
Great Performers Series
Gautier Capuçon: Gaïa
November 16, 2025
Overview
Cellist Gautier Capuçon presents a recital program dedicated to and inspired by Earth. Featuring world premiere performances of commissioned works by 16 composers—including Bryce Dessner, Joe Hisaishi, Missy Mazzoli, Gabriela Montero, Nico Muhly, Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi, and Ayanna Witter-Johnson—Gaïa pays tribute to Earth: its beauty, its fragility, its strength.Artists
Gautier Capuçon
Cello
Jérôme Ducros
Piano
Program
Armand
Amar
Boreas
Quenton
Blache
Of Wind and Rain
Gabriela
Montero
Sur le lac du Bourget
Olivia
Belli
Tàmâr Metushelah
Missy
Mazzoli
The Usual Illusion
Joe
Hisaishi
Prélude pour violoncelle et piano
Ludovico
Einaudi
Air
Xavier
Foley
Ambition
Bryce
Dessner
Towards the Light
Bryce
Dessner
Towards the Forest
Nico
Muhly
Side Piece
Abel
Selaocoe
Toro Tsa Kwa
Max
Richter
Journey Sequence
Ayanna
Witter-Johnson
Forever Home
Jean-Benoît
Dunckel
Wake
Jasmine
Barnes
Life in Sunshine
Michael
Canitrot
Never Say Never
Sponsors
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