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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.
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.
Violinist Patrick Galvin is joined by pianist Connor Buckley in a recital featuring works by Prokofiev, Fujiwara, Bacewicz, Sarasate, Beach, and Schumann.
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.
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.
