Pro Musica Colorado is proud to present the World Premiere of Jeffrey Nytch's Violin Concerto: Costa Concordia, performed by Edward Dusinberre.
Also programmed is Béla Bartók's folk-inspired Divertimento for String Orchestra in a concert entitled The Heart of Hungary. Watch a video about this piece here. Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Mountain View United Methodist Church,355 Ponca Place, Boulder Nytch's piece was inspired by the story of a Hungarian violinist who saved many passengers on the ill-fated ship but perished trying to retrieve his violin- his voice. Pro Musica’s Music Director and Conductor, Cynthia Katsarelis, will be giving a free pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm for both nights.
Edward Dusinberre was born in 1968 in Leamington Spa, England, and has enjoyed playing the violin from a young age. His early experiences as concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain encouraged him to choose music as a profession. He studied with the Ukrainian violinist Felix Andrievsky at the Royal College of Music in London and at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and Piotr Milewski. In 1990 he won the British Violin Recital Prize and gave his debut recital in London at the Purcell Room, South Bank Centre. Upon completion of his studies at Juilliard, Dusinberre auditioned for the Takács Quartet, which he joined in 1993. In July 2010 Edward released a recording of Beethoven's violin sonatas no. 9 and 10 with pianist David Korevaar on the Decca label. Andrew Clements wrote in the Guardian newspaper; “Edward Dusinberre brings the same wonderfully subtle and intensely musical qualities to these two violin sonatas as he does to Beethoven’s quartets…”
Jeffrey Nytch enjoys a rich and diverse career as a composer, performer, educator and advocate – but it hasn’t been a straight line getting there. He spent much of his teen years exercising an uncanny ability to make money in the stock
market, and dreamed of someday going to Wall Street and conquering the world. Then there was his study of geology, which nearly took him down a different path altogether. But throughout it all, music has been the abiding passion of his
heart; in the end, it won out with his career as well. What followed has been a professional odyssey of sorts, involving an accomplished composition career, various teaching positions, a five-year stint as an arts administrator, and an assortment of day jobs ranging from managing a small business to serving as Assistant Professor and Director, Entrepreneurship Center for Music at the University of Colorado Boulder. Photo credits: Edward Dusinberre by Keith Saunders; Jeffrey Nytch, by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado. |
