Chamber Players International will present the second concert of its 2015/16 Landmark/Musical Cuisine series, on Sunday, March 6, with the concert at 2 p.m. and a wine/buffet reception at 3:30 p.m. at The Red Ballroom at Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road in Old Westbury, NY. Wines are provided courtesy of Banfi Vintners.
This program features keyboard masterworks of J.S. Bach, including his Italian Concerto, and concertos in E major, BWV 1053, and G minor, BWV 1058. Piano soloist will be Julia Zilberquit, with violinist Bela Horvath and violist Mialtin Zhezha as other principal soloists.
Admission is $60 per person with group rates available. For reservations (required) and information, contact Chamber Players International toll-free at 877-444-4488 or visit http://chamberplayersinternational.org/.
Russian-born American pianist Julia Zilberquit has earned critical acclaim as a recitalist, orchestral soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. She was praised by The New York Times as “an outstanding soloist” after her Carnegie Hall performance of Cesar Franck’s symphonic poem Les Djinns for piano and orchestra with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra.
In 2014 Warner Classics released her CD, Bach: Complete Solo Keyboard Concertos; Bach-Vivaldi. This recording features the premiere of two Bach-Vivaldi Concerti Grossi arranged by Ms. Zilberquit for piano and orchestra. The recording was hailed as a “gorgeous rendition” by Gramophone Magazine. Visit Julia Zilberquit at http://www.juliazilberquit.com/.
Chamber Players International is a major regional performing arts organization presenting between 25 and 30 concert events serving the entire New York metropolitan area. Its artistic mission is to bring chamber music and chamber orchestra performances of the highest artistic quality to audiences throughout the area including world-renowned guest ensembles such as the International Chamber Orchestra of Rome, The World Youth Alliance Chamber Orchestra of the U.N. New York. Core ensemble members include violinists Emil Chudnovsky, Bela Horvath, Anastasia Khitruk, violists Mialtin Zhezha and Cong Wu, cellists Andrey Tchekmazov, Adrian Daurov and pianists Yoni Levyatov, Svetlana Smolina, Julia Zilberquit. Visit them online at http://chamberplayersinternational.org/.
