Members of the New York Piano Society featuring Catalyst Quartet
$44 (student/senior discounts available at the box office)
- David Caldine, piano
- Carl Di Casoli, piano
- Henri Delbeau, piano
- Fred Gautier, piano
- Siqi Mou, piano
- Alex Shapiro (NYC), piano
- Stan Sisskin, piano
- Tammy Tan, piano
- Yiran Wang, piano
- June Q. Wu, piano
- Celia Zhang, piano
- Melissa White, violin
- Karla Donehew Pérez, violin
- Paul Laraia, viola
- Karlos Rodriguez, cello
- Winnifred Bonjean-Alpart, narrator
Sergei Prokofiev — 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
Sergei Prokofiev — Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (arr. Tatiana Nikolayeva)
Franz Schubert — Impromptu in A-flat major, D. 899, Op. 90, No. 4
Franz Schubert — Fantasia in F minor for piano four hands, Op. posth. 103, D. 940
Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
The New York Piano Society presents a program that includes Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Peter and the Wolf, enhanced by Prokofiev's own narration adapted by Nancy Bachrach, spoken by Winnifred Bonjean-Alpart, and transcribed by Tatiana Nikolayeva. The program also features Grammy nominated Catalyst Quartet in Shostakovich's Piano Quintet alongside works by Schumann, Schubert, and more.
About Catalyst Quartet
Hailed by The New York Times at its Carnegie Hall debut as "invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor," the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst Quartet was founded by the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Organization in 2010. The ensemble (Karla Donehew Perez, violin; Abi Fayette, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; and Karlos Rodriguez, cello) believes in the unity that can be achieved through music and imagine their programs and projects with this in mind, redefining and reimagining the classical music experience.
The Catalyst Quartet, known for "perfect ensemble unity" and "unequaled class of execution" (Lincoln Journal Star), has toured widely throughout the United States and abroad, including sold-out performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., at Chicago's Harris Theater, Miami's New World Center, and Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in New York. The quartet has been guest soloists with the Cincinnati Symphony, New Haven Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, and has served as principal players and featured ensemble with the Sphinx Organization's featured ensemble, the Sphinx Virtuosi, on six national tours. They have been invited to perform at important music festivals such as Mainly Mozart in San Diego, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Sitka Music Festival, Juneau Jazz and Classics, Strings Music Festival, and the Grand Canyon Music Festival, where they appear annually. The Catalyst Quartet was ensemble-in-residence at the Vail Dance Festival in 2016 and in the 2021-22 season were in residence with San Francisco Performances where they presented the complete series of works from their Uncovered Project. In 2022, the Catalyst Quartet was named ensemble in residence for the Chamber Music Northwest Festival in Portland and for the Met Museum's LiveArts series in NYC.
The Catalyst Quartet members hold degrees from The Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School, and New England Conservatory.
http://www.catalystquartet.com/About David Caldine, piano
About Carl Di Casoli, piano
About Fred Gautier, piano
Fred Gautier is a Franco-American dual nationalwho was born in Ohio, raised in France, and spent half his life in Europe and the other half in New York. Fred attended the Geneva Music Conservatory in Switzerland, where he studied with Madile Volken. He won the University of Warwick concerto competition in 2000 and 2022 under the tutelage of Melvyn Cooper. In New York, he studied at Mannes with Michael Oelbaum in the extension division, and was a quarterfinalist in the 2008 piano competition for amateurs in Paris.
About Alex Shapiro (NYC), piano
At the age of five, Alex discovered his passion for the keyboard upon being mesmerized by a xylophone street performer. He attended Yale University where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy, while continuing to pursue piano performance at the Yale School of Music.
About Tammy Tan, piano
About June Q. Wu, piano
About Celia Zhang, piano
Celia Zhang picked up piano at the age, playing in and winning numerous regional and state level piano competitions across Michigan and Indiana. She was also a frequent soloist, and played concertos with her local orchestra throughout high school.
About Melissa White, violin
American violinist Melissa White has enchanted audiences and critics around the world as both a soloist and a chamber musician. White emerges from the summer of 2022 resplendent with new achievements and milestones in a skyrocketing career that continues to span the globe.
https://melissawhiteviolin.com/