Current Projects
- ECCO-East Coast Chamber Orchestra with Shai Wosner, piano (recording support)
In celebration of ECCO's dynamic, collaborative, and inventive 25 years together (2001-2026), the ensemble will record a new album illuminating ECCO's virtuosic contributions to the future of music. 

Johann Sebastian BACH, arr. M. Wiancko: Chaconne, from Partita No. 2 in D minor (14') (ECCO commission)
David LUDWIG: Virtuosity - Five Microconcertos for String Orchestra (24') (ECCO commission)
Vijay IYER: Handmade Universe (22') (Wosner/ECCO commission in honor of Frank Salomon)
Eleanor ALBERGA: Oh Chaconne! (11') solo piano

This album, in collaboration with pianist Shai Wosner, establishes ECCO's role in the creation of important new works for string orchestra. World-class recordings breathe life into commissions beyond their premieres and this album is a vital way for ECCO's commissions to thrive into the future. This recording celebrates ECCO's tremendous music making and champions the future of this dynamic collective that combines the strength and power of a great orchestral ensemble with the personal involvement and sensitivity of superb chamber music.

Please contact our executive director​ to support this project.

Past Commissioning Projects

Derek BERMEL: "Passing Through" (2007)
(Written for Guarneri String Quartet)
Commissioned by: Norma and Edward Dworetzky with the support of the International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Chris BRUBECK: "Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra" (2018)
(written for Jaime Laredo, violin and Sharon Robinson, cello)
Commissioned by: Classical Tahoe, Joel Revzen, Artistic Director/Conductor (World Premier August 11th, 2018); Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director; Pacific Symphony and Carl St. Clair, Music Director; Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Laredo, Music Director; and The School of Music of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with additional support from the International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Richard DANIELPOUR: “Inventions on a Marriage” (2010)
(written for Jaime Laredo, violin and Sharon Robinson, cello)
Commissioned by: The Virginia Arts Festival (world premiere), The Honest Brook Music Festival (NY), The University of Vermont Lane Series Jane P. Ambrose Commissioning Fund, Raleigh Chamber Music Guild (NC), Schubert Club (MN), String Theory with a gift from Sherry Keller Brown in memory of Dorothy Barckman Keller (TN), Linton Chamber Music Series and Steven Monder (OH), New Orleans Friends of Music (LA) through the International Arts Foundation, Inc. 

Richard DANIELPOUR: “The Book of Hours” for violin, viola, cello and piano (2006)
(written for Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and Michael Tree, viola)
Commissioned by: Regional Arts at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (world premiere), Tisch Center for the Arts at the 92nd Street Y, Islip Arts Council made possible by a gift from Lillian and Maurice Barbash, The Abe Fortas Memorial Fund of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Richard and Judith Hurtig, Chamber Music Society of Detroit made possible by a gift from Norma Jean and Arthur S. Shufro, Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle, El Paso-Pro Musica, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, La Jolla Music Society through the International Arts Foundation, Inc. 

Avner DORMAN: "Lost Souls" (2009)
(written for Alon Goldstein, piano)
Commissioned by: the Kansas City Symphony under a grant from the Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri; the Seattle Commissioning Club; Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs with support from an anonymous donor and International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Joe DUDDELL: "Freaky Dancer" (2004)
(written for Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) & Colin Currie, percussion)
Commissioned by: UCLA Live, The Lied Center of Kansas/University of Kansas, Clayton College & State University and The Walter & Emilie Spivey Foundation, FleetBoston Celebrity Series with additional support from International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Peter ERSKINE: "Music 4 Guitars and Marimba" (2004)
(written for Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) & Colin Currie, percussion)
Commissioned by: UCLA Live, The Lied Center of Kansas/University of Kansas, Clayton College & State University and The Walter & Emilie Spivey Foundation, FleetBoston Celebrity Series with additional support from International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Steve MACKEY: "Jango" (2004)
(written for Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) & Colin Currie, percussion)
Commissioned by: UCLA Live, The Lied Center of Kansas/University of Kansas, Clayton College & State University and The Walter & Emilie Spivey Foundation, FleetBoston Celebrity Series with additional support from International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Pat METHENY: "ROAD TO THE SUN" (2016)
(written for LAGQ)
Commissioned through: International Arts Foundation, Inc. for the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet by the lead commissioners: Newman Center for the Performing Arts/University of Denver and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additional commission support provided by co-commissioners: Lobero Theatre Foundation, Hopkins Center/Dartmouth College, 92nd Street Y, Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College and Soka University of America/Soka Performing Arts Center.

