Join acclaimed pianist
Adam Tendler
for an hour-long concert in New Canaan’s modernist
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
, designed by Sherwood, Mills and Smith and completed in 1961. Tendler will perform selections from his GRAMMY®-nominated project, Inheritances alongside other works. All are invited to a reception following the performance.
After his father’s unexpected death, Tendler received his inheritance as a literal wad of cash in a parking lot—an encounter that became the catalyst for a groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind contemporary music phenomenon that has touched listeners from across the globe. Inviting a wide-ranging group of composers and sound artists, including Devonté Hynes, Laurie Anderson, Missy Mazzoli, and Nico Muhly, among others, Tendler asked each to respond to the idea of “inheritance,” resulting in a deeply personal yet universally resonant body of piano works that explore lineage, memory, loss, and place, and form a meditation on how we confront the past while shaping the future. Inheritances earned a 2026 GRAMMY® nomination for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and has been featured in the
New York Times
,
Washington Post
, and CBS Sunday Morning, among publications and broadcasts worldwide.
As a recording artist, Tendler has been featured on Wild Up’s GRAMMY®-nominated anthology of Julius Eastman’s music, and has also released albums of music by Franz Liszt, Robert Palmer, and of his own original work. In 2026 alone, he recorded for artists as wide-ranging as Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Michael Fiday, and Ellis Ludwig-Leone.
Photo by Lila Barth
