2024-25 Season Archives - Page 2 of 5 - UGA Performing Arts Center

Renée Fleming
Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene

“Fleming’s voice floats and blooms with its customary beauty.”—The New Yorker Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our day, regularly performing on the stages of […]

Brandon Patrick George, flute
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

“Brandon Patrick George is a flutist who has gained much attention and accolades with his virtuosity and gorgeous round flute tone.”—Sound in Review “Esfahani’s towering musicianship . . . would […]

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Anna Geniushene, piano

“The most elegant and articulate words fail to do justice to Stutzmann’s performance. She is a consummate rock star on the podium. With her precise, yet large and wild articulations, […]

Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion

“A combination of theatricality, musical heart and phenomenal virtuosity. It was over-the-top exciting.”—Seen and Heard International Zakir Hussain is a musician of the highest order, one whose consistently brilliant and […]

Anda Union

“Their gloriously atmospheric songs are based on melodies that are as memorable and accessible as any great Western folk songs, and they deserve success well beyond their homeland.”—Guardian The oral […]

Tetzlaff Quartet

“Supremely lyrical, exactingly detailed playing combined with impeccable balance and unanimity, resulting in an overwhelming performance.”—New York Times It’s always a pleasure to welcome a lauded, seasoned string quartet to […]

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director

“Connoisseurs of rarified Mozart pianism will be pleased to rediscover (as I did) the sparkling symmetry and ultra-precision of Uchida’s fingerwork, the fortepiano-like ping of her sonority, her impeccable tempo […]

Anoushka Shankar

“With nine Grammy nominations under her belt, Shankar is firmly established as the 21st century’s most innovative sitar player.”—Pitchfork Anoushka Shankar returns to Athens for the first time in 25 […]

Les Arts Florissants
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Baroque violin
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300

“Théotime Langlois de Swarte reminds me why I fell in love with the Baroque violin in the first place.”—Gramophone “For decades [Les Arts Florissants] have been fulfilling the task of […]

Jason Moran
Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings

“He always delivers drama, satisfying tension and release, and postmodern inventiveness.”—The New Yorker Pianist and composer Jason Moran is a risk-taker and trendsetter who has become “the most provocative thinker […]