2026/2027 Season

György Kurtág Festival

György Kurtág: 6 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo flute (1992–2005) Sasha Ishov, flute
György Kurtág: Op. 14 Bagatelles Sasha Ishov, flute Will Yager, double bass Jonathan Hannau, piano
Other featured performers: Myra Hinrichs and Ilana Waniuk, violins Dan Galat, viola Kelly Quesada, cello
Constellation Chicago, IL

Terns Duo

Michael Hersch: Philomela Fragments Ah Young Hong, soprano Sasha Ishov, flute Will Yager, bass
New works by Carlos Bandera and Alexa Rinn

* World premiere

International Museum of Surgical Science Chicago, IL

Shulamit Ran’s Moon Songs

Kristina Bachrach, soprano Sasha Ishov, flute Alexander Hersh, cello Winston Choi, piano
Guarneri Hall Chicago, IL

Terns Duo

Michael Hersch: Philomela Fragments Ah Young Hong, soprano Sasha Ishov, flute Will Yager, bass
Peabody Conservatory Baltimore, MD

Past Highlights

2025/2026 Season

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Music by Antonio Russek Sasha Ishov, flute
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL

The Music of Liza Lim

Liza Lim: Bioluminescence (2018) Liza Lim: Lucid Dreaming (2022) Sasha Ishov, flute Other featured performers: Ty Bouque, baritone Kyle Flens, percussion Gramm Drennen, cello Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon Will Yager, double bass Frequency Series

† US premiere

Constellation Chicago, IL

Chicago Flute Club Festival

Recital featuring music by Augusta Read Thomas and Javier Álvarez Recital programming workshop Sasha Ishov, flute
Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL

Music, Diplomacy, Propaganda

Guest speaker at the Music, Diplomacy, Propaganda workshop
Faculté de musique, Université de Montréal Montréal, QC

Chicago Bagatelles Project

Marcos Balter: Strohbass Sasha Ishov, bass flute Phil Pierick, saxophone 2025 Ear Taxi Festival
International Museum of Surgical Science Chicago, IL

Recital Programming Workshop

Talk on the art and craft of recital programming
University of Wisconsin–Whitewater Whitewater, WI

La Crosse New Music Festival

(un)familiar, a solo recital featuring works by Alvin Singleton, Libby Larsen, Sofia Gubaidulina, Augusta Read Thomas, Paul Novak, Liza Lim, Tristan Murail, and Javier Álvarez Sasha Ishov, flute
Annett Recital Hall La Crosse, WI

Terns Duo

Silvia Borzelli: Own pace (amnesia 3) (2011) Christine Burke: Abandoned tree, scentless animal (2025) Martin Dalby: MacPherson’s Rant (1974) Beat Furrer: Ira–Arca (2012) Sasha Ishov, flute Will Yager, double bass

* World premiere

Constellation Chicago, IL

Flute Masterclass and Solo Recital

Works by Alvin Singleton, Heinz Holliger, Liza Lim, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Javier Álvarez Sasha Ishov, flute
Harper Hall, Lawrence University Appleton, WI

University of Chicago New Music Ensemble

György Kurtág: Hommage à J.S.B. Morton Feldman: For Frank O’Hara (1973)
University of Chicago Chicago, IL

Present Music

Music by Vijay Iyer and Judd Greenstein David Bloom, conductor
Jan Serr Studio Milwaukee, WI

MTNA National Conference

Performance with composition competition prize-winner Lillian Tan Sasha Ishov, flute
Chicago, IL

Midwest Graduate Music Consortium

Works by festival participants Sasha Ishov, flute Zachary Good, clarinet Dan Galat, violin Kelly Quesada, cello
Northwestern University Evanston, IL

NYO-USA All-Stars with Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Gala concert featuring Emanuel Ax, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Feinstein, Renée Fleming, Lang Lang, Isabel Leonard, Audra McDonald, Daniil Trifonov, and more NYO-USA All-Stars Oratorio Society of New York
Carnegie Hall New York, NY

Flannau presents Flâneur

Morton Feldman: Why Patterns? Sasha Ishov, flute Kyle Flens, percussion Jonathan Hannau, piano
The CheckOut Chicago, IL
Terns Duo with Ah Young Hong
Oct
16

Terns Duo with Ah Young Hong

Terns Duo joins soprano Ah Young Hong for the world premiere of a new trio by Michael Hersch. The program also features world premieres by Carlos Bandera and Alexa Rinn, alongside additional works for flute, double bass, and soprano.

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Solo Recital @ Lawrence University
Feb
16

Solo Recital @ Lawrence University

Flutist Sasha Ishov performs unaccompanied flute repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries. Selections include works by Alvin Singleton, Heinz Holliger, Liza Lim, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Javier Álvarez, and others.

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NUNC! 2025
Apr
27

NUNC! 2025

  • Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, Northwestern University (map)
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Sasha Ishov performs music by Javier Álvarez at the Northwestern University New Music Conference 2025.

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