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Trinity Lutheran ChurchManhattan Beach
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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. |
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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.