RSVP for Dec 17th - CU Holiday Event

Online reservations are now closed. We can accept cash at the door.

December Holiday Night!  

this coming Monday, the 17th @ 8 p.m.   

Toy Drive and a Holiday Potluck

Music & Arts in the Studio  

@ Alexey Steele Grand Atelier 

   

Special thanks to our unwavering founding patron  

Rand Resources, LLC.  

   

  

 

The winter holiday spirit is in the studio!  Come and join us for a great holiday program!

CU regular Georgi Slavchev will perform six new piano pieces by prominent film and game composer Penka Kouneva featured on their new CD, Invisible Lifeline:  The Invisible Lifeline, Another Failure, A Shipwreck of Our Plans, Nocturnal, Day of Wrath, and Farewell to E.

Our dear friend and distinguished pianist Eduardo Delgado returns to CU fresh from performing in Argentina, Thailand, China and Japan, with the Bach-Siloti arrangement of the Organ Prelude in G minor and the 3rd and 4th Ballades of Chopin.

Clarinetist James Hodges is returning to play the divine Clarinet Concerto #1 by Carl Maria von Weber, accompanied by pianist Mary Au.

And the stupendously adventurous tenor Timur Bekbosunov makes an all-too-rare appearance along with the equally audacious and acclaimed pianist Mark Robson in a surprise performance that is sure to beguile us. 

                              

                         

Classical Underground is proud to be part of Carson community and this year it is our special joy to have our Annual Holiday Season Toy Drive to benefit Carson Sheriff's Department Gang Diversion Team (GDT), one of the most recognized such programs in the nation.  The amazing GDT team members headed by department veteran Deputy Fred Noya will deliver toys directly to Carson families in need.     

Carson City Sheriff

CU SHOWCASE 

Michael Klein's solo show at Maxwell Alexander Gallery 

   

Michael Klein "Contemplation" Oil 12"x 16"

It is always a great pleasure to see new works by one of my favorite Contemporary Realist painters, Michael Klein. It is certainly even more exciting to see them in person at his latest solo show at Maxwell Alexander Gallery. 

In his new body of work, Michael continues his attention to an intriguing and thought-provoking subject: the Spanish mustangs that have been roaming the East Coast for the past 450 years, abandoned by early explorers of the Americas. "Day after day, as history has unfolded around them, several herds of wild horses have been roving the shore aimlessly," says Michael.

Depicting a parallel world with a different perception of time is a unique mark of Michael's works that we can see in the ethereal, time-suspending qualities of his widely admired still lifes. Whether in his still lifes, portraits or wild horses series, Michael continues to find unexpected representations for such a contemplative and evocative theme.

Michael's solo show is a not to be missed event if you are interested in developments in the contemporary representational art movement.

  

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 As always - bring your spirits, food and drink for you and your friends to enjoy.   

 

Please RSVP via Paypal through our website by clicking on the button above.  

  

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We are most grateful to our supportive friends at

 Steinway Piano Gallery Los Angeles  

for graciously providing us with their incomparable instrument

   

   

 

    We are grateful for a continuous support of our founding patron 

RAND RESOURCES, LLC.

   

CU is a non-profit event that is run by the 501(c3) organization Artward Initiative. Your RSVP contribution covers only a segment of the actual hard costs of making it happen.     

In Art we Trust!

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Artward Initiative, 501 (c)3 non-profit organization 

20795 Main St. Carson, Ca 90745
Doors open at 7 p.m. No assigned seats - first come-first served. Potluck. Entrance from the parking lot.  Free parking.   

 

 

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RSVP for October 15th CU - Music and Arts at the studio

Online RSVPs are now closed. 

  

October Night!  

this coming Monday, the 15th @ 8 p.m. 

Music & Arts in the Studio  

@ Alexey Steele Grand Atelier 

   

Special thanks to our unwavering founding patron
Rand Resources, LLC.      

  

Our 11th season opener brings an overflowing fall bounty of musical and artistic delights! 

The distinguished Portuguese pianist Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro makes a welcome return to CU with Liszt's Petrarch Sonata #123 and Hungarian Rhapsody #12, and Portuguese composer José Vianna da Motta's Barcarolle and Portuguese Scene Op. #2: Chula do Douro. 

Two sopranos make their CU debuts this evening.  Born in Argentina and now living in L.A., Camila Lima inherited a beautiful singing voice from her famous tenor father, Luis Lima.  Accompanied by pianist Manuel Arellano, Camila will perform "Regnava nel silenzio" from Donizetti 's "Lucia di 

Lammermoor," and "Me llaman la primorosa" from the Zarzuela "El barbero de Sevilla" by Nieto y Giménez.  

