Bechstein USA Concert

PROGRAM

Kinga Augustyn, violin & Jasna Popovic, piano

W. A. Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in D Major, K. 301 (12 min)

H. Wieniawski Fantaisie Brillante (“Faust Fantasy) (14 min)

F. Chopin Nocturne in C Minor, Op.48 #1 (5 min)

F. Chopin Nocturne in E flat Major, Op. 55 #2 (5 min)

K. Szymanowski Arethuse Fountain (7 min) B.

Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances (8 min)

C. Saint- Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

KINGA AUGUSTYN, VIOLIN

Polish – born and New York City – based violinist Kinga Augustyn has been described as

“an adventurous performer valuable to New York’s scene” (NY Concert Review), “a violinist

for whom nothing seems too difficult” (Nowy Dziennik), and “stylish and vibrant” (The Strad

Magazine). She has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the United States and

Europe. Among them are the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra

Leopoldinum, the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the American Academy of Conducting

Orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival, the Empire State Sinfonia, and the Augusta

Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her many orchestra appearances, she maintains a

busy concert schedule as a recitalist and chamber musician with appearances at Carnegie

Hall in both the Stern Auditorium and the Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Merkin Hall, The Kosciuszko Foundation, 7 World Trade

Center, WMP Hall, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Bargemusic, Polish and

Hungarian Embassies in Washington, DC, The Aspen Music Festival, and the Ethical

Society in Philadelphia. She is also a member of pianist Jeffrey Biegel’s Trio 21 with cellist

Robert deMaine.

Ms. Augustyn is committed to increasing awareness of music by Polish composers, as well

as promoting contemporary music. She has premiered Michael White’s Sonata for Violin

and Piano and his Trio Sonata, which were composed especially for her. She has also

recorded his Quartet for Piano and Strings. Her Naxos record of Kenneth Fuchs’ Falling

Trio, recorded with Trio 21, will be released later on this year.

Ms. Augustyn began her music studies at the age of seven in her native Poland. She

eventually went on to study at The Juilliard School, where she worked with Dorothy DeLay,

Cho – Liang Lin, and Naoko Tanaka, and earned both the Bachelor and the Master

degrees. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the State University of New York at

Stony Brook, where her teachers have included Philippe Graffin, Phil Setzer and Pamela

Frank.

Ms. Augustyn won international awards, including First Prize at the Alexander & Buono

International String Competition (New York, 2009), First Prize at the Artist International

Presentations (New York, 2007), Second Prize at the Kosciuszko Foundation Wieniawski

Violin Competition (New York, 2007), Special Audience Award at the Johannes Brahms

International Competition (Poertschach, Austria, 2001), First Prize at the J. S. Bach String

Competition (Zielona Gora, Poland, 1999), Special Prize for Virtuosity and Fourth Prize at

the Kloster Schoental International Young Artist Competition (Kloster Scheontal, Germany,

1999). Most recently, in 2010, she won First Prize at the Ackerman Chamber Music

Competition at Stony Brook, NY.

JASNA POPOVIC, PIANO

Pianist Jasna Popovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia,

where she received her first piano lesson at the age

of six. Popovic attended the Hochschule für Musik

und Theater in Munich, Germany. She has won

numerous awards, notably the Fourth Place at the

International Competition in Rome and Second Place

at the National Piano Competition in Belgrade.

Popovic has performed at various festivals

throughout Europe, and, in 2005, Popovic was

honoured with an invitation to perform at the

International Keyboard Festival in New York. In 2006,

she received the Passantino Award for Special

Achievements from the City University of New York.

This academic recognition was followed by a series

of successful performances at Steinway Hall, Lefrack

Hall, Weill Recital Hall/Stern Perlman Auditorium at

Carnegie Hall. Jasna Popovic residing in New York

City.