hamadeus
Boston Celebrity Series
Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA

~ Saturday, March 7, 2009, 11:00am
What Makes it Great?® – Haydn String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1
with the Maia Quartet
The Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ Sunday, March 8, 2009, 2:00pm
What Makes it Great?® – Haydn String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1
with the Maia Quartet
The Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ March 10, 2009 – March 12, 2009
Concerts (co-presentation of Gryphon Trio and Music Toronto)
Toronto, Canada
Various locations

~ Monday, March 16, 2009, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Beethoven’s Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer")
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
New York, NY

~ Saturday, March 28, 2009, 8:00pm
What Makes it Great?® – Dvorák’s String Quartet No. 12, “American”
Boston Celebrity Series
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

~ Saturday, April 4, 2009, 11:00am
What Makes it Great?® – Chopin’s Two Ballades: No. 3 in A-flat major and No. 4 in F minor
with Gilles Vonsattel, piano
The Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ Sunday, April 5, 2009, 2:00pm
What Makes it Great?® – Chopin’s Two Ballades: No. 3 in A-flat major and No. 4 in F minor
with Gilles Vonsattel, piano
The Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ Wednesday, April 15, 2009
What Makes it Great?® – Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes
Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC

~ Saturday, April 25, 2009
Family Musik® – Jabberwocky
Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY

~ Monday, April 27, 2009 – Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Residency with the St. Lawrence String Quartet in Stanford

~ Sunday, May 3, 2009, 3:00pm
Family Musik® – Play Ball!
Music in the Morning
Vancouver, BC, Canada

~ Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Beethoven: Archduke Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 97
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA

~ Saturday, May 9, 2009, 12:00pm and 2:00pm
Family Musik® – Jabberwocky
Boston Celebrity Series
Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA

~ Monday, May 11, 2009, 7:30pm
What Makes it Great?® – Haydn’s String Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
New York, NY


~ 2007-2008 Season Performances





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