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Schedule
FALL 2024
September 28, 7pm: World Central Kitchen Benefit Concert, Saint John's in the Village
October/November: MICROVIDS by Stefania de Kenessey, workshops/lectures/performances in NYC schools. A musical initiative created to nurture the emotional and mental well-being of children, tweens, and teens through the power of music and poetry.
October 18, 1pm MICROVIDS concert/lecture at the United Nations International School
October 18, 8pm, Donna Weng Friedman's Journey , followed by NEVER FADE AWAY broadcast on PBS Rhode Island Emmy award winning series ART Inc.
November 3, 2-4pm, 5-6pm: Donna Weng Friedman '80 Masterclass Series, Princeton University, featuring Min Kwon, pianist
November 10, 2-4pm: Donna Weng Friedman '80 Masterclass Series, Princeton Universitym featuring Elaine Douvas, oboe
November 21, 10am, virtual:Music Educators Association of New Jersey presents Five Composers and a Pianist, featuring Donna Weng Friedman, piano, followed by a panel discussion/Q&A with the composers-
SPRING 2025
March 2, 2-4pm, 5-6pm: Donna Weng Friedman '80 Masterclass Series, Princeton University featuring Curtis Stewart, violin, with Donna Weng Friedman, piano
March 11, 10:30am - 12pm: Donna Weng Friedman's Five Composers and a Pianist, presented by the Piano Teachers Congress of NY, Lang Hall, Hunter College
March 23, 2-4pm: Donna Weng Friedman'80 Masterclass Series, Princeton University featuring Misha Amory, viola
March 27, 7pm: Soloist with the North/South Consonance Ensemble, Max Lifchitz, conductor , MICROVIDS, by Stefania de Kenessey, Diana Solomon-Glover, reciter at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
April 6, 5-7pm: Kent Keyboard Series presents Five Composers and a Pianist with Donna Weng Friedman, piano followed by a panel discussion/Q&A with the composers
FALL 2023
September 1, 2
Never Fade Away: Fescilmar Film Festival, Cajigal Theater n Barcelona, Venezuela
September 7
Private screening, Never Fade Away: Greene Space, WQXR/NPR
September 23
Never Fade Away: New York Odyssey Film Festival, The Underground Theater at the Abrons Art Center
September 30
Never Fade Away: Ketchikan Dance Film Festival, Ketchikan Coliseum Theatre, Ketchikan, Alaska
October 5
STEINWAY & SONS Teachers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Donna Weng Friedman representing New York
October 22
New York Women Composer Benefit, National Opera Center, featured artist, 5-7pm
November 5
Donna Weng Friedman'80 Masterclass Series, Princeton University - Masterclass with pianist John Perry, 2-4pm, Taplin Auditorium
November 10 at 3pm, November 11 at 6pm
Between the Keys, with Jed Distler and Donna Weng Friedman
WWFM
November 12, 4pm
FIVE COMPOSERS AND A PIANIST, WITH DONNA WENG FRIEDMAN at Bargemusic
November 14
Steinway Hall, time TBA- New York Women Composers Presents "Five Composers and a Pianist", a concert and panel discussion. Featuring Donna Weng Friedman, pianist, performing music by de Kenessey, Sherman, Moon, Nourbakhsh and Mandel. Panel discussion led by Jed Distler
December 3
Never Fade Away, award winner of the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival to screen at the Duo Multicultural Arts Center, 6pm
Date TBA - Recording to be released: Recording of Microvids for solo piano, by Stefania De Kenessey, poetry reading by Krystal Joy Brown
winter/SPRING 2024
January 13
February 10
Piano Tech Radio Hour, featuring guest artist pianist Donna Weng Friedman
February 11
Masterclass 2-4pm- Anton Rist, clarinet
Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall , Princeton University: Donna Weng Friedman'80 Masterclass Series
February 12-17
Never Fade Away, at the Utah Film Festival
February 13
February 23, 24
Never Fade Away, at the Winter Film Awards, International Film Festival, NYC Look Cinemas
February 25
Soloist with the NJYS, Helen Cha-Pyo conductor, Microvids for solo piano and orchestra, by Stefania de Kenessey (World Premiere)
March 24
Masterclass 2-4pm Concert 5-6pm - Colin Carr, cello and Donna Weng Friedman piano
Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall , Princeton University: Donna Weng Friedman'80 Masterclass Series
April 23
Never Fade Away, Queens World Film Festival, 9:30pm Zukor Theatre at Kaufman Astoria Studios
May 9
Never Fade Away featured on doubleFEATURE, PBS Rhode Island, 8pm
May 19
Never Fade Away and concert, Jamestown Art Center 4pm
May 27
Never Fade Away at the Producers Club, 1pm screening and talkback after the show, as part of the Oniros Film Awards Festival
June 2
Microvids, by Stefania de Kenessey, at Symphony Space, Thalia Theater, 3pm Donna Weng Friedman, piano, Diana Solomon-Glover, reciter
PREVIOUS SEASONS:
Fall 2022
Sept. 15 - Recording released: Four Moods, for solo piano, music by Kim D. Sherman, Sound Cloud.
