Experience an unforgettable evening with acclaimed pianist Stephen Porter, winner of the 2002 Artist Presentation Society Competition. The program features the St. Louis premiere of “Le Pont Universel” by St. Louis native Andrew List, alongside works by Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert and Darwin Aquino.

This concert is presented in partnership with the Artist Presentation Society.

Admission is free, but your donations are encouraged to support the Artist Presentation Society's mission of encouraging and promoting exceptional young musicians in the Midwest.

About Stephen Porter
Stephen Porter has appeared internationally as a soloist at venues that include the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, the Gothenburg Academy of Music and Drama in Sweden, the Sala Villa-Lobos at the University of Rio de Janeiro, Albert Long Hall in Istanbul, LSO St. Luke’s with the Amadeus Orchestra of London, Sarajevo as the featured soloist of the Bosnia International Music Festival, the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden, and the Rockefeller Foundation at Bellagio, Italy. This season, he has given recitals at the Bangalore International Centre in India and Music Salon Emmanuel in Singapore. Since 2011, he has been an artist resident of the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and from 2021-24, he was Artist in Residence and Research Artist at Texas A&M University Central Texas. Porter has performed and recorded with two Grammy Award-winning soloists, mezzo-soprano Krista River and bass-baritone Dashon Burton.

About the Artist Presentation Society
Since 1947, the Artist Presentation Society has been promoting exceptional young musicians, offering them public performance opportunities at the start of their careers. Many of our nearly 200 winners have gone on to international acclaim. Learn more about our mission and the annual competition that helps launch careers in classical music at apsmusic.org.