Press release:
The Asheville Chamber Music Series (ACMS) is proud to announce that cellist Gary Hoffman and pianist Cecile Licad will perform at a Benefit Concert on Friday, December 4th at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation located at the corner of Edwin Place and Charlotte Street in Asheville.
According to Board President Polly Feitzinger, “This benefit concert, sponsored by two former board members, will highlight the major cello/piano duo repertoire with the finale being the magnificent Rachmaninoff Sonata for cello and piano.” The concert will begin at 8:00 PM. It should be noted that this concert is a special event and is not part of the ACMS regular season. Tickets are $40 each.
GARY HOFFMAN, cello with CECILE LICAD, piano
Friday, December 4, 2015 at 8:00 PMBach: Cello Suite No. 3
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (piano solo)
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata Op. 19Gary Hoffman is one of the outstanding cellists of our time, combining instrumental mastery, great beauty of sound, and a poetic sensibility. Mr. Hoffman gained international renown upon his victory as the first North American to win the Rostropovich International Competition in Paris in 1986. A frequent soloist with the world’s most noted orchestras, he has appeared with the Chicago, London, Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, Baltimore and National Symphony Orchestras as well as the English, Moscow and Los Angeles chamber orchestras, the Orchestre National de France, the Netherlands and Rotterdam Philharmonics, the Cleveland Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra.
Called “a pianist’s pianist” by The New Yorker, Cecile Licad’s artistry is a blend of daring musical instinct and superb training. Her natural talent was honed at the Curtis Institute of Music by three of the greatest performer/pedagogues of our time: Rudolf Serkin, Seymour Lipkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski. As a highly regarded chamber musician, she has performed regularly with such ensembles as the New York Chamber Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Guarneri Quartet, Takacs Quartet, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Ms. Licad has also appeared as guest soloist on tour with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Leipzig, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Cologne, among other European cities.
For more than a half a century the ACMS has taken its place as a valued cultural resource in Asheville, bringing world-renowned chamber artists to the city. As one of the nation’s oldest continuously-performing chamber music organizations, it has been recognized for its outstanding programs as well as its unique education component through a collaboration with the strings program of the Asheville Buncombe Schools and other cultural partners in the community, including the Asheville Young Musicians Club.
Tickets to the benefit concert featuring Gary Hoffman with Cecile Licad are $40. To purchase tickets or for more information please visit the ACMS website: www.ashevillechambermusic.org
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