Market Square Concerts presents violinist RAY CHEN & pianist JULIO ELIZALDE
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Whitaker Center Sunoco Theater Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
On Wednesday, February 26 at 8 pm in Whitaker Center violinist Ray Chen and pianist Julio Elizalde will perform Sonata in A Major, K.V. 305 by Mozart, Habanera, Playera and Zigeunerweisen by Sarasate and celebrated “Kreutzer” Sonata in A Major Op. 47 by Beethoven. They will repeat the same program at the prestigious Salle Gaveau in Paris later this season. This event is a part of “100 Days of Culture: Salute to Harrisburg.”
Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors and $5 for college students. Tickets are free for school students and $5 for one accompanying parent or sibling. For tickets visit www.marketsquareconcerts.org or call 717 214-ARTS; information is available at 717 221-9599. Remaining tickets will be available at the door.
Winner of the Queen Elisabeth (2009) and Yehudi Menuhin Competitions (2008), Ray Chen is among the most compelling young violinists today. “Ray has proven himself to be a very pure musician with great qualities such as a beautiful youthful tone, vitality and lightness. He has all the skills of a truly musical interpreter,” said the great Maxim Vengerov.
Ray has released two critically acclaimed albums on Sony: a recital program “Virtuoso” of works by Bach, Tartini, Franck, and Wieniawski, and the Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky concertos with Swedish Radio Orchestra and Daniel Harding. Following the success of these recordings, Ray was profiled by The Strad and Gramophone magazines as “the one to watch”. “Virtuoso” was distinguished with the prestigious ECHO Klassik award. He is currently working on his third, all-Mozart album with Christoph Eschenbach and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, slated for release later this year.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Australia, Ray was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music at age 15, where he studied with Aaron Rosand and was supported by Young Concert Artists. He plays the 1702 "Lord Newlands" Stradivarius violin on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
Praised by the New York Times for his “catlike ease” at the keyboard, American pianist Julio Elizalde is gaining widespread recognition for his musical depth and creative insight. He has given performances at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. and Jordan Hall in Boston. He made his New York City concerto debut performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 with the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of Anne Manson. Mr. Elizalde has collaborated with violinists Pamela Frank, Donald Weilerstein, Robert Mann, Curtis Macomber, cellist Bonnie Hampton, baritone William Sharp and soprano Susan Narucki.
Complete information on Market Square Concerts’ 2013-14 season is at: www.marketsquareconcerts.org
Price: Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors, $5 for college students and free for k-12