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Bay Area cellist Sarah Hong and her long-time duo partner, Japanese pianist Makiko Ooka, return to Old First Concerts to share the most romantic and passionate works by Latin American Composers.
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Known for her elegant playing and vibrant tone, cellist Jennifer Kloetzel is joined by pianist Allegra Chapman in a program featuring the World Premiere of a sonata by Richard Aldag alongside works by Beethoven, Bridge, Larsen, and Rachmaninoff.
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Violinist Patrick Galvin is joined by pianist Connor Buckley in a recital featuring works by Prokofiev, Fujiwara, Bacewicz, Sarasate, Beach, and Schumann.
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Prize-winning kayageum performer Hyunchae Kim plays a concert of solo works by Hyo-shin Na, whose writing for combinations of western and eastern instruments is unusual in its refusal to compromise the integrity of differing sounds and ideas; she prefers to let them interact, coexist and conflict in the music.
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This event celebrating in honor of the Centennial of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan’s birthday brings together his two sons, Alam and Manik Khan, on sarod, alongside his long-time tabla accompanist, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.
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