Axelle Fanyo, soprano
Julius Drake, piano

Friday, January 30, 2026 - 7:30 pm
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center

300 South Broad Street Learn More

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About This Performance

One of the most promising singers of her generation, French soprano Axelle Fanyo has been praised by Renée Fleming for her “charismatic, beautiful voice [of] real star quality.” In her PCMS debut program with the “unfailingly eloquent and supportive” pianist Julius Drake (The Telegraph), Fanyo explores the master and apprentice relationship between two pioneering European composers, Arnold Schoenberg and Olivier Messaien, and their American protegés, John Cage and William Bolcom.

Master & Apprentice
Schoenberg: Four Songs, Op. 2
Schoenberg: Brettl-Lieder (Sel.)
Cage: Aria (a capella)
Messiaen: Trois Mélodies
Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi (Sel.)
Bolcom: Cabaret Songs (Sel.)

Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including intermission)