From recent uploads. The Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute regularly performs for audiences in the US, Europe, and South America. Over the last several seasons, Ieva made her Chicago Symphony debut at the Ravinia Festival under the baton of James Conlon as well as an orchestral debut in Rio de Janeiro. She has played at London's Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium, Lima, Peru, and many other cities. Ieva recently recorded a CD of music of Alban Berg. Among the pieces on the CD is Piano Sonata no. 1. You can hear this wonderful and under-performed piece as recorded in concert earlier this year.
The twenty year-old violinist Emma Steele is a pupil of Cyrus Forough at Carnegie Mellon University. Emma is the concertmaster of the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic and received the Young Talent award in the Sibelius International Violin Competition. Here she plays Ballade, from Romantic Pieces, Op. 115 by Jean Sibelius (with Shirley Trissell on the piano).
The young Chinese-born pianist Di Wu was praised in The Wall Street Journal as "a most mature and sensitive pianist," and it’s certainly true. Ms. Wu is the winner of many competition prizes; she made her professional debut at the age of 14 with the Beijing Philharmonic, and in recent seasons she has played more than 60 concerts, both as a recitalist and a soloist with orchestras. Highlights of the 2009-2010 season include her performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra; a concert at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival; at the Cincinnati May Festival; in Germany, with the Hamburg Philharmonic; and in Tokyo, where she appeared as a soloist with an orchestra in front of an audience of 11,000. We’ll hear the Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs by Maurice Ravel. To listen, click here.
The Russian-born cellist Dmitri Atapine was described as a “splendid, elegant cellist." The First Prize winner at the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition, Dmitry began his musical education with his parents at the age of five and soon thereafter entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory School of Music. Since 1992 he has been living in Spain. Dmitry studied at the Michigan State University with Suren Bagratuni, and was recently appointed as a Cello Professor and cellist of the Argenta Trio at the University of Nevada, Reno. Since 2007 Mr. Atapine has been the Artistic Director of the International Music Festival of Ribadesella (Spain) and also appears as both a soloist and chamber musician in many festivals throughout Europe and the US. We’ll hear him perform Introduction and Polonaise Brillante by Frédéric Chopin. He’s accompanied by Adela Hyeyeon Park, piano. Click here to listen.
Finally, we’ll hear the Claremont Trio play Beethoven’s Archduke Trio (Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97. Claremont Trio (twin sisters Emily Bruskin, violin and Julia Bruskin, cello, and the pianist Donna Kwong) won the inaugural Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award. They widely perform around the US and recently recorded Beethoven’s Piano Trio Op. 1, no. 3 and Ravel’s Trio for Tria Records. In our recording the piano part is played by the young Israeli pianist Benjamin Hochman. To listen to the Archduke, click here.
July 18, 2011
From recent uploads. The Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute regularly performs for audiences in the US, Europe, and South America. Over the last several seasons, Ieva made her Chicago Symphony debut at the Ravinia Festival under the baton of James Conlon as well as an orchestral debut in Rio de Janeiro. She has played at London's Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium, Lima, Peru, and many other cities. Ieva recently recorded a CD of music of Alban Berg. Among the pieces on the CD is Piano Sonata no. 1. You can hear this wonderful and under-performed piece as recorded in concert earlier this year.
The twenty year-old violinist Emma Steele is a pupil of Cyrus Forough at Carnegie Mellon University. Emma is the concertmaster of the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic and received the Young Talent award in the Sibelius International Violin Competition. Here she plays Ballade, from Romantic Pieces, Op. 115 by Jean Sibelius (with Shirley Trissell on the piano).
The young Chinese-born pianist Di Wu was praised in The Wall Street Journal as "a most mature and sensitive pianist," and it’s certainly true. Ms. Wu is the winner of many competition prizes; she made her professional debut at the age of 14 with the Beijing Philharmonic, and in recent seasons she has played more than 60 concerts, both as a recitalist and a soloist with orchestras. Highlights of the 2009-2010 season include her performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra; a concert at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival; at the Cincinnati May Festival; in Germany, with the Hamburg Philharmonic; and in Tokyo, where she appeared as a soloist with an orchestra in front of an audience of 11,000. We’ll hear the Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs by Maurice Ravel. To listen, click here.
The Russian-born cellist Dmitri Atapine was described as a “splendid, elegant cellist." The First Prize winner at the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition, Dmitry began his musical education with his parents at the age of five and soon thereafter entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory School of Music. Since 1992 he has been living in Spain. Dmitry studied at the Michigan State University with Suren Bagratuni, and was recently appointed as a Cello Professor and cellist of the Argenta Trio at the University of Nevada, Reno. Since 2007 Mr. Atapine has been the Artistic Director of the International Music Festival of Ribadesella (Spain) and also appears as both a soloist and chamber musician in many festivals throughout Europe and the US. We’ll hear him perform Introduction and Polonaise Brillante by Frédéric Chopin. He’s accompanied by Adela Hyeyeon Park, piano. Click here to listen.
Finally, we’ll hear the Claremont Trio play Beethoven’s Archduke Trio (Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97. Claremont Trio (twin sisters Emily Bruskin, violin and Julia Bruskin, cello, and the pianist Donna Kwong) won the inaugural Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award. They widely perform around the US and recently recorded Beethoven’s Piano Trio Op. 1, no. 3 and Ravel’s Trio for Tria Records. In our recording the piano part is played by the young Israeli pianist Benjamin Hochman. To listen to the Archduke, click here.