James Naumann

Pianist / Opera Coach / Musicologist


upcoming appearances


February 19, 2022 Greenfield Hall at Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Junior Recital with Eva Martinez and Evelina Smolina

Including works by Verdi, Santoliquido, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Debussy, Duke, and Hundley

April 3, 2022 Pforzheimer Hall at Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Senior Recital with Alexandra Cirile

Selected Baroque Arias

Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D. 943

Debussy: Les Chansons de Bilitis and Deux Romances

Quilter: Seven Elizabethan Songs

May 16, 2022 Greenfield Hall at Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Senior Recital with Daniel Espinal

Schubert: “Die Forelle”, “Rastlose Liebe”, “Nacht und Träume”, “Ganymed”

Britten: Winter Words

Fauré: “Au bord de l’eau”, “Clair de lune”, “Nell”

Liszt: Tre Sonetti del Petrarca

May 23, 2022 Greenfield Hall at Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Post-Graduate Recital with Jouelle Roberson

Menotti: Canti della lontananza

Selections by Chausson and Poulenc

Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder

Carter: Cantata

POSTPONED:

April 5, 2020 Miller Recital Hall at Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Graduate Recital with Nox Chea

Dvorák: Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55

Verdi: “Non t’accostare all’urna”, “In solitaria stanza”, and “Stornello”

Ravel: Chansons madécasses

Bach: “Buss und Reu” from the St. Matthew Passion

Powell: Miss Wheatley’s Garden

POSTPONED:

May 3, 2020 Miller Hall at Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Graduate Recital with Robert Feng

Verdi: “Il lacerato spirito” from Simon Boccanegra

Strauss: Zwei Lieder, Op. 51

Selections by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff

Nick Peros: Lamentation of Ruin

Nick Bentz: Having Guests for Dinner

Meyerbeer: Act V Grand Trio from Robert le Diable

Jerry Herman: “I Won’t Send Roses”


Past performances


June 13, 2021 Art Song Preservation Society of New York

Dramatic Interpretation of Song Masterclass with Reahann Bryce-Davis

February 21 & 23, 2020 Greenfield Hall at Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Verdi: La Traviata

Tom Muraco, conductor; James Naumann, assistant conductor

May 22, 2019 Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, NY

“Luminous Night” Annual Benefit and Gala for the National Children’s Chorus

May 1, 2019 Rahm Recital Hall at Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Liederabend, featuring Marcel Sokalski, Xeni Tziouvaras, Gabrielle Chea, Evangeline Ng, and Erin Wagner

Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98

Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39

Brahms: Sechs Lieder, Op. 86

Strauss: Mädchenblumen, Op. 22

Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder

October 31, 2018 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Rotunda, New York, NY

Works & Process Gala Performance with Anthony Roth Costanzo (countertenor)

Selected arias by Handel and Glass

May 8, 2018              Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Schumann Liederabend, featuring Erin Wagner, Marcel Sokalski, Xeni Tziouvaras, and Jana McIntyre

Liederkreis, Op. 39 (Eichendorff); Dichterliebe, Op. 48 (Heine); selection of songs and duets by Robert and Clara Schumann featuring the poetry of Friedrich Rückert

 

October 16, 2017       Oak Knoll School, Summit, NJ                                  

Recital with Kasia Borowiec

Songs by Grieg, Rachmaninoff, and Copland