Bargemusic: Music our Mothers Love – with pianist Orli Shaham & violinist Deborah Buck
Free
- Orli Shaham, piano
- Deborah Buck, violin
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez — La cumparsita (arr. Maria Kaneko Millar)
Clara Schumann — Drei Romanzen ("Three Romances") for piano, Op. 21
Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
William Grant Still — Suite for Violin and Piano ("II. Mother & Child" & "III. Gamin")
Pianist Orli Shaham reunites with violinist Deborah Buck for two back-to-back recitals in honor of Mother's Day at the new location for Brooklyn's historic Bargemusic. The program features favorite music of Shaham's and Buck's mothers, including works by Dvořák, Clara Schumann, Beethoven, William Grant Still, and Gerardo Matos Rodríguez.
About Bargemusic
Moored in Brooklyn just under the Brooklyn Bridge, Bargemusic presents great music year-round. Walk across the gangplank of a renovated coffee barge into a "wonderfully intimate wood-paneled room with thrilling views of lower Manhattan and excellent acoustics." Experience why critics call Bargemusic "the perfect chamber-music hall" and why artists say it is "unlike any other place in the world to perform."
https://www.bargemusic.org/About Orli Shaham, piano
A consummate musician recognized for her grace, subtlety and brilliance, pianist Orli Shaham is in demand for her prodigious skills and admired for her interpretations of both standard and modern repertoire. The New York Times called her a "brilliant pianist," The Chicago Tribune referred to her as “a first-rate Mozartean,” and London's Guardian said Ms. Shaham's playing at the Proms was "perfection."
She has performed with most of the major orchestras in the United States, on stage internationally from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, and at music festivals around the world. Since 2007, she has been artistic director for Pacific Symphony’s chamber music series, and is artistic director of the interactive children's concert series Orli Shaham’s Bach Yard, which she founded in 2010.
Ms. Shaham is on faculty at The Juilliard School, and is co-host and creative for NPR’s “From the Top.” In addition to her musical education at the Juilliard School, Orli Shaham has a BA from Columbia University. She is a member of the board of trustees of Kaufman Music Center, serving as chair through 2023.
https://www.orlishaham.com/