A Journey to Prague
March, 2026 • Chelsea
In collaboration with Gotham Arts & Valley of the Moon Music Festival
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.
The Program
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Three Intermezzi for piano, Op. 117
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94 (arr. violin & piano)
Brahms: Three Intermezzi for piano, Op. 117
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
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The Performers
Geneva Lewis
New Zealand-born violinist Geneva Lewis has forged a reputation as a musician of consummate artistry whose performances speak from and to the heart. Lauded for “remarkable mastery of her instrument” (CVNC) and hailed as “clearly one to watch” (Musical America), Geneva is the recipient of a 2022 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Additional accolades include Kronberg Academy’s Prince of Hesse Prize, being named a Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, and Musical America’s New Artist of the Month. Most recently, Geneva was named one of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists.
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.