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Virtual Chamber
Music Festival
JULY 14 – AUGUST 1

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Concert III
Saturday, July 18 at 5:00 PM PST
Live-streamed from Canyon Wren Recital Hall

No Zoom Q&A today.
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Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, op. 96                                                                    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Allegro moderato
Adagio espressivo
Scherzo. Allegro
Poco allegretto

Marie Wang, violin
Oksana Ejokina, piano

 

Summerland for Cello and Piano                                                                                                    William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Meta Weiss, cello
Oksana Ejokina, piano

 

Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin, op. 27 no. 2                                                                                               Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)

Prelude: Obsession. Poco vivace
Malinconia. Poco lento
Danse des ombres: Sarabande (lento)
Les furies. Allegro furioso

Hoorig Poochikian, violin

 

Arboreto salvatico for Two Cellos                                                                                                            Giovanni Sollima (b. 1962)

Il tasso
Il pino
La sequoia

David Requiro and Meta Weiss, cellos

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Oksana Ejokina, piano

Russian-born pianist Oksana Ejokina appears frequently as guest recitalist and chamber musician on concert series across the United States and abroad. She has soloed with the Seattle Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, and St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, among others. Two of her long-term collaborations are with pianist Christina Dahl and Volta Piano Trio, whose recordings for the Con Brio label received accolades in international music magazines such as The Strad, Gramophone and American Record Guide. A sought-after teacher, Ejokina is Chair of Piano Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University. She has been associated with the Icicle Creek Center for the Arts for nearly two decades, developing and directing classical music programs.

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Hoorig Poochikian, violin

Armenian-American violinist and Icicle Creek Chamber Music Institute alum Hoorig Taline Poochikian began playing the violin with her mother at the age of six. She has performed at a number of venues across North America including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Merkin Hall and the National Arts Center in Ottawa, Canada. She has also performed in Armenia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Currently based in New York City, Hoorig has received her doctoral degree in violin performance at Stony Brook University, where she studied with Hagai Shaham, Arnaud Sussmann, Phil Setzer and Jennifer Frautschi.

David Requiro

David Requiro, cello

First Prize winner of the 2008 Naumburg International Violoncello Competition, David Requiro has emerged as one of today’s finest American cellists. Mr. Requiro has made concerto appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, and several orchestras from California and has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Mr. Requiro is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. He previously served as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Puget Sound as well as Guest Lecturer at the University of Michigan.

11:18:56 AM 8/6/12  Avalon String Quartet: Marie Wang, violin © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2012

Marie Wang, violin

Violinist Marie Wang, has been in the Avalon String Quartet since its inception in 1995. As a member of this award winning ensemble, she has captured top prizes at the Concert Artists Guild and the Munich ARD international competitions. The quartet has been invited to perform at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie & Weill Halls, Alice Tully, 92nd St Y, Herculessaal (Munich),and the Library of Congress, among others. Her recordings with the quartet can be found on Cedille Records, Bridge Records, Albany Records, and Channel Classics. Marie’s solo recitals have been broadcast on NPR and her Concerto appearances have been broadcast on CBC Radio Canada. Presently, Marie is an Associate Professor of Violin at Northern Illinois University. Prior to her appointment at NIU, she was an Artist in Residence at Indiana University South Bend.

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Meta Weiss, cello

Dr. Meta Weiss made her international debut at the age of seven in Holland, and has established herself as one of the leading cellists of her generation. Her performances have taken her to venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Boston Symphony Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, and Melbourne Recital Centre. Top prize-winner in numerous competitions, she has been hailed as “magnetic” (ArtsJournal) and “luminous” (Sydney Arts Guide). A graduate of Rice University (BM) and The Juilliard School (MM, DMA), she is Chamber Music Coordinator and Senior Instructor for the College of Music at the University of Colorado Boulder and Artistic Director of the Boulder Cello Festival.

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