Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) with Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola) and Michael Stephen Brown (piano)

Season Finale: Alexander Fiterstein and Friends Clarinetist Alex Fiterstein is joined by two of today’s most compelling artists for a program of creativity and virtuosity. Enjoy works by Mozart and Bruch, along with original, award-winning compositions by the performers themselves. Featuring: Music of Mozart, Bruch, Ngwenyama and Brown to be announced Buy Tickets for this Concert Through FOCM (It's Easier) Buy Tickets for this Concert Through FOCM (It's Easier) Buy Tickets for this Concert through Eventbrite Buy Tickets for this Concert through Eventbrite Presented in collaboration with the University of Miami Frost School of Music and through the generous support of the City of Coral Gables.     Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein is considered one of today’s most exceptional artists. Fiterstein has performed in recital, with distinguished orchestras, and with chamber music ensembles throughout the world. He won first prize at the Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition and received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant Award. The Washington Post has described his playing as “dazzling in its spectrum of colors, agility, and range. Every sound he makes is finely measured without inhibiting expressiveness” and The New York Times described him as “a clarinetist with a warm tone and powerful technique.” More about Alexander Fiterstein More about Alexander Fiterstein Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola) Nokuthula Ngwenyama (No-goo-TOO-lah En-gwen-YAH-ma), has established herself as a multifaceted artist and collaborator in her roles as both violist and composer, performing as an orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. She was born in Los Angeles, CA of Zimbabwean and Japanese parentage.  Ms. Ngwenyama gained international prominence as a violist when she won the Primrose International Viola Competition at age 16 and then the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, which led to debuts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and 92nd Street Y in New York; she is also a recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. More about Nokuthula Ngwenyama More about Nokuthula Ngwenyama Michael Stephen Brown (piano) Pianist-Composer Michael Stephen Brown has been hailed by The New York Times as “one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers.” A 2025 MacDowell Fellow and 2024 Yaddo Artist, Brown is currently composing Endangered Carnival, a large-scale co-commission premiering in 2026. Winner of the Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, he has performed as a soloist with leading orchestras such as the Seattle Symphony and NFM Leopoldinum, and in recitals at iconic venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Louvre, and Beethoven-Haus Bonn. More about Michael Stephen Brown More about Michael Stephen Brown Video highlights from our performing artists …