MAX TAN & FRIENDS / GROUPMUSE
This is not just a series of online concerts. This is an online community experience.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Max Tan has presented over 13 livestream programs on the Groupmuse platform, collaborating with a small group of friends who inspired each other to keep their creative and curious spirits alive. You can find information about both past, ongoing, and future projects below.
Mozart’s Hidden Sonatas
Max Tan and pianist Jinhee Park, both Juilliard DMA candidates, explore rarely programmed sonatas by Mozart. This program, broadcasted on May 20, 2022, included:
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 372
Violin Sonata in A major, K. 402, "Andante and Fugue"
Violin Sonata in C major, K. 403
Piano Trios
Max Tan and pianist Jinhee Park, both Juilliard DMA candidates, join forces with cellist Chase Park to explore the piano trio repertoire. These include performances of Debussy, Mendelssohn, Faure, and Brahms piano trios in the 2021-2022 season.
The Complete Beethoven Violin Sonata Cycle
Max Tan and pianist Jinhee Park, both Juilliard DMA candidates, collaborate to explore all 10 sonatas by Beethoven in a five-part series from January to May. The dates and programs of the series are:
January 29 - Sonatas 1, 2, 3
February 19 - Sonatas 7, 8
March 26 - Sonatas 4, 5
May 14 - Sonatas 6, 9
May 21 - Sonata 10
Beethoven at Home
This program features a unique collaboration between Max Tan and pianist Ying Li to promote arrangements of Beethoven’s symphonic works for violin and piano at home. Arrangements of large orchestral works for smaller ensembles was a profitable and common practice in the late nineteenth century. The program was first presented on Groupmuse with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and Fifth Symphony.
October 2020: Chausson’s Poème and Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2
This Groupmuse Premiere was pre-recorded at Oktaven Audio, a recording studio in Mount Vernon, New York. This program spotlights the relatively underprogrammed version of the Poème for violin, string quartet, and piano. Max Tan makes his viola performing debut in Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in C minor.
August 2020: Schumann and Chausson Piano Trio
This one-time piano trio collaboration brings together violinist Max Tan and cellist Coleman Itzkoff (both based in New York) with pianist Marisa Gupta (based in Paris).
April-July 2020: Max and Mackenzie Series
A series of livestreams from April to July 2020 in which violinist Max Tan and pianist Mackenzie Melemed, roommates in quarantine, joined forces to produce 7 unique recital programs for violin and piano.