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The Embassy Concert Series MARTIN BABJAK, BARITONE (Ukraine), International Spohr Competition (Germany); International Montreal Competition (Canada); Int er nat ional 2014- 2015 Season DANIEL BURANOVSKÝ, PIANO Premio Lipizer (Italy), International Niredgazi Violin (21st YEAR) Thursday, September 18, 2014, 7:30pm Competition (Japan), Int er nat ional D var ionas Violin Among the many roles which Martin Babjak has por t r ayed Competition (Lithuania) and International Molinari Jerome Barry, Director/Founder on t he st age ar e: Amonasr o in Ver di's Ai da, Count Almaviva Competition ( Sw i t zer l an d ) . He plays a violin from Giuseppe Advance Notice Brochure i n Mo zar t ' s The Marriage of Guarneri del Gesù, one of the greatest violinmakers in the Fi gar o, Count Danilo music hist or y, which is lent to him to recognize his high cl ass As of August 1, 2014 lovitsch in Franz Lehár' s as a violinist and a musician. Program: Schubert, The Merry Widow, Escamillo Mendelssohn, Ysaÿe, Sarasate, Koryk, Schimanovsky. in Geor ges Bizet's Car men, Buffet/wine/ parking across the street ($6) or on- street parking- $95 Figaro in Rossini' s The Bar- ber of Seville, Golaud in Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Guglielmo in Mozart's EMBASSY OF HUNGARY☼ Uniting People Through Musical Diplomacy Così fan tutte, the Lord Duke of Nottingham in Donizetti's 2900 SPRING OF FREEDOM, NW Roberto Devereux, Iago in Ver di's Otello and many more. He is widely known as one of Slovakia’s finest singers. Daniel HUGO KAUDER TRIO Bur anovsk ý, piano, is a brilliant artist, returning to The Tuesday, October 14, 2014- 7:30pm EMBASSY OF SLOVENIA ☼ Embassy Series. The W ashington Times at that time wr ote: 2410 CALIFORNIA STREET, NW “Mr. Buranovsky’s bracing recital offered an intellectual LANA TROTOVŠEK, VIOLIN challenge to his audience: a summons to once again learn O boist Ivan Danko, the principal oboist of the Stuttgart from and build upon the work laid down by our artistic St at e O per a and fir st pr ize winner of the "International ANNA SHELEST, PIANO pr edecessor s r ather than r ejecting it as ir r elevant or H ugo Kauder Competition" in N ew H aven in 2009, founded Tuesday, September 9, 2014- 7:30pm hopelessly outmoded in our tempestuous times — t he the H ugo Kauder Trio. Fr o m D anko 's ear lier music with t he fashionable t act ic of incr easingly out -of-t ouch violist Róber t Lakat os and pianist Ladislav Fanzo w i t z t he i dea The winner of international competitions and prizes, post moder nist s.” Program: Arias & Songs/Piano solos. for this unique trio was Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovšek was a pupil of Ruggiero $75 -Cold buffet/wine/Ample on Street Parking born. Oboe, Viola and Ricci. She made her debut in 2012 with the Mariinsky Pi ano ar e a sonically Theatre Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev; a interesting alternative to perform-ance was received both with standing ovations and EMBASSY OF UKRAINE☼ the classic piano t r io and ecstatic reviews. Lana has given recitals in the United 3350 M STREET, NW open a path t o an Kingdom, wher e extraordinary and novel repertoire. In sear ch o f suitable she has per for med OLEH KASKIV, VIOLIN music, t he musicians discover ed the oeuvr e of H ugo Kauder at W igmor e Hall, OKSANA SKIDAN, PIANO (1888 - 1972). Kauder (now Tovacov, Czech Republic) was King’s Place, Friday, October 10, 2014- 7:30pm born in Tobitschau near Olomouc and is part of the Cado gan H al l , St gener at ion of per secuted and displaced Jewish artists of t he Jo h n ’ s Sm i t h 20th centur y. It s or igin and its late romantic, lar gel y Sq u ar e, St M ar t i n - As a soloist , O leh Kaskiv regularly performs with great unknown music, especially their cent r al Eur opean folk music in-the Fields. success in his native country with the National Symphony of elements inspir ed the ensemble to the name Hugo Kauder Elsewher e in Ukraine, Odessa Philharmonic Trio. The tr io is t r ying to discover gr eat works of other Europe she has played at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, at the and Lviv Philharmonic per secuted and unknown composers of the 19th and 20th Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Symphony Orchestras and centur ies, and to convey this to the public. $75- Muziekgebouw Frits Phillips in Eindhoven and elsewhere in worldwide: with the Camerata Buffet/wine-ample parking on the street. Germany, Spain, Por tugal, France, Finland, Sweden, Slovenia, Lysy, Camer at a de Lausanne, Cr oat ia, Ser bia, China, UAE and t he USA. Progr am : Symphonisches O r chest er EMBASSY OF