6:45 PM | PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION with Soovin Kim and
David Serkin Ludwig
7:30 PM | CONCERT 3: Songs Across Cultures
Cultural interplay has never been more fluid, fueling both compositional subject matter and styles. Nokuthula Ngwenyama was born in Los Angeles to Zimbabwean and Japanese parents, and the full spectrum of her heritage comes out in Joy Steppin’, a celebration of a universal idea shared across cultures. David Serkin Ludwig’s new LCCMF commission, Peshev Songs, is a tribute to Dimitar Peshev, the Bulgarian World War II hero who saved more than 40,000 Jews from deportation to death camps. The program is anchored by Dvořák’s beloved piano quartet, a love letter to his Czech homeland - an expression of musical nationalism, an idea that reverberated around the world in the 19th century.
PROGRAM
NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA Joy Steppin’
DAVID SERKIN LUDWIG Peshev Songs for soprano and piano trio | US Premiere
DVOŘÁK Piano Quartet in E-flat Major
ARTISTS
Espressivo! Piano Quartet
Jaime Laredo, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Sharon Robinson, cello; Anna Polonsky, piano
Hyunah Yu, soprano; Bella Hristova, violin; Edward Arron, cello; Jeewon Park, piano
Reception and Meet-the-Artists to follow. Tickets General Admission $49, Under 30 $20, Students $5
ARTISTS
