Musicians 2023
Sunday, February 26 @2PM
From China
China @2pm; @8am-Romania @7am-Czech Republic /Germany /France @6am-UK 2/25 @10pm-USA PT
popular songs from popular movies
Concert of Vocal & Piano music - Kudriakov Andrei (Russia) & Marina Novak (Ukraine)
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Kudriakov Andrei, piano
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Marina Novak, opera singer . Opera chief, female middle sound, music master, now she is professor in music college attached Xinghai conservatory , special vocal professor, many times have won international vocal competitions awards. |
From Romania
Romania @2pm @8pm-China @1pm-Czech Republic / Germany/ France @12pm-UK @4am-USA PT
Hungarian and Romanian Folk Music for two violins
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Born and raised in London, from an early age Francis Gallagher had an intense curiosity for music and played several instruments during his school years including the violin, viola, trumpet, guitar and piano. Later he took his Bachelor Studies at the Royal College of Music, studying viola and violin performance, where he was guided by Jonathon Barritt, Yuri Zhislin and Suzie Meszaros. He then completed his Master of Performance in viola performance at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with distinction and there he benefited from the guidance of Matthew Jones and Krzysztof Chorzelski. He won First Prizes at the Viola Competitions at both Bachelor and Masters Institutions, 2013 and 2015 respectively. Throughout these educational years Francis participated in masterclasses with celebrated musicians Maxim Vengerov, Alina Ibragimova, Carol Rodland, Jennifer Stumm, and Máté Szücs (ex-principal viola of the Berlin Philharmonic) and during the time performing and rehearsing with young chamber groups he gained valuable guidance from members of the Endellion, Belcea, Fine Arts, Talich, Ysaye and Chilingirian Quartets. Since 2018 he has been pursuing performance in Arabic and Middle-Eastern Music with renowned Kurdish violinist Salar Asid. Francis has been part of in a number of exciting projects most of which are classical although some focus on or incorporate different genres. One such ensemble, Four Plus Three, involves a collaboration between jazz pianist Kate Williams, celebrated guitarist John Williams, and the Guastalla String Quartet; of which Francis is an active member. The project, which performs original Jazz music composed by the pianist, released an album in 2018 with singer Georgia Mancio entitled Finding Home which in 2020 won an award for ‘Best Album’ in the UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Francis also has collaborated with Rarescale which has performed new works by renowned composers such as Michael Oliva and Claes Biehl. Francis is a founding member of ensemble Aindama which focuses on using elements of traditional music from the Middle-East to perform original compositions incorporating both Western and Eastern instruments. In August 2019 they performed at Willowbrook Festival, Oxfordshire and recently in August 2020 during the pandemic put together a series of online performances entitled Back to the Roots. Francis has been a regular collaborator with many different UK Orchestras. He has spent time as a guest player for the BBC Symphony and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras, Britten Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra and the English National Opera Orchestra. More recently he has been employed with the Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic in Romania and in February 2021 featured as a soloist with the orchestra under the baton of András Vass. |
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Ioana Forna is a Romanian born violinist that started learning the violin at age 7 with her mother and then went on to study at the Sigismund Toduță Music College in Cluj. Following her dream, Ioana came to London to study at the Royal College of Music, graduating with a first class bachelor’s degree. A highly trained chamber musician, Ioana is the leader of the Forna Quartet, performing regularly across London, the UK and Europe. Ioana’s training and collaborations have allowed her to work with internationally acclaimed artists including the Belcea String Quartet, the Vogler Quartet, Fine Arts Quartet, Levon Chilingirian and the Sacconi Quartet. Ioana’s performances as a solo and chamber musician have taken her to venues such as St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, Kings Place and the Royal Festival Hall. As an orchestral musician, Ioana performs regularly as a guest with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal Northern Sinfonia and has been performing in the Glyndebourne Opera Festival and Nevill Holt Opera Festival. Based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Ioana is pursuing a Master in Music degree at the Gheorghe Dima National Academy of Music and she is employed as Concertmaster at the Filarmonica Dinu Lipatti, Satu Mare. |
From the Czech Republic
Czech Republic / Germany / France @2pm @9pm-China @3pm-Romania @1pm-UK @5am-USA PT
Cheek to Cheek by Irving Berlin
My funny valentine by Chet Baker
As time goes by Herman Hupfeld
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Vsevolod Tokmakov comes from St. Petersburg. He is not only an excellent pianist, but also a composer. Vsevolod started his music education at the age of 4. When he was 10, he won the 1st prize at the International composer competition in St. Petersburg. At the age of 15 he moved to the Czech Republic. He ended up the 7th at the renowned International Prague Spring Piano competition and the 1st on the Vienna International Art Duo competition. He also won 2nd prize at the Competition of Czech Conservatoires and many other prizes at different piano competitions. Vsevolod teaches piano and musical theory. He plays at cafes and events, where he mostly improvises jazz. He loves the work of Alexander Scriabin and his dream is to finish his epochal but unfinished work Mysterium. He has played the 2nd and 3rd Rachmaninoff piano concertos with renowned Czech orchestras.
