Piano on Park presents:
Sonata on Park - Louis Arques (cl) & Alla Milchtein (p)
Doors at 7 pm; Music at 7:30 pm
Free Admission, RSVP
Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Sonata Op. 120 No. 1
Camille Saint-Saëns, Clarinet Sonata Op. 167
Claude Debussy, Première rhapsodie
Louis Arques is a multifaceted woodwind specialist. Apart from his performance on clarinets, saxophones and vocals, he has taught in French music schools for ten years including the Paris Conservatoire. Moving to New York City in Fall 2016, he rapidly has become one of New York City’s in-demand soloists and orchestral musicians: with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Mannes Orchestra in venues including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.
Louis plays early music on Von Vittorelli’s replicas of 18th Century clarinets. He is also a frequent New Music collaborator, including composer Elizabeth Hoffman and Mannes American Composer Ensemble.
With the guitarist Richard Boukas he started the Dialogos Brazilian Duo and the Sempre Jacob Choro Octet. He also performs Afro-Cuban music numerous bands including Grupo Irek, Sonido Costeno and Jazz in club venues including Birdland. When he is not on stage, his greatest pleasure is to play music in solo urban performances.
With his friend Daniel Zinn, he started the Empire State Symphony and performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto for his Master’s degree graduation at the New School, College of Performing Arts.
Alla Milchtein Born in Russia, but growing up in Mexico, Alla discovered her love for the collaborative arts at early age. Since then she has enjoyed an international career as a collaborative pianist to emerging stars in the musical world. She maintains an active performing career with vocal and instrumental partners and chamber ensembles.
Currently Alla is staff pianist at Mannes College New School for Music where she works for the College and Prep divisions. Past positions include being part of the accompanying staff at the Rotterdam Conservatory (The Netherlands), the Rudolf Steiner College (The Netherlands), Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Italy) and the Jalisco State Choir (Mexico).
Alla has performed at festivals throughout Europe, Mexico and the United States, including The Cervantino International Music Festival in Guanajuato (Mexico), Festival de Mazatlán (Mexico), "Kamermuziek Festival tussen Maas & Waal" (The Netherlands), "Het Rusische Muziek" (The Netherlands), Beverly Hills Chamber Music Festival (United States), Lucca Music Festival 2008 (Italy), Aspen Music Festival (United States), and Glimmerglass Festival (United States).
Ms. Milchtein served as a staff pianist at Competitions, including Mannes Concerto Competition, international Voice Competition (Sinaloa, Mexico), Postacchini International Violin Competition (Italy), Vriendenkrans Concours of Concertgebouw (The Netherlands), etc.
As as a coach/répétiteur, Ms. Milchtein has previously worked for Glimmerglass Opera, Aspen Opera, New Opera NYC, Jalisco State Opera (Guadalajara, México), Rotterdamse Opera Productions ,"Blue Bottle” Opera Company (The Netherlands), Vocedidone Opera Studio (The Netherlands) and “Pepita Embil” Zarzuela Company (Guadalajara, México).
Alla Milchtein received both a Bachelor’ s degree in Piano Performance and Master’s degree in Piano Performance and Chamber Music from Rotterdam Conservatory (The Netherlands), where she studied with Mila Baslawskaja.
Ms. Milchtein also pursued her Professional Studies in Collaborative Piano at Mannes College New School for Music (New York) where she studied with Cristina Stanescu. During her studies she was awarded a scholarship and was also a recipient of “excellence in accompanying” award.
Ms. Milchtein was awarded a fellowship from COJECO Blue Print to record a CD of solo piano music of Jewish composers from around the world titled "Musical Journeys through the Jewish Diaspora" which was released in 2015.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This concert has limited seating available (First Come First Sit!). If you need to be able to sit, please kindly send us a message so we can reserve a chair for you. Also keep in mind that the event is taking place in a "shoe-free zone". Choose your socks wisely!
About Piano on Park:
Piano on Park offers an intimate and refreshing way to experience live music. The house concert series was launched when pianist Cyrus von Hochstetter opened his doors to host regular performances by soloists, chamber ensembles and small bands of all musical styles and colors. The venue enables a direct and unhindered exchange between performers and public, resulting in a unique and impactful musical experience.