UKRAINE Zür ich, Or chestr e N at ional de ☼ Beethoven: Spring Sonata, Škerjanc, Franck, 3350 M STREET, NW Gershwin. Buffet/wine- $95- Ample parking on the Belgique, Or chest r e street. Symphonique de Montreal and Sinfonieor chest er Baden- ALEKSEY SEMENENKO, VIOLIN Baden. He is a laureate of many prestigious violin competitions such as Queen Elisabeth International Music INNA FIRSOVA, PIANO EMBASSY OF SLOVAKIA☼ Com-petition (Belgium); International Oistrakh Competition Thursday, October 23, 2014- 7:30pm 3523 INTERNATIONAL COURT, NW (Ukraine); International Kotorovych Violin Competition 1 Mr. Semenenko, Young Concert Artist 2012 winner, has three wonderful musicians. $80- Balkan buffet/wine- Reception at 6:30pm appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Moscow Parking on street and garage Virtuosi, the Kiev National Thursday, November 20, 2014- 7:30pm Orchestra, the Junge Philharmonie RESIDENCE OF THE JAPANESE in Cologne, and the Sinfonietta For med in Isr ael, the Quar tet moved to the United States in H ungar i ca, among o t her s. A t t he AMBASSADOR (New Venue!) ☼ 2004 to continue its professional studies. The resident 2011 Musik:Landschaft W estfalen NANAE IWATA, VIOLIN ensemble in the New England Conservatory’s prestigious Festival, he per for med Pagani ni ’s Professional String Quartet Training Program through their Concer to No. 2 with the National INNA FIRSOVA, PIANO graduation in 2010, the Ar iel has won a number of Philharmonic of Russia under Friday, November 14, 2014- 7:30pm international prizes, Vladimir Spivakov, and was including the Grand Prize subsequently invited by the at the 2006 Fischoff Spivakov Foundat ion t o per for m at Known for her “ lovely playing” (New York Times) and N at ional Chamber Music the Kr emlin in Moscow and at the “ expansive lyr icism” (N ew Yor k Concer t Review), violinist Competition. After they Moscow International Per for ming Arts Center . In 2007, Mr . N anae Iwata has quickly established herself in versatile won t he Székely Prize for Sem enenko per for med t he violin solo fr om John William’s roles as a soloist, period performer, chamber musician, their performance of “ Schindler’s List” with the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra orchestral musician, and educator. She is a fr equent Bar t ó k, as w ell as t he under Hobar t Earle in Hambur g. An avid chamber musician, performer all over the world making appearances in the overall Third Prize at the Mr. Semenenko founded the Stolyarsky Quartet, which has United States, Japan, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, and Banff International Str ing Quar tet Competition in 2007, the given concerts in Russia, the Ukraine, France, Malta, and Cuba. As a winner of the Artist International Competition American Record Guide described the Ariel Quartet as “ a Switzerland. Mr. Semenenko’s honors include First Prize in Ms. Iw at a w as aw ar ded a consummate ensemble gifted with utter musicality and the 2012 European Young Concert Artists Auditions in debut r ecit al at Car negie remarkable interpretive power” and called their Leipzig, Germany, the Alois Kottmann Award at the 2010 Hall in 2008 which w as performance of Beethoven’s Op. 132 “ the pinnacle of the International Day of Music Festival in Hofheim, Germany, lauded by critic, Anthony competition.” Program: H aydn: Q uartet in B-flat the Grand Prix of the 2006 National Violin Competition in Aibel as “ riveting” and Major, Op. 76, N o. 4; Beethoven: Q uartet in F Lviv, Ukr aine. Pr ogram : Schubert, Chausson, Ysaÿe, “ exquisitely done.” As a minor, Op. 95, “Serioso” /Ravel: Quartet in F Major. Poulenc, Tchaikovsky, Rossini Buffet/wine/parking Bar oque violinist Ms. Iwat a Reception/wine- $75 across the street ($6)- $95. has performed with renowned artists such as William Christie, Monica Huggett, Jor di Savall, and Ton Koopman. Her playing in the Telemann EMBASSY OF BOSNIA Concer t o Grosso in Bflat Major earned praise by critic Harry EMBASSY OF ARMENIA☼ Rolnick, “ The most delicious violin solos by concertmaster, 2225 R STREET, NW HERZEGOVINA (New Venue!) ☼ Nanae Iwata set the joyous sound for the whole piece.” As a 2109 E STREET, NW result of winning the Juilliard Concerto Competition in 2011 KARINÉ POGHOYAN, PIANO she gave her N ew Yor k City concer to debut at Alice Tully Friday, December 5, 2014- 7:30pm WASHINGTON, DC 20037 Hall performing Bach’s A minor Violin Concerto. Her AZRA SINGS edition of Corelli’s “La Follia” Variations was recently Friday, November 7, 2014, 7:30pm published by International Music Company commemorating Kariné Poghosyan has performed in recitals at the ter centennial of the composer ’s death.