PSU String Scholarship Fundraiser Concert

• Hamilton Cheifetz, cello
• Tomas Cotik, violin
• Julia Hwakyu Lee, piano

Our annual String Fundraising Concert will feature performances by String Area faculty Hamilton Cheifetz and Tomas Cotik as well as pianist Julia Hwakyu Lee and PSU String students. This will be a beautiful program of chamber music by Mendelssohn, Popper, Bach, and others.

Prospective Students and their families as well as supporters are invited to join a celebration of PSU String Program as we head into Scholarship Weekend 2023!

Note: This event's time changed to 7:00 pm. Please ignore the time shown on earlier printed materials. 

About Portland State University School of Music & Theater

https://www.pdx.edu/music-theater/

About Hamilton Cheifetz, cello

https://www.pdx.edu/profile/hamilton-cheifetz

About Tomas Cotik, violin

Hailed by Michael Tilson Thomas as "an excellent violinist," Tomás Cotik was a first-prize winner at the National Broadcast Music Competition in his native Argentina in 1997 and the winner of the Government of Canada Award for 2003-2005. An avid recording artist, Dr. Cotik has recorded fifteen CDs for Naxos and Centaur Records, which have received three million Spotify streams and over two hundred enthusiastic reviews from publications such as Gramophone, American Record Guide, Downbeat, and MusicWeb International. His latest Piazzolla CD on Naxos was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards.

Mr. Cotik was a rotating concertmaster with the New World Symphony and has performed hundreds of recitals and chamber music concerts across the globe as a member of the acclaimed Amernet, Delray, and Harrington string quartets. He has worked closely with artists such as Joseph Kalichstein, Franklin Cohen, and members of the Cleveland, Miami, Pro Arte, Vogler, Vermeer, Tokyo, and Endellion string quartets. Committed to passing on his passion for music, Dr. Tomás Cotik recently received the inaugural Dean's Council Award for Research, Scholarship & Creativity for his significant contributions at the international level and was promoted to Associate Professor of Violin at Portland State University. He previously taught at West Texas A&M University, Florida International University, and the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.

About Julia Hwakyu Lee, piano

https://www.pdx.edu/profile/julia-hwakyu-lee