Masterworks Series: Mark Peskanov, Sophie Shao, Doris Stevenson / Bach Paganini Hailstork
$35
- Mark Peskanov, violin
- Sophie Shao, cello
- Doris Stevenson, piano
Niccolò Paganini — 24 Caprices for Violin Solo, Op. 1 (selections)
Adolphus Hailstork — Piano Trio
Violinist/Bargemusic President Mark Peskanov, cellist Sophie Shao, and pianist Doris Stevenson present Adolphus Hailstork's Piano Trio, as well as J.S. Bach's Violin Sonata in G minor and selected Paganini Caprices.
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 Mark Peskanov, violin
Mark Peskanov (born in Odessa, Ukraine – then part of the USSR) is an American virtuoso violinist, known as a soloist, chamber musician, composer, conductor, and concert presenter.
Peskanov began playing the piano at age three, and the violin at seven. He received early musical training at the Stolyarsky school. In 1973, at the age of fifteen, he emigrated to the United States, where he attended the Aspen Music Festival and the Juilliard School. Upon his recital debut at Carnegie Hall, The New York Times declared, "Mark Peskanov is a tremendous young violinist and his Friday evening concert at Carnegie Hall was a triumph…He has it all—technique, temperament, and taste."
Since 2005, Peskanov is president and artistic/executive director of Bargemusic.
About Sophie Shao, cello
Cellist Sophie Shao, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions, is a versatile and passionate artist praised by publications like The New York Times and The Washington Post. Shao’s solo appearances include performances at the Houston Symphony, the American Symphony Orchestra in New York, Taiwan's National Symphony Orchestra, Ukraine’s National Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony in Orange County, California, and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. A native of Houston, Texas, Shao began playing cello at age six. She has a BA in religious studies and an MM from Yale University, and is on the faculty of the University of Connecticut.
https://sophieshao.instantencore.com/web/home.aspx