North/South Chamber Orchestra: Three Concerti
Free
- Max Lifchitz, conductor
- Dylan Hamme, violin
- Colin Brookes, viola
- Robert LaRue, cello
Max Lifchitz — Intervencion for violin and chamber orchestra
Max Lifchitz — Night Voices No. 13 for cello and orchestra
The North/South Chamber Orchestra performs three concertos for strings by Max Lifchitz, the ensemble's founder and director. Featured soloists are Dylan Hamme on violin, Colin Brookes on viola, and Rob La Rue on cello.
About Max Lifchitz, conductor
About Dylan Hamme, violin
About Colin Brookes, viola
Versatile and virtuosic violist Colin Brookes delights in drawing audiences into his warm and colorful sound world. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his work as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher has taken him to cities across the United States, Europe, and the Americas.
An avid chamber musician, he is a founding member of the Ulysses Quartet, winners of the Grand Prize and the Gold Medal in the Senior String Division of the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He is also a winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society, Symphony North Competition, Tuesday Musical Club, and Music For Mount Lebanon competitions.
https://www.instagram.com/colinbbrookes/About Robert LaRue, cello
Robert La Rue, cello, was First Prize Winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters Cello Competition, whose jury chairman was Mstislav Rostropovich. Formerly the cellist of the New England String Quartet, Robert is a current member of the Sullivan String Quartet, the Alcott Trio, and the cello ensemble VC3. He plays regularly with the Phoenix Chamber Players at Manhattan's Center for Jewish History, and has also been a guest of the Locrian Chamber Players and the Alaria Ensemble. He has performed as soloist with the Banff Festival Orchestra, the American Symphony Orchestra and orchestras in Seattle, Phoenix and Denver. He has served as visiting faculty at Yale University's Summer Music School and has taught cello at Rutgers University. He has recorded for Arsis Audio and North Branch Records, and is currently completing a disc of works for solo cello by members of the American Composers Alliance. A graduate of Curtis, New England Conservatory, and Juilliard, he also attended Indiana University. His teachers included include David Soyer, Bernard Greenhouse, Janos Starker, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi.
Benzaquen Hall at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 W 37th StNew York, NY 10018
United States