Oct. 2, 4pm - Marya Martin, flute, Donna Weng Friedman, piano, in concert at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University: Donna Weng Friedman '80 Masterclass Series
Oct. 8, 7pm -Pianos, Poems and Paintings -Composers Concordance- Kostalbi World
https://composersconcordance.wixsite.com/2022-23-season
Oct. 12, 7-10 am - Classical Discoveries airs Four Moods, music by Kim D. Sherman, Donna Weng Friedman, pianist -103.3FM Princeton NJ. or http://www.wprb.com
Oct. 30, 4pm - Heritage and Harmony: Ariel Rivka Dance, NYC, invitation only
Nov. 3, 7pm - Ariel Rivka Dance Gala, Heritage and Harmony, Studio Arte: 265 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
Nov. 8, 4:30pm - Donna Weng Friedman '80 Masterclass Series featuring Nicholas Canellakis, cellist - Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University
Nov. 10 - Listen here: Crushing Classical, host Jennet Ingle interviews Donna Weng Friedman - Crushing Classical is a series of interviews with classical musicians who are forging unique paths with their talent
Nov. 29, 10pm and Nov. 30, 12pm -Listen here: Between the Keys with Jed Distler, WWFM with Donna Weng Friedman: Remembering Radu Lupu
WINTER/Spring 2023
January 27, 7pm - Piano Dialogue with pianists Jose Ramos Santana and Donna Weng Friedman, Harvard Club (private)
February 12, 7:30pm – Jose Ramos Santana, piano with Donna Weng Friedman, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University: Donna Weng Friedman '80 Masterclass Series
February 15, 9pm -WQXR Young Artist Showcase: Fontainebleau Conservatory Centennial Celebration
March 12, 4-5:30pm- Masterclass at Wharton Performing Arts School
March 22, 4:10-5:25 Masterclass at Columbia University, Performance Seminar
March 28, 12pm Masterworks Series, Bargemusic- Mark Peskanov, violin and Donna Weng Friedman, piano
March 31, 7pm - Mark Peskanov, violin and Donna Weng Friedman, piano, Harvard Club (private)
April 2, 4pm - Masterworks Series, Mark Peskanov, violin and Donna Weng Friedman, piano, Bargemusic, NYC
April 4, 7:30pm - Mark Peskanov, violin and Donna Weng Friedman, piano,
Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University:Donna Weng Friedman '80 Masterclass Series
May 8, 7pm-Anton Rist, clarinet, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin, Allison Charney, soprano and Donna Weng Friedman, piano - Harvard Club (private)
May 29th, 9am CBS Morning Newscast with Cindy Hsu
May 31 - June 2, @ 7pm - World premiere of NEVER FADE AWAY, a short film starring history making dance artist Chun Wai Chan- NYU Presents Ariel Rivka Dance Spring Season, featuring pianist Donna Weng Friedman performing the world premiere of Microvids by Stefania de Kenessey, for piano and dance, choreographed by Ariel Grossman Tickets: Ariel Rivka Dance Spring Season
SUMMER 2023
June 12, 6:30pm - NEVER FADE AWAY screening at the Museum of Chinese in America
July 13, 11am-12pm Anselmo Academy Presents Donna Weng Friedman, Live Broadcast CLICK HERE TO TUNE IN
July 19, time TBA- NEVER FADE AWAY, Asian American Arts Alliance Town Hall: Tracing Histories
Spring 2022
May 26-The Greene Space: WQXR Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month
May 21 - Manhattan Movement and Art Center, Ariel Rivka Dance Spring Season
May 17 -The Piano Pod
May 15 - Tenri Cultural Institute Presents Heritage and Harmony in concert
May 12 - Heart of the East End, with host Gianna Volpe, WLIW FM
May 2 - Merkin Concert Hall, Centennial Celebration of Fontainebleau Schools
March 27 - Quiet Poems, (EP), for solo piano, released on Sound Cloud
March 20 - U for Ukraine, benefit concert
March 16 - I Care If You Listen, video premiere of Quiet Poems
March 8 - Heritage and Harmony: Her Art, Her Voice in collaboration with the National Women’s History Museum
fall/winter 2021
Jan. 28 - Silver Medal for Heritage and Harmony: Silver Linings at the Global Music Awards 2022
Jan. 7 - Interview: Persimmon Tree, Celebrating Women in the Arts
12/30-12/31 - Classical Discoveries, Viva 21st Century, WPRB FM
Dec. 19 - Sound Espressivo Global Competition, semi-finals judge
Dec. 2 - Music Matters, with Jason Tramm
Nov. 22 - Virtual Concert Hall, How Music Continues to Unite Us
Nov. 2 - Virtual Concert Hall, The Joys and Beauty of New Music
Sept. 21 - World Premiere of Unfathomable Things, 15 pieces for solo piano, by Kim D. Sherman, hosted by Adam Guettel
Spring/summer 2021
July 26 - Morning Edition with Michael Hill and John Schaefer, WNYC FM
July 18 - Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen’s Church (first in person concert in 16 months!)
June 17 - The Next Festival of Emerging Artists Keynote panel
June 6 - Heart of the East End, with host Gianna Volpe, WLIW FM
May 28 - WQXR Salute AAPI Heritage Month
May 19 - Classical Discoveries features Heritage and Harmony: Silver Linings
May 5- Music Matters with Jason Tramm: The Power of Heritage and Harmony
April 29 -A Portrait of an Artist: Donna Weng Friedman, pianist Virtual Concert Halls
April 18- Poetry and Music, Sundays@Home, National Women’s History Museum
March 21 - The Princeton Club of NYC Presents: Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling - Perspectives across Professions
March 21 - Sounds of Coherence, with host Kathleen Riley, Awake TV
March 15 - MusicWoman, with host Dr. Joan Cartwright
March 7- Classical Discoveries with Marvin Rosen, In Praise of Women WPRB FM
February 11 - The Town Hall, Preformances with Allison Charney
January 10 – Concert and Conversations Sundays@Home, National Women’s History Museum