Kirk Concert & Master Class Series presents Aleksandr Haskin, flute & Yin Zheng, piano
Agnes Scott College, Presser Hall, Maclean Auditorium Decatur, GA
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Kirk Concert & Master Class Series presents Aleksandr Haskin, flute & Yin Zheng, piano
Hailed by the Washington Post as A Musician of exceptional power and dramatic skill, completely in charge of his instrument, Aleksandr Haskin is the top prize winner of numerous international competitions including the Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition in New York, Penderecki International Flute Competition in Krakow, Poland, and so on. Most notably, Mr. Haskin won the prestigious Young Concert Artist International Audition in New York in 2009 as one of the ten flutists in the world who won the honor in over 50 years.
Pianist Yin Zheng enjoys a vibrant career of performing and teaching across Europe, US, and Asia. A Ukrainian Newspaper has described her playing as an astonishing torrent of images, passages, and themes, amazing the audience with an unbelievable technical precision that was balanced by delicate melodic and dynamic nuances." She has been featured on leading music stages such as Carnegie Hall and Steinway Hall in New York City and, in worldwide reputable music festivals in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, China and Canada. Highly versatile, Dr. Zheng is an avid explorer for innovative art forms and creative cross-disciplinary collaborations: She has ventured into the third-stream by performing with jazz violinist supreme Regina Carter; She worked with acclaimed French-Canadian painter/filmmaker Jean Detheux synchronizing live acoustic performance and visual elements in seeking Abstract Expressionism.
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Agnes Scott College, Presser Hall, Maclean Auditorium (View)
127 S. McDonough Street
Decatur, GA 30030
United States
