The Premier Showcase for Great Chamber Music in Northern Virginia
This free classical music series, now in its 35th season, features
professional musicians who have won international recognition
for their artistry, including artists from the National
Symphony. The new season’s
series also includes four Young Soloists Recitals that
will showcase the talents of local school-age musicians.
During the 2009-2010 series of Music Friends’ Concerts at the Alden, we are highlighting several young performers who we feel are destined for greatness in the world of classical music. We are honored to present them and hope that our loyal audiences will support them and enjoy their concerts.
Please note: Performances are subject to change.
Young Soloists Recital
November 22, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Niki Hua, 15, and Valerie Zetts, 17, study piano with Nancy O’Neill Breth, and are a duo-piano team; Risa Kaneko, 17, studies piano with Marjorie Lee; Timothy Tran, 16, studies piano with Marjorie Lee; and Caroline Jorgensen, 11, studies harp with Mary Kay Waddington; and Kevin Shu, 16, is a pianist.
    
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Pianist Christopher Schmitt
January 10, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
 Christopher Schmitt graduated in 2009 from The Juilliard School where he studied piano with Julian Martin. Over the last four years he has been the recipient of the scholarship offered by the Chopin Foundation of the U.S. Since his earlier days in Virginia as a student of Marjorie Lee, Chris has given many concerts in prestigious venues and was hailed as a “formidable talent” by the Santa Barbara News-Press following his performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. In 2005 his piano trio was named first place winner of the International Chamber Ensemble Competition and performed in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2006 Chris also received a Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.
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Pianist Audrey Andrist
January 31, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
 Canadian pianist Audrey Andrist has performed throughout North America, in Europe, and the Far East. A graduate of the elite Juilliard School doctoral program, she is the first prize winner of the San Antonio International Competition, the Mozart International Competition and the Juilliard Concerto Competition. In Washington, D.C., Ms. Andrist has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Museums and the Phillips Collection. In addition to her work as a solo artist, Ms. Andrist is also a member of Strata with her husband, violinist James Stern, and clarinetist Nathan Williams. |
Young Soloists Recital
February 14, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Niki Hua, 15, studies piano with Nancy
O’Neill
Breth; the piano-violin duo of Kimberly Hou, 15, a student
of Marjorie Lee, and Anna-Luisa Mirto, 16, a student of Natalia Yampolsky;
and Max Hou, 13, is a piano
student of Marjorie Lee.
  
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Pro Musica Washington
February 21, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Four distinguished musicians team up for a program of ensemble music that will delight all lovers of chamber music. Violinist Hidetaro Suzuki was concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for 27 years; pianist Zeyda Ruga Suzuki earned her doctorate from Quebec’s Laval University and has enjoyed a global career touring all over the U.S. and throughout Europe, Canada and Asia; violist Sheldon Lampert played violin in the Army Band and viola with the Catholic University String Quartet while earning his advanced degrees; and cellist Robert Newkirk, who is former principal cellist of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, The Washington Opera and the National Gallery Orchestra in Washington, D.C., are all graduates of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Their program will include Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata and quartets by Mozart and Brahms.
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Young Soloists Recital
February 28, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Emma Sophie Moore, 10, studies violin with Olga Khroulevitch; Elena Anne Olshin, 13, studies flute with Rebecca Collaros; Aleto String Trio: Tova Yampolsky, 16, studies violin with Natalia Yampolsky; Anna-Luisa Mirto, 17, studies violin with Natalia Yampolsky; and Alexandra Frosh, 17, studies viola with James Batts. All members of the trio study chamber music with Natalia Yampolsky.
  
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Kimberly Hou, piano
March 28, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Kimberly Hou, 15, is being presented
in a solo recital to honor her winning the Grand Prize
in the Music Teachers National Association 2009 Yamaha
Competition for middle-school students in the U.S. A student
of Marjorie Lee, Kimberly was a finalist in the competition
last year and has won many other awards and competitions
during the past several years. |
Young Soloists Recital
May 30, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Evelyn Mo, 11, studies piano with Jun Yang; Ryo Kaneko, 15, studies piano with Marjorie Lee; Sarah Grace Barham, 15, studies piano with Rosita Kerr Mang; Angelina Savoia, 18, studies harp with Elizabeth Hainen of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
   
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Special thanks to our supporters:
Benefactors
Kroulevitch, Olga
Lamkin, Anita
Schaaf, Paul and Ruth
Sponsors
Bailey, R.Clifton
Brethauer, T. S. and Caroline
Cole, Harry and Laurie Genevro
McLean, Edwina
Savoia, Rodney and Linda
Schaaf, Thomas and Phyllis
Schaaf, Thomas, Jr.
Smith, Marty
Summers, Nancy
Suzuki, Hidetaro and Zeyda
Wilmot, Peter and Elaine
Young, Diane
Sustaining Members
Berkovsky, Leon and Morene
Cantu, Antonio
Chalfant, Nona
Collyns, Myrian
Fernandez, Joyce
Fernandez, Phyllis
Froehlich, William and Jane
Gilbert, Kristin
Gold, Louise
Grainer, Hans
Graybeal, William and Kathryn
Kornblau, Curt
Marx, Egon and Irene
Pinholster, Joyce
Raddock, Richard and Deborah
Rattray, Joy
Rogers, Jacqueline S.
Siegel, Gordon
Sorrels, Lydia
Walvick, Walter and Katherine
Corporate Benefactors
Friends of the George Mason Regional Library |
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