SCMS Summer Festival: Ravel, Turina, Mozart

Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS)

Friday, July 26, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States

Online and in-person

In person: $65-$70 ($30 student) |
Stream: $30

Maurice Ravel — Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, M. 77
Joaquín Turina — Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat major, K. 563

This in-person performance will also be presented online via livestream, and available to view on-demand starting August 9.

The in-person concert will be preceded by a free 30-minute Pre-Concert Recital at 6:30pm in the Nordstrom Recital Hall.

About James Ehnes, violin

James Ehnes is recognized as one of the world's foremost violinists and is a favorite guest of many of the world's most celebrated orchestras and concert halls. Recent orchestral highlights include the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, London Symphony, Gedwandhausorchester Leipzig, New York Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Chicago Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.

http://jamesehnes.com

About Jonathan Vinocour, viola

https://www.seattlechambermusic.org/artists/jonathan-vinocour/

About Ani Aznavoorian, cello

Cellist Ani Aznavoorian has appeared as soloist with orchestras around the world including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Helsinki Philharmonic, and the Boston Pops. Aznavoorian is an avid chamber musician and teacher. She is the principal cellist of Camerata Pacifica, and she appears regularly at chamber music festivals around the globe. She has also served on the music faculty at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, and has spent summers as faculty of the Great Mountains Music Festival and School in South Korea. She is the recipient of the Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award for her playing and artistry, has been named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and is a prize winner of the International Paulo Cello Competition. She is a proponent of new music and has premiered concertos by Auerbach and Laderman and the chamber music repertoire by Harbison, Bruce, and Sheng. Aznavoorian records for Cedille Records and she proudly performs on a cello made by her father Peter Aznavoorian in Chicago.

https://www.aniaznavoorian.com/

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