FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2010
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LONGY AT THE REGATTABAR
“Games & Gershwin”
April 29, 2010
From Kurtág’s “Signs, Games and Messages” played by violist Dimitri Murrath to Gershwin's “Three Preludes” for piano performed on cello by Ying-Jun Wei with pianist Diane Lim, Longy’s world-class artists brought bright virtuosity on April 29, 2010, to the famed Regattabar, located in the Charles Hotel, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Accompanied by pianist Brian Moll, double bassist Thomas Van Dyck played Kodály’s “Epigrams” and Bottesini’s “Concerto for Double Bass,” and baritone Anton Belov sang lively Russian folk songs. And a Longy Conservatory wind quintet mesmerized the audience with a breathtaking Piazzola tango.
(a) Longy President Karen Zorn welcomes guests to the Regattabar. (b) Among Longy’s guests: Michael Grover and Roberta Dinsmore. (c) Tango-tapping Conservatory students (left to right): Luisa Cartagena, flute; Elise Kopesky, clarinet; Megan Riccio, horn; Ellis Reyes, bassoon; Sachiko Murata, oboe. (d) Brian Moll, chair of Collaborative Piano, accompanied two of the evening’s artists. (e) Violist Dimitri Murrath, mastered Kurtág’s “Signs, Games and Messages.” (f) Longy Trustee Marilyn Ray Smith and her husband, Charles Freifeld. (g) President Zorn and Conservatory Dean Wayman Chin, curator of Longy’s Regattabar programs. (h) Baritone Anton Belov captured the crowd with his dramatic and comedic style. (i) In the audience: Pacifica Quartet violist Masumi Per Rostad, composer Keeril Makan, longtime Longy supporter David Griesinger, Pacifica violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson, Longy Trustee Harriet Griesinger, President Zorn. (j) Artist Diploma student Ying-Jun Wei and faculty pianist Diane Lim performed the Gershwin preludes. (k) Faculty member Thomas Van Dyck demonstrated virtuosity in two compositions for bass.
