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Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series

Carla Trynchuk, violin
Elena Braslavsky, piano

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Violinist Carla Trynchuk has performed internationally as soloist with orchestra and recitalist in the United States, Canada, Australia, England, France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Brazil, and India, including solo performances with the Calgary Philharmonic (Alberta, Canada), the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra (Croatia), Orquestra Filarmônica da PUCRS (Brazil), IaÕi Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra (Timisoara, Romania), the National Philharmonic Orchestra (Moldova), the Bacau Philharmonic (Romania), Bostani Philharmonic (Romania), and Oltenia Philharmonic (Craiova, Romania).  She performed the Brazilian premiere of the American Barber Violin Concerto, with the National Theater Symphony Orchestra of Brazil in a concert commemorating 200 years of friendship between the United States and Brazil and Astor Piazzolla’s Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons) at the Oregon Music Festival.

Ms. Trynchuk collaborated with Maestro Paul Freeman and the Czech National Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague for the world premiere recording of Tibor Serly Concerto for Violin.  The CD has been released on the Albany label.  She gave the premier performance of James Lee III’s Violin Concerto No. 2, commissioned by the Howard Performing Arts Center with the Andrews University Orchestra.  She gave the premiere recording of Kittyhawk by the American composer Randall Davidson.  She has performed Robert MacBride’s Violin Concerto (AVariety Day@), Hartmann’s Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra (Concerto funèbre) and Astor Piazzolla’s Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons).

A graduate of The Juilliard School of Music in New York City, Ms. Trynchuk was granted the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees studying under the legendary pedagogue Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang.

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Pianist Elena Braslavsky has distinguished herself as both a soloist and chamber musician.  Her appearances include concerts at the Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York, Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Berlin Philharmonic, Izumi Hall in Osaka, Melba Hall in Melbourne, Rudolfinum Hall in Prague, Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, Bologna festival, and La Fenici in Venice.  She has performed with musicians including Nobuko Imai, Steven Isserlis, and also appeared as a soloist in the German première of a composition “Alleluia” by Sofia Gubaidulina conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich.