MUSIC
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018
8:30 PM

Hanzhi Wang
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan

$10-$45
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2018/10/22/Hanzhi-Wang-Accordion-0830PM

Classical accordion recitals don't grow on trees.  Hanzhi Wang is a very young, buzz-worthy player.  This program -- in which she'll be assisted, on occasion, by the Zorá String Quartet -- contains the usual transcriptions and such.  But what makes it worth attending is Sofia Gubaidulina's De Profundus, certainly the greatest composition for classical accordion of the last 50 years (no, the competition isn't fierce).  It is, perhaps, obligatory for an accordionist to include some Piazzolla pieces on her program -- but his music is always welcome, especially in what is shaping up to be a Piazzolla Week in New York.  There's also some stuff by Martin Lohse, a very listenable Danish composer whom this Danish-trained performer plays regularly.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  I don't think anyone ever leaves Souvlaki GRdisappointed or unhappy -- nor with an emptied wallet.