The Jordan Bak Trio
With Geneva Lewis
A special event at an incredible location!
Saturday, November 9, 2024
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Jordan Bak - Viola
Geneva Lewis - Violin
Evren Ozel - Piano
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"Bak was dazzling...he played with a full-bodied sound and exacting intonation and articulation. His playing was so constantly involving and impressive that one was drawn to each note and phrase." -George Grella, New York Classical Review.
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An intimate evening celebrating chamber music with internationally acclaimed, trailblazing artists who are praised for their radiant stage presence, dynamic interpretations, and fearless power. Featuring the music of Bela Bartok, Frederic Chopin, Johannes Brahms and others.
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Venue:
Surprise Venue on the East End of St. Thomas.
Shuttle:
Shuttles Service Provided from Secure Parking on Vessup Beach.
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5:30pm - Shuttle starts
6:00pm - 7:00pm - Welcome reception
7:00pm - Start of the concert - with intermission
9:00pm - Ending of the evening
Small classy bites from the Restaurant Group included & bar cash by Amalia Café.
Ticket Pricing
Special event
This is a special event on a special location.
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Adults - $75 Teachers - $50 Students - $25
Forum Circle Ticket holders - RSVP
6:00pm - Opening reception at the Villa
7:00pm - Start of the concert
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To purchase your ticket, click the link below:
Program
Violin and Paino Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 Béla Bartók
(1881-1945)
Suite for Violin and Piano, Op.3 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
(1875-1912)
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Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola, “Three Madrigals” Bohuslav Jan Martinů
(1890-1959)
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Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4 Paul Hindemith
(1895-1963)
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Intermission
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Four Mazurkas, Op. 17 Frédéric François Chopin
(1810-1849)
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Trio in E-flat for Horn, Violin & Piano, Op. 40 Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
Jordan Bak
Award-winning Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak has achieved international acclaim as a trailblazing artist, praised for his radiant stage presence, dynamic interpretations, and fearless power.
Critics have described him as “an exciting new voice in Classical performance” (I Care If You Listen), “a powerhouse musician, with a strong voice and compelling sound” (The Whole Note) and lauded his “haunting lyrical grace” (Gramophone).
The 2021 YCAT Robey Artist and a top laureate of the 2020 Sphinx Competition, Bak is also a Grand Prize winner and Audience Prize recipient of the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, the recipient of the 2019 Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize and the 2019 John White Special Prize from the Tertis International Viola Competition.
Other recent accolades include being named one of Classic FM’s cav"30 Under 30" Rising Stars, Musical America’s New Artist of the Month and being a featured artist for WQXR’s inaugural Artist Propulsion Lab.
Geneva Lewis
New Zealand-born violinist Geneva Lewis has forged a reputation as a musician of consummate artistry whose performances speak from and to the heart. Lauded for the “remarkable mastery of her instrument” (CVNC) and hailed as “clearly one to watch” (Musical America), Geneva is the recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Other recent accolades include Kronberg Academy’s Prince of Hesse Prize and being named a Finalist at the 2018 Naumburg Competition, a Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, and Musical America’s New Artist of the Month
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After her solo debut at age 11 with the Pasadena Symphony, Geneva has gone on to perform with orchestras around the world, including recent and forthcoming appearances with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, Sarasota Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony, Augusta Symphony, and Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra.
She has worked with a number of notable conductors, including Nic McGegan, Edwin Outwater, and Michael Feinstein, and looks forward to collaborations with Giordano Bellincampi, Sameer Patel, Peter Rubardt, and Dirk Meyer. In recital, recent and upcoming highlights include performances at Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw, Tippet Rise, Emory University, Purdue Convocations, Kravis Center, and Myra Hess, among others.
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While Geneva’s claim to chamber music fame came early on as a member of the renowned Lewis Family Trio with her siblings Nathan (piano) and Rochelle (cello), she has since established the Callisto Trio, Artist-in- Residence at the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles.
Callisto received the Bronze Medal at the Fischoff Competition as the youngest group to ever compete in the senior division finals. They were recently invited on the Masters on Tour series of the International Holland Music Sessions and performed at the celebrated Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Deeply passionate about collaboration, Geneva has had the pleasure of performing with such prominent musicians as Atar Arad, Efe Baltacigil, Glenn Dicterow, Miriam Fried, Ilya Kaler, Michael Kannen, Kim Kashkashian, Ida Kavafian, Marcy Rosen, Mitsuko Uchida, and the Borromeo String Quartet, among others.
Evren Ozel
American pianist Evren Ozel has established himself as a musician of “refined restraint” (Third Coast Review), combining fluent virtuosity with probing, thoughtful interpretations. Having performed extensively in the United States and abroad, Evren is the recipient of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2022 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant, and is currently represented by Concert Artists Guild as an Ambassador Prize Winner of their 2021 Victor Elmaleh Competition.
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Since his debut at age 11 with the Minnesota Orchestra, Evren has gone on to be a featured soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Boston POPS Orchestra, and The Orchestra Now at Bard College with conductors including Jahja Ling, Courtney Lewis, Keith Lockhart, and Leon Botstein.
In the 2023-24 season, he will record Mozart Concertos with the Radio Symphonieorchester Wien and conductor Howard Griffiths for the Next Generation Mozart Soloists project based in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Evren has performed solo recitals at important venues across the country, including The Gilmore’s Wellspring Theater, the Harvard Musical Association, and the Ordway. In 2021 he delivered an all-Chopin recital under a joint collaboration between the Schubert Club and Chopin Society of Minnesota, to critical acclaim. In the 2023-24 season, Evren looks forward to performing the last three Beethoven Sonatas in recital, as well as a recital debut in Boston’s Jordan Hall.
He also performs solo during select duo recitals, including 2024 concerts for Newport Classical in Rhode Island, and People’s Symphony Concerts in New York.
