Yulia Ziskel has established herself as a highly acclaimed solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. A member of the New York Philharmonic's first violin section (Friends and Patrons Chair), her activities include numerous international solo and chamber music appearances.
More information is here. https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/yulia-ziskel
Irina Elkina is an internationally recognized concert pianist, known particularly for duo performances with her twin sister Julia, with whom she brings brilliant interpretations of two-piano repertoire. Together with Julia she is a winner of the Citta di Marsala Competition in Italy and the 4th Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition.
More information is here: http://irinaelkina.com
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, K.301
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, Op.30 No.3
I. Allegro assai
II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
III. Allegro vivace
INTERMISSION
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Cantabile For Violin and Piano, MS 109, Op.17
Sonata in E Minor, Op.3 No.6 for Violin and Guitar, arranged for Violin and Piano
Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1840)
Nigun (Improvisation) from the Suite Bal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life) B. 47
George Gershwin (1898 -1937)/ Jasha Heifetz (1909 – 1987)
Transcriptions for Violin and Piano from Porgy and Bess
1. Summertime /A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
2. My Man’s Gone Now
3. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
4. It Ain’t Necessarily So
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Sonatensatz, Scherzo, in C Minor, Op. Posthumous
Listen to performers’ select recordings here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqaA-h6Qdns
Elkina Piano Duo performs La Valse by Ravel
Elkina Piano Duo performs Rigoletto by Verdi - Liszt
