Spring Recital News

We are thrilled to present a recital for the West Virginia University on April 27, 8:15 PM at the 

Bloch Performance Hall. 

Further details can be found at: wvu.edu

...continuing our recital series in West Virginia we're happy to present another one at the West Virginia State University, Davis Fine Arts Theater on April 26, 7:30 pm
Further details can be found at: wvsu.edu

The Montclaire String Quartet

You can find out more about the Montclaire String Quartet on this brand new webpage: http://www.montclairequartet.com

Montclaire String Quartet and West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

I am very excited to announce that starting this August I will join the Montclaire String Quartet and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra as the Principal Second Violin. Even more, Victoria my wife will also start working for the West Virginia State University as Piano Teacher and Collaborating Piano Accompanist.
We are looking forward to an exceptional year with many performances and great moments on the stage!
You can find out more about the WV Symphony here: http://www.wvsymphony.org/meet-the-orchestra

The Sion Festival 50th Edition

We are thrilled to announce that Victoria and I have passed the preliminary auditions and have been invited to be one of the ten duos that will perform in the "A Feast of Duos!" Competition which will mark the 50th anniversary of the Sion Festival in Switzerland. You can find out more about this event on their website at: www.Sion-Festival.ch
We're looking forward to meet the world famous Igudesman and Joo which will jury this event together with other proeminent european musical personalities. It will be a great honor to participate and perform in this Festival. More to come...

The Violin Society of America Oberlin Workshop

I am very excited to announce that I have been invited to participate in the 2014 VSA Oberlin Violin Workshop. I will have the pleasure of meeting and interacting with some of the most talented contemporary makers and enjoy playing on their creations. I am so excited!
Many thanks to Mr. Joseph Curtin and D'Addario & Company, Inc. for making this participation possible.

2014 Folk Alliance International Conference

I'm very excited to have been invited to perform Romanian Folk Music together with my good friend the amazing guitarist Beau Bledsoe at the 2014 Folk Alliance International Conference.

http://www.folkalliance.org/conference/2014-invited-showcase-artists/

Mendelssohn D minor Violin Concerto

This past July I have performed Mendelssohn's D minor Violin Concerto with the Endless Mountain Music Festival Orchestra in Mansfield University's Steadmann Theatre under the baton of Stephen Gunzenhauser.
As a funny story, the concert was almost canceled... In the first rehearsal after the first couple of measures, it became clear that the orchestra had the wrong parts. They were from a different Mendelssohn Concerto, also in D minor but for Violin, Piano and Orchestra...
Late in the night after we realized there wasn't enough time to have the proper parts shipped from the rental company in Philadelphia, my wife Victoria managed to find a general score on a russian website. Than the librarians did a wonderful job overnight, cutting and pasting from the general score and creating parts. In the end the audience was very enthusiastic and this opening gala concert for the festival was a success.