Violinist Nora Chastain, long one of Europe's most esteemed violinists and sought-after teachers, returns to her hometown Berkeley for a rare concert performance with pianist Roy Bogas at Crowden Music Center.
Granddaughter of composer Roy Harris and a student of the famed Dorothy DeLay and Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Nora Chastain learned to play violin here in her hometown of Berkeley, studying with Crowden's founder, Anne Crowden. At age sixteen she made her debut in Berlin playing Barber's Violin Concerto and since then has been a regular guest with such orchestras as the San Francisco Symphony, the Orchestre de Paris, Cincinnati Philharmonia, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and the Bern Symphony Orchestra. She is a founding member of the Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet and Trio Kreisleriana. Ms. Chastain's recordings include sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven, Faure, Debussy, many works for piano trio and quartet as well as Bartok's second violin concerto. She has been a prize winner at several competitions including the Menuhin Competition in Paris in 1985. In 1993 she was awarded the prestigious annual "Forderpreis der Europaischen Wirtschaft" in Zurich as soloist. An active teacher, Nora Chastain is Professor of Violin at the Universitaet der Kuenste Berlin and the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Zurich.
Program:
* Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12, No. 1 * Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 ("Meistersinger") * Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140 * Ravel Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. post.
Free "Meet-the-Artists" reception following the concert.
Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 seniors/students 18+, and free for children under 18.
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