Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts presents

UCONN SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS FACULTY SHOWCASE: Livestream from UConn

Featuring Solomiya Ivakhiv, Sophie Shao, Louis Hanzlik, and Eric Reed

with Special Guest Tanya Bannister

presented on Jorgensen Digital Stage as part of the Lenard Chamber Music Series

with support from the Jorgensen CoStars and Circle of Friends

FRI, APR 23, 7:30 pm EST | LIVESTREAM

Post-performance Q&A

For a performance close to home, the UConn School of Fine Arts Music Faculty Showcase, livestreamed from Jorgensen stage, will feature esteemed music department faculty Solomiya Ivakhiv, Sophie Shao, Louis Hanzlik, and Eric Reed.

Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv is praised for her “crystal clear and noble sound” (Culture and Life, Ukraine) and acclaimed for her “distinctive charm and subtle profundity” (Daily Freeman, New York). She is celebrated as a soloist, recitalist and chamber music collaborator, as a champion of new music and as a dedicated educator.

Cellist Sophie Shao, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions, is a versatile and passionate artist whose performances the New York Times has noted as “eloquent, powerful” and the Washington Post called “deeply satisfying.” Shao has appeared as soloist to critical acclaim throughout the United States: the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Lied Center in Lincoln, Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, California, the Palladium in Carmel, Indiana, the Walter Reade Theater and Rose Studio at Lincoln Center.

Louis Hanzlik is an internationally recognized, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, chamber musician, and educator. A member of the renowned Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and American Brass Quintet (hailed by Newsweek as the “high priests of brass”), Hanzlik has performed throughout Asia, Australia, North America, South America, and Europe.

Eric Reed is an internationally-recognized horn player, chamber musician, and educator. He is a member of the American Brass Quintet and serves on the horn and chamber music faculty of The Juilliard School.

Pianist Tanya Bannister, winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition and the New Orleans International Piano Competition, is among the leading pianists of her generation. As a renowned soloist and chamber musician, she is passionate about contemporary music and has performed in the world’s greatest concert halls, including Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Tokyo’s Nikkei Hall, London’s Queen Elizabeth and Wigmore Halls, and The Kennedy Center in Washington DC. She is co-founder and Artistic Director of AlpenKammerMusik in Austria and also co-founded Roadmaps Festival in New York City.

PROGRAM:

• Florence Price - Fantasy for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G Minor

• Kenneth Fuchs - Falling Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano

• Johannes Brahms - Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 40

• Astor Piazzolla - Libertango, arr. by Louis Hanzlik

• Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion, arr. by Louis Hanzlik

• Paquito D'Rivera - Danzon, arr. for Trumpet, Violin, Horn and Piano

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: jorgensen.uconn.edu

The Lenard Chamber Music Series is made possible through the generosity of Jean and John Lenard. Thanks to the Lenard Endowment, UConn students, non-UConn students, and area youth are invited to attend all chamber events for free, including this one.

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• NEPM

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• VOICE

• Seasons Media

• The Daily Campus

• UConn Music

*Please note: End time provided is an estimate to fulfill a web form requirement; contact Jorgensen for specifics on performance length.