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2003-2004 Previews Concert Series ~ presenting ~ Beverly Hills Audition Winners Talented rising artists from around the world are selected at the Beverly Hills Auditions and presented monthly in the South Bay on The Interludes concert series in Torrance (previously The Previews concert series in Manhattan Beach). The Interludes series is graciously hosted by First Lutheran Church & School – Torrance as a gift to the community. The concerts also are presented on the preceding Friday evenings on the Music By The Sea recital series in the beautiful Encinitas Library with its expansive view of the Pacific Ocean. From January through June, the concerts are presented the following Sundays on Beverly Hills' Music In The Mansion recital series in the Beverly Hills' historic Greystone Mansion. "The series is a much-sought opportunity for young performers...the talent level is extremely high." ~ Los Angeles Times |
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Saturday, August 23, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. RUSLAN BIRYUKOV cello
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Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. DAVID KAPLAN piano
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Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. LUCY CHUANG clarinet
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Note time and venue change for this recital only Saturday, November 22, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. St. Cross By-The-Sea Episcopal Church 1818 Monterey Blvd., Hermosa Beach CA [ map ] THE ESPAÑA DUO
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Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. "From Bach to Hendricks" TAKEISHI NISHIMOTO guitar
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Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. Meet Californian Teen Stars CHLOE PANG piano
At eight, Chloe was the youngest debut soloist at Bosendorfer Hall. She made her orchestral debut at 10 with the Pro Art Symphony Orchestra at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts and has performed with several symphonies in the San Francisco Bay area. She will perform at New York's CAMI Hall (Columbia Artists' Management, Inc.), Boston's Jordan Hall, National Public Radio, and play Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini as guest soloist with the Pacific Chamber Symphony this season. Chloe is a student of James Arthur Gardner and resides in Orinda, California.
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Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. UCLA BRASS QUINTET ADAM BHATIA trumpet The UCLA BRASS QUINTET, consisting of undergraduate and graduate performance majors, are some of the finest young brass players in the country. Individually, they have won numerous awards and honors. |
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Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. SUNDAYS-AT-TWO ARTISTS
TIBI CZIGER clarinet Favorite Sundays-At-Two artists, cellist RUSLAN BIRYUKOV (Russia) and pianist DAVID KAPLAN (USA), are joined by Israeli clarinetist TIBI CZIGER, who will be appearing on the series next season. Winners of numerous honors and awards, Tibi and Ruslan are graduate students at the USC Thornton School of Music, and David is an undergraduate at UCLA. The concert features a recital piece by each artist and the Brahms' Clarinet Trio after intermission. |
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Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. TIMOTHY FAIN violin
Timothy will be joined in the second half of the concert by the other members of the ROSSETTI QUARTET and pianist RINA DOKSHITSKY. |
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, RUSLAN
BIRYUKOV graduated from Moscow
Conservatory. Among Ruslan's teachers were
such prominent artists as Natasha Gutman,
Daniil Shafran, Mstislav Rostropovich, and
Kirill Rodin. He is currently in the Advanced
Studies program at the USC Thornton School
of Music under the guidance of distinguished
professor Eleonore Schoenfeld.
Nineteen-year-old DAVID KAPLAN, a winner of
the 2002 Arthur Rubinyi Competition and a Gluck
Chamber Fellowship, is currently studying piano
with Walter Ponce at UCLA. David's enthusiasm for
chamber music has brought him opportunities with
several distinguished series: he was the youngest
artist ever to perform at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival and the
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
A prize winner of the prestigious
"Concertino Prague" international
competition, LUCY CHUANG has
won many awards in Canada,
Taiwan, and USA, and appeared as a
soloist with numerous orchestras.
BRIDGET
DEE CASTILLO is a natural talent,
self-taught until age 18. "She plays with
fantasy…involves her audience through her
performance. This is very rare." - Paula
Robison
ADOLFO GUTIERREZ ARENAS is
familiar to Los Angeles audiences since 1999
for his solo appearances with I PALPITI
orchestra at the Ford Theatre and in festivals.
He has performed in prestigious halls
throughout Spain in solo recitals and with
orchestras, and in chamber music festivals in
Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck),
France (Prades), Holland (Holland Music
Sessions), Spain (Madrid, Santander, Vic),
and the U.S.A. A graduate of the Reina Sofia
School of Music under Swedish cellist Frans Helmerson, Adolfo
continued his studies with Lluis Claret and Bernard Greenhouse. He
participated in summer courses with Janos Starker, Tsuyoshi
Tsutsumi, and Ralph Kirshbaum. In 2000 his recordings of Bach's
Six Suites were released in Spain.
DANIEL DELPINO has performed on all
continents as a soloist, chamber musician and
guest at festivals. He won special prizes in
the Ciudad de Ferrol and Jose Iturbi
competitions, the Parisot Prize, and the
Gruman Prize for outstanding pianist. With a
Master's degree in piano from Yale
University, he is the youngest professor at the
Toledo Conservatory. 
Guitarist TAKEISHI NISHIMOTO
embraces and expresses music from the
European, Northern Indian, and American
jazz classical traditions. Born in Fukuoka,
Japan, Takeishi came to USC's famed guitar
program, also receiving instruction from the
legendary Pepe Romero. Takeishi's budding
performing career has already taken him to
across the country, from LA to NY.
Eleven-year-old CHLOE PANG has been
captivating audiences with her "spirited and
commanding performances" since the age of
4. She has won numerous first-place awards
and top prizes including the Pinault
International Competition, "From the Top,"
and the Yehudi-Menuhin/Helen Dowling
Prize. 
OTTO EHLING began playing piano
before he could walk. He has soloed at the
Brazilian Music Festival at the Ford Theatre,
and was praised by the Los Angeles Times.
He performed at the Hollywood Bowl
Museum Cluster Recital, and his virtuosity
earned him a place on Brazilian TV (his
mother is Brazilian), where he was seen by 25
million viewers. He is a student at Hamilton
Music Academy.
First violinist of the internationally
renowned Rossetti Quartet, TIMOTHY
FAIN won First Prize at the 1999 Young
Concert Artists International Auditions
and tours with "Musicians from
Marlboro." A native of Santa Monica,
Timothy attended the Colburn School of
Performing Arts and the Crossroads
School. He received a Bachelor's Degree
from the Curtis Institute of Music in
Philadelphia, where he studied with
Victor Danchenko, and a Master of
Music degree from the Juilliard School,
where he worked with Robert Mann. He
has also studied with Aaron Rosand, Haroutune Bedelian, and Laura
and Eduard Schmieder, and played in masterclasses for Isaac Stern,
Peter Oundjian, Miriam Fried, and Ida Haendel. He is recipient of a
2001 Avery Fisher Career Grant.