Join cellist Benett Tsai, winner of the 2023 Young Concert Artist International Auditions, in a performance celebrating the voice of the cello throughout the ages.
PLEASE NOTEThe price of your ticket includes hors d’oeuvres and drinks from the open wine and beer bar at receptions before and after the concert and during intermission.
Arts Club of Washington
2017 I Street Northwest,
Washington, DC, 20006
Thursday, April 9, 2026
First Reception begins at 6:30pm
Concert begins at 7:15pm
EVENT DETAILSJoin cellist Benett Tsai, winner of the 2023 Young Concert Artist International Auditions, in a performance celebrating the voice of the cello throughout the ages.
The music-making of Australian cellist Benett Tsai has been described as “electrifying…flawless freshness” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and “charismatic, heartfelt playing full of fluid intensity” (Sydney Arts Guide). Named a VC Artist on The Violin Channel, he gained recognition at the 2022 Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin, where he received both the Third Prize and Special Prize for the Best Haydn Concerto as the youngest entrant. Soon after, he joined the roster of Young Concert Artists for management upon winning First Prize and The Stern Young Artist Award at the 2023 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions in New York. His subsequent recital was listed by New York Classical Review as one of the best debuts in 2024, and he is currently part of the Lausanne-based Classeek Ambassador Programme for the 2025/26 season.
Benett will be joined by acclaimed pianist Noreen Polera for this special performance.
CONCERT PROGRAM
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Cello Sonata in G Major, G. 15
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) Trois Pièces for Cello and Piano
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Papillon, Op. 77
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Cello Sonata in C Minor, Op. 6
Intermission
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) From Jewish Life
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020) Capriccio per Siegfried Palm
Leopold Hofmann (1738-1793) Cello Concerto in D Major
David Popper (1843-1913) Serenade Op. 54, No. 2