BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20220330T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20220330T210000 DTSTAMP:20230731T003249Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/manhattan-chamber-players-milana-s trezeva/ SUMMARY:Manhattan Chamber Players & Milana Strezeva DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nSpanish violinist Francisco Fullana\, the winner of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant\, has received international praise as a " rising star" (BBC Music Magazine)\, an "amazing talent" (maestro Gustavo D udamel)\, and "a paragon of delicacy" (San Francisco’s Classical Voice). His playing has been described as “explosive” (Gramophone)\, “elect ric and virtuosic” (The Strad).\n\n\n\n\nAmong the many chamber music en gagements on his upcoming schedule\, Francisco is a member of The Bowers P rogram (formerly Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society Two).  Mr. Fullan a was honored in 2015 with the Pro Musicis International Award\, and in th e same year awarded First Prize in the Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition in Japan\, along with all four special prizes including the Audience and O rchestra awards. He won First Prize in the 2014 Johannes Brahms Internatio nal Violin Competition in Austria\, while his other awards include First P rizes at the Julio Cardona International Violin Competition and the Pablo Sarasate Competition.  Mr. Fullana has taken part in the Marlboro Music F estival and "Musicians from Marlboro" tours.  He has joined in prominent chamber series\, including Music@Menlo\, the Da Camera Society\, Perlman M usic Program\, and Yellow Barn\, alongside members of the Guarneri\, Juill iard\, Pacifica\, Takacs and Cleveland Quartets.  He is a graduate of the Juilliard School\, studying with Donald Weilerstein and Masao Kawasaki\, and is also an Artist Diploma graduate from the USC Thornton School of Mus ic\, where he worked with the renowned violinist Midori.\n\n \;\n\nPra ised as playing “gorgeously” and with “gracefulness and easy rapport ” (The Boston Globe)\,\n\nviolinist Emily Daggett Smith has performed as soloist and chamber musician across the United States\, Europe\, South Am erica and Asia.  As a soloist\, Dr. Smith made her New York concerto debu t playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Juilliard Orchestra in Al ice Tully Hall\, and since then has performed concerti with many orchestra s including Iris Orchestra\, the Festival Mozaic Orchestra and the New Ams terdam Symphony Orchestra. She has given solo recitals across the country at venues including the Kennedy Center and Music in the Loft in Chicago.  Dr. Smith is on the violin faculty of Bard College Conservatory Pre-Colle ge\, has served on the violin faculty of the undergraduate department of S tony Brook University\, and is the assistant for Laurie Smukler at Juillia rd.  She holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard Sc hool\, and as a recipient of the prestigious Staller Scholar Award\, a Doc tor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University. Her teachers have included Soovin Kim\, Philip Setzer\, Joel Smirnoff\, Laurie Smukler\, and Donald Weilerstein.  She plays on a Johannes Cuypers violin\, generously donated by Dr. Marylou Witz.\n\nPraised by The Philadelphia Inquirer for his “glowing refinement\,” violist Luke Fleming's performances have be en described by The Strad as “confident and expressive...playing with un canny precision\," and lauded by Gramophone for their "superlative technic al and artistic execution.”  Festival appearances include the Marlboro Music School and Festival\, the Steans\n\nInstitute at Ravinia\, the Norfo lk Chamber Music Festivals\, Bravo!Vail\, and Festival Mozaic. Mr. Fleming was formerly the violist of the Attacca Quartet and is now the Founding A rtistic Director of both the Manhattan Chamber Players and the Crescent Ci ty Chamber Music Festival.  Mr. Fleming has served on the faculties of th e Innsbrook Institute\, Renova Music Festival\, Festival del Lago\, and Ho uston ChamberFest\, and Fei Tian College and is Lecturer-in-Residence for the concert series Project: Music Heals Us.  He currently serves on the v iola and chamber\n\nmusic faculty of the University of New Orleans.  Mr. Fleming holds the degrees of Doctor of Musical Arts\, Artist Diploma\, and Master of Music from the Juilliard School\, a Postgraduate Diploma with D istinction from the Royal Academy of Music in London\, and a Bachelor of\n \nMusic summa cum laude from Louisiana State University.\n\n \;\n\nPra ised for his "fluid virtuosity" and "soulful melodies\," Los Angeles nativ e Brook Speltz has been inspired since childhood by the long tradition of deep musical mastery of artists such as Jascha Heifetz\, Pierre Fournier\, and the Guarneri String Quartet. Mr. Speltz is the cellist of the interna tionally renowned Escher String Quartet—Quartet-in-Residence at Southern Methodist\n\nUniversity in Dallas–and an artist of the Chamber Music So ciety of Lincoln Center.  First Prize winner of the prestigious Ima Hogg Competition\, Mr. Speltz has performed as a soloist with the Houston Symph ony\, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra\, and International Contemporary E nsemble\, among others\, and is a regular performer at England's IMS Pruss ia Cove and on tour with Musicians from Marlboro. Mr. Speltz studied at th e renowned Curtis Institute of Music with Peter Wiley and at the Juilliard School with Joel Krosnick\, after his formative years of study with Elean or Schoenfeld in Los Angeles. Praised by the critics for her “technicall y fluid\, dramatically convincing\, and sonically full-bodied supportive c ollaborations” (Boston Globe) - Milana Strezeva is a Moldovan-American p ianist. At the age of 11\, she began playing chamber music with her clarin etist father and her mother\, a renowned soprano. Milana's love for family collaboration eventually grew into a passionate advocacy of vocal and ins trumental chamber music.\n\nA founding member of the award-winning Manhatt an Piano Trio\, Milana Strezeva has performed with them in over 30 America n states\, in Australia\, South Africa\, and Italy\, and in venues such as Alice Tully Hall\, Merkin Hall\, and the Ravinia Festival.  Among the pr ominent venues in which she has performed are - Carnegie Hall (New York)\, Jordan Hall (Boston)\, Kravis Center (West Palm Beach)\, Gusman Hall (Mia mi)\; Shenzhen Concert Hall (China)\, South Melbourne Town Hall (Australia )\, Linder Auditorium (South Africa). She holds Bachelor and Master of Mus ic degrees from The Juilliard School. Currently\, Milana lives in Naples\, FL\, and is a President and Artistic Director of the Grand Piano Series.\ n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMozart: Duo for Violin and Viola No. 1 in G Major\, K. 423\nDebussy: Quartet in G minor\, Op 10\nDvorak: Quintet for Piano &\; Strings No. 2 in A Major\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/02/Manhattan-Chamber-Players_680-386.jpg?fit=680%2C386&ssl= 1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210904T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR