{"id":2561,"date":"2013-01-16T13:40:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T18:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/h\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2013-01-22T14:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T19:18:13","slug":"bechstein-usa-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/bechstein-usa-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Bechstein USA Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kinga Augustyn, violin & Jasna Popovic, piano<\/strong><\/p>\n

W. A. Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in D Major, K. 301 (12 min)<\/strong><\/p>\n

H. Wieniawski Fantaisie Brillante (“Faust Fantasy) (14 min)<\/strong><\/p>\n

F. Chopin Nocturne in C Minor, Op.48 #1 (5 min)<\/strong><\/p>\n

F. Chopin Nocturne in E flat Major, Op. 55 #2 (5 min)<\/strong><\/p>\n

K. Szymanowski Arethuse Fountain (7 min) B.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances (8 min)<\/strong><\/p>\n

C. Saint- Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

KINGA AUGUSTYN, VIOLIN<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Polish – born and New York City – based violinist Kinga Augustyn has been described as<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201can adventurous performer valuable to New York\u2019s scene\u201d (NY Concert Review), \u201ca violinist<\/strong><\/p>\n

for whom nothing seems too difficult” (Nowy Dziennik), and \u201cstylish and vibrant\u201d (The Strad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Magazine). She has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the United States and<\/strong><\/p>\n

Europe. Among them are the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leopoldinum, the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the American Academy of Conducting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival, the Empire State Sinfonia, and the Augusta<\/strong><\/p>\n

Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her many orchestra appearances, she maintains a<\/strong><\/p>\n

busy concert schedule as a recitalist and chamber musician with appearances at Carnegie<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall in both the Stern Auditorium and the Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The<\/strong><\/p>\n

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Merkin Hall, The Kosciuszko Foundation, 7 World Trade<\/strong><\/p>\n

Center, WMP Hall, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Bargemusic, Polish and<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hungarian Embassies in Washington, DC, The Aspen Music Festival, and the Ethical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Society in Philadelphia. She is also a member of pianist Jeffrey Biegel\u2019s Trio 21 with cellist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert deMaine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms. Augustyn is committed to increasing awareness of music by Polish composers, as well<\/strong><\/p>\n

as promoting contemporary music. She has premiered Michael White\u2019s Sonata for Violin<\/strong><\/p>\n

and Piano and his Trio Sonata, which were composed especially for her. She has also<\/strong><\/p>\n

recorded his Quartet for Piano and Strings. Her Naxos record of Kenneth Fuchs\u2019 Falling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trio, recorded with Trio 21, will be released later on this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms. Augustyn began her music studies at the age of seven in her native Poland. She<\/strong><\/p>\n

eventually went on to study at The Juilliard School, where she worked with Dorothy DeLay,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cho – Liang Lin, and Naoko Tanaka, and earned both the Bachelor and the Master<\/strong><\/p>\n

degrees. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the State University of New York at<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stony Brook, where her teachers have included Philippe Graffin, Phil Setzer and Pamela<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frank.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms. Augustyn won international awards, including First Prize at the Alexander & Buono<\/strong><\/p>\n

International String Competition (New York, 2009), First Prize at the Artist International<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presentations (New York, 2007), Second Prize at the Kosciuszko Foundation Wieniawski<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violin Competition (New York, 2007), Special Audience Award at the Johannes Brahms<\/strong><\/p>\n

International Competition (Poertschach, Austria, 2001), First Prize at the J. S. Bach String<\/strong><\/p>\n

Competition (Zielona Gora, Poland, 1999), Special Prize for Virtuosity and Fourth Prize at<\/strong><\/p>\n

the Kloster Schoental International Young Artist Competition (Kloster Scheontal, Germany,<\/strong><\/p>\n

1999). Most recently, in 2010, she won First Prize at the Ackerman Chamber Music<\/strong><\/p>\n

Competition at Stony Brook, NY.<\/strong><\/p>\n

JASNA POPOVIC, PIANO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pianist Jasna Popovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia,<\/strong><\/p>\n

where she received her first piano lesson at the age<\/strong><\/p>\n

of six. Popovic attended the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik<\/strong><\/p>\n

und Theater in Munich, Germany. She has won<\/strong><\/p>\n

numerous awards, notably the Fourth Place at the<\/strong><\/p>\n

International Competition in Rome and Second Place<\/strong><\/p>\n

at the National Piano Competition in Belgrade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Popovic has performed at various festivals<\/strong><\/p>\n

throughout Europe, and, in 2005, Popovic was<\/strong><\/p>\n

honoured with an invitation to perform at the<\/strong><\/p>\n

International Keyboard Festival in New York. In 2006,<\/strong><\/p>\n

she received the Passantino Award for Special<\/strong><\/p>\n

Achievements from the City University of New York.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This academic recognition was followed by a series<\/strong><\/p>\n

of successful performances at Steinway Hall, Lefrack<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall, Weill Recital Hall\/Stern Perlman Auditorium at<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carnegie Hall. Jasna Popovic residing in New York<\/strong><\/p>\n

City.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PROGRAM<\/p>\n

Kinga Augustyn, violin & Jasna Popovic, piano<\/p>\n

W. A. Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in D Major, K. 301 (12 min)<\/p>\n

H. Wieniawski Fantaisie Brillante (\u201cFaust Fantasy) (14 min)<\/p>\n

F. Chopin Nocturne in C Minor, Op.48 #1 (5 min)<\/p>\n

F. Chopin Nocturne in E flat Major, Op. 55 #2 (5 min)<\/p>\n

K. Szymanowski Arethuse Fountain (7 min) B.<\/p>\n

Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances (8 min)<\/p>\n

C. Saint- Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2561"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions\/2563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}