Audience favorite, classically trained pianist Franz Mantini, will return to the Center in a series of concerts featuring special guests and the Center's Shigeru grand piano.

2026 CONCERTS

April 25: Strings in the Spring (CLICK HERE to download the program)

Praeludium and Allegro / Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)

Beau Soir / Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

(arr. Jascha Heifitz)                                                                           

Ford's Farm / Mason Bates (b. 1977)

Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12  / Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

   Allegro con brio     

   Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto

   Rondo: Allegro

INTERMISSION

Violin Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001  / Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

   Adagio      

   Fuga (Allegro)

   Siciliana

   Presto

Nocturne C# minor (Op. posthumous)  / Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)

Etude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) 

Romance from The Gadfly  /  Dmitri Shostakovich  (1906 - 1975)

Romanian Folk Dances   /  Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

   Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)   

   Brâul (Sash Dance)

   Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)

    Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)

   Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)

   Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)

What is the Carrollwood Cultural Center?

It’s where a 5-year-old girl discovers that she’s an artist, a 70-year-old man discovers he’s a musician, a 35-year-old woman learns ballet and a family grows stronger by sharing the stage together.

It’s the banquet hall where Anna married Luis. It’s the meeting room where Jennifer launched her career. It’s the stage where Oliver found a family and a Music Man traded swindling for love.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center is much more than a building. It’s the place where strangers become friends and friends become family.

Above all, it’s a place where a community came together to  prove—and continue to prove–that ordinary citizens can, through their labors and generosity, determine the culture of the place in which they live out their lives.