Mozart and Fauré / Mark Peskanov and Doris Stevenson — live event

Masterworks Series: Mozart and Fauré / Mark Peskanov and Doris Stevenson with Semplice Players, Beatrice Chen and Noah Chen Mozart Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat major, K. 563 Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 Mark Peskanov, violin and Doris Stevenson, piano With Semplice Players: Beatrice Chen, viola Noah Chen, cello Mark Peskanov is an American virtuoso violinist, known as a soloist, chamber musician, composer, conductor, and concert presenter. Doris Stevenson has won lavish praise from critics and public alike in performances around the world. She has soloed with the Boston Pops, played at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Salle Pleyel in Paris, Sala de Musica Arango in Bogota, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Her acute sensitivity and musicianship have made her a sought-after partner with some of the leading lights in string playing. She has performed with Gregor Piatigorsky, Ruggiero Ricci and Paul Tortelier, great players of the past. Early in her career she was invited by Heifetz and Piatigorsky to perform with them in their chamber concerts. She was pianist for the cello master classes of Piatigorsky, who described her as “an artist of the highest order.” The list of distinguished artists she has performed with includes cellists Andre Navarra, Leslie Parnas and Gary Hoffman, violinists Charles Castleman and Elmar Olivera, violists Walter Trampler and Paul Neubauer and singers Kaaren Erickson and Catherine Malfitano. She is a founding member of the Sitka Summer Music Festival in Alaska and has toured throughout that state, playing in many remote Native Alaskan communities. She has participated in many chamber music festivals and has performed in 48 of the 50 states.She recently performed with cellist Zuill Bailey at the Phillips Gallery in Washington D.C., at Bargemusic in New York and at Smith College. She plays a score of outreach concerts each season for the Piatigorsky Foundation in schools, libraries, prisons, and remote communities, bringing live classical music with commentary to people who wouldn’t otherwise hear it. Beatrice Chen is an award-winning violist who hails from Chicago. Appointed by Riccardo Muti, she served as a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's viola section during the 2022–23 season. Chen has been awarded first prize in competitions including the Johansen International Competition for Young String Players and Albert M. Greenfield Competition. In 2019, she was named a finalist and Silver Medalist in Classical Music from the National YoungArts Foundation. Chen was a member of the Grant Park Orchestra in 2022 and is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in viola performance at the Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Ed Gazouleas.

Starts: 2024-04-06T16:00:18Z

Ends: 2024-04-06T18:00:18Z

Where: Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard, New York, New York 11201, United States

Price: $35.0

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