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HVG Performing Arts Group Presents: International Jazz Summit in The Lounge

On Sunday, Nov 17 at 5 pm HVG Performing Arts Group presents an International Jazz Summit in The Lounge.

Acclaimed saxophonist Gottfried Stöger (originally from Austria) returns to The Lounge. He’ll be joined by the Grammy award-winning pianist Leo Genovese (born in Argentina) and the brilliant French bass player François Moutin, whose prowess on his instrument Jazz Times proclaims, “is a marvel in itself”.

Their program features original compositions by each musician, showcasing their individual musical heritage, as well as some of the greatest jazz standards.

For concert information and the latest updates, visit facebook.com/HVGPAG, which can be accessed by everyone (with and without a Facebook account).

Admission: $15 suggested donation
($12 seniors/children, children under 8 are free)

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Coming Up in The Lounge – presented by PAG

Sunday, December 15 at 5 pm: Special Fundraiser to benefit New York’s immigrant community

Performers include HVG pianists David Kalhous, Jason Yeager, Sasha Papernik and Evelyne Luest, with more to be announced.

Special day and time!

Saturday, January 11, 2025, 7:30: Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio

The internationally renowned piano trio – pianist Yael Weiss, violinist Mark Kaplan and cellist Peter Stumpf – perform music by Robert Schumann and other chamber favorites.

Hudson View Gardens Lounge: Bloom Readings

“Bloom Readings presents “A September Reading – Two Authors/Two New Books!”, Saturday, September 21st, 6:00 pm, in The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, just west of the intersection of 183rd St. & Pinehurst Ave. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased in advance with Venmo: @wicked-rufous-press.

Sarah Van Arsdale is a fiction writer, poet, and artist living in New York and Oaxaca, Mexico. Her seventh book, Catch and Release, (Finishing Line Press, 2024) is a book-length poem about the human impact on the sea life in Mexico, levied by Van Arsdale’s watercolor illustrations. Her first novel, Toward Amnesia, was published by Riverhead Books in 1995. She is the author of three other books of fiction: Blue, winner of the Peter Taylor Prize for the novel (2003 University of Tennessee Press);  Grand Isle (SUNY Press, 2012) a novella collection, In Case of Emergency, Break Glass (Queens Ferry Press, 2016), and another book-length poem, The Catamount (Nomadic Press, 2016). She’s assistant director of the Ferro-Grumley Award in LGBTQ Fiction, and she teaches creative writing in the low-residency MFA program at Antioch University.

David Ebenbach is the author of ten books of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, including his new novel Possible Happiness, called “a beautiful coming-of-age novel” by Booklist, in a starred review. His books have won such awards as the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and the Juniper Prize, among others. His fiction and poetry have also been published in numerous magazines, including The Kenyon Review, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and The New England Review. He lives with his family in Washington, DC, where he teaches creative writing and literature at Georgetown University. You can find out more at davidebenbach.com

For more information visit BloomReadings.net, or email us at bloomreadings80@gmail.com

The Lounge at HVG: Sasha + Justin Meet David Amram

The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens (Pinehurst Ave. and 183rd Street in Manhattan)

Friday, June 21 at 7:30 PM
Doors open at 7pm
$15, $12 for seniors/children

(Kids under 8 are free)

Our good friend, the great composer, musician and raconteur David Amram, is pure magic. Known for his film scores (The Manchurian Candidate, Splendor in the Grass) and his collaborations with Jack Kerouac, Dizzy Gillespie, Pete Seeger, Leonard Bernstein, and more, David is a national treasure. He’s also a generous and fun personality, lighting up any venue he visits.

Sasha and I are thrilled to welcome him to the Hudson View Gardens Lounge (Pinehurst Ave. at 183rd Street) where the HVG Performing Arts Group is hosting us for an effervescent evening of collaboration and song. We will be joined by the great bassist Dave Speranza, and special guest, São Paulo based songwriter Manu Lafer. You’ll hear everything from original music to retro French pop, far ranging American folk traditions, film score excerpts and more.

It’s going to be a ball and we hope you’ll join in the fun! Tickets will be sold at the door.

HVG Centennial Concert Extravaganza!

For the final concert of PAG’s spring 2024 season, we’re celebrating the centennial of our beloved home, Hudson View Gardens. The program on Sunday, June 23 at 5 pm in The Lounge features classical and jazz selections from the 1920s, right around the time that HVG was built!

Nearly a dozen performers will take the stage at The Lounge for this special concert. The program features a special arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue played by HVG resident pianists Evelyne Luest, David Kalhaus and Sasha Papernick. Also: the world premiere of a composition by Andy Didorenko written especially for the occasion and a 1924 work by Gabriel Faure played by cellist Angela Lee. The extraordinary jazz musicians, HVG residents Andrea Wood (vocals) and Ethan O’Reilly (bass) perform Tea for Two, The Man I Love and other 1920s popular favorites.

A festive reception follows the concert.

PROGRAM

Andy Didorenko: Souvenir de Kálmán  (2024)  World Premiere
(based on the 1924 operetta Countess Maritza by Emmerich Kálmán)
Andy Didorenko, violin; Yuliya Basis, piano

Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne for cello and piano, op. 78
Ernest Bloch: Prayer (From Jewish Life), for cello and piano
Angela Lee, cello; Evelyne Luest, piano 

Popular songs from the 1920s
 Sasha Papernik, vocals & piano; Andrea Wood, vocals; Ethan Oreilly, bass

George Gershwin (arr. Ian Jamison): Rhapsody in Blue for 8 hands, two pianos
David Kalhous, Huizi Zang, Sasha Papernik, Evelyne Luest, pianists