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Los Angeles String Kollektiv performs 'Serenades'

Los Angeles String Kollektiv performs 'Serenades'

Los Angeles String Kollektiv will perform works in relation to the exhibition Time Traveler: Compass by Rotem Reshef. Serenades focuses on compositions inspired by nature and seasons. The music explores new areas of space and time, utilizing contrasts to effect continuity. Special guest performance by Paul Fried on flute. Time Traveler: Compass will provide a gorgeous backdrop for the performance. Admission is free.

Performance Schedule:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Serenade in D for flute, violin and viola op.25
Entrata, Allegro
Tempo ordinario d’un Menuetto
Allegro molto
Andante con Variazioni – Allegro scherzando e vivace
Adagio
Allegro vivace e dis in volta

Edgard Varese (1883-1965)
Density 21.5
for Flute solo

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Serenade for flute, violin and viola, in G op.141a
Vivace
Larghetto
Presto

Alexander Gurevich – Viola
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Alexander Gurevich moved to the Unites States with his family in March 1991. After completing his studies at Manhattan School of Music in New York, Gurevich moved to California to continue his education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and University of Southern California. During the next 10 years, he performed in the viola sections of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, New World Symphony, San Diego Symphony among many others.

Gulia Gurevich – Violin
This year Gulrukh “Gulia” Gurevich was invited to be on the chamber music jury panel of the International Young Pianist Competition in Villahermosa, Mexico. She has performed with the Boston, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Charleston and New West symphonies among others, and at many music festivals including Tanglewood and Spoleto. Gurevich made her solo début with the Uzbekistan National Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14 and her conducting début at the age of 15. She moved to the U.S. as a teenager to study at the Interlochen Arts Academy. After graduating with honors, she enrolled at Indiana University, where she received her diploma. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and has won many prizes, awards and scholarships in the U.S. and abroad.

Special Guest: Paul Fried – Flute
Paul Fried is widely regarded as one the foremost flutists of his generation. At the age of 8, in 1955, he was accepted to study at the Juilliard Preparatory School on full scholarship, turning down a position with the Utah Symphony to do so. By the age of 10, Fried was performing concertos and performed on the nationally televised Arthur Godfrey talent show. He won a position with the Boston Symphony, and later Solo Flute of the Boston Pops, when he also performed solos with the Berlin Philharmonic. After performing with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Fried moved to Los Angeles and has been active in studios as Solo Flutist for many movies, including Ice Age, Anastasia, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and Robin Hood.

Sponsored By
Kwan Fong Gallery of Art and Culture

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Rachel Schmid
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