At 3 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 3), the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra will continue its 2023-2024 Garufi Law P.C. Phelps Mansion Museum Series with a recital by operatic soprano Robin Johannsen and pianist Tomoko Kanamaru. Both internationally acclaimed artists, the duo will perform a program of art songs by women composers from the19th through the 21st centuries, including works by Clara Schumann, Florence Price and Yui Kitamura.
The Phelps Mansion Museum is located at 191 Court St., Binghamton.
Johannsen is known for her virtuosity, energy, agility, endurance and, above all, her scintillating coloratura. In addition to her operatic appearances throughout Europe, she has sung with the Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Dallas and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras, as well as with the Handel & Haydn Society, Musica Angelica and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
Kanamaru has been a featured soloist with the National Repertory Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, Annapolis Symphony and Savannah Symphony, among others, and guest artist with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles Series, Red Rocks Music Festival in Arizon and the New York Chamber Music Festival. Her playing has been described as “focused” and “energetic” by Allan Kozinn in The New York Times. She is an Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at The College of New Jersey.
Tickets are $25. For more information, call the Binghamton Philharmonic box office at 607-723-3931 or visit www.binghamtonphilharmonic.org.
