Paley Music Festival

10/11/2026

Peiwen performs in Williamsburg!

Winterreise (Winter Journey) is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert (published 1828), a setting of 24 poems by the German poet Wilhelm Müller. The cycle consists of a monodrama from the point of view of a man. After his beloved falls for another, the grief-stricken young man steals a...

10/07/2026

Peiwen with Kaunas City Symphony in Lithuania — with Sasha conducting

10/01/2026

November 30, Grand Salon des Invalides, Paris, France | Cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton and Alexander Paley will explore the relations of France-USA through a program of emblematic American music. A work by Michael Riesman, in the spirit of Philip Glass, will introduce this unique concert.
https://www.musee-armee.fr/au-programme/cette-semaine-au-musee/detail/cello-sketches.html

09/22/2026

Sasha with the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Lithuania

09/16/2026

October 23, Kaunas, Lithuania - As part of “W.A. Mozart 270” commemorating the birth of the composer, Alexander Paley will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 with the Kaunas symphony orchestra.

Performers: KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Chief Conductor Constantine Orbelian (USA), Manager Algimantas Treikauskas KAUNAS STATE CHOIR Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Robertas Šervenikas…

09/15/2026

09/07/2026

Sasha and Peiwen perform Franz Schubert Rondo in D major (on 2 giant pianos!)

Franz Schubert - Rondo in D major, D.608 performed by Alexander Pal...

09/05/2026

The Jan 2027 festival transports us to the Realm of Romanticism - see the program...

SATURDAY PROGRAM | SUNDAY PROGRAM FRIDAY JAN 8, 2027 7:30 PM Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14 Alexander Paley, piano  Felix Mendelssohn  Allegro brilliant i…

03/02/2026

Notice something different about our page banner? In case you didn't... Dates for the 2027 festival are now posted! Program TBA!

02/26/2026

Voices of Moldova, a cultural diplomacy project dedicated to bringing Moldova’s most remarkable artistic voices to the international stage, features Alexander Paley.

Welcome to a new episode of Voices of Moldova, a cultural diplomacy project dedicated to bringing Moldova’s most remarkable artistic voices to the internatio...