[NEohioPAL] FREE CHAMBER CONCERT: Rising Stars and Their Masters on December 4

[Christine Montague]

Free Chamber Concert on December 4 to Feature Violinist Taras Gabora and
Pianist Sedmara Zakarian-Rutstein

With special performance by Melody Yuan and Chan Lee, winners of Russia's
Yankelevich Violin Competition

 

                The Chagrin Valley Chamber Music Concert Series will host
"Rising Stars and Their Masters," featuring world-renowned violinist Taras
Gabora and Oberlin Conservatory Piano Faculty Sedmara Zakarian-Rutstein, for
a free chamber concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 4, 2009 at Valley
Lutheran Church (87 East Orange Street, Chagrin Falls). Gabora and
Zakarian-Rutstein will perform Brahms Sonata No. 3 in D minor with Melody
Yuan and Chan Lee, two winners of Russia's famed Yankelevich Violin
Competition. 

                A native of Canada, Taras Gabora has performed throughout
the world and is a founding member of "Trio Tre Musici" (Milan), Chamber
Music Chicago, Le Groupe Baroque de Montreal, Vienna Academy String Quartet,
and the Gabora String Quartet. He has represented the USA and Canada on
juries of national and international competitions including the Tchaikovsky
International Competition in Russia and the Sarasate International
Competition in Bilbao, Spain. A graduate of the Vienna Academy of Music who
studied under Ernst Morawec, his teaching career has included posts at
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, McGill University (Montreal), Conservatoire
de Montreal, St. Louis Conservatory of Music, and the Vancouver Academy of
Music. 

                Born and raised in the former Soviet Union, Sedmara
Zakarian-Rutstein was a child prodigy who began playing at the age of five
and attended Leningrad's Special Music School for Gifted Children. She
completed her studies at the renowned Leningrad Conservatory of Music with
the distinguished professor Nadezhda Golubovskaya. She is currently a
tenured professor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Her repertoire spans
the early 18th to late 20th centuries and she has been a pioneer in the
complete cycle of Bach's The Art of Fuge, which she later recorded on both
piano and harpsichord. Her recordings and performances have received
critical acclaim in the USA, Europe, Russia, Hong Kong, and China, and have
ranked her among the foremost piano soloists of today. 

                In March 2009 and at the age of eleven, Melody Yuan was
awarded First Prizewinner of the Yankelevich International Violin
Competition. She began playing violin in China at five years old and
relocated to Vancouver at age eight to study with Taras Gabora. This summer,
she was chosen to participate in and perform with the Casalmaggiore
International Festival in Italy. 

                At the young age of 15, Chan Lee is already recognized for
his masterful technique and charisma on stage. Second prize winner of the
junior division of the 2009 Yankelevich International Violin Competition, he
also won the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra's concerto competition and
presently serves as its concertmaster. Performances of note include solo and
chamber music appearances with the Casalmaggiore International Festival in
Italy and the closing gala concert for the Yankelevich International Violin
Competition. 

                "It is very inspiring for internationally-recognized
musicians to perform with up-and-coming talent," notes Hristo Popov,
artistic director for the Concert Series. "This collaboration perfectly fits
our mission of sharing free, stellar performances with the ChagrinValley
community while inspiring a future generation of musicians."

                For additional information about the free concert on
December 4 or the complete Concert Series, visit
<http://www.chagrinmusic.org> www.chagrinmusic.org or call 440-247-0390. 

 

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