A Journey to Prague
Sunday, March 1st, 5pm • Chelsea
In collaboration with Gotham Arts & The Valley of the Moon Music Festival
We’re pleased to present an intimate evening of music centered around Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s epic Piano Trio in F minor, featuring violinist Jennifer Frautschi, cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Audrey Vardanega.
Wine and light refreshments will be served.
Address shared upon RSVP. Doors open at 5pm, music begins at 6pm.
The Program
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LEOŠ JANÁČEK
On an Overgrown Path (selections)
Audrey Vardanega - piano
ANTONİN DVOŘÁK
Piano Trio No. 3 in f minor, Op. 65
Jennifer Frautschi - violin
Tanya Tomkins - cello
Audrey Vardanega - piano
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The Performers
jennifer Frautschi
Two-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient violinist Jennifer Frautschi has appeared as soloist with innumerable orchestras such as the Cincinnati Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and St Paul Chamber Orchestra. She is an artist-member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and has appeared at all of the major chamber music festivals in America. Her extensive discography includes the Stravinsky Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerti with the Seattle Symphony. Born in Pasadena, California, Jennifer performs on a 1722 Stradivarius violin known as the "ex-Cadiz", and teaches at Stony Brook University.
Tanya Tomkins
Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival, cellist Tanya Tomkins is equally at home on Baroque and modern instruments. She has performed on many chamber music series to critical acclaim, including the Frick Collection, “Great Performances” at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, San Francisco Performances, and the Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal.
She is renowned in particular for her interpretation of the Bach Cello Suites, having recorded them for the Avie label and performed them many times at venues such as New York’s Le Poisson Rouge, Seattle Early Music Guild, Vancouver Early Music Society, and The Library of Congress.
Audrey Vardanega
Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), American pianist Audrey Vardanega has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, South America and the United States.
Audrey is the Founder and Artistic Director of Musaics of the Bay, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting musicians, composers and visual artists for collaborations, commissions, residency programs, and mentorships in the Bay Area and beyond. She is passionate about providing emerging artists with opportunities to determine their own careers by creating new artistic communities, collaborations and sustainable networks.