Rising Stars
Join Us – In Person Or Virtually!
The Gilmore Rising Stars Series has presented many fine young pianists before their international breakthroughs, offering audiences a chance to hear the leading pianists of the future. Initially presented in 1999 as the Irving S. Gilmore Piano Series, it was renamed the Rising Stars Series the following year.
Past Rising Stars Series Artists
Miki Yamanaka Trio
Bell’s Eccentric Café, Kalamazoo
Saturday, October 04, 2025
Baby Grands with Luther S. Allison
An Alma Powell Library event at the Northside Association for Community Development
Luther S. Allison Trio
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Rising Star | Sean Mason Quartet
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Rising Star | Maxim Lando, 2020 GYA
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, October 08, 2023
Rising Star | Esteban Castro Trio
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Rising Star | Janice Carissa, 2022 Gilmore Young Artist
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, February 05, 2023
Rising Star | Clayton Stephenson, 2022 Gilmore Young Artist
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, October 09, 2022
Rising Star | Alexander Malofeev
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Rising Stars Series | Arseniy Gusev
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Rising Stars Series | Federico Colli
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Rising Stars Series | Matthew Whitaker Quartet
Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Rising Stars Series | Schaghajegh Nosrati
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, February 07, 2021
Virtual Rising Stars | Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet
Streaming from Wellspring Theater
Sunday, September 20, 2020
Virtual Rising Stars | Mackenzie Melemed
Streaming from Wellspring Theater
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Rising Stars Series | Wei Luo, 2018 Gilmore Young Artist
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Rising Stars Series | Charles Richard-Hamelin
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Rising Stars Series | Lukas Geniušas
Cori Terry Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Sunday, October 06, 2019
Rising Stars Series | Aliya Alsafa & Jeffrey Chin
First Congregational Church, Battle Creek
