Sarasota’s November Concerts Spotlight Astral Mixtape’s Florida Debut and World-Class Musicians

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota is proud to present a dynamic November concert lineup: bassoonist Eleni Katz and double bassist Nina Bernat in How Low Can You Go? on November 13, the genre-defying Astral Mixtape making their Florida debut on November 20, and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Grand Prize winners Fry Street Quartet on November 23. For tickets and details, please visit ArtistSeriesConcerts.org or call (941) 306-1202.

How Low Can You Go?

When: November 13, 11:00 a.m. (Lunch & Listen series)
Where: Palm Aire Country Club
Two instruments often in the background — the bassoon and double bass — step into the limelight in How Low Can You Go?, a program titled Basso Vox. Performers Eleni Katz (bassoon) and Nina Bernat (double bass) will play works by Roussel, Hailstork, Bach, Mozart, and more. Katz is the 2022 Concert Artist Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition winner. Bernat, an Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient in 2023, recently made her concerto debut with the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä. Tickets: $75 (includes lunch).

Astral Mixtape – Florida Debut

When: November 20, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Astral Mixtape — featuring Misha Vayman (violin), Michael Siess (violin), Juan-Salvador Carrasco (cello), and Nathan Ben-Yehuda (keyboard/electronics) — brings its original blend of classical instruments and electronics to Florida for the first time. Their sound fuses pop’s energy, jazz’s spontaneity, and contemporary experimentation, weaving in inspirations from Rimsky-Korsakov, Piazzolla, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more. Tickets: $50.

Fry Street Quartet

When: November 23, 4:00 p.m. (Sunday Best series)
Where: First Presbyterian Church
Praised by The New York Times as “a triumph of ensemble playing,” the Fry Street Quartet — Robert Waters, Rebecca McFaul, Bradley Ottesen, and Anne Francis Bayless — earned the Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Their November program begins with Debussy’s only string quartet, continues with Jessie Montgomery’s Source Code (Performance Today’s 2025 Classical Woman of the Year), and concludes with Beethoven’s powerful Opus 130. Tickets: $50 general, $70 VIP.

For full concert details and to purchase tickets, visit www.ArtistSeriesConcerts.org   or call (941) 306-1202.

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