Soprano Anastasia Malliaras appears in a duo with her guitar partner Aaron Haas, performing The Divan of Moses Ibn-Ezra by Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, and Siete Canciónes Populares Españolas by Manuel de Falla. 

Congratulations to the not new to CU but newly married Duo Smirnov! Anton and Angelika (née Fuchs) will perform the delightfully energetic and entertaining "Sketches" by Russian composer Valery Gavrilin. 

CU favorite saxophonist Chika Inoue will perform the Kapustin Saxophone Concerto, accompanied by Anton Smirnov. 

And the reliably wonderful cellist Evgeny Tonkha promises a surprise addition to the program.

                               

                         

Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro         

CU SHOWCASE 

 CARL DOBSKY

Classical Underground is thrilled to showcase a vibrantly strong voice in contemporary figurative art.  Carl's works are striking figurative sagas, filled with narrative drama and witty commentary on a corrupt hedonistic society, oblivious to the dangers it unleashed.  

Carl's complex figurative compositions are rare and important as they bring smart and deadpan contemporary interpretation of classical legacy particularly of the Baroque period.  

Dobsky is the head instructor at Safehouse Atelier in Los Angeles. He has exhibited throughout the U.S. and in Europe. His work can be found in 

both private and public collections including the New Britain Museum of Art and the Seven Bridges Foundation. 

His work has been featured in numerous publications including Hi Fructose Magazine and Huffington Post. He is represented by John Pence Gallery in San Francisco.   

 

Carl Dobsky "Birds of Paradise" Oil on Linen. 60" X 84" 

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Classical Underground Special Showcase: 

Victor Wilde and Bohemian Society SS19 Manifest Collection 

It is a special pleasure to showcase throughout the evening the work of long time Undergrounder and interdisciplinary visionary Victor Wilde with his international progressive post-punk fashion and lifestyle label Bohemian Society.  

All Bohemian Society collections are visual and message driven objects of kinetic and performance art, which made our collaborations with Victor over the years quite natural.   

Bohemian Society just had the distinct honor to be chosen as the Grand Finale of LA Fashion Week at the Petersen Museum with its SS19 collection called Manifest, and it's a special privilege for me to collaborate with Victor again on it.  Using the runway of LA Fashion Week as public art, I will unveil a new peace campaign designed by my newly founded company Sculptoglyph.  

Enjoy our unique camaraderie of art forms that shall and will affect our deeply troubled world.

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 As always - bring your spirits, food and drink for you and your friends to enjoy.   

 

Please RSVP via Paypal at the top of this invitation. 

   

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We are most grateful to our supportive friends at

 Steinway Piano Gallery Los Angeles  

for graciously providing us with their incomparable instrument

   

   

    We are grateful for a continuous support of our founding patron 

RAND RESOURCES, LLC.

 

In Art we Trust!

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20795 Main St. Carson, Ca 90745
Doors open at 7 p.m. No assigned seats - first come-first served. Potluck. Entrance from the parking lot.  Free parking.   

 

CU: Save the date October 15th

Come celebrate our 11th year

of culture in the City of Carson! 

Music & Art + potluck party  

Save the date!  

 

Monday, October 15th, 2018    

Look for the email invitation next week,  

or check back our website at that time 

www.classicalunderground.com 

    

 

                           

Please also check your bulk folder, as many of you reported that you are not getting our emails.  We email everyone on the list!

Sponsored by:  

 

 

in ART we trust!

   

RSVP now for Season Finale - June 4th CU!

Online RSVP are now closed. You can pay at the door. 

  

Season Finale!   

this coming Monday, June 4th @ 8 p.m. 

Music & Arts in the Studio  

@ Alexey Steele Grand Atelier 

   

Special thanks to our unwavering founding patron
Rand Resources, LLC.      

  

Our 10th season wouldn't feel complete without the return of our great friend Jura Margulis, who has been here to close each season with a bang.  Displaying dual facets of his pianistic artistry, Jura brings us the baroque elegance of Scarlatti sonatas and the late Russian romanticism of Rachmaninoff preludes.

The delightful City of Angels Saxophone Quartet is back (after an illness cancellation a few months ago) with an original sax quartet, Ciudades (Sarajevo, Montevideo, Addis Ababa) by Guillermo Lago, plus a jazzy arrangement of "Dziekuje," a Dave Brubeck piece in the style of Chopin. Yes, Chopin on 4 saxophones!

For a more traditional take on Chopin, CU favorite Anton Smirnov will tackle the Ballade #1 in g minor on our mighty Steinway D.

And we welcome in his Classical Underground debut the distinguished Armenian cellist Sergey Kosemyan. A student of the Paris Conservatoire and master classes with Rostropovich, Sergey has performed as soloist with orchestras in Armenia and around Europe, and more recently with orchestras and ensembles in Mexico before moving to Los Angeles. He will perform together with the pianist Anna  Markosyan a few exciting pieces from Tchaikovsky to Arutunyan to Bloch.

