Music for Hope Concert Series Presents:
Flute Soundscapes for Hope – Baroque to Contemporary
w/ Award winning Flutist and Composer Yael Acher “KAT” Modiano
Sunday April 6 at 5:30pm
at St Cabrini Shrine
St. Cabrini Shrine’s Calendar: https://cabrinishrinenyc.org/event/soundscapes-for-hope/
Admission: $20/adult, $10/seniors and youth. Tickets available in advance and at the door.
Description:
Award winning Flutist / Composer Yael Acher “KAT” Modiano will perform masterpieces by J.S. Bach, Debussy, and contemporary works by Acher-Modiano. The Audiences will also be invited to join in on “Amazing Grace” and other known soulful songs. All are welcome to immerse in the Shrine’s gracious acoustics and atmosphere.
Artist website: https://modianomusic.net/
“A unique phenomenon on a number of accounts…beautiful sine curves of sound that enrapture and illuminate our minds” by Phil’s Review, Atlanta Audio Club.
A Sound of Her Own: Music in the Time of the Estrado
Monday, February 10th, 2025 | 6 to 8pm
Dr. Elizabeth Weinfield brings Sonnambula, a historically-informed ensemble that brings to light unknown music for various combinations of early instruments with the lush sound of the viol at the core, to the Hispanic Society to perform a program inspired by the exhibition “A Room of her Own: The Estrados of the Hispanic World.” Featuring a pre-concert discussion between Elizabeth Weinfield and Alexandra Frantischek Rodriguez-Jack, curator of the exhibition “A Room of Her Own: The Estrado and the Hispanic World”
Pianist Maxim Anikushin holds two advanced degrees from Juilliard. On Sunday, October 12 Dr. Anikushin will present a variety of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart, and Chopin in honor of his mother’s birthday. Admission to this concert is by donation
A special Friday night concert with the award-winning harpist Rita Costanzi opens the HVG Performing Arts Group concert season on September 25 at 7:30 pm. Costanzi was Principal Harp of CBC Radio Orchestra and Vancouver Symphony and has performed throughout Europe and the Americas. In the intimate setting of The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, she’ll perform a program that includes works by Bach, Faure, Granados, Liszt and Debussy.
Rita Costanzi is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and two-time winner of the American Harp Society’s National Competition. She produced and performed an award-winning one-woman show based on her memoir “The Strings of My Heart.”
The season continues on October 25 with Swing a Song of Sondheim, a special co-presentation with Castle Village. Classical guitarist Mak Grgic, a Grammy nominee, comes to The Lounge on November 22, and an HVG favorite, Cassatt String Quartet, returns on December 13. HVG resident pianist Evelyne Luest and friends perform solo piano and chamber works on January 31. Details are below.
Concerts are open to the public; admission is $20 suggested donation ($15 for seniors/youth 8-18; under 8 free) at the door. The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens is at 128 Pinehurst Ave at West 183rd Street in Manhattan. The audience is invited to meet the performers at a post-performance wine reception.
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