March 14, 2011
Anna Serova. The Russian-Italian violist, Anna Serova is a unique figure on the international scene. She widely performs both as a soloist and a chamber musician. Several works were dedicated to her in recent years by some of the most important contemporary composers, such as the Italian opera composer Azio Corghi's dramatic cantata "Fero Dolore" and the operatic tragedy "Giocasta." In the latter she plays and acts on stage in the role of Destiny.
Anna studied with Vladimir Stopicev at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, with Bruno Giuranna at the Academy of Cremona and with Yuri Bashmet at the Academy of Chigiana in Sienna. Since then she has had a very successful career as a concert musician both in Italy and abroad. Critics note the warm, shining beauty of her sound. She has collaborated with artists like Ivry Gitils, Bruno Giuranna, Salvatore Accardo, Rocco Filippini, Filippo Faes, and Toby Hoffman. As a soloist she has performed with many orchestras, such as Moscow State Symphony, Siberian Symphony, Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico, Belgrade Philharmonic, and others. In 2002 she issued a CD of music from the twentieth century repertoire (on it she plays on the famous " Stauffer 1615" viola by Niccolò Amati); in 2004 she also recorded a CD of 18th century music. Her latest CD, "Schumann's Fairy Tales," was awarded 5 stars by the critics of Musica magazine.
Anna Serova is currently a Professor of Viola and Chamber Music at the Biella "L. Perosi" International Academy.
In our playlist, you can hear her play Robert Schumann's Maerchenbilder for viola and piano, and Capriccio in C minor "Hommage à Paganini" for Viola Solo by Henri Vieuxtemps. To listen, click here.
Bach - Busoni - Chorale in G minor "Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland"
Francesco Comito (Piano)
Franz Schubert - Lied des gefangenen Jägers
Thomas Meglioranza (Baritone)
Reiko Uchida (Piano)
Franz Schubert - Lachen und Weinen, D. 777
Hyunah Yu (Soprano)
Alon Goldstein (Piano)
Franz Schubert - Konzertstuck D.345
Andrew Kohji Taylor (Violin)
Craig Smith (Conductor)
The Emmanuel Music Ensemble (Orchestra)
Franz Schubert - Jägers Abendlied
Gyula Szabo (Baritone)
Gyula Szabo (Piano)
Robert Schumann - String Quartet No.1 in a minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Hausmann String Quartet (Quartet)
Beatrice Berrut Piano Recital
03/18/2012 17:00, Logensaal
Pianist Stephen Cook Performs at Knights of Pythias Hall
03/26/2011 19:30, Knights of Pythias Hall
Stephen Cook will perform an eclectic program of French, Russian and American music at the Knights of Pythias Hall as a preview to his final Doctoral recital at ASU.
The program will include Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit and Stravinsky's Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka. These epic works are monuments of the piano literature and legendary among pianists for their extreme technical difficulty.
In addition, Stephen will perform a recent ...work by Emmy Award winning Los Angeles composer Stephen Cohn entitled Seven Dances. Mr. Cohn was recently praised in the Huffington Post for his new Quartet entitled Winter Soul. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rodney-punt/the-eclipse-quartet-and-i_b_815966.html
Cook has also worked closely with Stephen Cohn on two of his other visionary piano works: A Warrior's Paradox and Moods of A Goddess.
Program:
Maurice Ravel-
Sonatine
Gaspard de la Nuit
Stephen Cohn-
Seven Dances
Igor Stravinsky-
Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka
Reception will follow!
admission is free
For more information, please visit:
www.stephenbcook.com
www.youtube.com/sbcpianist
to find out more about composer Stephen Cohn, please visit:
www.stephencohn.com
Robert Schumann - Maerchenbilder for viola and piano, op.113
Anna Serova (Viola)
Filippo Faes (Piano)