Arts in the Woods Concerts Go Virtual Starting August 30th
With Brian Ganz and Sunrise String Quartet Performing
“Music for Friends”
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSRE5ERtEUKBSY82iyihjZA
The concert video will premiere at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2020, and will be available for viewing until further notice.
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About the Program:
In a program ideally suited for our times, pianist Brian Ganz joins with Sunrise String Quartet to present “Music for Friends,” featuring favorite solo and duo works composed for or requested of friends. Videos of the performers include the stories behind their selections. While the pandemic prohibits gathering in large groups, the intimacy of chamber music offers the opportunity for friends to express their feelings through music and for audiences to enjoy the program in the intimacy of their own settings.
Osman Kivrak, violist with the quartet, commented: “Chamber music is music for small groups, and I loved the idea of requesting pieces from our colleagues because some of the pieces that are programmed for this concert were actually written for close friends of the composer. So, we each picked pieces that mean something to us.”
Among the pieces to be performed are a work composed by Kivrak for violin and viola, movements from Bach suites for solo violin and solo cello, Chopin Scherzo No, 2 for solo piano, and a violin and viola duo composed by Mozart at the request of his friend Michael Haydn, brother of composer Franz Joseph Haydn.
About the Performers:
Brian Ganz is well known to UUCA audiences for his frequent performances and for serving as artistic director for Arts in the Woods classical concerts, now in their seventh season. He is widely regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation. A laureate of the Marguerite Long Jacques Thibaud and the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Piano Competitions, Ganz has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the St. Louis Symphony, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the National Philharmonic, the National Symphony, and the City of London Sinfonia.
Sunrise String Quartet, founded in 1991 and based in Washington, DC, has given concerts at the Kennedy Center, the National Building Museum, the Corcoran Museum, the Phillips Collection, the Mozart Festival at the World Bank, and the Chautauqua Festival at Dickinson College. The Sunrise also performs as the National Gallery String Quartet at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Claudia Chudacoff, violinist, is Concertmaster of the National Gallery Orchestra, Concertmaster of the Alexandria Symphony, the former Concertmaster of the Marine Band White House Chamber Orchestra, and played for three years with the National Symphony.
Teri Lazar, violinist, has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Ms. Lazar is Concertmaster of the Virginia Chamber Orchestra, and she teaches violin and chamber music at American University where she is a Musician in Residence.
Osman Kivrak, violist, was a winner of the National Scholarship Competition in Turkey and the Baltimore Chamber Music Awards. Formerly a professor at the Izmir State Conservatory in Turkey, Dr. Kivrak currently teaches viola and chamber music at American University where he is Musician in Residence.
Marion Baker is a freelance musician in the Washington, DC, area and has performed as principal cellist with the Washington Bach Consort, Washington Concert Opera, National Gallery Orchestra, and the National Philharmonic. He currently serves as the principal cellist of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra.
Coming next:
The next concert of the Arts in the Woods series will feature members of the Annapolis Chamber Music Festival and will be launched virtually on Sunday, November 1, at 3:00 p.m. For more information, visit this webpage: https://www.uuannapolis.org/arts-in-the-woods/ or call 410-266-8044.
We hope you enjoy these virtual concerts and will consider donating to help support future programs. Thank you.
These programs are provided at no charge through the generosity of donors to the Arts in the Woods. Please show your appreciation by making a tax-deductible donation to UUCA to support future programs. You may use the QR code below, click here or copy the following in your browser https://secure.accessacs.com/access/oglogin.aspx?sn=110773&f=143 to make a secure, online donation.