Nokuthula NGWENYAMA: "Joy Steppin'" (2024)
(written for Espressivo! piano quartet)
Commissioned by: Linton Chamber Music, generously supported by Ann and Harry Santen (world premiere); Apex Concerts; Arizona Friends of Chamber Music; Brattleboro Music Center; Chamber Music Albuquerque; Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland; Denver Friends of Chamber Music; El Paso ProMusica; Emory Chamber Music Society; Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival; Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle; International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis; Kansas City Friends of Music; Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival; Peoples' Symphony Concerts; Phoenix Chamber Music Society; Portland Ovations; Schubert Club; Seattle Chamber Music Society; and Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music through the International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Nokuthula NGWENYAMA: "Elegy" (2022)
(written for Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio with composer as violist)
Commissioned by: Linton Chamber Music (Commissioned in Memory of Carol and Harry Hoffheimer) [world premiere], Brattleboro Music Center, Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Tulsa, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, Chamber Music Northwest, Chamber Music Monterey Bay, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Phoenix Chamber Music Society, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Peoples' Symphony Concerts through the International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA: "Clarinet Concerto" (2002)
(written for Richard Stoltzman, clarinet)
Commissioned by: Theodore H. Friedman and Tamar Lieberman in memory of their mother, Mary Kerewsky Friedman, for Richard Stoltzman with support from the International Arts Foundation, Inc. 

Carlos Rafael RIVERA: "Yambe" (2012)
(written for LAGQ)
Commissioned by: The Jane Ambrose Commissioning Fund of the University of Vermont Lane Series, 92nd Street Y, and Soka University of America/Soka Performing Arts Center, through the International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Esa-Pekka SALONEN: "Homunculus" (2007)
(written for Johannes Quartet)
Commissioned by: The International Arts Foundation, Inc. with a lead gift from Islip Arts Council and Lillian & Maurice Barbash and contributions from the Orange County Performing Artscenter, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Martha and Frank Salomon.

Andrew YORK: "Night Furniture" (2004)
(written for LAGQ & Colin Currie, percussion)
Commissioned by: UCLA Live, The Lied Center of Kansas/University of Kansas, Clayton College & State University and The Walter & Emilie Spivey Foundation, FleetBoston Celebrity Series with additional support from International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Ellen Taaffe ZWILICH: "Pas de Trois" (2016)
(written for Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio) World premiere Sept 2016
Commissioned by: Anne and Harry Santen for Linton Chamber Music, Cincinnati, OH; the Abe Fortas Memorial Fund of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC; Chamber Music Monterey Bay, Carmel, CA; Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla, CA through the International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Ellen Taaffe ZWILICH: “Quintet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello and Contrabass” (2010)
(written for Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Michael Tree, viola and Harold Robinson, double-bass)
Commissioned by: The La Jolla Music Society (world premiere), Chamber Music Society of Detroit (made possible by a gift from Cecilia Benner); Carnegie Hall Corporation; Emilio Gravagno; Linton Chamber Music Series (made possible with a gift from Ann and Harry Santen); The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund; Arizona Friends of Chamber Music (made possible with a gift from Jean-Paul Bierny and Chris Tanz); Philharmonic Society of Orange County; Seven Days of Opening Nights/Florida State University; Regional Arts at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts; and Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle through the International Arts Foundation, Inc.

Ellen Taaffe ZWILICH: “Septet for Piano Trio and String Quartet” (2008)
(written for Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and Miami String Quartet)
Commissioned by: The 92nd Street Y (world premiere); The Abe Fortas Chamber Music Concerts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,  Kent/Blossom Music, Chamber Music Society of Detroit made possible by a gift from Geraldine Schwartz, Regional Arts at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Denver Friends of Chamber Music, Friends of Chamber Music, Portland OR, Virginia Festival of the Arts, Duke Performances, Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle through the International Arts Foundation, Inc.

"The Diaspora Project" all works written for William Kanengiser and funded by a grant from the Augustine Foundation with additional support from the International Arts Foundation, Inc unless noted otherwise.
     Sergio ASSAD: “Four Walls” for Solo Guitar and Guitar Orchestra (2019)*
     Dusan BOGDANOVIC: “The Castle in Cloudland” (2018)
     Andrea CLEARFIELD: “Dramyen Tsering Wangmo” ( 2021)
     Matthew DUNNE:  "Beyond the Horizon" (2021)
     Bryan JOHANSON: “The Bootlegger’s Tale” (2018)
     Golfam KHAYAM: “Lost Land” (2018)
     Ian KROUSE: "Arise from your royal slumber" (2021)
                                                                                                         *with additional commissioning partner Berlin Guitar Academy
 

Past Recording Support for New Works and Arrangements

NAXOS recordings of piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), arranged by Ignaz Lachner (1807–1895), for piano and string quartet with double bass. Alon Goldstein, piano.
     Piano Concertos Nos. 20, K.466 and 21, K.467 (2015)
     Piano Concertos Nos. 23, K.488 and 24, K.491 (2018)
     Piano Concertos Nos. 9, K.271 ‘Jeunehomme’ and 17, K.453 (2021)
     Piano Concertos Nos. 19, K.459 and 25, K.503 (2023)