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MUSIQUE FRANÇAISE

ARNAUD SUSSMANN, VIOLIN - WU QIAN, PIANO

 

Debussy - Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano
Faure - Sonata No. 1 in A Major for Violin and Piano
Lili Boulanger - Deux Morceaux (Two Pieces) for Violin and Piano
Saint-Saens - Sonata No. 1 in D minor for Violin and Piano

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Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church - 2331 E. Adams St.

 

Making their SABS debut, violinist Arnaud Sussmann and Pianist Wu Qian will perform a program featuring the best of French music including Debussy, Boulanger, Saint-Saëns, and Faure.  

Winner of a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Arnaud Sussmann has distinguished himself with his unique sound, bravura and profound musicianship. Minnesota’s Pioneer Press writes, “Sussmann has an old-school sound reminiscent of what you'll hear on vintage recordings by Jascha Heifetz or Fritz Kreisler, a rare combination of sweet and smooth that can hypnotize a listener. His clear tone [is] a thing of awe-inspiring beauty, his phrasing spellbinding.” 

Selected as the classical music bright young star for 2007 by the Independent Newspaper, Wu Qian was born in Shanghai, where she received her early training before being invited to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School. At fifteen she performed Mozart’s E flat Major concerto (K449) in the Queen Elizabeth Hall and again at the Menuhin Festival in Switzerland. She also played the Saint-Saens Concerto No.2 with the Philharmonia Orchestra in St. John’s Smith Square. She made her debut recital at the South Bank Purcell Room in 2000 and has since played there again on several occasions, including a recital broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

 

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