If violinist Melissa White and pianist Pallavi Mahidhara are the future of classical music, then the future is bright! Award-winning artists and longtime friends, they combine their talents for a recital at the Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 7:30 pm. Concert Conversations at 6:30 pm.

In this innovative program, White and Mahidhara cross the spectrum of violin and piano repertoire. “We are performing works by composers who represent a diversity of backgrounds, much like the two of us,” explains Mahidhara.

With a nod to the exhibit celebrating women at the Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum, the duo will perform works by American women composers Amy Beach and Nokuthula Ngwenyama. The concert also includes works by Johannes Brahms, William Grant Still, and a transcription by Jascha Heifetz of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. They are performing this program for only two concerts, one in Milwaukee and a sold-out show in Washington D.C.