2025 CONCERT SEASON
The Louis Moreau Institute for New Music Performance is celebrating eleven years of presenting exceptional performances of contemporary classical music for audiences in New Orleans. This year’s festival will feature some of our favorite Institute Artists from past seasons including violinist Rhiannon Banerdt, clarinetist Nicholas Davies, and cellist Zhihao Wu. They will be joined by violinist Emelyn Bashour as well as the Institute’s Assistant Artistic Director, acclaimed pianist Wesley Ducote.
The festival opens on Thursday, March 27th at the New Marigny Theatre (2301 Marais St, New Orleans, LA 70117) with a diverse and dynamic program that bridges musical traditions across the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring composers that reflect the Institute’s mission to celebrate a diverse array of voices in contemporary classical music, including works by Unsuk Chin, Mario Davidovsky, György Ligeti, Augusta Read Thomas, Igor Stravinsky, and Andrew Waggoner.
The centerpiece of the festival’s second and final concert, on Monday, March 31st at Tulane University's Dixon Recital Hall (70 Newcomb Cir, New Orleans, LA 70118, will be Olivier Messiaen’s profound masterpiece, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time). Composed in 1941 during Messiaen’s internment in a prisoner-of-war camp in Görlitz, Silesia (modern-day Poland), the work is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable hardship, remaining relevant as it continues to resonate with current events. Complementing Messiaen’s iconic quartet will be Past Light, a compelling companion piece composed by the Institute’s Artistic Director, Morris Rosenzweig. This work serves as both a homage to and a dialogue with the French composer’s legacy.
Our Institute Artists will also perform as part of the Music at Midday series at the Rogers Memorial Chapel (1229 Broadway St, New Orleans, LA 70118) on Wednesday, March 26th at 12:00 PM.
Click here for more information on this year's Louies, our institutional artists.
The festival opens on Thursday, March 27th at the New Marigny Theatre (2301 Marais St, New Orleans, LA 70117) with a diverse and dynamic program that bridges musical traditions across the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring composers that reflect the Institute’s mission to celebrate a diverse array of voices in contemporary classical music, including works by Unsuk Chin, Mario Davidovsky, György Ligeti, Augusta Read Thomas, Igor Stravinsky, and Andrew Waggoner.
The centerpiece of the festival’s second and final concert, on Monday, March 31st at Tulane University's Dixon Recital Hall (70 Newcomb Cir, New Orleans, LA 70118, will be Olivier Messiaen’s profound masterpiece, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time). Composed in 1941 during Messiaen’s internment in a prisoner-of-war camp in Görlitz, Silesia (modern-day Poland), the work is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable hardship, remaining relevant as it continues to resonate with current events. Complementing Messiaen’s iconic quartet will be Past Light, a compelling companion piece composed by the Institute’s Artistic Director, Morris Rosenzweig. This work serves as both a homage to and a dialogue with the French composer’s legacy.
Our Institute Artists will also perform as part of the Music at Midday series at the Rogers Memorial Chapel (1229 Broadway St, New Orleans, LA 70118) on Wednesday, March 26th at 12:00 PM.
Click here for more information on this year's Louies, our institutional artists.
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March 27th, 2025
7:30 PM Small Plates: A Mélange Admission: $20/$10 Students New Marigny Theatre 2301 Marais St New Orleans, LA 70117 György Ligeti – L'escalier du diable Mario Davidovsky – Synchronisms 9 Unsuk Chin – Advice from a Caterpillar György Ligeti – Sonata for Solo Cello Igor Stravinsky – Élegie György Ligeti – Fem Augusta Read Thomas – Dancing Helix Rituals Johnson, Johnson, and Cole – Didn’t He Ramble Andrew Waggoner – Summer March 31st, 2025 7:30 PM Light and the End of Time FREE ADMISSION Dixon Recital Hall Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Johnson, Johnson, and Cole – Didn’t He Ramble Morris Rosenzweig – Past Light Olivier Messiaen – Quatuor pour la fin du temps |
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