
Boulez 100: Celebrating the Pierre Boulez Centenary
- Performance
On Sale for General Public: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center

Photo courtesy of Cleveland State University
About The Event
The Cleveland international conference celebrating the Pierre Boulez centenary culminates with a concert of virtuoso chamber works by one of the most influential avant-garde artists of the 20th century. Produced by the Cleveland State University School of Music in collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Paul Sacher Foundation, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, an all-star ensemble of performers from across the country, under the direction of Andrew Rindfleisch, presents this all-Boulez program of seminal modernist compositions.
Program:
Incises for solo piano, featuring pianist Shuai Wang
Dérive I for six players
Dérive II for eleven players
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Sponsors
The 2025–26 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the Musart Society. This program is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Performing arts programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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