Violin and Piano Recital Mozart Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K. 304 Allegro Tempo di menuetto Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1 Allegro con brio Tema con variazioni . Andante con moto Rondo . Allegro Franck Sonata in A Major Allegretto ben moderato Allegro Recitativo-Fantasia: Ben moderato Allegretto poco mosso with Mark Peskanov, violin, and Jonathan Feldman, piano American virtuoso violinist and artistic visionary Mark Peskanov was born in Odesa. Peskanov sang before he could walk or talk, and soon became a star violin student at the famed Stolyarsky school. At fifteen, he emigrated to the United States, where he was immediately accepted at the Aspen Music Festival and the Juilliard School. His phenomenal facility and musicianship won him both the Aspen and Juilliard concerto competitions, bringing him to the notice of Isaac Stern and Mstislav Rostropovich and rocketing him into the top echelons of the music world. Upon his debut with the Chicago Symphony, the Chicago Tribune called him a “sensational soloist.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer proclaimed, “Violinist Adds Glory to Odessa” and the New York Times declared, “Mark Peskanov is a tremendous young violinist and his Friday evening concert at Carnegie Hall was a triumph…He has it all—technique, temperament, and taste.” Peskanov is a staunch champion of American composers. He premiered the John Williams Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony, and the Stanley Wolfe Concerto (written for Peskanov) with the New York Philharmonic. He has performed more than fifty concertos with virtually every major U.S. orchestra and in Europe, the Middle East, Australia, South America and Japan. Peskanov’s major accolades include the Avery Fischer Career Grant, the first Frederick R. Mann Award, and Carnegie Hall’s first Isaac Stern Award. Peskanov inaugurated Tokyo’s Suntory Hall with Yo-Yo Ma and Stern, and Weill Recital Hall with Stern, Midori and Gil Shaham. Collaborating with these colleagues prompted Peskanov to turn intensively to the chamber music repertoire’s more intimate, complex, and dialogical possibilities. His delight in chamber music, his independent artistic vision, and his desire to mentor promising musicians as he had been mentored, led to Peskanov’s present role. Since 2005, he is president and artistic/executive director of Bargemusic, New York City’s cultural icon in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Over more than three decades of artistic involvement with Bargemusic, Peskanov has curated
$10 student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. New York Piano Society, under the artistic direction of Natasha Paremski, proudly presents Dvořák's Piano Quartet, featuring Kaufman Special High School alumna violinist Ana Isabella España, renowned violist Aditi Prakash, and world-class cellist Gwen Krosnick. The afternoon will also feature performances by New York Piano Society members, including pianists making their Merkin Hall debut and those making return appearances. The program showcases masterworks from Bach to Rachmaninoff and everything in between. Come revel in an afternoon of beautiful music and unforgettable performances. Carl Di Casoli, piano Alex Shapiro, piano Alok Dutt, piano Nate Warden, piano Stan Sisskin, piano Arpan Doshi, piano Lauren Kim, piano Alexander Weymann, piano Henri Delbeau, piano Giancarlo Facchi, piano Len Horovitz, piano Yiran Wang, piano Ana Isabella España, violin Aditi Prakash, viola Gwen Krosnick, cello J.S. BACH – Goldberg Aria and Variations 1-14 BEETHOVEN – Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 “The Tempest” SIBELIUS – 13 Pieces for Piano, Etude, Op. 76 No. 2 MENDELSSOHN – Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 DEBUSSY – Arabesque No. 1 RAVEL – Prelude and Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin CHOPIN – Nocturne, Op. 48, No. 1 in C Minor RACHMANINOV – Prelude Op. 32, No 12 in G-sharp Minor LISZT – Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth R. SCHUMANN – Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 DVOŘÁK – Piano Quartet, Op 87
$10 student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. New York Piano Society, under the artistic direction of Natasha Paremski, proudly presents Dvořák's Piano Quartet, featuring Kaufman Special High School alumna violinist Ana Isabella España, renowned violist Aditi Prakash, and world-class cellist Gwen Krosnick. The afternoon will also feature performances by New York Piano Society members, including pianists making their Merkin Hall debut and those making return appearances. The program showcases masterworks from Bach to Rachmaninoff and everything in between. Come revel in an afternoon of beautiful music and unforgettable performances. Carl Di Casoli, piano Alex Shapiro, piano Alok Dutt, piano Nate Warden, piano Stan Sisskin, piano Arpan Doshi, piano Lauren Kim, piano Alexander Weymann, piano Henri Delbeau, piano Giancarlo Facchi, piano Len Horovitz, piano Yiran Wang, piano Ana Isabella España, violin Aditi Prakash, viola Gwen Krosnick, cello J.S. BACH – Goldberg Aria and Variations 1-14 BEETHOVEN – Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 “The Tempest” SIBELIUS – 13 Pieces for Piano, Etude, Op. 76 No. 2 MENDELSSOHN – Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 DEBUSSY – Arabesque No. 1 RAVEL – Prelude and Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin CHOPIN – Nocturne, Op. 48, No. 1 in C Minor RACHMANINOV – Prelude Op. 32, No 12 in G-sharp Minor LISZT – Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth R. SCHUMANN – Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 DVOŘÁK – Piano Quartet, Op 87
EMILIE-ANNE GENDRON, violin YELENA GRINBERG, piano SCARLATTI – Sonata in D minor for violin and keyboard (ca. 1739) SOLER – Sonata de El Escorial in D Major for violin and keyboard (date unknown) BOCCHERINI – Sonata in B-flat Major for violin and keyboard, G. 27 (ca. 1768) TURINA – Sonata No. 1 in D minor for violin and piano, op. 51 (1929) GRANADOS – Tres Preludios (1913); Romanza for violin and piano (1913) NIN – Seguida Española for violin and piano (1929) MOMPOU – Altitud for violin and piano (1926) FALLA – Suite populaire Espagnole for violin and piano (1925)
Program: Haydn , Sonata no.1 in F major for violin and viola, Hob VI:1; Beethoven , Trio for Clarinet (or Violin), Cello and Piano, “Gassenhauer”, Op.11; Bruch , String Quintet in E flat major; Mendelssohn , Piano Quartet no. 3 in B minor, Op.3 Performers: Michael Brown , Piano; Danbi Um , Violin; Julia Schilz , Violin
Program: Haydn , Sonata no.1 in F major for violin and viola, Hob VI:1; Beethoven , Trio for Clarinet (or Violin), Cello and Piano, “Gassenhauer”, Op.11; Bruch , String Quintet in E flat major; Mendelssohn , Piano Quartet no. 3 in B minor, Op.3 Performers: Michael Brown , Piano; Danbi Um , Violin; Julia Schilz , Violin
