Trio Risoluto

Doors open at 7:00 PM | Concert begins at 7:30 PM

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Join Kentucky-based ensemble Trio Risoluto for an evening of chamber music by Haydn and Tchaikovsky. The program will begin with Haydn’s “Gypsy Trio,” a late work full of graceful melodies and a vibrant final rondo. This sprightly work will be followed by Tchaikovsky’s massive piano trio in A Minor, composed in memory of his late piano teacher, Nikolai Rubenstein. The final movement is often considered to be a collection of portraits inspired by Rubenstein’s life, each variation revealing another facet of human emotion. This masterwork is known for its virtuosity, sensitivity, and grandeur, and is sure to create an evening to remember.

Sila Darville - Turkish violinist and violist Dr. Sila Darville is the Associate Prof. of Violin and Viola at Eastern Kentucky University. She holds degrees from Istanbul Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory, the University of Minnesota, and Texas Tech University. She received many international awards and honors including the Rotary Club International Competition for Young Musicians; the Turkish Educational Foundation Outstanding Achievement Award; the Berneking Fellowship; the Thursday Musical Young Artist Scholarship Competition and the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition. Throughout her career Dr. Darville has performed with many Symphonic Orchestras including the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Lubbock, Lubbock Moonlight Musicals and Kentucky Bach Choir as the principal second; the Amarillo Symphony, Midland Symphony, the La Crosse Symphony, Paducah Symphony Orchestra, and Louisville Orchestra as a section violinist and Amadeus Chamber Orchestra as principal viola. Her recent performances include Prokofiev Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante and Sibelius Violin Concerto with Eastern Kentucky University Symphony Orchestra Sila Darville performs regularly with Lexington-based chamber music ensemble Amadeus Lex. She performs on a 2021 Ben Mason violin and a 2023 Ben Mason viola. Dr. Darville is the recipient of the 2023 ASTA Kentucky Chapter Outstanding Educator Award.

Luke Darville - Dr. Luke Darville began his cello studies with the Heritage Area String Program in Danville, KY. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Louisville, a Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Minnesota, where he attended as a Berneking Fellow. He has had the privilege of studying with Dr. Clyde Beavers, Prof. Paul York, and Prof. Tanya Remenikova. During his studies, he has received awards from the University of Louisville, Macauley Competition, and the Schubert Music Club Competition. He has taught cello and string bass at the University of Minnesota Morris and Centre College; cello and piano at Mt. Calvary Music Academy; he was Director of Orchestras at Western Middle School for the Arts in Louisville, KY; and has held a private studio for 15 years. Dr. Darville has performed with orchestras throughout Indiana, Minnesota, South Dakota, Texas, and Kentucky. He has worked as a Teaching Artist for the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Darville is currently the Director of Orchestras at Model Laboratory Schools in Richmond, KY. He has been a featured recorded artist on Centaur’s Label. He plays on a cello crafted by the American luthier Timothy J. Jansma.

Madeline Rogers - Originally from Eldorado, IL, Dr. Madeline Rogers earned a Master of Music from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as a student of André Watts, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Nebraska with Dr. Paul Barnes. Rogers is an accomplished solo and collaborative performer in the US and abroad. Rogers is a recurring scholar at Brahmshaus Baden-Baden, Germany, where she researched the late music of Brahms and performed recitals in 2022 and 2024. Other significant international performances include solo and collaborative recitals in England, Spain, Italy, Vietnam, and Argentina. A proponent of living composers, Rogers has worked closely with Victoria Bond to revive a piano concerto that was last performed in 1997 and was the first to premiere the two-piano version of the concerto in 2021. Her latest research is on H. Leslie Adams, whom she interviewed extensively to revive and edit his Empire Sonata for Horn and Piano from 1960. The new edition was released in 2024 through the American Composers Alliance. Rogers previously taught applied and collaborative piano as an Artist-Faculty member at the Omaha Conservatory of Music and is currently Assistant Professor of Keyboard Studies at Berea College.

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