Past Event: Shapeshifter, The Music of Erwin Schulhoff

Hear the distinctive voice and powerful music of Erwin Schulhoff. Effortlessly shifting between styles, Schulhoff’s compositions were influenced by Dada, Impressionism, Jazz, Czech national music, and Socialist Realism. Nearly erased by the Nazi regime, the music of Erwin Schulhoff is given new life by Colburn’s Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices.

Join brilliant young artists from the Colburn School as they share their journey of discovery and perform works from Shapeshifter—a new album showcasing Erwin Schulhoff. While his music has been gradually emerging from near-total obscurity in recent years, Shapeshifter is notable as the first album-length example taken up by American musicians of classical’s ascendant “next generation”.

Program Information
Video: Excerpt from Recovered Voices 2021: Schulhoff and More

Suite for Piano, Left Hand
I. Preludio
III. Zingara
Dominic Cheli, Piano

Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
II. Andante
Adam Millstein, Violin
Dominic Cheli, Piano

Video: Schulhoff’s Concerto for Piano and Small Orchestra, Op. 43

Concerto excerpts: piano cadenza and violin solo
Adam Millstein, Violin
Dominic Cheli, Piano

Video: Excerpt from Recovered Voices 2021: Schulhoff and More

Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
IV. Alla tango milonga
V. Alla tarantella
Gallia Kastner, violin
Adam Millstein, violin
Cara Pogossian, viola
Nathan Mo, cello

Artist Q&A: Creating the Shapeshifter album
Adam Millstein, moderator