FALL/WINTER
GALA AWARDS CONCERT
October 22, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Kosciuszko Foundation
15 East 65th Street
Featuring the following 2025 Career Grant Winners*
Ava Pakiam, violin
Ana Isabella España, violin
*Risa Hokamura, violin and Chaeyoung Park, piano will perform and receive their grants later in the season. Our first composition Career Grant and Commission will also be presented later in the season to composer Elaina Stuppler.
CZECH SERENADE
November 18, 2025 | 7 PM
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street
Marketa Janouskova, violin
with guest pianist Alexa Stier
HOLIDAY CONCERT
December 17, 2025 | 7 PM
Hotel Des Artistes
1 West 67th Street
Solomon Ge, piano
Christina Nam, violin
Risa Hokamura, violin (2025 Career Grant Winner)
NEW YEAR’S CONCERT
January 28, 2026 | 7 PM
Kosciuszko Foundation
15 East 65th Street
Aurelia Faidley-Solars, cello
Yuval Chen, piano
Chaeyoung Park, piano (2025 Career Grant Winner)
SALUTE TO SPRING
February 26, 2026 | 7 PM
Chelsea Studio
Avery Gagliano, piano
Julia Angelov, violin
SPRING
THE MUSICAL SOUL OF HUNGARY
May 5, 2026 | 6:30 PM
Bartók Hall at the Consulate General of Hungary, New York
223 East 52 Street
Anita Balàzs, cello
Alexandra Balog, piano
EAST MEETS WEST
June 3, 2026 | 5:30 PM
The Consulate General of India, New York
3 East 64 Street
Deepsankar Bhattacharya, sitar
and
Samir Chatterjee, tabla
SUMMER SONG FROM JAPAN
June 22, 2026 l 7:00 PM
The Kosciuszko Foundation
15 East 65th Street
Rei Fukuoka, piano
Koshiro Takeuchi, violin
with
Lora Tchekoratova, piano
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We are also thrilled to continue our collaboration with the Mt. Sinai Hospital to bring the uplifting sounds of music to patients, doctors and staff. Last season our alumni presented two concerts at Mount Sinai Hospital West (with Nikka Gershman, flute and friends and the Ivalas Quartet). We plan to continue these important outreach efforts and present four more live events at these venues during the coming season.
PHOTOS FROM RECENT EVENTS
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
The Salon is dedicated to providing opportunities for our talented young artists to share their gifts with the broader community, as a way of connecting, inspiring and providing comfort and healing. We have found these experiences to be incredibly meaningful to both
audiences and artists alike.
We are excited to be back in the NYC public schools to continue our initiative to introduce young students to classical music and our inspiring young classical musicians. Last season we visited Grant Avenue Elementary School in the Bronx with The Green Room Ensemble and the Ivalas Quartet. Everyone had a great time!
In addition, during the pandemic the Salon partnered with the Aizuri Quartet in co-sponsoring a series of educational videos for young audiences accessible to music teachers and public schools across the country. These episodes are available on their website, which you can access HERE . Be sure to share these jewels with young audiences, teachers, and music lovers everywhere!
NEW MUSIC COMMISSIONING OPPORTUNITIES
Last season the Salon presented a new work by composer Zhou Tian commissioned especially for the Salon and performed by Salon alumna Claire Huangci. This season we are thrilled to continue our initiative to support the creation of new works by creating a new award for works by emerging young composers.
Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting new initiative!
Welcome To Our 37th Season!
Thank you for your support for our 2024-2025 Season, which recently came to a spectacular close! We are thrilled to announce the exciting concerts we have planned for our 2025-2026 Season, which are listed below. We hope you will join us on this exciting musical journey!
By subscribing for a Salon season membership, you will be invited to attend an entire season of concerts presented in intimate settings where you will have the chance to hear and get to know exceptional young artists who are destined to become our future “greats.”
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Season Members of the Salon are invited to attend all of our Season concerts. Individual concert ticket information for guests who have not subscribed for the Season will be posted on our website prior to the concert.
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With deepest thanks to the support of our members, benefactors and friends and a generous grant from the
Alphadyne Foundation for enabling us to continue our mission.
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We rely on your generous support to fulfill the Salon’s vital mission of providing encouragement, performance opportunities, and financial assistance to our deserving young artists, which makes such a meaningful impact on the lives and careers of young artists.
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Please consider making a donation of any
amount via the link below.
View our 2020-2021 Season Streamed Concerts HERE
STREAMED CONCERTS
View our 2021-2022 Season Streamed Concerts HERE
View our 2022-2023 Season Streamed Concerts HERE
To share the wonderful young talents we have presented in the past, we invite you to view all of our past seasons’ concerts online for free.
View our 2023-2024 Season Streamed Concerts HERE
All of our concerts will be followed by a post-concert reception where you will have the chance to meet and get to know these remarkable young artists.
View our 2024-2025 Season Streamed Concerts HERE
Announcing our 2025 Career Grant Winners!
Chaeyoung Park, piano
Ava Pakiam, violin
The Dolphins Quartet
Ana Isabella España, violin
Risa Hokamura, violin
In addition, we are excited to announce that this year we will also be awarding a Career Grant and a commission to the young composer Elaina Rae Stuppler, in collaboration with Luna Composition Lab as part of their Luna Lab @10 celebration.
Congratulations to all our amazing
winning artists!
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SAVE THE DATE!
2026 GALA AWARDS CONCERT
October 8, 2026 l 7:00 PM
Kosciuszko Foundation
15 East 65 th Street
Featuring the Salon de Virtuosi 2026 Career Grant Winners (to be announced in late summer)
and the world premiere of a new work by the young composer Elaina Stuppler (2025 Salon
Career Grant Winner), performed by violinist Nathan Meltzer (2020 Salon Career Grant Winner),
and an appearance by the Renaissance Quartet (2024 Salon Career Grant Winners).
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