BHC Concert Series presents Audrey Vardanega & Eric Zivian

The Program:

Franz Schubert, (1797-1828) - Rondo in A Major for piano four-hands

Claude Debussy, (1862-1918) - Six épigraphes antiques for piano four-hands

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - The Rite of Spring arranged piano four-hands

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The Artists:

Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), American pianist and arts entrepreneur Audrey Vardanega has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China and America. She has appeared at venues such as Merkin Hall at The Kaufman Music Center, Hangzhou Grand Theater, Princeton University Concerts,Tippet Rise Arts Center, Festival Napa Valley, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Teatro del Libertador San Martín, The Ravinia Festival, Gordon Music Series, San Francisco’s Old First Concerts, Herbst Theater, Festival Napa Valley, Rockefeller University, Valley of the Moon Music Festival and more.

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Eric Zivian was born in Michigan and grew up in Toronto, Canada, where he attended the Royal Conservatory of Music. After receiving his diploma there, he left at age fifteen to attend the Curtis Institute of Music, where he received a bachelor of music. He received graduate degrees from The Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music. Mr. Zivian studied piano with Gary Graffman and Peter Serkin, and composition with Ned Rorem, Jacob Druckman, and Martin Bresnick. He attended the Tanglewood Music Center both as a performer and as a composer. Since 2000, he has performed extensively on original instruments, playing fortepiano in the Zivian-Tomkins Duo as well as part of the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio. Mr. Zivian is also a member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and has performed numerous times with the Empyrean Ensemble and Earplay. He is a frequent guest artist on the San Francisco Conservatory's faculty chamber music series and has also appeared several times in San Francisco Symphony chamber music concerts. Mr. Zivian's compositions have been performed widely in the United States and in Japan.

General: $25, Students & Seniors: $20, Club Members: $15

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