BlackBox Ensemble at the Noguchi Museum. Photo by Don Stahl.
Fall 2026
September 10 & 13, 2026 | Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Norfolk, VA
Cover Conductor to Eric Jacobsen
Gabriel KAHANE Heirloom
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
September 19, 2026 | Rhode Island Philharmonic
Providence, RI
Cover Conductor to Ruth Reinhardt
BARBER The School for Scandal Overture
Eric NATHAN Violin Concerto, The Mountains We Climb
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
September 27, 2026 | BlackBox Ensemble
Anderson Collection, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Morton FELDMAN For Frank O’Hara
Morton FELDMAN I Met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg
October 3, 2026 | BlackBox Ensemble
Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Ania VU Through the Doors (Chamber Opera, World Premiere)
October 24, 2026 | BlackBox Ensemble | Bowerbird Concerts
The Perch Music + Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Tania LEÓN In the Field
Elliott CARTER A Mirror on Which to Dwell
Past highlights
May 23, 2026 | BlackBox Ensemble | MATA Festival
DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY
March 9, 2026 | NEC Opera
Boston, MA
PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi
December 5, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | National Sawdust
Brooklyn, NY
Yang Jin, Pipa
Baldwin GIANG Pipa Boy: Three Scenes from the Post-Diaspora (U.S. Premiere)
September 27-28, 2025 | Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Steinmetz Concert Hall, Orlando, FL
Cover Conductor to Eric Jacobsen
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
GRIEG Piano Concerto
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
July 11-12, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble & Kyle Marshall Choreography | PS21 Center for Contemporary Performance
Chatham, NY
Julius EASTMAN Femenine
May 11, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
Speculative Listening: The Sonic World of Julius Eastman
Co-curated by Isaac Jean-François
April 17, 2025 | Divertimento Ensemble
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
March 5-7, 2025 | Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT
Research-led Performance: Music for Ensemble Around Pierre Boulez Workshop
September 9-14, 2024 | Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
Radolfzell, DE
Masterclass with Johannes Schlaefli
May 24, 2024 | BlackBox Ensemble | Foundation des Etas-Unis
Paris, FR
Film premiere: The Sound of Space Between Us
Annie Nikunen & Joelle Santiago, Choreographers
Peter Cheng, Liana Zhen-ai Kleinman, and Annie Nikunen, Dancers
Kevin Chui, Cinematography
February 14, 2024 | Divertimento Ensemble
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
February 7-8, 2024 | BlackBox Ensemble | Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, D.C.
BlackBox performs a two-concert series at the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art including a reprise performance of Borrowed Landscape by tauchgold and Dai Fujikura.
November 8, 2023 | BlackBox Ensemble | Noguchi Museum
Queens, NY
Staged premiere of Borrowed Landscape, a radio play by German playwright duo tauchgold with original music by Dai Fujikura.
October 1, 2023 | BlackBox Ensemble | Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, MA
The Sound of Space Between Us: a site-responsive music and dance performance
Choreography by Annie Nikunen and Joelle Santiago
Annie Nikunen, Peter Cheng, and Liana Zhen-ai Kleinman, Dancers
September 11, 2023 | Divertimento Ensemble
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
George BENJAMIN At First Light
LIGETI Piano Concerto
Maria Grazie Bellochio, Piano
August 19, 2023 | MAV Symphony Orchestra
Budapest, HU
Masterclass with Jorma Panula