Silkroad Ensemble at Winter JazzFest

with Rhiannon Giddens, Mauro Durante, Karen Ouzounian, Mazz Swift, Niwel Tsumbu, Francesco Turrisi, Kaoru Watanabe

Brooklyn, NY

“MAYRIG”

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals

Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics

The Loft at UC San Diego presented by Art of Elan and ArtPower

San Diego, CA

The Knights at Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall

Osvaldo Golijov Ever Yours (NY premiere), Mendelssohn Octet, Haydn Le Soir, Arvo Pärt In Spe

New York, NY

The Knights at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall 

Chamber works by Osvaldo Golijov, Colin Jacobsen and Felix Mendelssohn 

Troy, NY

Silkroad Ensemble at Bowling Green University

with Rhiannon Giddens, Shawn Conley, Mauro Durante, Haruka Fujii, Maeve Gilchrist, Mehdi Nassouli, Karen Ouzounian, Mazz Swift, Niwel Tsumbu, Francesco Turrisi, Kaoru Watanabe 

“Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual” 

Bowling Green, OH

Silkroad Ensemble at Indiana University Auditorium 

Bloomington, IN

Silkroad Ensemble at Harris Theater 

Chicago, IL

Silkroad Ensemble at CalPerformances

Zellerbach Hall

Berkeley, CA

Silkroad Ensemble at CalPerformances

Zellerbach Hall

Berkeley, CA

Silkroad Ensemble at George Mason University Center for the Arts

Fairfax, VA

Silkroad Ensemble at Eastman Theatre

Rochester, NY

Silkroad Ensemble at Tilles Center 

Brookville, NY 

Silkroad Ensemble at McCarter Theatre Center

Princeton, NJ

Ravinia Festival

“MAYRIG” development workshop produced by Steans Music Institute

Highland Park, IL 

“IN THE MAKING: Lembit Beecher’s Land of the Northern Frog”

Multi-media portrait concert and recording with A Far Cry, featuring works by Lembit Beecher 

WGBH Fraser Studio

Boston, MA

Santa Fe Pro Musica

Soloist in Anna Clyne’s Shorthand with Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra, alongside works by Karen Ouzounian, Janáček and Beethoven 

Lensic Performing Arts Center

Santa Fe, NM 

American Academy in Rome

“Open Studios” featuring works by Lembit Beecher, winner of the 2025-2026 Samuel Barber Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome

Roma, IT

“MAYRIG” at Casa del Jazz

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals

Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics 

Roma, IT

ChamberFest Cleveland 

Cleveland, OH 

Festival di Spoleto

“Lembit Beecher: Between Generations”

Spoleto, IT

Soloist with Boston Symphony Orchestra  

Kayhan Kalhor’s Venus in the Mirror

Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh

Karen Ouzounian, cello

Anna Handler, conductor

Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood

Lenox, MA

Salt Bay Chamberfest 

Featuring world premiere of new work by Karen Ouzounian, commissioned by Salt Bay Chamberfest

Midcoast Maine

Silkroad Ensemble at Tanglewood 

Lenox, MA

Silkroad Ensemble at Skaneateles Festival

Waterloo, NY

Silkroad Ensemble at Chautauqua Amphitheater

Chautauqua, NY

Composer-in-residence at Lighthouse Works

Fishers Island, NY

Ravinia Festival

World Premiere of expanded “MAYRIG”

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals; Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics; Shawn Conley, bass; Maiya Papach, viola; Ara Dinkjian, oud; Charles Berberian, visual artist

Highland Park, IL

Concord Chamber Music

Ravel Duo, Mozart Piano Quartet in G Minor K. 478, Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor Op. 60

Groton Hill Music Center

Groton, MA

“MAYRIG”

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals; Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics; Ara Dinkjian, oud; Maiya Papach, viola; Max Winningham, bass; Charles Berberian, visual artist

The Colburn School, Thayer Hall

Los Angeles, CA

“MAYRIG”

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals; Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics; visual art by Charles Berberian

Kaufman Music Center, New York City

Silkroad Ensemble at Carnegie Hall

With Yo-Yo Ma, Rhiannon Giddens, Kinan Azmeh, Shawn Conley, Sandeep Das, Haruka Fujii, Maeve Gilchrist, Colin Jacobsen, Wu Man, Karen Ouzounian, Shane Shanahan, Mazz Swift, Francesco Turrisi, Kojiro Umezaki, Kaoru Watanabe

Stern Auditorium, New York City

“DEAR MOUNTAINS”

Oratorio co-composed by Karen Ouzounian and Lembit Beecher for chorus, solo cello, oud and percussion

Koerner Hall, Toronto, Canada

Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad Ensemble

Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg, Germany

“MAYRIG”

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals; Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics

Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg, Germany

Silkroad Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens: “Sanctuary”

Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg, Germany

“MAYRIG”

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals; Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics

Arvo Pärt Centre

Laulasmaa, Estonia

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Nicholas Phan, tenor; Tai Murray, violin; Karen Ouzounian, cello; Myra Huang, piano

Lembit Beecher: A Year to the Day; Shostakovich: Piano Trio Op. 8; songs by Barbara Strozzi and Charles Ives

The Knights + Ensemble Modern

The Met Museum Experience: Opening Concert

Alte Oper Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Germany

The Knights + Ensemble Modern

New York Sounds

Alte Oper Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Germany

The Knights + Ensemble Modern

My Favorite Works: performances at 11am, 3pm, 7pm

Feat. Karen Ouzounian’s Songs of the Sap + works by Gabriela Ortiz, Philip Glass, Reena Esmail, Colin Jacobsen/Siamak Aghaei

Alte Oper Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Germany

“MAYRIG”

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals; Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics

Noe Music

San Francisco, CA

Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall

James Austin Smith, oboe; Shai Wosner, piano; Karen Ouzounian, cello; Shane Shanahan, percussion

New York City

“MAYRIG”

Karen Ouzounian, cello & vocals; Lembit Beecher, piano & electronics; visual art by Charles Berberian

Music Toronto

Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto, Canada