Recording in Session
Friday, December 12th at 7pm • Emeryville
Join us at Musaic’s new salon space in Emeryville as cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Audrey Vardanega present an intimate recital of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin. The artists will perform Bach's Third Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (arr. for cello and piano), along with select movements from Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor and solo works by both composers.
*drinks and light hors d’oeuvres will be served
The Program
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Piano Trio No. 2 in E♭ major
I. Allergo
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo: Allegro moderato
IV. Allegro moderato
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Geneva Lewis
Kiwi/American violinist Geneva Lewis has forged a reputation as a musician of consummate artistry whose performances speak from and to the heart. Lauded for “remarkable mastery of her instrument” (CVNC) and hailed as “clearly one to watch” (Musical America), Geneva is the recipient of a 2022 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Additional accolades include Kronberg Academy’s Prince of Hesse Prize, being named a Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, and Musical America’s New Artist of the Month. Most recently, Geneva was named one of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists.
Audrey vardanega
Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), American pianist and arts entrepreneur Audrey Vardanega (b.1995) has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, and the United States. In response to her passion for bringing artists together for opportunities for performance, the creation of new work, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Audrey founded Musaics of the Bay in 2019.