Bulgarian-American violinist Bella Hristova gives the world premiere Sunday June 8 of a new work in her commissioning series, Lineage, inspired by the Ysaÿe commissions and the lineage she shares with her teacher Jaime Laredo, through Josef Gingold, through Ysaÿe himself. Ellen Taafe Zwilich begins by introducing her piece, Carousel, and Bella talks Bach, Grieg, her recital partner Anna Polonsky, cats, life since she won the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand in 2007, and her 1655 Amati violin
Bella Hristova & Anna Polonsky
J S Bach: Sonatas BWV 1017, 1018
Haydn: Variations in F minor
Taaffe Zwilich: Carousel, WORLD PREMIERE
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G, Op. 13
4pm, Sunday June 8
Olin Hall, Bard College, Red Hook
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