The Juilliard School: Leo B. Ruiz Memorial Recital featuring Nina Bernat, double bass
Free (tickets available at the box office at no charge)
- Nina Bernat, double bass
- Umi Garrett, piano
Sofia Gubaidulina — Pantomime for double bass and piano
Shinuh Lee — 섬집아기 Seomjib-agi (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029
Felix Mendelssohn — Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
Nina Bernat, the 24-year old American double bass sensation, Nina Bernat, performs a lovingly curated program of works featuring women composers (Sofia Gubaidulina's Pantomime and Shinuh Lee's 섬집아기 Seomjib-agi, world premiere commissioned by Juilliard). This is the first of two NY debut recitals: in May 2025, the Kaufman Music Center and Concert Artist Guild will present Ms. Bernat in a solo recital featuring a world premiere composition by Lara Poe.
About Nina Bernat, double bass
Nina Bernat is emerging as one of the world's foremost exponents of the double bass as solo instrument and is the recipient of the 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2023 CAG Elmaleh Competition. She enjoys a versatile career as an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and Music@Menlo, and currently serves as the double bass faculty at Stony Brook University.
The daughter of Korean and Polish parents, Ms. Bernat began her studies with her father, double bassist Mark Bernat, and performs on a rare and sonorous early-18th century bass, handed down from him and attributed to Guadagnini.
https://www.ninabernat.com/