Modus Operandi Orchestra:

Modus Plays Mozart at Merkin
with violinist Chloé Kiffer

October 15, 2025

New York, NY — Get ready for an unforgettable “rush hour” concert on Wednesday, October 15 at 6:30 pm, as the New York-based Modus Operandi Orchestra (MOO) takes the stage at Merkin Hall for an electrifying evening of Mozart masterpieces. Under the baton of Maestro Justin Bischof, the orchestra will be joined by the violinist Chloé Kiffer, who will perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto #5. Designed to be compact, this concert will feature a short intermission and will conclude by 8:00p.m. allowing patrons to return home early in the evening. 

 

The concert will be held at Merkin Hall, located at 129 West 67th Street, New York. Tickets are available for $44-$79, with discounted tickets at $25 for students and seniors. Purchase tickets at https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/modus-plays-mozart-merkin/

 

For more information about MOO, visit www.moonyc.org.

 

Complete Program (all works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart):

Symphony No. 40, K550

Violin Concerto #5, K219

Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”, K551

 

“In one evening, we traverse the brilliance of Mozart’s evolution: the stormy emotional depth of Symphony No. 40, the Turkish flair and elegance of the Violin Concerto No. 5, and the staggering contrapuntal mastery of the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony — a true summit of classical genius.”

 — Justin Bischof, Conductor

 

Franco-American violinist Chloé Kiffer has received enthusiastic praise by The New York Times for her “pure and beautiful tone” and The Greenwich Sentinel for being “…a star in every sense: performance, exquisite technique and beauty””.

Kiffer is a laureate of the Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation. She graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and earned postgraduate degrees from the Manhattan School of Music under Patinka Kopec and Pinchas Zukerman. Kiffer received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University. Kiffer has appeared at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Beethoven Hall in Bonn, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Hall, Tel Aviv Opera, and Beijing National Center. In October 2015, Kiffer made her Carnegie Hall debut performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in Stern Auditorium. 

Chloé Kiffer performs on a violin that was made for her by luthier Samuel Zygmuntowicz (Brooklyn, NY, 2023).