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From Germany
Czech Republic / Germany / France @2pm @9pm-China @3pm-Romania @1pm-UK @5am-USA PT
Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonata No. 4, II. Sarabande
Lisa Streich - Falter
Ben Gaunt - Nothing Else Exists
Dobrinka Tabakova - Pirin
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A versatile and curious musician, Marie Schreer has performed throughout Europe, South America and Asia and is featured on dozens of records from across a broad range of genres. As soloist and chamber musician, she has had over thirty new works written for her and has collaborated with the likes of John Williams (guitar), Evan Parker, Jonny Greenwood and Stewart Copeland. Marie is on the Artistic Board of Riot Ensemble and co-founded violin duo Mainly Two as well as The Guastalla Quartet, with whom she has been awarded ‘Best Album’ at the 2020 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She was previously sub-principal violin of Royal Northern Sinfonia and is in high demand as a guest principal player with orchestras throughout the UK.
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From the UK
UK @2pm @10pm-China @4pm-Romania @3pm-Czech Republic /Germany /France @6am-USA PT
Outside the Mask
by John Garner and Marie Schreer
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Mainly Two
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A versatile and curious musician, Marie Schreer has performed throughout Europe, South America and Asia and is featured on dozens of records from across a broad range of genres. As soloist and chamber musician, she has had over thirty new works written for her and has collaborated with the likes of John Williams (guitar), Evan Parker, Jonny Greenwood and Stewart Copeland. Marie is on the Artistic Board of Riot Ensemble and co-founded violin duo Mainly Two as well as The Guastalla Quartet, with whom she has been awarded ‘Best Album’ at the 2020 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She was previously sub-principal violin of Royal Northern Sinfonia and is in high demand as a guest principal player with orchestras throughout the UK.
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A tireless experimenter, well-versed in multiple traditions, mercurial violinist John Garner is one of the most exciting and unusual voices to emerge in recent years, combining immaculate technique with a fearless musicality and free-wheeling improvisational aesthetic. A graduate of the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, formally trained in classical, jazz and South Indian music, John defies categorisation and is continually seeking new avenues of expression. Having studied with renowned international artists including Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth, Dr. Rimma Sushanskaya, Chris Garrick, Daniel Rowland and Byron Wallen, John already boasts an impressive discography as bandleader and composer (EMANATA; The Future Ancients; The John Garner Quartet), chamber musician (Guastalla Quartet; Mainly Two), supporting musician (Music Of Our Kind; Avartan; Kate Williams’ Four Plus Three), session musician (Sway Dasafo; AZEDIA; The Last Skeptik; Lucy Claire) and more. John has toured at home and internationally with artists and groups as diverse as Chris Potter, guitarist John Williams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kate Williams’ Four Plus Three (Parliamentary Jazz Award 2020), Jim Rattigan’s Triplicity and Riot Ensemble. Passionate about education, he is a senior lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire, a Creative Learning tutor at Sage Gateshead, and a regular workshop leader in improvisation. Through a scheme devised by MishMash Productions, John is artist-in-residence in primary schools in the North East, in duo formation with bassist John Pope. Together with violinist Marie Schreer, John is the director of record label and podcast Turquoise Coconut. John is currently a student of shakuhachi master Cornelius Shinzen Boots (gratefully supported by Help Musicians UK), and a postgraduate research student at Newcastle University, where he is the recipient of the Clara Whittaker Music PhD Scholarship.
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From the USA
USA PT @2pm 2/27 @6am-China @12am-Romania @11pm-Czech Republic /Germany /France @10pm-UK
Katamiya
by Emmanuel Sejourne
Choro No.3
by Augusto Marcellino/adapted by Gordon Stout
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World renowned marimba soloist and Yamaha artist
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Tsetono
by Christine Bruckner (2004)
Mvt. IV, Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (arr. for flute)
by Chad Skopp (2002)
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Caitlin Boruch, flute, has a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Iowa, studying with Robert Dick and Tadeu Coelho, and a Master of Music in Flute Performance from the University of California Santa Barbara, where she studied with Jill Felber. She has enjoyed a varied career within music as performer, instructor, and administrator. While living in Santa Barbara from 2003-2008, she was the program manager of the MERIT Program of the Music Academy of the West and general manager of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra.
