Classical Up Close: Mozart, Haydn, Stephenson
Free
- Jeong Yoon Lee, violin
- Seth Biagini, cello
- Kevin Kunkel, cello
- Pansy Chang, cello
- Martha Long, flute
- María García, piano
- Colin Corner, double bass
- Mariya-Andoniya Andonova, double bass
- Kaden Henderson, double bass
- Chris Kim, double bass
Franz Joseph Haydn — Baryton Trio in D major, Hob.XI: 113 (arr. Pierre Ruyssen)
Claude Arrieu (Louise-Marie Simon) — Sonatine for Flute and Piano
James M. "Jim" Stephenson — Silent Echoes for Trumpet and Piano
Peter Hansen — Basso Bossa
Programs subject to change without notice.
About Classical Up Close
Classical Up Close is a chamber music festival created and produced by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends. Our mission is to bring high quality, live classical music to as many people as possible. To that end, we travel to neighborhoods all around the Portland metro area, holding concerts outside of the usual downtown concert hall, and every performance is free.
https://www.classicalupclose.org/About Seth Biagini, cello
Seth Biagini’s musical experiences have taken him to venues as obscure as the top of Aspen Mountain, an isolated East Coast island accessible only by boat, and a beer hall in Austria, as well as Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Disney Hall. Hailing from a family of cellists, Seth begun his training in piano at age four and added the cello at age nine. Having received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at The Juilliard School, Seth studied with renowned cellists such as Timothy Eddy, Natasha Brofsky, Alan Stepansky, and Robert deMaine. Competition accolades include Variations on a Rococo Theme by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with the Palisades Symphony Orchestra and Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Culver City Orchestra as well as the Pasadena Community Orchestra. His love for chamber music has led him to summer festivals, where he has spent time at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival, Taos School of Music, Aspen Music Festival and School, and Sarasota Music Festival. Attending Aspen Music Festival and School for three years, the New York String Orchestra Seminar led by Jaime Loredo, Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and, most recently, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, has given Seth the experience needed to enter the professional orchestral arena, first with Colorado Symphony and now Oregon Symphony.
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/seth-biagini/About Pansy Chang, cello
http://www.miamioh.edu/cca/academics/departments/music/about/faculty-staff/strings/pansy-chang.html
About Martha Long, flute
About María García, piano
About Colin Corner, double bass
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/colin-corner/
About Mariya-Andoniya Andonova, double bass
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/mariya-andoniya-andonova/
About Kaden Henderson, double bass
Originally from New Albany, Indiana, Kaden Henderson is a double bassist with a passion for music education and outreach. Kaden began his studies while in middle school with Karl Olsen of the Louisville Orchestra and Doug Elmore. Kaden continued on to study with Bruce Bransby at Indiana University and later earned his Master of Music and Master of Musical Arts degrees from Yale University under Don Palma. As a performer, Kaden has participated as a fellow in festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, Chelsea Music Festival under Ken-David Masur, and many others. Kaden regularly appears as a bassist with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and various other orchestras around the country.
As a teacher and educator Kaden taught undergraduate bassists at Yale University and participated in Yale's prestigious "Music in Schools" initiative to provide string lessons to students in and around New Haven, Connecticut. Kaden also works with "Musicians for the World," a nonprofit that provides free lessons to students without access to musical education from around the globe.
Kaden currently resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Mariya who is an Oregon Symphony bassist.