Performers from around the world join Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival’s Winter Workshop for three concerts in January
Peter Frankl (Contributed photos)
A cast of international performers will join the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival Winter Workshop 2019 for three public concerts of different chamber music programs on Jan. 4-6 at East Carolina University.
Concerts will be held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 4-5 and at 3 p.m. on Jan. 6 in A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall on the ECU campus.
Hungarian pianist Peter Frankl joins festival artistic director and violinist Ara Gregorian, pianists Keiko Sekino and Kwan Yi, violinists Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian and Hye-Jin Kim, violist Steven Tenenbom, cellists Colin Carr, Emanuel Gruber and Michael Kannen, and 25 selected participants from around the world to perform chamber music masterpieces.
The participants were chosen from more than 260 applicants and come from nine countries. This will be the fifth year of Winter Workshop.
Guest artist Frankl has been on the international concert circuit since the 1960s, performing solo recitals and appearing with many of the world’s great orchestras, conductors and chamber musicians. His recordings include the complete works for piano of Schumann and Debussy, solo albums of works by Bartók and Chopin, a Hungarian anthology, concerti and four-hand works by Mozart and several works by Brahms.
“In five years, Four Seasons Winter Workshop has become one of the most sought-after destinations for young musicians from throughout the world,” said Gregorian. “I cannot stress enough that the level of our participants is world-class. Bringing all of these artists together for a week that culminates in three concerts is one of the highlights of our season — the concerts will be exceptional.”
Violinists Ani Kavafian, left, and Ara Gregorian
The concerts will include performances by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Mendelssohn and others.Tickets are $20 for individual concerts, or $50 for the series, and are available at www.fourseasons.ecu.edu, by calling 252-328-6019, or at the door on a first-come basis.
The Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival brings renowned musicians to eastern North Carolina and beyond for concerts, master classes and interactive outreach initiatives. In residence at the ECU School of Music, the festival is celebrating its 19th season.
If you go:
For Winter Workshop concert tickets, visit www.fourseasons.ecu.edu or call 252-328-6019.
Winter Workshop concert I: Jan. 4, 7 p.m., A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
Winter Workshop concert II: Jan. 5, 7 p.m., A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
Winter Workshop concert III: Jan. 6, 3 p.m., A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
-by Crystal Baity, ECU News Services