Our Next Concert

The Conservatory Project - Part I Rising Stars of the Classical World

Anna Litvinenko, Cello

Marion and Rosa Scott, piano

 

14260 Old Cutler Rd.

Palmetto Bay, FL 33158

 Friday, March 8th, 7:00pm.

Tickets:

$15 - general admissions

$10 students

Children under the age of 10 - Free

Biographies of the Performers and Program are Included Below!

Program:

 

Claude Debussy 

 Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915)

• I. Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
• II. Sérénade: Modérément animé
• III. Final: Animé, léger et nerveux

Leos Janáček

Pohadka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.69 in A Major

·         Allegro, ma non tanto

·         Scherzo

·         Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace

 

Biographies:

Cuban-Ukrainian cellist Anna María Litvinenko began her musical studies at the age of five with her mother on the piano, and with her father on the cello. She exhibited promising development on both instruments, but found her most intimate connection with the cello. She continued studying with her father Konstantin Litvinenko, and today, Anna is eighteen years old, a graduate of Miami’s New World School of the Arts and she is beginning her studies at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Joel Krosnick. Her primary teacher until now continued to be her father Konstantin Litvinenko. During the summer of 2009, Anna attended the Meadowmount School of Music where she studied with Hans Jørgen Jensen. She has also performed in master classes for William de Rosa, Yehuda Hanani, Alisa Weilerstein, Pamela Frank, Paul Katz, Andrés Díaz, and Johannes Moser.

 Following her successful solo debut at the age of ten with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, rendering Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major, Anna has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras. Among these are the Coral Gables Chamber Symphony, Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra, Walenstein Symphony, the Sinfónica Juvenil Teresa Carreño, Miami Symphony, Sphinx Symphony, Symphony of the Americas, Odessa Philharmonic, and the New World Symphony. At the age of twelve, Maestro Eduardo Marturet invited Anna to join the Miami Symphony Orchestra cello section as the first young artist in the MISO's Outstanding Young Artists Program. She has also won first prize in several competitions including those of the Alhambra Orchestra, Walenstein Symphony Orchestra, Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony, and was the third place laureate at the 2010 Sphinx Competition. Anna is a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholar, and received the JKC Young Artist Award after appearing on NPR's From the Top, a weekly radio showcase of America’s top young classical musicians. In addition to local recitals, Anna has performed internationally in Venezuela, Norway, Latvia, and in Ukraine. Anna has recently participated in the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia, and has been a 2012 YoungArts Winner.

Rosa Villar-Córdova Scott’s pursuit of expressive pianism has caused her to be noted as an artist of unique abilities. Since her debut with the National Orchestra of Peru at the age of twelve her talents as a pianist and collaborator have brought her to stages across America, Europe and South America. Especially of note are her performances as soloist with orchestras in both South America and the United States.

The Peruvian-Spanish pianist has been an award recipient in many competitions. These include prizes in the Bradshaw& Buono International Competition, National Society of Arts and Letters (Florida Chapter), the Central Florida Symphony Concerto Competition, the NYU Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and Tutte le Corde (Music after 1950) among others in the United States. Also, in her native country of Perú she has received recognition for her accomplishments by garnering first prize in the National Concerto Competition and receiving the Southern Perú Corporation Music Award.

Rosa Scott performances as a soloist and chamber musician have given her the opportunity to appear in master classes and lectures given by world-renowned artists such as Vladimir Feldsman, Mischa Dichter, John Perry, Arthur Pizarro, Glenn Dicterow, Daniel Epstein, Ursula Oppens, Donald Berman, Seymour Bernstein, Joaquin Achucarro, Mark Durand, Julian Martin, Robert McDonald, Ann Schein, Paul Posnak, Frank Cooper and Isaac Stern. She has also been awarded scholarships to participate in such noted music festivals as Marguess International Music Festival in Switzerland, the Gijón Festival in Spain, the International Institute for Young Musicians in Kansas City, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes School in New York.

The pianist Elena Ichikawa at the National Conservatory of Music in Peru was Rosa's first teacher in her home city of Lima. After she moved to the United States she was given the opportunity to study with such celebrated teachers as Susan Starr, Roberta Rust, Kemal Gekic and Nina Svetlanova. She also spent two years in Italy studying with the French pianist Marylene Mouquet and the Italian pianist Sergio Perticaroli. While living there she was awarded a music grant by the province of Rome. Upon her return to New York she received two scholarships from the Marion and Eubie Blake scholarship award and the Steinhardt department at NYU to continue her studies in piano performance with Professor Miyoko Lotto. She attended the Manhattan School of Music and New York University for her Master's degree and she was awarded a full scholarship to study with Dr. Jonathan Bass at The Boston Conservatory where she received a post graduate diploma in performance. In 2010 she married brilliant pianist Marion Scott and moved to Miami where she studied under scholarship in the Artist Diploma program at the Frost School of Music with professor Tian-Ying .

Marion Wilkinson Scott made his debut at the age of 14 under the baton of Roger Nuremberg. Since that time, Mr. Scott has established himself as a leader among a new generation of young pianists. In 2006 his musicality and technical prowess earned first prize at the Thousand Islands International Piano Competition and second prize at the Zimmerli Foundation International Piano Competition. Most recently, Mr. Scott was named the winner of the 2010 International Piano Competition hosted by the Steinway Society of Massachusetts.

In addition to solo performance, Mr. Scott is an enthusiast for chamber music playing. As a member of the Trio d’Exuberance, he has also performed in noted concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Kilbourn Hall and Crouse Hall.

As an advocate for music outreach programs, Mr. Scott has given numerous solo and chamber music concerts in community venues such as libraries, elementary schools and nursing homes. As an educator, Mr. Scott has served as a teaching fellow for the Piano Minors program at the Juilliard School and as a teaching assistant for theory classes at the Juilliard School and the Brevard Music Center. He has also received such prestigious scholarships as the Irene Diamond Scholarship (The Juilliard School) and the Howard Hanson Scholarship (The Eastman School of Music).

Mr. Scott holds a Masters Degree from the Juilliard School and a Bachelors Degree from the Eastman School of Music. His primary teachers at these schools include noted pedagogues Martin Canin (The Juilliard School) and Douglas Humpherys (The Eastman School of Music). Currently, Mr. Scott is a Doctoral Candidate at the Frost School of Music under the instruction of the concert pianist Tian Ying.Mr. Scott is married to the brilliant and beautiful pianist Rosa Villar. Together, they enjoy performing duo concerts and making wonderful music.