Noonday Concert
Event Details
Stanichka Dimitrova, violin
Michael Rose, piano
Program:
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-94): Subito
Leos Janacek (1854-1928): Violin Sonata
- Con moto
- Ballada
III. Allegretto
- Adagio
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962): Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
About the artists:
Stanichka Dimitrova’s playing has been described as “wonderfully full in tone and exuberant in performance” by the San Francisco Classical Voice. This season she makes her Carnegie Hall solo debut in Weill Hall under the auspices of the St. Cyril and St. Methodius International Foundation. She has won numerous competitions in both New York and her native Bulgaria, and performs regularly as soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe and the U.S. She has performed under conductors including Levine, Dutoit, Mehta, Salonen and Jarvi, at numerous summer festivals and in orchestras including Metropolis Ensemble, New World Symphony, and the Verbier Festival Orchestra. She is also founder and artistic director of PhiloSonia chamber music series, designed to create a personal connection between audience members and classical music. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School, and received her doctoral degree at Stony Brook University. Stanichka is currently a Teaching Artist for the NY Phil’s Philharmonic Schools Program.
Michael Rose has performed at Weill, Steinway, Merkin, Trinity Church, Queens College, and Bargemusic, with Harlem Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera Company, Brooklyn Art Song Society, OMNI Ensemble, the jazz group NYAXE, Brazilian singer Suely Mesquita, for woodwind studios at NYU, and at auditions for A.L. Webber and Paul Simon. Also a composer, his works have been performed by eighth blackbird, Richmond County Orchestra, and many others; this season he is writing for the TAK Ensemble, JACK String Quartet, pianist Thomas Rosenkranz, and Manchester Opera Projects. Arranging credits include work with Angelique Kidjo. Awards include a Fulbright to India and residencies at Djerassi, VCCA, and Yaddo. He studied at Oberlin and with Seymour Bernstein, Peter Susser, and John Eaton, and is currently in the composition PhD program at NYU’s GSAS. He teaches at Brooklyn Conservatory and Bronx Community College, and runs the Brooklyn New Music Collective concert series, now in its fourteenth season.
Artist links:
michaelrosecomposer.wordpress.com
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