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Sunday, November 3, 2024
— a “hybrid” event —
Natasha Bogachek
violin
Wan-Chi Su
Piano
Le Chant de l’Amour Triomphant
(The Song of Triumphant Love)
Le chant de l’amour triumphant “ is the name of short story by I. Turgenev that inspired Chausson to write “Poéme”.
PROGRAM
“Poème” op.25 for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson
“Mazurka”
Eugène Ysaÿe
“Sonata” for violin and piano
César Franck
BIOGRAPHIES
Violinist Natasha Bogachek, a native of Russia, received her B.M. and M.M. degrees from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and continued her studies at the Peabody Conservatory, earning both her Graduate Performance and Artist Diplomas. Her primary teachers include A. Vinnitsky, B. Senofsky, and H. Greenberg.
Ms. Bogachek’s past solo engagements include performances in Russia, former Yugoslavia, France, and Finland with orchestras such as the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic and Sibelius Academy Symphony, among others.
While in the United States, she has appeared as a soloist with the National Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, Centennial Philharmonic, and Eclipse Chamber Orchestras, and performed with various chamber music groups throughout the country. Ms. Bogachek was a member of the Knoxville Symphony and the North Carolina Symphony prior to joining the National Symphony Orchestra in September 2000.
(Ms. Bogachek, performing with her husband Zino as “Duo Concertone”, has wowed audiences around the world with stunning musicianship!)
Pianist Wan-Chi Su has performed both as a soloist and a collaborative artist at major venues, including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris, and the Taiwan National Concert Hall in Asia, Europe, and the United States. In a review of her performance with the PostClassical Ensemble at the Washington National Cathedral, the American Scholar noted that she ‘played with sensitivity and imagination.’
Decorated with numerous awards, Dr. Su won first prize in both the Taiwan Cultural Cup Invitational Piano Competition and the Taiwan National Student Music Competition in Piano. She has received invitations to numerous prestigious music festivals, such as the Taos School of Music, the Beethoven Institute, both the Icicle Creek Piano Festival and the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, the NTSO International Piano Program in Taiwan, and the Paris Piano Program in France. In addition to collaborating with many established artists and musicians, Dr. Su is the founder of Duo Sorolla and an artist member of the Piatigorsky Foundation. Furthermore, she serves as an organist at Memorial Episcopal Church in Bolton Hill, Baltimore.
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Dr. Su began piano lessons at the age of four. She earned a bachelor’s degree in piano while minoring in French horn at the National Kaohsiung Normal University in Taiwan. She furthered her pursuit of musical excellence, obtaining a Master of Music, a Graduate Performance Diploma, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where she primarily studied under Seth Knopp and Benjamin Pasternack. Dr. Su currently serves on the faculty at Georgetown University and Loyola University Maryland.
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