Groupmuse: Cozy winter concert in Forest Hills – Capital String Duo
$5 to reserve, $20 at event
- Michelle Kim, violin
- Igor Zubkovsky, cello
Michelle Kim — Con Spero (for solo violin)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "I. Prelude" from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Astor Piazzolla — J'Attends
Astor Piazzolla — La Misma Pena (Bonsoir)
Astor Piazzolla — Saint-Louis-en-L'ile
Astor Piazzolla — Guardia nueva
Astor Piazzolla — Adiós Nonino
Come for a cozy concert by the fire with Michelle and Igor, musicians of Capital String Duo who play with the NSO. They will regale and inspire you with Bach and Piazzolla.
Kid-friendly event. Not handicap accessible.
Exact address sent to approved attendees via email.
About Capital String Duo
We are many voices morphing in and out of time and we fly through the world into winter darkness. Our group is made up of musicians from the Kennedy Center who love to explore all the music that are out there.
https://www.groupmuse.com/musicians/6464-capital-string-duoAbout Groupmuse
Groupmuse is a worker- and musician-owned cooperative seeking to uplift artists and strengthen broader community bonds through live, intimate performances of historically-rooted music.
https://www.groupmuse.comAbout Michelle Kim, violin
Michelle Kim is a violin virtuoso who has won numerous solo competitions, performed across the United States and around the world, and performed in festivals in Aspen, Salzburg, Banff, New York, and Porto, Portugal.
She has played at Carnegie Hall, at the Kennedy Center Honors and at numerous charity and diplomatic events on the acoustic and electric violin. For the last three years, she has performed the electric violin at the Italian Embassy for Becky's Fund Walk This Way Fashion Show. Ms. Kim played Bach's Partita No. 3 for the Institute for Korean-American Studies Liberty Award Dinner honoring Ambassador Christopher R. Hill at the US Senate Russell Building. In 2014, she performed for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo at the US Institute of Peace.
Ms. Kim has been a first violin section member of the Washington National Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since graduating from the Manhattan School of Music with a Master's Degree. She also has a Bachelor's degree in Statistics from the University of California at Berkeley.
Michelle is also the Founder and Chief Cultural Officer of Culture Saves (www.culturesaves.org), a global non-for-profit organization that restores hope and promotes peace through the arts.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/k/ka-kn/michelle-kim/