Join MBAW founders and friends to celebrate 25 years of music and unity!
Bill Charlap Trio is one of the leading ensembles in jazz, known for their masterful performances from the American songbook and jazz composer greats.
Russian-French piano duo Ludmila Berlinkskaya and Arthur Ancelle perform dazzling two-piano arrangements of Saint Saëns’ Danse Macabre, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, & Tsfasman’s Jazz Suite!
French-Korean concert pianist and The Gurwitz 2020 International Piano Competition Silver medalist Yedam Kim performs with the Gwangju Symphony Orchestra directed by Seokwon Hong, in celebration of 40 years Sister Cities relations between San Antonio, USA & Gwangju, South Korea!
Italian concert pianist and Gurwitz 2020 Bronze medalist Leonardo Colafelice returns with a stellar new virtuoso program of Liszt compositions inspired by Italian opera masterpieces of Rossini, Bellini and Verdi.
Cellist Boris Andrianov and classical guitarist Dimitri Illarionov combine classical music and folk tunes in a musical expedition all over the world, inspired by innumerable intercultural encounters.
San Antonio premiere of educational documentary exploring the music genres born and formed by African American history and culture.
San Antonio Film Festival screening of "The Quilt", a documentary exploring music genres born of African American history & culture.
Learn about music genres from African American history and culture in this award-winning educational documentary! Kids can also make a quilt square with the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio, and participate in activities with dancer Tanesha Payne, poet-musician Andrea Vocab Sanderson, mezzo soprano Veronica Williams, and lead actress Cynthia Freeman Gibbs.
Chinese pianist Jiale Li returns to San Antonio after winning Gold at The Gurwitz 2020 International Piano Competition! His program celebrates virtuosic piano masters like Chopin, Liszt, & Rachmaninoff.