                               

       

CU SHOWCASE
Jeremy Lipking 

Jeremy Lipking "Above Timberline" oil on linen 36" x 18"

Classical Underground is proud to showcase a masterful painting by Jeremy Lipking.  

One of the greatest painters of our generation and a long time Undergrounder  returns to CU showcasing his work "Above Timberline." 

It is an utter joy to witness the continuous development of Jeremy's extraordinary talent. He invariably pushes the expressive possibilities of the painting medium with his exceptional hyper-understanding of tonal subtleties, manifested in the delicate color transitions within all parts of the value range, and superbly shaped into clear harmonies and compositional masses.   

In "Above Timberline,"  Jeremy has truly put a woman on a pedestal as this painting depicts Jeremy's good friend, the talented painter Chantelle Dinkel, a Swiss Canadian artist  of authentic and strong individuality.

In Jeremy's new works we see magnificent examples of exciting  developments in the use of 21st century realism as a tool of deeply personal contemporary artistic search, and as part of the multi - threaded tapestry within a newly pluralistic and rich contemporary expression.

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 As always - bring your spirits, food and drink for you and your friends to enjoy.   

Please RSVP via Paypal at the top of the announcement. 

  

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We are most grateful to our supportive friends at

Steinway Piano Gallery Los Angeles

for graciously providing us with their incomparable instrument

 

 

    We are grateful for a continuous support of our founding patron 

RAND RESOURCES, LLC.

In Art we Trust! 

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20795 Main St. Carson, Ca 90745
Doors open at 7 p.m. No assigned seats - first come-first served. Potluck. Entrance from the parking lot.  Free parking.   

 

Save the Date June 4th Season Finale

 

Music & Art in the Studio    

Save the date! 
Season Finale! 

 

Monday, June 4th, 2018    

Look for the email invitation next week,  

or check back our website at that time 

www.classicalunderground.com 

    

                       

  

 

in ART we trust!

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RSVP now for our April 9th CU -Music and Arts in the Studio!

Online RSVP are now closed.  We will be accepting cash payments at the door. Thank you!

April Night!  

this coming Monday, the 9th @ 8 p.m. 

Music & Arts in the Studio  

 

@ Alexey Steele Grand Atelier 

 

Special thanks to our unwavering founding patron
Rand Resources, LLC.      

Come to Classical Underground and add years to your life!  A study released last week claimed that regularly attending concerts increased feelings of well-being more than yoga, more than walking a dog, and could add as many as nine years to your life!  Ok, it was sponsored by a London rock concert venue (nothing was mentioned about the effects on your hearing), but we believe it!  And we guarantee that our April program will be life-enhancing.

 

First up, two trios, two centuries apart for piano, clarinet and bassoon, featuring Nadia Shpachenko on piano, Edgar Lopez on clarinet, and Judith Farmer, bassoon.  Mozart's "Kegelstatt" trio was originally composed for piano, clarinet and viola but is often transcribed for other combinations, as we will hear at CU.  230 years later, Gernot Wolfgang composed WINDOWS for exactly this relatively rare combination.

 

It is always a delight to welcome LA Philharmonic violinist Mark Kashper and pianist Meriette Saglie, returning to perform Antonin Dvorak's Romantic Pieces, Op. 75.
   

     
   
               

 We also welcome the return of young USC violinist Leonard Chong, who will play the Fantaisie Brilliante on themes from Gounod's "Faust," Op. 20, by 19th-century violin virtuoso Henri Wieniawski.

 

And pianist Danny Holt brings an intriguing mini-program by relatives of great composers, starting with the great pianist Clara Schumann's Op. 20 variations on a theme by her husband Robert.  Then a taste of the talents of Mozarts Senior and Junior:  a sonata by Leopold, and a Polonaise by Franz Xaver, respectively father and son of Wolfgang Amadeus.

CU SHOWCASE 

 Natalia Fabia

 

"Ravenous" "96 x 60"
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Natalia Fabia is a uniquely authentic and genuine LA voice.

 

Much like herself, her characters, mostly women, are full of vigorous, assertive and unapologetic presence, perfectly comfortable in their unabashed and empowering sexiness.  She's got her theme, her purpose and her love of messing with paints.  Her work is a dazzling product of her own world, both truthful and imagined.

While finding her theme early on and receiving a fair share of recognition, Natalia did not end up simply recirculating it.  She  proved to be driven to constantly improve and expand her technical vocabulary.  Her deepened attention to alla prima and live painting brought a new level of expressive bravura to her work.

