Thomas Mann House | 7.30 p.m. (PT)

Join Thomas Mann House and Thomas Mann Fellow Steven Walter for a captivating evening at the Thomas Mann House on July 16th as we welcome three-time GRAMMY-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods.

The insightful conversation explores the diversity of America's classical music scene, discussing approaches to composing new music in today's world and the profound connection between music-making and societal issues. Woods, hailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace,” will perform a program of powerful solo cello works by American contemporary composers Alvin Singleton, Chinary Ung, and Carlos Simon, amongst others.

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Three-time GRAMMY®-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods has established his reputation as a versatile artist and innovator across multiple genres. Woods’ projects delve deep into our cultural fabric, reimagining traditional works and commissioning new ones to propel classical music into the future. As The New York Times wrote, “Woods is an artist rooted in classical music, but whose cello is a vehicle that takes him, and his concertgoers, on wide-ranging journeys.” Also at the forefront of fashion, Woods has topped the “Best Dressed” lists in Variety, Texas Monthly,and OC Register, among others. He is an honoree of the 2023 Seattle Symphony’s 25th Anniversary Silver Gala and recipient of the 2022 Chamber Music America Michael Jaffee Visionary Award. Woods has served on the faculty of the Thornton School of Music at The University of Southern California since 2022, and was appointed to the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music in 2024.

Steven Walter is an award-winning music curator and cultural manager. He grew up near Stuttgart as part of an American family in Germany, with a few interludes in the USA. He studied cello in Oslo and Detmold and cultural management in Hamburg. In 2009, he founded PODIUM Esslingen and developed it into an award-winning platform for new concert formats. He has been the director of the Beethovenfest Bonn since 2021. Walter is a 2025 Thomas Mann Fellow.