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NIKOLAAS KENDE, pianist ALEXANDER CHAUSHIAN, cellist
VAHAN MARDIROSSIAN, pianist
2010 CENTRAL VALLEY
YOUTH PERFORMANCE
AWARDS COMPETITION
FOR
PIANISTS AND ORGANISTS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2009
7:00 PM

This concert marks the American recital debut of Nikolaas Kende, a special guest from Antwerp, Belgium. A graduate of the Amsterdam and Munich Music Conservatories, he has widely performed in Europe and been praised as a “sensitive musician, poetic, visionary, gifted with big technique, always in service of the music” (La Libre Belgique).

LISZT
Ballade No.2 in B Minor
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
KODÁLY
Dances of Marosszék
SCHUBERT
Impromptu in C Minor, Op.90 No.1
Fantasy in C Major, Op.15 “Wanderer”

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Underwritten by The Bonner Family Foundation.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
8:00 PM

Armenian pianist Vahan Mardirossian returns to the series after his memorable solo recital during the 2005-2006 season. This time he will collaborate with London-based cellist Alexander Chaushian, a fellow countryman who has already appeared in many of the world's finest venues including New York's Carnegie Hall, Boston's Symphony Hall, London's Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall, Vienna's Konzerthaus, and Milan's Sala Verdi.

DEBUSSY
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915)
SHOSTAKOVICH
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, Op.40 (1934)
FRANCK
Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major

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The following organizations and individuals have helped to make this special duo recital posssible:

  • Fresno State Piano Fund
  • Armenian General Benevolent Union, Greater Fresno Chapter
  • Varouj and Lena Altebarmakian
  • Bob Der Mugrdechian
  • Arnold and Dianne Gazarian
  • Barlow Der Mugrdechian
  • Berj and Nelly Kalamkarian
  • Dr. Bernard Karian
  • Roxie Jizmejian
  • Tiroui Melkonian
  • Gladys Peters
  • Lillit Sargissian
For pianists:
SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2010
1:00 PM
For organists:
SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010
3:00 PM

Co-sponsored with the San Joaquin Valley Chapter, American Guild of Organists.