Vardi Chamber Players Debut
Musicians & Program Announcement
August 7 & 8, 2010
Contact: Lenore Vardi (206) 947-9694
(North Bend, WA – June 29, 2010) – “Extraordinary musicians combined with the Cascade Mountain backdrop will put this performance on par with those on America’s greatest outdoor stages – Tanglewood, Wolf Trap, the Aspen Music Festival,” says concert violinist Lenore Vardi as she releases names of the virtuosos who will appear with her when the Vardi Chamber Players’ debut at the first Snoqualmie Valley Festival of Music August 7 & 8 at North Bend’s Mountain Meadows Farm.
Ms. Vardi, the chamber players’ musical director and first violinist, will perform with Seattle Symphony pianist Kimberly Russ; French horn player Barbara Oldham of Quintet of the Americas; University of British Columbia Viola Professor David Harding of Trio Verlaine and The American String Project; and renowned virtuoso cellist Jeffery Solow the current Violoncello Society president.
Each evening at 7, the chamber players will cap off an afternoon of diverse music on the outdoor stage with works by Mozart, Brahms and Dohnanyi. “We’ve planned world-class musicians performing three of the greatest compositions from chamber music literature in one of the most glorious settings imaginable – to make it a truly memorable evening."
Since Ms. Vardi’s 1982 solo debut in New York’s Merkin Hall, she has received international acclaim for her artistry. The New York Post’s Richard Kimball hailed her as a soloist of “amazing elegance and musicianship... a natural performer.” She is a founding member of the Laurentian String Quartet and the Westchester Chamber Players.
Before moving to North Bend in 2007, Ms. Vardi performed and recorded frequently with stellar performers ranging from Itzhak Perlman and Placido Domingo to Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. In collaboration with her husband, renowned viola virtuoso Emanuel Vardi, she gives master classes on the violin and viola. Both Vardis are also visual artists who frequently choose musicians and musical instruments as the focus of their work and are represented at galleries in Duvall and Issaquah and across the country.
With the help of Snoqualmie Valley Arts (SVA), which organized this summer’s music festival, Ms. Vardi plans to continue performing with the Chamber Players throughout the region in the coming year. “My goal is to establish a core group of first class musicians, local to the Pacific Northwest, while bringing in an occasional guest artist or two. I plan to bring the audience into my world, so to speak, using a more informal approach, by performing themed concerts and including a short lecture on the music.”
Carrying on in the Vardi tradition, “I also plan to have us play in some unusual venues with the hope of demystifying classical music and showing people that it’s lively, emotional and fun. My goal is to add to the richness of the artistic offerings here and to create family-friendly events and new chamber music fans.”
Vardi Chamber Players Musical Selections for August 7 & 8
- Wolfgang Mozart, Piano Quartet in g minor, K.478 for piano, violin, viola and cello
- Johannes Brahms, Horn Trio in E flat major, Opus 40 for piano, violin and French horn
- Ernst von Dohnanyi, Serenade in C Major, Opus 10 for violin, viola and cello
Musician biographies and limited high resolution photos available by contacting Diane Duthweiler at dduthweiler@comcast.net or (206) 375-0012
Snoqualmie Valley Festival of Music Aug. 7 & 8
Mountain Meadows Farm – 10106 422nd Lane SE, North Bend, WA, Free Parking
3:30 p.m. – gates open
4 p.m. – Cascade Jazz Quintet with John Chmaj
6 p.m. – Voices of the Valley with Harley Brumbaugh
7 p.m. – Vardi Chamber Players with Lenore Vardi
Tickets at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/112378:
Premium - Limited chair seating in proximity to the performers
$48.50 Adult (18 & older)
$22.50 Youth (under 18)
General - Lawn seating with limited stage views. Bring blankets and cushions. No chairs please
$25 Adult (18 & older)
$12.50 Youth (under 18)
Contacts:
Snoqualmie Valley Arts
(425) 888-7432
info@snoqualmie-valley-arts.org
http://www.svfom.com
Vardi Chamber Players
Lenore Vardi
(206) 947-9694 & (425) 292-0137
vardiart@vardiart.com
http://lenorevardi.com
Cascade Jazz Quintet
John Chmaj
(425) 941-9104
info@cascadejazz.com
www.cascadejazz.com
Voices of the Valley
Harley Brumbaugh
hcbrum@earthlink.net
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