Join us at a lively and joyous concert in the beautiful Red Ballroom of Westbury House when the chamber ensemble, Poetica Musica, presents a concert entitled “Viva España” on Saturday, June 3. The group will present works by Rodrigo, De Falla, Albeniz and Soler featuring internationally renowned artists including guitarist Oren Fader, mezzo soprano Eleanor Valkenburg, and pianist Hayk Arsenyan.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
ELEANOR VALKENBURG, soprano, is Artistic Director of Poetica Musica. She has performed in some of the most prestigious festivals and chamber music series including the Bergen Festival, the Istanbul International Music Festival, the Sarajevo Festival, L’ Octobre Festival du Carthage, the Martinu Festival in the Czech Republic, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the St-Martin-in-the Fields in London. She has performed in more than 50 countries on 4 continents including Tunisia, Bosnia, India, Serbia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Syria, and others, while conducting master classes as well as performing concerts. She has taught seminars and master classes at the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus, the Music Academies of Sofia, Istanbul, Bucharest, Bratislava, and Belgrade. Along with the members of Poetica Musica, she has performed in the Hans Christian Andersen celebration at Carnegie Hall and sponsored by Royal Danish Consulate in New York and the Hans Christian Andersen Foundation in Copenhagen. She recently performed at the Edvard Grieg Centennial Festival sponsored by Royal Norwegian Consulate in New York. Ms. Valkenburg has appeared in radio and television broadcasts for the CNN World Report, CNN Turk, Polish and Czech Television and has received praise for her work and artistry from the New York Times, Newsday, and the Washington Post. In 2015 Eleanor was awarded the Ambassador's Award for Cultural Diplomacy.
HAYK ARSENYAN, pianist, a native of Armenia, has appeared in numerous recitals in USA, Canada, Armenia, Russia, France, Italy, Spain, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Syria, and Lebanon. His performance venues have included Carnegie Hall (New York), Palais d'UNESCO and Salle Cortot (Paris), Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and Kremlin (Moscow), "Petranka" House-Museum of Mozart (Prague), Auditorio de Miguel Delibes (Valladolid), Dar-Al-Assad Opera House (Damascus), and appearances at the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago and the Phillips Collection Concert Series in Washington DC. At the age of 11 Mr. Arsenyan made his orchestral debut with the Armenian National Philharmonic. Mr. Arsenyan has taught at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa and a Master’s degree from the Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow. In 2007 he was awarded the full-tuition Yevgeny Kissin Scholarship for the Professional-Studies performance program at Manhattan School of Music in New York. Mr. Arsenyan also studied the piano in Paris at École Normale Supérieure de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot and the Conservatoire National de Region D'Aubervillier La-Courneuve. He is a scholar of Iberian Early Music and has compiled a Performance Guide to Three Keyboard Sonatas of Antonio Soler as a part of his Doctoral dissertation, published by the University of Iowa Press.
OREN FADER, guitarist, has performed hundreds of concerts in the US, Europe and Asia with a wide range of classical and new music groups, including the Met Chamber Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Mark Morris Dance Group, Da Capo Chamber Players, New World Symphony, Absolute Ensemble, and Speculum Musicae. A champion of new music, he has premiered over 150 works with guitar. He also performs, tours and records with the new music ensembles Cygnus, Fireworks, and Glass Farm. Mr. Fader has participated in a three week tour with Poetica Musica performing in Turkey (Istanbul International Festival), Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan (United States State Department). Recent concerto appearances include the “Concerto de Aranjuez” with the Manchester Music Festival. He has performed works of Carter, Davidovsky and Chin at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Mr. Fader can be heard on over 30 commercial recordings and film, including the classical guitar parts for the recent film “Everything is Illuminated.” His solo recordings include “Another’s Fandango," featuring 500 years of guitar music, and “First Flight," a CD of 10 premiere solos written for Mr. Fader by New York City composers. Since 1994 Mr. Fader has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
TICKETS & INFORMATION:
$24 OWG Members
$25 Seniors (62+), Full-time Students
$30 General Admission
TICKET ALSO INCLUDES:
Pre-concert discussion: 7:30 pm
Meet the Artists Reception immediately following the concert on the West Porch!
Following all current New York State Covid regulations.
Masks strongly suggested