The 92nd Street Y, New York presents Curtis Chamber Orchestra with violinist Erin Keefe and violist Roberto Díaz on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 2 p.m. The performance takes place on the David Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128.
Tickets start at $45 for in-person attendance and $25 for livestream access. The program features Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Op. 11, and Leonard Bernstein’s string orchestra arrangement of Beethoven’s F-Major String Quartet, Op. 135. Keefe and Díaz will join the ensemble for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364.
Keefe serves as concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra and is a frequent artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Awinner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Pro Musicis International Award, she has appeared as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, New Mexico Symphony and New York City Ballet Orchestra. She has performed at festivals including Music@Menlo, La Jolla SummerFest and Ravinia. Keefe earned a Master of Music Degree from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Curtis Institute of Music. She joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2022.
Díaz is president and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music. As a soloist, he collaborates with leading conductors on stages throughout the world and has worked with composers including Krzysztof Penderecki and Jennifer Higdon. His recordings include a Grammy-winning performance of the Jennifer Higdon Viola Concerto. In addition to his decade-long tenure as principal viola of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Díaz was principal viola of the National Symphony under Mstislav Rostropovich and was a member of the Boston Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he continues to serve on the faculty. Díaz plays the ex-Primrose Amati viola.
At Curtis, presenting orchestral music in a concentrated configuration allows audiences to experience the individual contributions of each player as they fuse the intimacy of chamber music with the excitement of a larger ensemble.
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