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Chad Skopp is a composer of orchestral and chamber pieces, which have been featured on National Public Radio stations and programmed nationwide. Chad holds a Ph.D. in music composition from UCSB, where he received Menk and Distinguished Performance Fellowships and first prize Corwin Awards for separate works in vocal and large ensemble music. He completed a master’s degree from UCSD in Pacific International Affairs, specializing in international management focused on Latin America. Chad has a second master's from UC Riverside in music composition, where he received fellowship awards for consecutive years to give music presentations to school children in economically-disadvantaged areas of Riverside County. Before that, Chad graduated with honors from UCLA with a double major in economics and political science. |
Scherzo in g minor for bassoon and piano
by Miroshnikov
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Eric Johnson-Tamai, received his B.M. in bassoon performance from California State University Long Beach where he studied with Kenneth Meyer, also studying with Patricia Kindel as a member of the LA Philharmonic Orchestral Training Program. An active freelance performer in the LA area, he has played with the LA Philharmonic, Cabrillo Music Theatre, Riverside County, Culver City, Antelope Valley and Marina del Rey summer Symphonies, Long Beach Municipal Band, Opera Santa Barbara and many others. He is currently adjunct Professor of Bassoon at California Lutheran University, and is an active private teacher in the area. His students have performed as soloists with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, participants in the All-State and All-Southern CA Honor Bands, and as members of the Conejo Valley, Los Angeles and CSUN Youth Orchestras. Since 2004 he has served as the Assistant Director of the band programs at A.E. Wright and A.C. Stelle Middle Schools. |
Oblivion
by Piazzolla
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Fredric Beerstein has played in orchestras that have accompanied such performers such as Yo Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax, Annie Akiko Meyers, Cho-Liang Lin, Van Clyburn, Midori and Sarah Chang. He is the oboe instructor at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, and principal oboe of the Vicente Chamber Orchestra and the Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra. Fred Beerstein is a 25-year member of the New West Symphony and Thousand Oaks Philharmonic for more than a decade. His work has also included recording for television and film as well as hundreds of chamber music performances. He has performed in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Past tenured positions also include principal oboist for the South Coast Symphony Orchestra and the principal oboist of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Other professional experience includes performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on tour the Pacific Symphony Orchestra the Aspen Festival Orchestra the Aspen Chamber Symphony the Texas Festival Orchestra
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Etude Tableau Op. 33 No. 8
by Rachmaninoff
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Kyung Lee is a gifted artist who emigrated from Korea to the United States at age 9. She made her debut with orchestra at age 10 and her first television appearance at age 11. She won numerous competitions from Florida Federation of Music Clubs and was awarded many scholarships, including a 10-year scholarship allegiance from Miami Music Club. Upon entering University of Miami, she won the prestigious Van Steenberg Scholarship which is awarded to an incoming freshman at the university’s music department open instrument competition. At age 21, she won the West Regional Chopin Competition in the 21 to 29-year age category. She was the winner of the Outstanding Keyboard Student of University of Miami Music Department where she received her Bachelor of Music degree with major in piano performance. She continued her studies at University of Southern California where she earned both her Master of Music degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degree with Piano Performance Major. She is now a very active teacher and member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California, having served as both President and Vice President of the MTAC-Conejo Valley Branch and currently serving as the Corresponding Secretary. Lee’s teaching experience spans over 20 years, that of Conejo Valley beginning in the year, 2000. Her students' accolades include winning SYMF competition, Southern California Junior Bach Showcase, and Conejo Valley Contemporary Fall Festival Gold Medal, among others. In addition to her private studio, she has taught group music lessons at a local music academy for 8 years. Her strengths lie in versatility of teaching styles and the depth of understanding her students. Such forte is reinforced by her minor fields in music education with emphasis on early childhood music, and piano pedagogy. Consequently, her expertise lies, not only on the technical and musical levels, but also on the levels of cognitive and emotional development. Lee is an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University. She is also active in the music community and is an enthusiastic supporter of the performing arts and organizations, especially the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic. She has served on the board of T.O. Philharmonic and is committed to giving back to the community by performing regularly in benefit recitals. |
Violin Sonata No 1 in G Major op. 78 II. Adagio
by Brahms
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Alexander Michael Tseitlin is a violinist, violist, multi-instrumentalist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue based in Thousand Oaks, just outside of Los Angeles, California. Alexander is an active performer as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. He regularly records and produces within the music and film industries, and directs and conducts orchestras both professional and educational.
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from Tres Romances Argentinos for two pianos
Las Ninas
by Guastavino
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Christine DeKlotz received her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Southern California. She plays with local symphonies and accompanies soloists and choirs in performances throughout the Southland. She has accompanied Los Robles Master Chorale for 12 years, including touring to with them. She accompanies the Amadeus and Camerata Choirs as well as Village Voices in Westlake Village. She enjoys performing chamber music as well as teaching piano and leading recorder groups. She is the Music Director at Faith Lutheran Church in Moorpark. According to Chris, “Music has a way of filling all the nooks and crannies.” |
from Tres Romances Argentinos for two pianos
Las Ninas
by Guastavino
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Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Tomiko Hamada Taylor studied music and group psychotherapy, leading her to write case studies about acute schizophrenic patients and their relationship through improvisational music. After moving to California, she graduated from Cal State Northridge, majoring in Music Therapy as well as enjoying performances in chamber music, especially 20th century music. She annually produced the First Classic Concert for Children and Families 2001-2015. As producer, she invited professional artists, accompanying many of the guest performers. She furthered music education to children and their families with her guests through conversations, performances, and audience participation. This unique, free concert was designed for all children.
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