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Zou Zou Robidoux Master’s Cello Recital

Zou Zou Robidoux, cello
Anna Desfor, percussion
Eunsu Kim, piano
Carolyn Van de Velde, violin
Michael Wu, piano

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Program 

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 6       Samuel Barber
Allegro ma non troppo
Adagio
Allegro appassionato

Prelude from Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor BWV 1008       J.S. Bach

Varsha      Reema Esmail

Boris Kerner      Caroline Shaw

Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66      Felix Mendelssohn
Allegro energico e con fuoco
Andante espressivo
Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
Finale: Allegro appassionato

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Zou Zou Robidoux is a Wisconsin-based cellist working across classical and contemporary genres. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, studying with Dr. James Waldo as a Paul Collins Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship. Prior to her graduate studies, Zou Zou lived in Montreal from 2016-2024. During this time, she performed throughout Canada in band, musical theater, and orchestral settings, including performances at the Montreal Jazz Festival, National Arts Centre, Theatre Calgary, and Vancouver Folk Festival. As a studio musician in the Montreal scene, Zou Zou collaborated with members of Arcade Fire, The Weather Station, and U.S. Girls, and was featured as a cellist and string arranger on two of Basia Bulat’s studio albums, The Garden and Are You In Love?

Zou Zou received her B.Mus. in Cello Performance from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she studied with Uri Vardi. Following her degree, Zou Zou served as the cellist of the Nightingale String Quartet at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), where she also performed the Elgar Cello Concerto as a soloist with the UNR Symphony Orchestra. A passionate collaborator, Zou Zou has performed as a chamber musician with Bach Before Bedtime, Willy Street Chamber Players, among others. In 2022, Zou Zou founded ChamberFest at the Spring Green General Store (ChamberFest), a chamber music festival committed to bringing diverse and engaging programming to the Wisconsin River Valley Community. As an orchestral musician, Zou Zou has worked with the Reno Philharmonic, Pronto Musica, and Orchestre de la francophonie, with whom she toured South Korea.

An avid lover of musicals, Zou Zou has played in over 30 musical theater productions across the U.S. and Canada. In 2022, Zou Zou made her professional acting debut at the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts, originating the role of Music in the English adaptation of Keren Peles’ rock musical April Fools. Other highlights of her pit work include a Yiddish and English production of It Shoulda Been You with the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre at the Segal Centre, Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical with Theatre Calgary, and the world premiere of the French-language version of The Phantom of the Opera at le Monument-National.