Dear friends,
OK,
LA is not Siberia...but after an unusually chilly winter, Classical
Underground is ready to celebrate the arrival of Spring with an
eclectic program of interesting new repertoire and classical and
romantic favorites.
Eduardo Delgado
Our
dear friend Eduardo Delgado is renowned for the Argentinian piano
repertoire, but it is really Bach and the romantic composers that are
closest to his heart. He will perform one of Bach's sunniest works, the
Italian Concerto, as well as Mendelssohn's Variations Serieuses.
CU favorite Moni Simeonov occasionally favors us with rarely-heard (here, anyway!) gems of Bulgarian composers, and he continues that exploration with the great Pancho Vladigerov's Chant and Vardar, accompanied by fellow CU regular Pepi Pilibossian on piano.
Evgeny Tonkha Anna Drubich
Another
duo quickly becoming CU faves are cellist Evgeny Tonkha and
pianist/composer Anna Drubich. They will perform works of Granados, De
Falla, Piazzolla, Popper, and one of Anna's own compositions, "Night
Song."
Anton Smirnov
A
star was born at our last concert when young pianist Anton Smirnoff
made his CU debut with a rollicking rendition of Stravinsky's
Petrushka. Anyone who was there will be thrilled that this highly
impressive Colburn student is returning to play works of Rachmaninoff,
Liszt, and Prokofiev, before he heads off to the Queen Elizabeth
Competition in Brussels.Eduardo Delgado
Moni Simeonov Pepron Pilibossian
CU favorite Moni Simeonov occasionally favors us with rarely-heard (here, anyway!) gems of Bulgarian composers, and he continues that exploration with the great Pancho Vladigerov's Chant and Vardar, accompanied by fellow CU regular Pepi Pilibossian on piano.
Evgeny Tonkha Anna Drubich
Ben Lulich
Continuing
on that note, because Spring is time to celebrate LIVING music, Pepi
returns with Ben Lulich, the wonderful clarinetist of the Pacific
Symphony, to perform the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano of Easley
Blackwood, a still living, still teaching composer at the University of
Chicago.
Although
the weather is expected to be warm, the nights are still cool, so
please dress warmly! As always - bring your spirits, food and drink for
you and your friends to enjoy. Please RSVP via Paypal. If you have problems with PayPal - don't wait - email us right away!
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We are most grateful to our supportive friends at
for graciously providing us with their incomparable instrument.
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Classical Underground is proud to showcase a new painting by Christopher Pugliese
"Mother Earth" oil on canvas 80" X 76"
"Mother Earth" 80" x 76" oil on canvas
A New York
painter, Christopher Pugliese is one of the leading masters of a newly
emerging movement in Contemporary American Art that I call NOVOREALISM.
Uniting a group of young figurative painters, it reflects a collective
artistic search at the end of post-modernism toward a different
expressive language -- marked by a command of classical form, highly
developed tonality and realist life-like colors as a vehicle of
expressing the current state of sensibility and attitude towards
dramatic shifts in our society. Christopher is a rarity among
contemporary representational figurative painters, capable of conceiving
and successfully executing a large-scale thematic composition
combining multiple plastically-connected figures filled with movement
-- a task similar in its overriding complexity of artistic and
technical challenges to climbing Mount Everest, and requiring
uncompromising life-long dedication.
Christopher recently had the honor of a retrospective solo exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art and is a subject of its accompanying catalog.
"Mother Earth" represents Christopher's most recent find on this exciting, continuous high road, and I am particularly excited welcoming such an extraordinary contemporary artist and brother-in-ART.
In ART we trust!