Pianist Janice Carissa makes her debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in a recital spanning three centuries of classical music.
Janice Carissa makes her debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Powell Hall on Thursday, February 4, 2027, at 7:30 PM. She's a pianist coming in as a rising star, and the SLSO is billing this as a bold program shaped by her own musical voice. It's a solo recital, so it's just her and the piano for the whole evening.
What she's known for is vivid storytelling and colorful interpretations, and the range of the program reflects that. She works across three centuries of music, starting with the elegant lines of J.S. Bach and moving through to the swirling grandeur of Maurice Ravel. Along the way, she stops in the evocative worlds of Enrique Granados and Olivier Messiaen, so the night jumps from the Baroque to the 20th century. It's a wide arc that lets her pull from different eras in a single sitting.
Carissa has built a reputation for bringing clarity, imagination, and expressive depth to the music she plays, and that's exactly what she'll be bringing to the Powell Hall stage. Between the structured precision of Bach and the lush, sweeping textures of Ravel, there's plenty of ground to cover, and the stops in Granados and Messiaen fill in the gaps with their own distinct moods. It's a program that leans into the contrast between the different periods she's playing.
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If you're into piano recitals, this is a good one to have on your radar. It's Janice Carissa's first time performing with the SLSO, and the program is her own. The recital is at Powell Hall on Thursday, February 4, 2027, starting at 7:30 PM.