Natalia has been featured in Juxtapoz, New York Arts magazine, Hi Fructose, Art Ltd., and Angeleno Magazine. She was featured in LA Weekly's 2010 People Issue as one of "LA's 100" most fascinating people.

We are happy to welcome as our CU showcase this unique, dedicated and constantly growing artist.

 As always - bring your spirits, food and drink for you and your friends to enjoy.   

  Please RSVP via Paypal through our website by clicking on the button on top of this posting. 

   

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We are most grateful to our supportive friends at

 Steinway Piano Gallery Los Angeles  

for graciously providing us with their incomparable instrument

   

   

    We are grateful for a continuous support of our founding patron 

RAND RESOURCES, LLC.

  

In Art we Trust!

*******

20795 Main St. Carson, Ca 90745
Doors open at 7 p.m. No assigned seats - first come-first served. Potluck. Entrance from the parking lot.  Free parking.   

  classicalunderground@yahoo.com 

Save the date - April 9th!

Our April Night  

Music & Art + potluck party    

Save the date!  

Monday, April 9th, 2018    

Look for the email invitation on Wednesday,  

    

                                      

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CU: RSVP now for February 26th Music and Art in the Studio

Online RSVP are now closed.

February Night!  

this coming Monday, the 26th @ 8 p.m. 
Music & Arts in the Studio  

@ Alexey Steele Grand Atelier

Special thanks to our unwavering founding patron
Rand Resources, LLC.      

 

We return from a brief winter break to find... it's still winter! Well, the groundhog did see his shadow this year.  As we are still having chilly nights, it may be chilly in the studio, so please dress warmly!  

 

To heat things up, the glowing sound of the City of Angels Saxophone Quartet returns to Classical Underground, performing works specifically composed for their combination: the delightful Petit Quatour pour saxophones by Jean Francaix, and "Addis Ababa" and "Montevideo" from Guillermo Lago's intriguing Ciudades.
    

 

Rising Los Angeles opera, film, and rock composer Brooke deRosa brings a group of her songs, performed by mezzo soprano Nandani Sinha, who previously sang at CU as part of a Long Beach Opera preview.  Brooke (a fine soprano herself) will accompany Nandani on piano in Art Songs, Chances, Day follows Day, Goodbye Lullaby, and True Love.

 

And two of our stellar CU favorites, pianist Steven Vanhauwaert and cellist Evgeny Tonkha, will each take solo turns with works to be announced.

CU SHOWCASE 

ALEXEY STEELE: Love My Neighbor public art project

 

  Alexey Steele:  "Mr. Lipsey." Sepia on fabriano  paper

 

Working on the "Love My Neighbor" public art project in the City of Carson's most difficult neighborhood, the notorious Scottsdale, is turning out to be one of my most rewarding artistic journeys.  The richness, authenticity and depth of the citizen models is a uniquely powerful foundation for the work of  my series.  It is amazing to see that I am virtually retracing the steps of my late father, the great Socialist Realist painter Leonid Steele.  What he was doing in the remote villages of Ukraine and cities of Russia in the days of the Soviet Union, I am doing today in contemporary America.   

 

I am also learning a lot.  Classical Underground is our 10 year exploration in the idea of Art which is based on clarity of intent: we do Art simply because we believe in it, and not for any other reason.  With my public art project in Carson, I am testing how this clarity of intent can become a tool of social action.  I am proud to see that in Scottsdale, Art is becoming a vital tool of the community's own turnaround effort, as opposed to being an agent of gentrification as we so often see.  

 

Here is the study for my new painting from the series.  Mr. Lipsey is from Mississippi.  He is 77.  He came to LA in 1972.  When he was just 6 years old, his Dad went to get food for him in pouring rain, got drenched and died of double pneumonia.  As Mr. Lipsey puts it, in 1947 Mississippi "antibiotics were too good for blacks." He recounted memories of segregation and brutal racism, including when Emmett Till's body was pulled out of the Tallahatchie River.  

 

Remarkable in his observations, as I began to develop the drawing at the middle of the last session Mr. Lipsey told me, "It's the first time I am seeing the real me." 

 

For more on the Love My Neighbor public art project check out our site: 

www.lovemyneighbor.us 

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 As always - bring your spirits, food and drink for you and your friends to enjoy.   






 Please RSVP via Paypal through our website by clicking on the button on the top of this post.  Online RSVP are now closed.

We are most grateful to our supportive friends at

 Steinway Piano Gallery Los Angeles  

 

for graciously providing us with their incomparable instrument

 

   

    We are grateful for a continuous support of our founding patron 

RAND RESOURCES, LLC.

 

In Art we Trust!

 

20795 Main St. Carson, Ca 90745
Doors open at 7 p.m. No assigned seats - first come-first served. Potluck. Entrance from the parking lot.  Free parking.