Be the first to discover the finest rising-star classical musicians of their generation. Astral's newest artists debut at the Winners Concert, in a showcase of masterful artistry.

Featuring:
ARKAI, string duo
Amer Hasan, clarinet
Hilda Huang, piano
Helen Zhibing Huang, soprano
Valentin Kovalev, saxophone
Julian Rhee, violin
Hao Yang, guitar

Emerald Futures: NYPhilharmonic Very Young Composers and toy piano and composer duo, Chromic Duo, team up to create an immersive soundwalk!

About this event

Come celebrate with us! 

Immerse yourself in an evolving sound-world that changes according to your geographic location, as you listen to world premieres of pieces by the Very Young Composers at the New York Philharmonic. With GPS hotspots plotted along the route, site-specific pieces will play as you move from one contrasting natural soundscape into a future imagined by the next generation of composers and thinkers on a future that we believe in. 

Emerald Futures is an Augmented Reality Sound Walk that guides you through a year of transformation and growth, from Central Park (W. 72nd St + Central Park West) to Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s mural, “We Belong Here”, in response to the rise of anti-AAPI hate. 

As you reach the end of the walk at Lincoln Center, unlock a *special element* with Chromic Duo that is especially rendered for this closing event! 

Please download Gesso (available for iOS + Google Play) and have headphones ready beforehand. https://www.gesso.app/download

Duration: ~30 minutes

Lara Downes, piano
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Ifetayo Ali-Landing, cello
Members of the Chicago Sinfonietta

Program

Rising Sun: Migration and Renaissance

Tracing the journey, physical and metaphorical, of the Great Migration and the creative flowering of the Chicago Black Renaissance, this program features music—by artists whose work and lives were transformed by the journey north—that tells stories of migration and metamorphosis, trial and triumph, courage, creativity, and collaboration.

Margaret Bonds: The Bells and Troubled Water from Spiritual Suite
Margaret Bonds: “Dream Variations” from Three Dream Portraits
William Grant Still: Summerland from Three Visions
Nora Holt: Nora’s Dance
Florence Price: Sketches in Sepia
Florence Price: Andante con espressione
William Grant Still: Gamin from Suite for Violin and Piano
Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor
Lil Hardin Armstrong: “Just For a Thrill” (arr. Jeremy Siskind)
Sam Cooke: “A Change Is Gonna Come” (arr. Jeremy Siskind)