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Concert 3

Chamber Music International proudly presents its first spectacular concert of the decade featuring the virtuosity of Avery Fisher winner Alessio Bax and Queen Elizabeth Gold Medalist Nai-Yuan Hu.


Program:	Duo for Violin and Viola in Bb Major, K.424....W. A. Mozart Sonata # 2 in D Major, Op 94 bis....S. Prokofiev Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 ....A. Dvorak
Performance:	Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8:00PM SMU Caruth Auditorium (Tickets are no longer available as this concert is past.) Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church (Tickets are no longer available as this concert is past.)

2022-23 Season Concerts
Concert 1	Saturday, October 1, 2022	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 2	Friday, October 21, 2022	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 3	Saturday, December 3, 2022	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 4	Saturday, February 11, 2023	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 5	Saturday, March 11, 2023	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 6	Saturday, April 22, 2023	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Concert 7	Saturday, May 20, 2023	St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

2022-23 Season Concert Details

Concert 1

The incomparable pianist Jon Kimura Parker presents a luxurious medley of Beethoven, Ravel, Schubert, and Liszt, followed by jazz greats from America and Canada.

Program:	Piano Sonata #14 in C# Minor, Op. 27, # 2, "Moonlight"....Ludwig van Beethoven Jeux d’Eau....Maurice Ravel Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 “Wanderer Fantasy”....Franz Schubert Petrarch Sonnet 104 Americana/Canadiana!....Franz Liszt “Got a Match?”....Chick Corea “Memories in an Ancient Garden”....Alexina Louie “Blues Etude”....Oscar Peterson “China Gates”....John Adams “Wizard of Oz” Fantasy....Harold Arlen, Arr. William Hirtz
Performance:	Saturday, October 1, 2022 - 7:30PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Jon Kimura Parker - Piano

Concert 2

The fabulous Iwasaki family returns to CMI with an unforgettable evening of Glière, Mozart, and Schubert.

Program:	Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 39....Reinhold Glière Sonata for Piano and Violin in B♭ Major, K. 454....W.A. Mozart Piano Trio # 2 in E♭ Major, Op. 100....Franz Schubert
Performance:	Friday, October 21, 2022 - 7:30PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Jun Iwasaki - Violin Ko Iwasaki - Cello Yurie Iwasaki - Piano

Concert 3

Three masterpieces of Bach seasoned with the Romanticism of Schumann and Brahms and the Impressionism of Debussy.

Program:	Sonata for Violin and Piano #3 in E Major, BWV 1016....Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata for Violin and Piano #4 in C Minor, BWV 1017....Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor....Claude Debussy
Performance:	Saturday, December 3, 2022 - 7:30PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Cho-Liang Lin - Violin Juho Pohjonen - Piano

Concert 4

Another marvelous composition from the pen of Atar Arad, a work of Shostakovich that infuriated Stalin, and one of Brahms most ethereal works.

Program:	Chaconne for Solo Viola....Atar Arad Piano Trio #2 in E Minor, Op. 67....Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Quartet #2 in A Major, Op. 26....Johannes Brahms
Performance:	Saturday, February 11, 2023 - 7:30PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Chloé Kiffer - Violin Atar Arad - Viola Bion Tsang - Cello Alexandre Moutouzkine - Piano

Concert 5

The delicious juxtaposition of Bach, Bartók, and Brahms.

Program:	Violin Sonata #3 in C Major, BWV 1005....Johann Sebastian Bach Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano....Béla Bartók Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114....Johannes Brahms
Performance:	Saturday, March 11, 2023 - 7:30PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Nai-Yuan Hu - Violin Norman Fischer - Cello Jon Nakamatsu - Piano Kimberly Cole-Luevano - Clarinet

Concert 6

A rare and spellbinding Solo Violin Recital played by Augustine Hadelich--one of the greatest of his generation.

Program:	Partita #3 E Major, BWV 1006....Johann Sebastian Bach Blue/s Forms....Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sonata Op. 27 #2 (“Obsession”), for Jacques Thibaud....Eugène Ysaÿe Partita #2 in D Minor, BWV 1004....Johann Sebastian Bach
Performance:	Saturday, April 22, 2023 - 7:30PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Augustin Hadelich - Violin

Concert 7

A ghost, a work of "changing moods", and a quartet of Brahms as he contemplates suicide.

Program:	Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70 #1, “Ghost”....Ludwig van Beethoven The Piano Trio #4 in E Minor, Op. 90, “Dumky”....Antonín Dvořák Piano Quartet #3 in C Minor, Op. 60....Johannes Brahms
Performance:	Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 7:30PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Jinjoo Cho - Violin Susan Dubois - Viola Taeguk Mun - Cello Joyce Yang - Piano

Artists in the Concert

	Nai-Yuan Hu - Violin Gold Medallist of the 1985 Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels and highly distinguished concert and recording artist. Director of the Taiwan Connection Music Festival.
	Philip Lewis - Violin Founder/Artistic Director of CMI; Professor of Violin, University of North Texas; Performs in festivals worldwide.
	Scott Lee - Viola Winner of a Nathan Wedeen Management Award at the 1996 Concert Artists Guild Competition.
	Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello Grand Prize Winner of the Dong-Ah International Competition in Korea and Principal Cellist with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra.
	Alessio Bax - Piano Winner of the 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant Featured Artist

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1.	Duo for Violin and Viola in Bb Major, K.424
2.	Sonata # 2 in D Major, Op 94 bis
3.	Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81


1.	W. A. Mozart
2.	S. Prokofiev
3.	A. Dvorak