by director@amesart.org | Sep 14, 2024
Kevin Zhu’s astonishing technical mastery and artistic sensibility have earned him major honors and accolades worldwide. The youngest recipient of the Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2012, he went on to win the Paganini International Competition six years later, at 17....
by director@amesart.org | Sep 14, 2024
Zhenni Li-Cohen has been hailed as “a magnetic pianist — with fire and poetry” (author/music critic David Dubal), “an artist … who fascinates even as she provokes” (Gramophone Magazine), and “a thrillingly good pianist” (The New Yorker). Ms. Li-Cohen dazzled a...
by director@amesart.org | Sep 14, 2024
Since the first Town & Gown Musicale in 1990, this highly anticipated annual event has celebrated the vibrant music scene and abundant musical talent of Ames. Our unique fundraiser offers a sparkling musical collage of central Iowa’s most talented performers from...
by director@amesart.org | Sep 14, 2024
A remarkable musical community, Ames has produced numerous outstanding professional musicians. For our special 75th season, Ames Town & Gown has invited five such instrumentalists – all with strong ties to Ames schools, Iowa State University, and Ames Town &...
by director@amesart.org | Sep 14, 2024
The Isidore String Quartet cultivates joyful, accessible, and intimate experiences that create community through in-depth relationships and explore the power of the collective to uplift the individual. Initially formed in 2019 while students at Juilliard, they quickly...
