The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents Pekka Kuusisto, violin and Gabriel Kahane, piano and vocals in their new collaboration COUNCIL on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7:30 pm at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center. Online streaming is also available for 72 hours following the performance. Tickets start at $25 and are available at https://www.92ny.org/event/pekka-kuusisto-and-gabriel-kahane.

An artist of extraordinary and wide-ranging gifts, Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto joins us to perform a program of new works co-written with intrepid musician/singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane. Part of a broad commissioning initiative by Kahane, the work features Kuusisto (on violin, vocals, harmonium, four-string electric guitar, loops, and electronics) and Kahane (on piano, vocals, electric/acoustic guitars, harmonium, and loops) demonstrating the warm baritone and poetic pianism that have distinguished him. The program also features Kuusisto in solo violin works by Kahane and music by Bach, Nico Muhly, and others. A concert of intense beauty that expands our ideas of new music.