Salonline 2020-11-01 Duo Concertone with Christopher Schmitt

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Sunday November 1, 2020

Duo Concertone

Natasha and Zino Bogachek, violins

with Christopher Schmitt, piano

presents

“Music from Bach to Bachmann”

PROGRAM

J.S. Bach – Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D minor, BWV 1036

M. Moszkowsky – Suite in G minor, Op. 71

A. Bachmann – Seville (Petite Suite Espagnole)

Biographies

Duo Concertone
Zino and Natasha Bogachek, the husband and wife violin duo, were both born in the former Soviet Union and share many similarities in their lives. They both attended special music schools for gifted children and continued their studies with renowned violinists and master teachers – Natasha in Moscow Conservatory with Prof. A. Vinnitsky and Zino in Lviv Conservatory with Prof. M. Veitzner. At an early age they began concert careers, performing recitals and appearing as  soloists with various orchestras in the former USSR, Europe and the United States. They met and were married after coming to the United States when Natasha was earning an Artist Diploma at Peabody Conservatory with Professors B. Senofsky and H. Greenberg and while Zino received his Master’s Degree from Boston University studying with Professors Y. Mazurkevich and E. Lehner.
Duo Concertone was founded in 1997 out of a desire to offer audiences a variety of programs including a lesser-known repertoire of works for two violins. Since then the Duo Concertone has performed numerous recitals throughout the United States and Italy, including the solo appearances with Centennial Philharmonic and Eclipse Chamber Orchestra and recorded for classical music radio stations in Colorado and Tennessee. In 2003 Duo Concertone in collaboration with Vernissage Records released a world premiere recording of Telemann’s Six Sonatas for Two Violins, Op. 2. Praised for their homogeneity and style, Duo Concertone has presented critically acclaimed programs of works taken from three centuries of music.
Currently, Zino and Natasha are members of the Washington, D.C. major ensembles, the Washington National Opera Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra respectively.

“…flawless technique and a togetherness that is breathtaking” — J. McLellan, The Washington Post

“…excellent musicians who make a very accomplished pairing”  — J.W. Barker, American Record Guide

“…vigorous and thoughtful musicianship” — R. Maxham, Fanfare

Described as “carefully colored” and “sensitive” by The Washington Post in November of 2015, Christopher Schmitt was also hailed as a “formidable talent” and “mature beyond his years” by The Santa Barbara News-Press, regarding his performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra. Mr. Schmitt completed his doctorate at The Juilliard School in 2016, and has been sponsored for concerts by The Chopin Foundation of the United States in Miami, The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation in New York, Concerts at the Alden Series in Virginia, and for many performances in the Boston, New York, and Washington DC metropolitan areas. In the summer of 2011, Mr. Schmitt performed fourteen chamber music concerts at the Music at Menlo festival, and for the last three summers has performed and taught at the festival Málaga Clasica in Spain, as well as performing in July of 2016 in the inaugural year of his own chamber music festival in Barcelona, Classics in Catalan. Mr. Schmitt currently resides in Washington, D.C., and, as the newest pianist of the “President’s Own” US Marine Chamber Orchestra, performs regularly in the White House and in concert halls across the Washington DC metropolitan area, leading a multifaceted career as chamber musician, pedagogue, and soloist.