Hidden Gems, a hiatus year project
A program born during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hidden Gems is a series of livestreams focusing on rarely played works in the violin repertoire, which I think deserve to be better known. In each episode, a live performance of the work in question is paired with a discussion with an expert in that particular repertoire.
Episode 1: Kreisler’s Romance op. 4 & Berceuse Romantique op. 9
with pianist Liza Stepanova and special guest Eric Wen (Juilliard, Curtis, Complete Kreisler Edition for Carl Fischer)
Ysaÿe - Chant d’hiver op. 15 & Mazurka “Dans le lointain” op. 10 no. 1
with pianist Liza Stepanova and special guest Ray Iwazumi (Julliard, G. Henle Verlag)
Grazyna Bacewicz - Slavonic Dance, Melodia, Oberek no. 1 and Witraj (“Stained-glass window”)
with pianist Liza Stepanova and special guest Marek Zebrowski (Polish Music Center, USC)
Erwin Schulhoff - Sonata no. 2 for violin and piano
with pianist Kwan Yi and special guest Nigel Simeone (Janacek Compendium, Leonard Bernstein letters, BBC radio)
Silvestre Revueltas - Three Pieces for violin and piano
with pianist Kwan Yi and special guest Roberto Kolb-Neuhaus (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
Joseph Achron - Stimmung op. 36 no. 1 & Achron-Heifetz - Children’s Suite
with pianist Kwan Yi and special guest Hagai Shaham (Stony Brook University, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, recordings complete Achron Suites)
Dora Pejacevic - Slavonic Sonata, op. 43
with pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute; Discussion with Pamela Plevins (Maud Powell Society; Signature: Women in Music Magazine) ) and Andelko Krpan (Zagreb Academy of Music; Recording of complete Pejacevic works for violin and piano)
Gao Ping - Questioning the Mountains (2008)
with pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute. Interview with the composer
Gareth Farr - Wakatipu (2009)
Performance and interview with the composer