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Our fourth season opens with a richly varied program of compositions for strings featuring the Dvorak Terzetto and Schuberts Quartettsatz alongside works by Corelli, Mozart, and the innovative Russian-born composer Lev Zhurbin. Music Director Robert La Rue (cello) is joined by Lilit Gampel, Laura Goldberg (violins) and Mr. Zhurbin (viola).
This is the first concert of Arion's current season. It can be purchased at a reduced price as part of "Arion Chamber Music 2018-2019 Season Subscription".
Laura Goldberg (violin) was a founding member of the Cassatt Quartet, and has been a prize winner in the Banff, Coleman, and Fischoff Competitions. Recipient of Yale University's Wardwell Fellowship, she is Director of Music at the Belvoir Terrace performing arts program in Lenox, Mass. and founder of ArtsAhimsa, an organization dedicated to promoting Peace and Nonviolence through the arts. She has served on the precollege faculty of the Juilliard School since 1985.
Lilit Gampel (violin) lives and works in New York City, where she is a member of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the American Ballet Theater Orchestra, and the Little Orchestra Society. She has appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic and other area ensembles, and teaches violin at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
Lev Zhurbin (viola), who composed one of the works on this program, was born in Russia and emigrated with his parents in 1990. As a composer he has received commissions from the City of London Sinfonia and the Louisville Orchestra, and has written works for Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, Brooklyn Rider, and The Knights. With his ensemble, Ljova and the Kontraband, he has performed locally at Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (as part of the Sundance Film Festival), and the Museum of Modern Art. He has taught at the Banff Center for the Arts in Canada and at the Princeton Atelier.
Robert La Rue (cello) was First Prize Winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters Cello Competition, whose jury chairman was Mstislav Rostropovitch. Cellist of the Alcott Piano Trio and member of the cello trio, VC3, he also plays in the New York City Opera Orchestra. He is Music Director of Arion Chamber Music's concert series.
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LocationChrist and St. Stephen's Church (View)
120 W 69th Street
New York, NY 10023
United States
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