The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) presents Steven Isserlis, cello & Connie Shih, piano on the David Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92NY, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128, on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 7:30PM. Tickets start at $45 ($25 for streaming) and are available at https://www.92ny.org/event/steven-isserlis-and-connie-shih.

World-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis follows his performances at 92NY this summer with Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk, returning now with award-winning pianist and longtime collaborator Connie Shih. Isserlis has a deep love for Schumann, and the duo’s program includes the composer’s dreamy “Fantasy Pieces,” Kabalevsky’s striking and compelling Cello Sonata, written for Rostropovich, and more before concluding with Beethoven’s Third Cello Sonata – the first equal sonata for cello and piano – and a work Isserlis says is “suffused with joy and love of life.”

Program
Ludwig Van Beethoven 12 Variations on a Theme from The Magic Flute, Op. 66
Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Dmitry Kabalevsky Cello Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 71
Vítězslava Kaprálová Deux ritournelles pour violincelle et piano, Op. 25
Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69