A Tour of Brazil
presented in cooperation with NYC House Concerts, Michael Reingold, Founder
American violinist Francesca Anderegg and Brazilian pianist Erika Ribeiro recently toured Brazil, performing in Brasilia, Sao Paulo, and Porto Alegre. Now, they are bringing their collaboration to the United States and abroad. These award-winning artists will present a program that takes the audience on a tour of Brazil's diverse and fascinating musical landscape.
César Guerra-Peixe (1914-1993), Three Pieces for Violin and Piano
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano
Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993), Violin Sonata No. 4
Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988), Flor da Noite
Edmundo Villani-Cortes (b. 1930), Águas Claras
Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934), Ouro Sobre Azul
All proceeds from ticket sales go to the musicians.
Francesca Anderegg - Biography
Hailed by the New York Times for her “rich tone” and “virtuosic panache,” violinist Francesca Anderegg delivers insightful accounts of contemporary and classical music. Through her inventive programming, active composer collaborations, and precise yet impassioned interpretations, Anderegg has earned renown as a musical explorer of the first order. "This was playing that had it all — taste, mastery, sensuality." – Norman Lebrecht, The Arts Journal. A recent highlight was a tour of Brazil, in which Anderegg performed as soloist with orchestras, taught master classes at Brazilian universities, performed in chamber music venues throughout the country, and taught at a social music project in Recife at the invitation of the U.S. Consulate. Other highlights include recitals at the Arts Club of Washington, DC, all-Elliott Carter concerts at the Miller Theatre, performances with Itzhak Perlman and members of the Perlman Music Program, and more. Upcoming projects include the release of her second album “Wild Cities” on New Focus Recordings in July 2016, and a tour of Argentina and Uruguay as soloist with the St.Olaf Orchestra. Anderegg holds degrees from Harvard and Juilliard, where her teachers included Robert Mann, Nicholas Mann, Ronald Copes, Naoko Tanaka, Lynn Chang, and BettyJean Hagen. She was awarded the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing Arts in 2010. Anderegg's debut album, recorded with regular duo partner, pianist Brent Funderburk, was released by Albany Records in July 2012. Committed to education and outreach as well as performing, Anderegg is currently on the violin faculty at St. Olaf College, and teaches every summer at Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Erika Ribeiro - Biography
Described frequently by her remarkable musicality, transparency and spontaneity of her interpretations, Brazilian pianist Erika Riberio is considered one of the prominent musicians of her generation. Winner of 10 piano competitions in Brazil - including the III Nelson Freire Competition, and awarded in more than 20, Erika has performed extensively in her native Brazil, as well as in Poland, Germany, Portugal, France. She has played at prestigious venues such as Sala São Paulo, Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), and Cecilia Meireles Hall, among others. She has been a guest soloist of several Brazilian orchestras, including the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Bahia Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Experimental de Repertório, Orchestra of the Radio and TV Cultura and Espírito Santo Symphony Orchestra; in Europe, she performed with the Kalisz Philharmonic (Poland) and the Gaia Philharmonic Orchestra (Portugal). As a chamber musician, Erika frequently collaborates with diverse singers and instrumentalists, such as Emmanuele Baldini, Francesca Anderegg, Luis Leite and the Villa-Lobos Quintet.
After receiving her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Sao Paulo in the class of Eduardo Monteiro, she was accepted, at the age of 19, into the prestigious Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eilser" in Berlin, where she lived for two years. She has attended music festivals in the U.S., Switzerland and France, where she received the highest honors in performance at the Fontainebleau Academy. Ms. Riberio is currently a Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).
Artist Websites
http://arielartists.com/artists/francesca-anderegg
http://www2.unirio.br/unirio/cla/ivl/professores/erika-ribeiro
Upcoming New York Concert
Spectrum NYC: January 17th at 3 PM
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