host posted on September 26, 2011 09:02
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El Paseo Arts Foundation
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Arts in the Spotlight
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If you enjoy beautiful music performed by outstanding musicians, then you really don't want to miss the Women Composers Through the Ages Concert on Monday, September 26th at the Convention Center. Eugenia Zukerman and Milana Strezeva are not only virtuousos, they are entertaining performers who play with passion and sometimes with humor. The two talented women will share stories about the music, the composers and their careers. The intimate setting of a chamber music concert allows the audience and the performers to interact with one another and share the experience of the most universal of languages- music.
Women Composers Through the Ages Concert
Flutist Eugenia Zukerman and pianist Milana Strezeva will take the stage at the Convention Center on September 26, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., when El Paseo Arts Foundation presents "Women Composers Through the Ages- Beautiful Works for Flute and Piano". Tickets for the concert are $25 per person/$20 for El Paseo members and are available for purchase at the SPI Visitors Center, Paragraphs Book Store, Designer Consigner in Port Isabel, and online at www.elpaseoarts.org.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ms. Zukerman is an international triple threat. She is a published novelist, a television commentator and, most impressively, one of the finest flutists of our time. Ms Zuckerman entered Barnard College as an English major, but soon transferred to The Juilliard School, where she studied with the renowned flutist Julius Baker.
A versatile artist, Ms Zukerman is respected for her innovative programming as well as for her performances. Critics agree that"few major instrumentalists offer anything comparable to the intelligence and breadth of programming that she brings to her concerts." She served as Artistic Director of the International Vail Valley Music Festival for eighteen years. Under her guidance, the festival has grown artistically and includes residencies with the New York Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She is currently the Artistic Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's international festival, scheduled to open in Dallas in October, 2014 and a member of the faculty of New York University's Department of Music and Performing Arts.
Joining Ms. Zuckerman on stage is a pianist who is a virtuoso in her own right. Milana Strezeva is a Moldovan-American Pianist. She is a recipient of the Arts Recognition and Talent Search Award and winner of the Young Artist Competition and Yamaha Piano Competition. In 1998, Milana won the IBLA International Competition as a vocal collaborator that led to her debut recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Milana is also the founding member of the award-winning Manhanttan Piano Trio.
The duo of Zuckerman and Strezeva will bring to the stage not only world-class virtuosity and musicality, but also two dynamic personalities with an electrifying performance style that reveals the heart and soul of the music. There is a passion and joy in their playing that makes listening to them a sheer pleasure.
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Book Signing With Eugenia Zukerman
When: Monday, September 26, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
Where: Paragraphs Book Store
In My Mother's Closet
The multi-faceted Eugenia Zukerman also enjoys successful careers as an author and television commentator. She has been the arts correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning since 1981 and has done over 300 artist profiles in her twenty-four years on the program. She has appeared on a variety of other television programs as a guest, including PBS' Charlie Rose Show, NBC's Today and A&E's Breakfast with the Arts. As a writer, Ms. Zukerman has been published in a number of periodicals, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire and Vogue. Ms. Zukerman's book, In My Mothers Closet (Sorin Books), an anthology of essays about accomplished women and their thoughts on the mother/daughter relationship has met with national acclaim,and she continues to tour the country doing book signings and readings.
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About El Paseo Arts Foundation
El Paseo Arts Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit organization with the mission to support and promote the arts in the Lower Laguna Madre Area.
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El Paseo Arts Foundation
P.O Box 1185
Port Isabel, Texas 78578
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