ETERNALLY MODERN Season Ticket

What makes a piece of music remain modern long after its own time has passed?

Igor Stravinsky called Beethoven's Grosse Fuge "contemporary forever." Nearly two centuries after it was written, it still challenges, surprises, and inspires us. But what does it mean for a work of art to remain modern? Is modernity a style, an era, or something deeper?

Across six concerts, Axiom explores this question through Beethoven's final quartets and Grosse Fuge, paired with music by living composers including Joan Tower, Richard Lavenda, and a world premiere commission by Shih-Hui Chen. Along the way, we trace a history of musical imagination through works that dared to look beyond their own moment and toward the future.

At its heart, Eternally Modern is a season about renewal. The artists who continue to move us across centuries are those who never stop growing, questioning, and reinventing themselves. Their music reminds us that becoming…