December 3, 2023

Fritz Kreisler and his Epoch

Composers
Beethoven, Mahler, Fritz Kreisler, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss... among others

Featuring
Sheila Jaffe, violin; Andrea Ludwig, mezzo soprano; Inna Perkis, piano; Ernesto Ramirez, tenor; Giles Tomkins, bass-baritone; Kathryn Tremills, piano; Boris Zarankin, piano; Ilana Zarankin, soprano;

Sponsors
Anna and Leslie Dan, Gail Forsyth

March 3, 2024

Climbing the Everest of Chamber Music

performing
Brahms Piano Quintet Op. 34 & Schubert String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

featuring
The Rosebud Quartet, Drew Comstock, cello; Inna Perkis, piano; Boris Zarankin, piano.

Sponsors
Molly Shainfarber and Philip Gold, Flavia Morden

June 9, 2024

The Secret Hero of the 19th Century

It can sing, talk whisper and scream. It can tell stories. It can joke, and mimic any other instrument. It can make a home more cozy when family members play four hands. It has extraordinary physical power and can compete with hundreds of members of a symphony orchestra. It can do all this on its own, or as an accompanist to any singer or instrumentalist.

Listen in as the “secret hero,” shines on in selections from Chopin, Debussy, Brahms, and "Danse Macabre" by Saint-Saens - Liszt - Horowitz, and accompanies lieder and art song selections from Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Bernstein, and Gavrilin.

featuring
Erica Iris Huang, mezzo-soprano; Elina Kelebeev, piano; Inna Perkis, piano; Ernesto Ramirez, tenor; Boris Zarankin, piano; Ilana Zarankin, Soprano; Dr. Julia Zarankin

Sponsors
Katalin Schafer, Dr. Paul Truelove

... and coming soon, a new film:

Chopin the Conjurer: 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Featuring Boris Zarankin and Inna Perkis