Rising Stars
Join Us – In Person Or Virtually!
The Gilmore Rising Stars Series has presented many fine young pianists over the past 22 years 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.
2022-2023 Rising Stars Series
Sunday, February 05, 2023
Rising Star | Clayton Stephenson, 2022 Gilmore Young Artist
Wellspring Theater, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Past Rising Stars Series Artists
Sunday, October 09, 2022
Rising Star | Alexander Malofeev
Wellspring Theater, 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
Wellspring Theater
Sunday, October 06, 2019
Rising Stars Series | Aliya Alsafa & Jeffrey Chin
First Congregational Church, Battle Creek
